FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - DIAMOND RETAILER SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE OFFICIAL GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF CHARLAINE HARRIS' GRAVE SURPRISE
August 30, 2016, Mt. Laurel, NJ: The official graphic novel adaptation of Grave Surprise, the second book in the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris (author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries)! Co-written by Harris herself, alongside Royal McGraw (Grumpy Cat), Grave Surprise features art by Ilias Kyriazis (Dirk Gently, Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters) in a beautiful hardcover format.
Harper Connelly, a psychic capable of finding dead people and reading their last thoughts, discovers a grave in Memphis with two bodies: a man centuries dead, and a girl recently deceased. How the two bodies ended up together would be perplexing enough... but the sudden appearance of a third body the next morning makes this a mystery that perhaps even Connelly can't solve!
"This beautifully rendered adaptation of my book Grave Surprise is simply great entertainment," says author Charlaine Harris. "I hope that graphic novel fans will enjoy my story reinterpreted in this visually striking book."
"Working with Charlaine Harris these past few years on adapting her Harper Connelly series has produced some of our best graphic novels to date," says Dynamite CEO and Publisher, Nick Barrucci. "We are thrilled to again pair such an incredible author with some of the comic industry's top talent to adapt the second book in the series this December!"
Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. In October 2005, the first of Harris's new mystery series about a young woman named Harper Connelly debuted with the release of Grave Sight. So far, the series has produced four novels. In addition to the Harper Connelly series, Harris may be best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries, the novel series adapted into the HBO television series True Blood.
Royal McGraw wrote the 2016 Free Comic Book Day issue of Grumpy Cat for Dynamite Entertainment, and writes the original series Missing: A Kim Willows Mystery on Comixology. Artist Ilias Kyriazis has worked on multiple series for IDW, and previously worked with Dynamite Entertainment on a story in the 2012 Vampirella Annual.
In addition to the hardcover Standard Edition of Grave Surprise, Dynamite will produce a special Signed Edition, featuring a tip-in sheet autographed by Charlaine Harris herself, limited to only 250 copies!
The Standard and Signed Edition of Grave Surprise will be priced $24.99 and $39.99 respectively. They are sold into the book market by Diamond Book Distributors. For the comic book specialty market, Grave Surprise will be solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors' October 2016 Previews catalog. Both editions are slated for release in December. Grave Surprise will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Dynamite Digital, iVerse, and Dark Horse Digital.
About Dynamite Entertainment:
Dynamite was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Red Sonja, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, A Game of Thrones, and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over 3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics properties), such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and bestselling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, Neil Gaiman, Andy Diggle, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, Gail Simone, Steve Niles, James Robinson, and a host of up-and-coming new talent. Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's Project Superpowers - have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005, Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.
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