GEN Manga releases Kamen Volume 1
Date: 2012 March 14 16:58
Posted by Joe
We've just been sent details from the good folk at GEN Manga about their latest release - Kamen Volume 1. The title will be available across the US through all good Diamond Comic Distributors and on Graphicly. You can also download the title from the GEN Manga Website.
Fans of comic books will be interested to hear that Marvel artist Harvey Tolibao did the cover for Kamen.
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Harvey Tolibao the popular Marvel artist creates cover for indie manga!
GEN Manga Announces the Release of KAMEN Volume 1
KAMEN will be available nationwide March 2012!
NEW YORK, NY – GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. announces the release of KAMEN. (KAMEN, 250 pages, black and white) will be available March 2012.
Harvey Tolibao has been creating fantastic American comic work for years. His first big break was in 2007 on an Iron Man Annual. Since then he has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as: Civil War, Young Avengers, Hulking, X-Men, and many more. Now he has taking on the adventure of creating a surprisingly different and exciting cover for the indie manga sensation GEN!
KAMEN: In world of fantasy and might, a lone warrior emerges. Kamen, a mysterious masked man appears among prisoners of war in ancient Japan and becomes a legendary warrior and defender of the innocent while his enemies rush to uncover his secrets.
He goes quietly and joins the ranks of prisoners of war. But his mask holds a secret. His quite demeanor may not be what it seems. The man in the mask holds powers that unfold just in time to rescue innocent lives about to be executed at the whims of a mad ruler. Meanwhile an epic battle brews among the keepers of this land. Will the Zoh army sack the fortress of Jiguzah or will the mysterious warrior's powers defend this last strong hold? Find out in Japan's original medieval fantasy, Kamen.
Readers can find it available through Diamond Comic Distributors and on Graphicly. Graphicly is available on numerous platforms, including the Nook, iphone, and Android.
GEN stories are published nowhere else in the world. These stories are created by the elusive doujin creators in Tokyo's secret underground circles, otherwise known in the west as independent creators and hard core fans.
Presenting new indie manga circles from Japan, GEN, a monthly publication, will be released in the US and Japan simultaneously. Digital format and print editions for GEN are available now. Based in New York, GEN Manga Entertainment (www.genmanga.com) endeavors to publish new and unseen graphic work from Japan, being in the unique position to bring readers work first, more original and untamed manga will be sure to come!
Source: GEN Manga