June 8, 2005, Atlanta, GA – Five months after the announcement that Desperado Publishing would be releasing Stardust Kid, a new all-ages comic book title by J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Ploog, Nick Bell and Dave Lanphear, the entire creative team from the critically acclaimed series Abadazad, the first issue of the five issue, bi-monthly series hit stores on Wednesday, June 8.
Stardust Kid tells the story of twelve year old Cody DiMarco and his best friend Paul Brightfield: The bond between the two boys is deeper than anyone could ever suspect. You see, Paul Brightfield isn’t human: he’s the last of The Old Ones, ancient elemental beings from The Time Before — when no man walked the Earth and magic was a given — and Cody is the only one in all the world who knows Paul’s secret.
One October night, Paul Brightfield vanishes…at the same moment that, in nearby Wilde Park, a massive cocoon burrows up out of the earth: Within the cocoon lies a hate-filled creature that will soon destroy Cody’s life — and the lives of everyone he loves…
“Since we first announced this title in January, it has become the number one most anticipated title in the Desperado line-up,” said Desperado publisher Joe Pruett. “The market just doesn’t have enough fairy tale comics that can be read whether you’re an adult or a child and I’m honored to be able to offer this to the reading public. I fully expect that Stardust Kid will garner the same rave reviews and critical acclaim that Abadazad received. This title is just as amazing, if not more so.”
“I’ve been nursing the idea for the Stardust Kid for twenty years,” said DeMatteis. “To finally see the story come to visual life–and with extraordinary collaborators like Mike Ploog, Nick Bell, Dave Lanphear and, of course, Desperado Publishing–is quite literally a dream come true: I couldn’t be happier.”
Stardust Kid #1 is available for reorder by using Diamond Order Number: MAR051683.
To read a five-page preview of Stardust Kid #1, follow this link: http://www.desperadopublishing.com/Previews/Stardust%20Kid%20Number%201%20Preview.htm
For more information on Stardust Kid and other Desperado Publishing titles, please log on to their web site at www.desperadopublishing.com.
About Desperado Publishing:
Atlanta, Georgia-based Desperado Publishing in partnership with Image Comics is set to release a daring line-up containing titles both existing and brand new by some of the comic industry’s biggest names. Always a visionary, publisher Joe Pruett is well known throughout comics as one of the finest assessors of talent and has discovered many of today’s biggest names. Some of those joining him at Desperado Publishing are Bob Burden, Phil Hester, John McCrea, J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Ploog, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Ron Marz, Andrew Robinson, Keith Giffen, Tony Harris, Brian Bolland, Bernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones and P. Craig Russell. A sampling of titles you can expect to see include: Flaming Carrot, Negative Burn, Stardust Kid, The Atheist, Widowmakers, Deadworld, and Dusty Star. More information can be found by logging on to their web site at www.desperadopublishing.com.
