This Just In: Archaia Entertainment Sets a September 28 Release Date for The Grave Doug Freshley

The ‘Zombies Meets Cowboys’ Graphic Novel Follows the Undead Adventures of the Old West’s Most Decomposed Hero

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA  (September 27, 2011)  - Award-winning graphic novel publisher, Archaia Entertainment, has set a release date of September 28 for its ‘Old West meets the undead’ graphic novel, The Grave Doug Freshley. An innovative genre mix-up, The Grave Doug Freshley follows the newly zombified Doug Freshley on his mission to protect a young boy from notorious outlaws. It will be available in comic book shops and wherever books are sold.

Written by rising comic star, Josh Hechinger and illustrated by Marvin Mann (The Lone and Level Sands, Some New Kind of Slaughter and Inanna’s Tears), The Grave Doug Freshley (hardcover with dust jacket, 168 pp, $19.95, ISBN: 978-1-932386-70-7) follows Douglas Freshley, a former schoolmaster, who is hired by his longtime friend, Shane McNally to tutor their rambunctious son, Bat. But when the outlaw Delancey gang raids the McNally ranch, killing all the adults, it’s up to the corpse of Doug to rise up, protect Bat and exact some good ol’ frontier justice. Little does he know, however, that he is being stalked by the Deadliest Gun in the West (or anywhere)—the Grim Reaper himself.

Critically-acclaimed by readers since its digital publication on Graphicly, the hardcover version will feature high-quality artwork packaged in a vivid presentation, as well as pin-ups by Anthony Peruzzo, Jorge F. Muñoz, Scott Newman, Lea Hernandez and John Bivens. The Grave Doug Freshley follows Archaia’s successful history of adapting digital titles to print. Their previous title, Tumor, was released to wide praise after only being available online. 

For more information on The Grave Doug Freshley or other Archaia titles, please visit http://www.archaia.com.

About Archaia Entertainment

Archaia is a multi-award-winning graphic novel publisher with more than 50 renowned publishing brands, including such domestic and international hits as Mouse Guard, Return of the Dapper Men, Gunnerkrigg Court, Awakening, The Killer, Days Missing, Tumor, Syndrome, Artesia, Engineer, and an entire line of The Jim Henson Company graphic novels. Archaia has built an unparalleled reputation for producing meaningful content that perpetually transforms minds, building one of the industry’s most visually stunning and eclectic slates of graphic novels. Archaia was named Graphic Novel Publisher of the Year according to Ain’t it Cool News, Graphic Policy, and Comic Related, and was honored with nine 2011 Eisner Awards nominations. Archaia has also successfully emerged as a prolific storyteller in all facets of the entertainment industry, extending their popular brands into film, television, gaming, and branded digital media.