The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes

Publisher Marketing: Since the 1970s, the Planet of the Apes franchise has frequently delved into the world of comic books. Some stories have made the Lawgiver proud, while others have brought shame to Ape City. In the comics arena, not all apes are created equal - but for fans, that's half the fun of reading them. More than 150 POTA comics have been published during the past four decades, from Gold Key, Marvel Comics, Power Records, Brown Watson Books, Editorial Mo. Pa. Sa., Malibu Graphics, Dark Horse, Mr. Comics, and BOOM! Studios. Writers have explored the settings, concepts and characters from the films (and occasionally the TV series), while introducing an array of new characters and scenarios. Back stories have been revealed, plot holes filled in and histories extrapolated upon. The comics have employed multiple genres and styles, taking readers to distant villages, ruined cities and oceanic civilizations - and have even seen the apes battle alien invaders from War of the Worlds and Alien Nation. It's been quite the madhouse, to be sure. But by and large, the Apes comics have remained true to novelist Pierre Boulle's simian spirit. Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes will examine the entire history of POTA comic books, from Gold Key to BOOM! and everything in between. This anthology will feature insightful, analytical essays about the franchise's four-color continuation, from popular comic historians, novelists, bloggers and subject-matter experts. If you're eager to learn more about Apes lore, then you'll need to get your stinkin' paws on this volume. Contributor Bio:  Handley, Rich GREG MITCHELL Greg Mitchell is a screenwriter and novelist, and the author of the faith-versus-fear series The Coming Evil Trilogy and the sci-fi/action-adventure Rift Jump. His short stories have appeared in Bigfoot Terror Tales Vol. 2, two editions of The Midnight Diner, Underground Rising, and the occult detective anthology A Cat of Nine Tales. He's released two e-books-the zombie love story Flowers for Shelly, and The Coming Evil: Lengthening Shadows. Previously he's been a frequent contributor to the sci-fi shared universe Avenir Eclectia, where he's chronicled the exploits of Dressler, the giant-bug hunter. In film, he wrote the screenplay for Amazing Love: The Story of Hosea, starring Sean Astin from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He has contributed to The Official Star Wars Blog and previously served on board the team at HalloweenComics.com, where he developed original tie-in fiction for John Carpenter's horror classic Halloween, including the online exclusive short story Halloween: White Ghost. He lives in Northeast Arkansas with his wife and two daughters, and is still waiting for his very own hoverboard. Keep him company at www.thecomingevil.com. RICH HANDLEY Rich Handley is the editor and co-founder of Hasslein Books, the managing editor of RFID Journal, and a frequent contributor to Bleeding Cool Magazine, StarWars.com and TrekWeb.com. This is his fourth book, following Timeline of the Planet of the Apes, Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes and A Matter of Time: The Back to the Future Lexicon. Rich has penned various articles and short fiction pieces for the licensed Star Wars universe, assistant-edited Realm Press' Battlestar Galactica comic book line, co-wrote Archaia Publishing's novel Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes and helped Ed Gross update his popular reference book Planet of the Apes Revisited. A columnist and reporter at Star Trek Communicator magazine for several years, he assisted GIT Corp. compile its Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection and Star Trek Movie Comic Book Collection DVD-ROM sets. More recently, he wrote the introductions to IDW's Star Trek newspaper strip reprint books and contributed an essay to the Sequart Research & Literacy Organization's upcoming Star Trek comic book anthology.