Earth's End at Chromacon 2017 Report!

Above: Earth's End Publishing at Chromacon: from left: James Davidson, Kelly Sheehan and Adrian Kinnaird. Photo by Ant Sang.

The Earth's End Publishing team were proud to launch James Davidson's Moa at the recent Chromacon Indie Arts Festival held earlier this month at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. Our authors were in attendance, with James Davidson signing copies of Moa and sketching up a storm - including a portrait of Chopstick, the hero of Ant Sang's The Dharma Punks - and Ant Sang signing, sketching and acting as team photographer!

Above: James Davidson poses with his sketch of Chopstick from The Dharma Punks. Photo by Ant Sang.

It was great to see catch-up with so many great artists profiled at the event, and of coarse the art fans who make events like this so successful. A big thanks to everyone who came out and purchased a copy!

Moa is now available from leading bookstores, and from our website HERE.

Above: A close-up of James Davidson's sketch of Chopstick from The Dharma Punks. Photo by Ant Sang.

Earth's End at Chromacon 2017!

The Earth's End Publishing team will be featured guests at the Chromacon Arts Festival this weekend, April 8th -9th in Auckland! So what is Chromacon you ask? It is a FREE two day arts extravaganza, that celebrates the best homegrown independent creators of illustration, comics, 3D/scuplture, animation and videogames. This is your opportunity to meet these creators in person and support their work by buying directly from them: books, art prints and some much more!

Earth's End Publishing will be launching our collection of James Davidson's Moa at the event. So come down and get a signed copy from the artist himself, in Auckland for this festival only! Ant Sang will be joining us on the Saturday to sign and sketch in copies of his acclaimed graphic novel, The Dharma Punks. Editorial Director Adrian Kinnaird will also be at the booth all weekend signing copies of his seminal NZ comics anthology, From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics, and our re-release of the classic kids graphic novel, Terry Teo and the Gunrunners by Stephen Ballantyne & Bob Kerr.

There will be over 100 creators at the event, as well as a series of talks with international and local creatives at Chroma Connect (for ticket information for the Chroma Connect talks, check out the website HERE). This is a FREE event, taking place at the Aotea Centre, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of April, from 10am - 5pm. So come out of the wet and wild weather and celebrate creativity!

For more information, visit the Chromacon website HERE.

- AK!

Earth's End at Armageddon Expo Auckland 2016!

Above: Cartoonists Mat Tait (The Heading Dog Who Split in Half) and Ant Sang (The Dharma Punks) at Armageddon Expo.

This Labour Weekend Earth's End Publishing will be appearing at Armageddon Expo Auckland, the biggest pop culture event of the year! Taking place at the ASB Showgrounds over four days - October 21-24th, we'll be representing and selling graphic novels from New Zealand's finest cartoonists!

Above: Mansfield and Me by Sarah Laing.

Fresh off the press, we'll have copies of Sarah Laing's new graphic novel, Mansfield and Me. Presented in stunning watercolour, Mansfield and Me charts Sarah's journey towards becoming a writer and parent against her literary hero Katherine Mansfield's own dramatic life story, set in London, Paris, New York and New Zealand. Part memoir, part biography, part fantasy, it examines how our lives connect to those of our personal heroes.

Above: Terry Teo and the Gunrunners by Bob Kerr & Stephen Ballantyne.

We'll also have copies of Terry Teo and the Gunrunners by Bob Kerr & Stephen Ballantyne. This remastered edition of the original graphic novel that started it all comes with an exclusive 'History of Terry Teo' section: detailing the making of the comics, behind the scenes of the classic 1985 TV series, and the latest TV adaptation Terry Teo - currently streaming on TVNZ Ondemand HERE!

Above: The Heading Dog Who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales From New Zealand by Michael Brown and Mat Tait.

A great kiwiana read, The Heading Dog Who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales From New Zealand by Michael Brown and Mat Tait will also be available. This gorgeous over-sized paperback collection adapts some of New Zealand's rich folklore and weirdest tall tales into comics form. A place of phantom waka, ruined castles, romantic escapades in the early whaling days, magical sheepdogs, gargantuan crayfish and more are all captured in Tait's densely detailed and atmospheric artwork.

Above: The Dharma Punks by Ant Sang.

Above: From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics by Adrian Kinnaird

And if you haven't got a copy of Ant Sang's landmark graphic novel The Dharma Punks or the jam-packed collection From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics by Adrian Kinnaird, your bookshelf is not complete! Look out for a special prices and the opportunity to get your hands on a signed copy!

We'll have authors available to sign copies all weekend, so stop by booth #80 to pick up a copy and have a chat:

Author Signing schedule:

Ant Sang - The Dharma Punks, Shaolin Burning, Bro' Town: Saturday only.

Mat Tait - The Heading Dog Who Split in Half, The Flying Dutchman: Saturday and Sunday.

Adrian Kinnaird - From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics: Friday, Saturday, Monday.

Kelly Sheehan - The Inhabitants, Into the Dark Woods: Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

So if you love local comics, be sure to stop by, pick some up and have a chat. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information on Armageddon Expo, visit the official website HERE.

Photorama: Earth's End and Terry Teo at Auckland Armageddon Expo 2015!

Above: The Earth's End Publishing team and cartoonist Mat Tait: (from left) Adrian Kinnaird, Damon Keen, Mat Tait and Kelly Sheehan. Photo by Ant Sang.

We launched our new edition of Terry Teo and the Gunrunners at Auckland Armageddon Expo over Labour Weekend to a great public response! We had our authors - Terry Teo co-creator Stephen Ballantyne and The Dharma Punks' Ant Sang signing books, as well as our good friend Mat Tait, promoting his new graphic novel, The Heading Dog Who Split in Half. In addition to the book, we also screened the first trailer of the new Terry Teo TV series, written and directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound), from the footage it looks to capture the humour and adventure of the original, while giving the material a contemporary update.

Here's some photos from the event (click on the photos for larger viewing):

Above: The Earth's End Publishing booth at Auckland Armageddon Expo, just prior to opening.

Above: Terry Teo co-creator Stephen Ballantyne.

Above: Adrian Kinnaird with Kelly Sheehan and Terry Teo co-creator Stephen Ballantyne.

Above: Mat Tait (The Heading Dog Who Split in Half) and Ant Sang (The Dharma Punks).

Above: Mat Tait signing copies of The Heading Dog Who Split in Half for punters. Photo by Ant Sang.

Above: Damon Keen signing a copy of High Water. Photo by Ant Sang.

Above: Mat Tait and Faction's Damon Keen. Photo by Ant Sang.

If you missed us at the Armageddon Expo, copies of Terry Teo and the Gunrunners are available now from all good booksellers for $24.99, or you can purchase it online from our website store HERE.

- AK!

Terry Teo's Life of Crime?

Above: Kahn West and Terry Teo at the scene of a crime. Copyright Semi-Professional Pictures 2015.

In today's Sunday Star Times, Eleanor Black takes a look at the new, slightly grittier changes made to the Terry Teo characters in the upcoming TV series set to screen on TV2.

In the new series, Terry is a potential gang prospect, his policeman father has been killed, and his mother is now a petty criminal. Despite his troubled family life, Terry still overcomes these setbacks to fight crime and hopefully solve his father's murder.  Co-creator Stephen Ballantyne, Dylan Horrocks and myself chime in with our thoughts on the changes, and what makes the original graphic novel so appealing.

You can read the article online HERE.

- AK!