NEWS FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESK!

          NEWS FROM  THE PUBLISHER'S  DESK!

Grafix Chronicles #3 from Will Lill Comics is now available. Featuring two stories starring my 1930s pulp magazine style mystery-man Mister Chameleon the comic opens with "Stages" featuring artwork by Seppo Makinen and David Owens plus letters by Susan Dorne. It is followed by "The Silver Canister Incident" with pencils by Charles Dougherty and inks and letters by R. Humble.

     

Also appearing in that issue is the first part of Mark F. Davis' "There's An Alien In My Freezer!" with art by Ken and Stephanie Johnston. A print version of the comic is available for $3.99 at Will Lill Comics - Explore a new world of Heroes .

     

While I have your attention I want to mention two projects David Owens and I have in the works. One is a graphic novel (which we are saying as little about as possible at the moment) and the other is a trade paperback featuring Solomon Wyrd. I will reveal more as time goes on.

     

Finally I have returned to writing my E-Dispatches from the Great White North column. Not only will you be able to find it at E-Dispatches from the Great White North but also at www.jazmaonline.com. So check it out when you have a minute and let me know what you think.

     

That's it for now. More news soon.

                                                               

Jonathan A. Gilbert, Publisher

                                                                       SeajayVentures

DORMANT BUT NOT DEAD: SeajayVentures Lives!

Though this site has been dormant since before I moved back to London Ontario (Canada) on April 30th 2013 I haven't been. As well as having a fairly active social life in my hometown I've been working on a few writing projects for WILL LILL COMICS and RED LEAF COMICS.

Red Lion Publications and its parent company. SeajayVentures, haven't vanished either though both remain on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Also, all previously announced project have been cancelled and our two digital comics (All-Smash Funnies Vol.2, No.1 and the She is...Silkie graphic novel) are no longer available online.

     

There is however a print She is...Silkie limited series in the works from another publishers for sale later this year and my buddy David Owens are I are working on a graphic novel that we will be selling under my Seajay Books imprint.

     

Future announcements about this projects will be made in the coming months so watch this space. So as you can see, despite the rumours we aren't dead. Not by a long shot.

                                                      Jonathan A. Gilbert, Publisher

                                                          SeajayVentures

Get Into Monty's World!

Writer, penciler, inker, letter, and good buddy T. Warren Montgomery has added yet another hat to his renaissance man head--publisher! Warren has started up Will Lill Comics with the publication of the first ish of Monty's World! Monty's World features his own Lightning Marval (with art by Ron Stewart), the Leaf by John Michael Helmer and Stuart Berryhill, Depthon  by  Steve (Aquaman, Teen Titans) Skeates and artist Ron Stewart, and  The Exiles (co-created by the Groovy Agent himself, Lloyd Smith 25 years ago at the dawn of Blue Moon Comics) by Lonnie Weems and young Warren! Monty's World is a fun, professional, entertaining package (you can preview it here), so you should order a copy (digital and print available) via comXpress! Hurry, 'cause Monty's World #2 is on the way soon!

Congrats T. Warren! Can't believe you can accomplish all that and still find time to letter mags for Red Lion!

Press Release for 11/27/12

As we at SeajayVentures get ready for our relaunch in 2013 we thought we'd take a few minutes to bring you up to date on our plans.

 

While we haven't as yet set an exact date for our return our current plans are for it to be some time in the first half of 2013.

      

Our first release will be a print version of our "She is...Silkie" graphic novel which will be appearing under our new book imprint, Seajay Books. Our second project will be a 52-page one-shot anthology that will feature a wide range of material including "The Aquanauts", "Tiffany The Cave Girl" and "Shannon McCabe Presents...Spring-Heeled Jack". We have a few other projects in the works for 2013 and beyond but we're going to keep hush-hush about them for the moment.We can tell you though that we are going to need pencilers, inkers and letterers for some of them so if you are interested in sending us some sequential art samples you can email them to JonAllanGilbert@yahoo.ca .

     

Also, our friends at Star Verse Comics are still looking for a penciler to work on a two-issue story written by our publisher Jonathan "A" Gilbert and teaming up our Destiny character with Star Verse's Techstorm. Anyone interested in working on that project can contact Star Verse Comics' publisher at Star_verse@hotmail.com .

     

Finally, Jonathan "A" Gilbert's and Seppo Makinen's "Kendra" one-shot is still available from Red Leaf Comics. For ordering information you can contact Red Leaf publisher John Helmer at redleafcomics@gmail.com  or visit http://www.redleafcomics.com/

     

That's it for now. Keep an eye on http://www.redlionpublications.blogspot.com/  for further information on our plans here at SeajayVentures.

 

 

                                                                                              The SeajayVentures Staff

Press Release:

Our friends at Star Verse Comics are looking for someone to pencil a two-issue story in which their Techstorm character teams up with our (menaing SeajayVentures') Destiny. Each issue is 20-pages in length.

     

Interested parties can contact Star Verse publisher Ryan Crouse at Star_Verse@hotmail.com . For more information on Star Verse Comics please visit http://www.starverse.ca/ .

 

Jonathan A. Gilbert, publisher

SeajayVentures

On Haitus

 SeajayVentures is going on hiatus. Over the next few months SeajayVentures and its comics imprint, Red Lion Publications, is ceaing publication while it goes under reorganization and develops new material. But while we won't be bringing out anything new other the next few months you will still be able to pick up our two digital publications; "All-Smash Funnies" Vol. , No. 1 and the "She is...Silkie" graphic novel at http://graphicly.com/publishers (listed under the name of our packager, CE Publishing ).Give them both a look if you haven't already as well as CE Publishing's various titled (including "Mega Book" and "Perilous Adventures" and "Kendra, Dracula's Daughter" (by Jonathan A. Gilbert and Seppo Makinen) which can be purchased from Red Leaf Comics at http://www.redleafcomics.com/ . All are great reads by some of the best comics creators in the business. And be sure to periodically check back at http://www.redlionpublications.com/ for the latest news and information on our future plans.

                                                                                                                   

 Jonathan A. Gilbert, Publisher

                                                                                                                    SeajayVentures

PRESS RELEASE: She Is...Silkie

SeajayVentures is pleased to announce the release of its first graphic novel, SHE IS...SILKIE. Co-written by Jonathan A. Gilbert and Laurie Wright with cover and interior art by Seppo Makinen SHE IS...SILKIE is a post World War Two tale of mystery and intrigue on an island off the southwest coast of Great Britain where the lines between myth and reality are blurred.

     

Currently only available in digital format (with a print version slated for a July 2012 release) SHE IS...SILKIE is exclusively available at http://graphicly.com/publishers for $5 under the listing of our packager, CE Publishing.

Press Release

The second issue of ALL-SMASH FUNNIES should be out any day now but while you wait we recommend you check out MEGA BOOK. Published in digital format by our packager CE PUBLISHING GROUP this 100-page trade paperback features material from a number of publishers including Lightning Comics, Surprising Comics, Red Leaf Comics and us, RED LION PUBLICATIONS.

     

MEGA BOOK is available exclusively at http://graphicly.com/publishers under the CE PUBLISHING listing as is the first issue of ALL-SMASH FUNNIES. Both issues are free, by the way.

     

Another book we'd like to recommend is KENDRA, DRACULA'S DAUGHTER ; written by our publisher Jonathan A. Gilbert and artwork and letters by Seppo Makinen. Published by Red Leaf Comics and featuring the exploits of a woman who was adopted as a child by The Lord of the Undead who later not only turned against her father but vowed to red Earth of all vampires, demons and other supernatural entities, KENDRA, DRACULA'S DAUGHTER can be purchased at www.redleafcomics.com at $2.99 for the print edition and 99-cents for the digital version.

     

So be sure to check these books out while you wait for ALL-SMASH FUNNIES VOL. 2 NO. 2 to be released and don't forget to check back at www.redlionpublications.blogspot.com for periodic updates.

Artists Needed!

SeajayVentures is looking for artists to work later this year on our "New Diretion" comics lines as well as a couple of stories for our current line, Red Lion Publications.

     

We are in particular need of pencilers but will also consider inkers and letterers.

     

Pencilers please submit three pages of penciled comics story art-no poster art please-and inkers send three penciled pages and then the same pages inked. Letters send us samples of your best work including logos.

     

We are looking for a wide range of style; not just super-heroes. Submit samples to JonAllanGilbert@yahoo.ca . If we look what we see we will ask you to send additional saples by snailmail. Our rate of pay for talent is based on sales, not profits.

     

For more information contact us at JonAllanGilbert@yahoo.ca or visit our blog at www.redlionpublications.blogspot.com .

                                                                   

Jonathan "A" Gilbert

Press Release 1/13/12

Thanks to our friend Mark F. Davis you now have two places to learn about all things Red Lion.

     

As always you can bisit our blog at www.redlionpublications.blogspot.com . Now too we now have a message forum that is located at www.redlioncomicforum.proboards.com . Once you have signed up you can learn all the latest news and information about Red Lion Publications plus you will  have an opportunity to ask questions, make comments and communicate with folks at Red Lion as well as with other Red Lion fans.

      

So visit www.redlioncomicforum.proboards.com today and sign up to be a part of it all. You'll be glad that you did.

Happy New Year!

With the arrival of 2012 we here at Red Lion Publications are in the process of making plans that will result in a new direction later this year for our comics line and our parent company, SeajayVentures.

     

We're not ready as yet to tell you what those plans are but we hope that while you wait for our big announcement you'll keep an out out for two one-shots we plan to release this coming spring.

     

First on the schedule is SHE IS...SILKIE, A 68-PAGE graphic novel with painted cover and interior art by Seppo Makinen. Soon after we plan to release the long awaited MYSTERY ADVENTURE TALES with over sixty pages of comics material. Also slated for release are two exclusivly digital issues of ALL-SMASH FUNNIES featuring reprints and unpublished material from the gone but not forgotten Blue Moon Comics Group.

     

So be sure in the coming weeks and months to make frequent visits to www.redlionpublications.blogspot.com for further announcements on these titles and our new direction later this year.

                                                                      

Jonathan "A" Gilbert

                                                                Publisher of Red Lion Publications

                                                                    and owner of SeajayVentures.

Update!

The following is an update of titles to be released by Red Lion Publications.

      

Already available is ALL-SMASH FUNNIES Vol. 2 No. 1 featuring the exploits of Mister Chameleon, Mercury and Black Rose. Coming soon is the second issue of ALL-SMASH FUNNIES  featuring a second Mister Chameleon story along with The Meteor, Lance Steele and The Aquanauts. Both are exclusively available in digital format at http://graphicly.com/publishers under the listing of our packager, CE Publishing Group. Issue number one is free and issue number two will cost 99-cents.

     

Next on our schedule will be the 72-page trade paperback titled MYSTERY ADVENTURE TALES. Slated for release some time in the first part of 2012 it will cover-feature the first installment of She is...Silkie (by Jonathan A. Gilbert, Michelle deVarennes and Seppo Makinen) as well as The Glob, Atreus, Captain Sentinel and the Lads of Liberty and Shannon McCabe Presents.

     

After that we will be releasing the SHE IS...SILKIE graphic novel and around the same time we will launch our first in a planned series of t-shirts and coffee mugs.

     

So that's what we have committed to up to this point. We have a few other projects in developement-including one with the legendary Steve Skeates-but we want to keep the news under our hats for the time being.

     

Meanwhile, please visit this blog frequently in the coming weeks and months for further information on the already announced projects.

Press Release

We thought we'd take a moment to fill you in on who's behind our current and upcoming titles.

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STAFF

Jonathan A. Gilbert (Publisher and Executive Editor), Lloyd Smith ( Associate Publisher, Editorial Advisor and Internet Director), Stephen Sheppard ( Assistant Editor, Creative Co-Ordinator), David Johnson Jr. (Artistic Director) and Mike Rickaby ( Technical Production Director).

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TALENT

Writers: Jonathan A. Gilbert, Lloyd Smith, Stephen Sheppard, Steve Skeates and Gary Eggett.

Artists: Mike Rickaby, T. W. Montgomery, Seppo Makinen and David Johnson Jr.

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Be sure to check back in the coming weeks for further information on who these talented people are and what they are working on.

For Immediate Release

SEAJAYVENTURES is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reserved with Mike Rickaby, publisher of CE PUBLISHING GROUP, to have his company act as official packager of the RED LION PUBLICATIONS line of comics.

     

As packager CE PUBLISHING GROUP will handle both digital and print formats of all RED LION PUBLICATIONS comics, graphic novels and trade paperbacks. The comics material for all RED LION PUBLICATIONS titles  will continue to be produced through the offices of its parent company, SEAJAYVENTURES.  Further information on RED LION PUBLICATIONS' upcoming titles will be released in the next few weeks.

 

                                                             Jonathan A. Gilbert, Publisher

                                                              RED LION PUBLICATIONS

Update!

Here's a sneak peak at some of our upcoming series. Also, be sure to check out www.comicbookinterviews.com where our publisher, Jonathan "A" Gilbert, talks about RED LION PUBLICATIONS' upcoming projects.

'Captain Sentinel and the Lads of Liberty' make their dramatic return to the comics scene in 'Mystery Adventure Tales'.

A page from "The Silver Canister Incident" featuring 1930s mystery-man 'Mister Chameleon' which is slated to appear in 'All-Smash Funnies' Vol. 2 No. 2.

A page from 'Atreus', a sword & sorcery series to be introduced in 'Mystery Adventure Tales'

'The Glob' makes his first Red Lion Publications appearance in 'Mystery Adventure Tales'

A page from the 'She is...Silkie' graphic novel.

For Immediate Release:

RED LION PUBLICATIONS is pleased to announce the release of its first comics title, 'All-Smash Funnies' vol. 2, no. 1. Available at http:..graphicly.com/publishers under our packager's listing, 'CE Publishing Group',this issue, which is graced with a stunning 'Mister Chameleon' cover by the legendary comics artist Don Perlin, features the origins of the 1930s mystery-man 'Mister Chameleon' and the golden age superhero 'Mercury', see the 1930s masked avenger know as 'The Snow-Man' in action and accompany the 1940s femme fatale 'The Black Rose' as she learns "The Secret of the Topaz Tiara". Also in this issue is a one-page strip titled "Romance of Death" that originally appeared in STANDARD COMICS' 'Adventures Into Darkness' #10 (1953) and read about the gangster Tommy D'Amatta in a text piece titled "Tommy Rotten".

     

Creators whose work appear in this issue include Jonathan "A" Gilbert, Seppo Makinen, David Owens, Mike Rickaby, Rob Jones, Lloyd Smith and David Vance. And as an added bonus we are offering this issue of 'All-Smash Funnies' to you for free. That's right. It won't cost you a red cent., so be sure to visit http://graphicly.com/publishers and check out our first RED LION PUBLICATIONS title. And while you are there we would also like to recommend you pick up CE PUBLISHING GROUP's newest comic, 'Perilous Adventures'. It's a mere 99-cents for this action-packed comic so pick it up and give it a read. You'll be glad you did.

For Immediate Release

SeajayVentures is pleased to announce that an agreement has been made with CE PUBLISHING GROUP to have them act as packager of two comics of reprints for SeajayVentures' subsiduary, RED LION PUBLICATIONS.

     

"We're pretty pleased with this agreement", said Jonathan "A" Gilbert, owner of SeajayVentures and publisher of RED LION PUBLICATIONS. "It's a win-win situation for both companies".

     

Gilbert added that the RED LION LOGO will appear on the comics covers and that the comics will be two issues of "All-Smash Funnies".

     

The comics' contents, release dates and other purchasing information will be announced soon.

Press Release

As of September 1, 2011 comics material, characters, reprints, concepts and titles that have been created and developed by Jonathan A. Gilbert and loaned out to publishers will be brought under the exclusive control of SeajayVentures, parent company of Red Lion Publications.

     

"We have a number of plans in development for this material", states Gilbert who owns and operates SeajayVentures. "And to properly execute these plans we need to bring the material, including the reprints, under one roof.".

     

The concepts, material, characters, titles and reprints include 'Mister Chameleon', 'The Snow-Man', 'Solomon Wyrd', 'Young Immortals', 'Victory Squad', 'Hooded Cobra', a number of short stories that were produced by Gilbert and Seppo Makinen and the comics title 'All-Smash Funnies' which Gilbert originally published in 2002 as a joint venture between SeajayVentures and Blue Moon Comics Group and is currently on loan to CE Publishing Group.

     

This does not include 'Kendra: Dracula's Daughter' (currently being published Red Leaf Comics), the character 'Destiny' (who is to appear in a two-issue Starverse comic, 'Techstorm: New Friends, Old Foes') and the Dick Ayers pencilled version of the short story "Possessions" ( which is to be published by CE Publishing Group.).

     

"For a variety of reasons those three concepts will remain with these publisher at the very least until the duration of our current agreements with them.", explains Gilbert. "All the other material though, including the reprints, is to be withdrawn from the market as of September 1, 2011".

 

                                                                   SeajayVentures

                                                     Public Relations Department

Kendra: Dracula's Daughter

Much to our regret we are still running into production difficulties that are delaying the release of our first title, FANTASY PATHWAYS. We hope to have the situation fixed in the next month or so but while you are waiting we would like to recommend that you pick up a copy of KENDRA: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER from RED LEAF COMICS.

Created and written by our publisher Jonathan "A" Gilbert with art and letters by co-creator Seppo Makinen KENDRA: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER is set in 1967 during the "Summer of Love" and is about a young woman who is the daughter of Dracula's prime mistress and was adopted by The Lord of the Undead who hoped that she would one day succeed him as the supreme ruler of Earth's vampires. Things though didn't quite work out as Dracula had planned resulting in he and Kendra becoming bitter enemies.

KENDRA: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER is available in an online version for 99-cents and a print version for $1.99. Both can be ordered directly from RED LEAF COMICS at www.redleafcomics.com . Be sure to tell then that RED LION PUBLICATIONS sent ya and be sure to let our publisher know what you think of KENDRA: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER at JonAllanGilbert@yahoo.ca .

2/27/11 Update

We're pretty darn busy these days here at Red Lion Publications but we thought we would take a few minutes to let you know what titles we are releasing in 2011.

 

1)FANTASY PATHWAYS featuring the first installment of SHE IS...SILKIE (with art by Seppo Makinen), THE LEGENDARY WINDIGO, KATHLEEN (a vampire tale) and Jonathan "A" Gilbert's MISTER CHAMELEON.

 

2)CAPTAIN SENTINEL AND FRIENDS featuring CAPTAIN SENTINEL AND THE LADS OF LIBERTY, MESSAGE FROM THE STARS by Seppo Makinen and a new barbarian series titled ATREUS.

 

3)MYSTERY ADVENTURE TALES featuring THE GLOB and SHANNON MCCABE PRESENTS...SPRING HEELED JACK.

 

4) SHE IS...SILKIE GRAPHIC NOVEL.

 

We haven't set any release dates yet but will in upcoming postings. We will also be giving you more information on the above mentioned titles, series and their creators as well as news about some additions we have madfe to our Red Lion Publications staff.

     

So drop by from time to time and we will keep you updated on all that is going on at Red Lion Publications in 2011 and beyond.