http://anakata-comics.com The collective Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:28:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2012/01/29/wakan-unwanted-collection-0-5/ 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2011/11/24/488/ 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. ]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2011/09/03/preview-wakan-unwanted-issue-5/ 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2011/07/04/the-spark/ 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2011/04/15/coming-soon-wakan-unwanted-issues-4-5-through-this-lens/ 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2011/03/25/anakathology/ The Anakata crew is growing. One of our latest additions is the fantastic artist Séber Lászlo, who I’m currently working with on the upcoming “Ontonauts” series. But here, for your reading pleasure, is our first collaboration, with web production by Aksel. Originally, the story was our entry to Outland’s comics contest (which we didn’t win). We came [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2010/11/04/new-webcomic-before-the-laughter-dies/ 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 [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2010/10/02/coming-soon-wakan-unwanted-issue-3-his-masters-voice/ This weekend Aksel, Seth and I are off to Bergen for the Raptus International Comics Festival, along with brand new Anakata artist Anna Bruce. Stop by our table for a chat or some shopping; we will be selling Wakan Unwanted and the Moebius strip print version of The Time I Went Looking for the Buddha, as [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2010/09/08/ready-for-raptus/ Even though there has been quite a while since OCX2010, we have not forgotten about all the great contributions that were submitted to our stand. Finally – they are all uploaded to the comic jam section. If you missed this event at OCX you have a whole new opportunity at Raptus Comics festival from september [...]]]> http://anakata-comics.com/2010/08/19/comic-jams-ocx2010/