Wakan Unwanted Collection (#0-5)

The central title from Anakata Comics, Wakan Unwanted, is soon available in a new edition which collects all of the first six issues. The book runs to 128 full-colour pages and will be available both as a trade paperback and as a digital exclusive on the Amazon Kindle store. We have put together a short promotional video to mark the occasion:

In addition to the collected edition, each individual issue is already available to download from Amazon U.S., UK and Germany exclusively on the Kindle for the very reasonable price of $0.99. Here are the links to #0 ‘In Ashes’, #1 ‘Pistonville Peace’, #2 ‘A Red Bird’s Plight’, #3 ‘His Master’s Voice’ and #4/5 ‘Through This Lens’ (Parts 1 & 2).

‘The Saga of Olav Sleggja’ in colour

For a limited time, you can buy the entire 156-page viking graphic novel ‘The Saga of Olav Sleggja’ by Øystein Runde and coloured by Anakata’s Seth Piper for a very reasonable $5. There is a free sample here and the payment page is here; you will be contacted shortly afterward by email with a download link.

Although not published by Anakata Comics, Seth Piper has contributed with colouring the entire work and this is the first time a colour version is available in any format. It is also the first time the work is available in English.

Slaggja (‘Sledgehammer’) was well received when first released in 2009, and was nominated both for the Sproing prize and the Norwegian Department of Culture’s comic prize. The print version is still available from Samlaget in Nynorsk (New Norwegian). Their summary of the story translated roughly as follows: ‘We meet Olav Sleggja, who is in debt to king Olav Tryggvason. He will carry out a final mission before he can be free: to kill the brother of the King. The Saga of Olav Sleggja captures the tone of the sagas in comic form with added black humour’.

*UPDATE- as of January 2012 this download is no longer available*

Preview: Wakan Unwanted issue 5

We have another brand new image to show you from the forthcoming chapter in the ongoing story, Wakan Unwanted. Issues 4 and 5 are a double-issue and we wanted to reflect that with a double cover.

The Spark

Arriving soon from our printers in the U.S. is a new title, ‘The Spark’ by Seth Piper and Alexander Svanberg. This story grew out of an animated music video from a few years back for the Norwegian band Jim Protector and features a tragic, alienated robot figure. A Norwegian language version, ‘Gnisten’ has been produced simultaneously.

Available in a larger-than-average size of 8″ x 10.5″ from our webshop or by email. 22 colour pages.

Coming soon- Wakan Unwanted issues 4 & 5: ‘Through This Lens’

We are well underway with the next two issues of Wakan Unwanted! ’Through This Lens’ will be a two-part story revealing a lot more of Clarius’ past and contains plenty of the Western/steampunk action which is the trademark of the series. Once again written by Lars S. Nygård and drawn by Seth Piper, issues 4 and 5 will be along in early summer 2011 with a special extended double cover, the first half of which we can reveal below:

Anakathology

We are putting together the final touches of our first collection, ‘Anakathology #1′. It will contain over fifty pages of comics, many of which are being printed for the first time. We are very excited to be kicking off several continuing stories such as Norse Codes and Ontonauts which will hopefully make up a bigger part of the Anakata roster in the coming months.

Here is a list of contents, subject to change:

- Norse Codes (ten pages)

- Wakan Unwanted: In Ashes (eight pages)

- Before the laughter dies (three pages)

- A long trip (five pages)

- Circle of Burning (four pages)

- Goldie Unlocked (four pages)

- Ontonauts (three pages)

- plus, selected Comic Jams

Anakathology #1 will be available soon!

Coming soon- Wakan Unwanted issue 3: ‘His Master’s Voice’

The next issue of our alternate-reality Western comic, Wakan Unwanted, is nearing completion. ‘His Master’s Voice’ is the exciting, mysterious and explosive continuation of Clarius’ story as he digs deeper into the dark heart of Pistonville town- both literally and metaphorically.

We are very happy to be able to offer our loyal readers a brief preview of some of the pages from this issue and we hope to have it on sale in the not-too-distant future.