CLAUDIO SANCHEZ DEBUTS ZOMBIE EPIC
KEY OF Z  AT NEW YORK COMIC CON

 

FULL SIGNING TIMES ANNOUNCED (BOOTH #1345) 

CLAUDIO ON 'BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY' PANEL FRIDAY
 

Tony Moore (THE WALKING DEAD) incentive cover

Claudio Sanchez, creator and writer of THE AMORY WARS and KILL AUDIO, as well as frontman for progressive rock band COHEED AND CAMBRIA proudly debuts his latest book, KEY OF Z, at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) October 13th through 16th at the Javits Center in New York, NY, where Sanchez serves as a special guest of the show. With art by Aaron Kuder (THE AMORY WARS), writers Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert bring a deadly new vision of New York City in KEY OF Z. The zombie apocalypse has transformed the city into two separate battle-hardened fiefdoms. Nick Ewing is left to survive while seeking revenge on those responsible for the death of his family – the warring gangs residing in The Big Apple’s most illustrious athletic houses. Ewing stumbles upon a sentimental artifact from his past that imbues him with surprising power. Find out what happens when he discovers the KEY OF Z.  A five-page preview is available upon request. This #1 features a stunning NYCC-exclusive cover by Declan Shalvey (28 DAYS LATER, THUNDERBOLTS). KEY OF Z will be in stores October 19th, with cover art by Nathan Fox (FLORESCENT BLACK) and look for a special incentive cover by Tony Moore (THE WALKING DEAD). Sanchez and Echert will be signing at their Evil Ink Comics booth (#1345) at New York Comic Con at 4pm Thursday and 5pm Friday (October 13th and 14th) and 4pm Sunday (October 16th). In addition, Kuder will be drawing personalized zombie sketches on Saturday afternoon (Oct 15th) starting at noon. Kuder and Comic legend Peter David will join the crew signing on Friday,  Nathan Fox will join Sunday and there will be an exclusive Tony Moore KEY OF Z print (limited to 100) and more goodies. Also be sure to attend the BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY panel at NYCC where Claudio will be a guest speaker, happening Friday, October 14th at 12:15pm in the IGN Theater (http://bit.ly/nhv4pp). His band COHEED AND CAMBRIA appears on the BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY soundtrack, due out October 4th. The song "Deranged" can be heard here: http://youtu.be/woPliVs5uqM Following the convention, Sanchez and Echert will go on a mini-signing tour, including Boston and Providence (Newbury Comics), Orlando (A Comic Shop), Los Angeles (Meltdown Comics) and more. KEY OF Z will be in stores October 19th. Check with www.everythingevilink.com for more details. About Evil Ink Evil Ink Comics is an independent publisher and house of creation owned by COHEED AND CAMBRIA‘s, Claudio Sanchez.  Their roster of graphic and prose novels includes the hugely popular Sci-fi series, THE AMORY WARS: THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE, IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH:3 and YEAR OF THE BLACK RAINBOW; the musical dark comedy KILL AUDIO; and their newest, zombie-inspired KEY OF  Z. For marketing and distribution of their graphic offerings, Evil Ink currently teams up with Boom!Studios.  With Sanchez at the creator helm of all of Evil Ink’s series, writing duties are currently shared with Peter David (INCREDIBLE HULK, FALLEN ANGEL) and Chondra Echert (KILL AUDIO, KEY OF Z)  Evil Ink has worked with dozens of great artists, including THE WALKING DEAD‘s Tony Moore, Chris Burnham (BATMAN INCORPORATED, OFFICER DOWN) Aaron Kuder (THE AMORY WARS, KEY OF Z) and Sheldon Vella (KILL AUDIO, DEADPOOL #32.)  In addition to books, Evil Ink is behind the Kill Audio vinyl figure, winner of the 2011 Designer Toy Award for “Best Toy From a Comic.” Projects in the works include an Amory Wars game application, novelization of The Second Stage Turbine Blade miniseries and a follow-up series to Kill Audio. About BOOM! Studios Eisner, Harvey, and Best Publisher Award-winning BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent, including Mark Waid's series IRREDEEMABLE, new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker, PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?. BOOM!’s all-ages imprint KABOOM! publishes Charles Schulz' PEANUTS, Roger Langridge’s SNARKED, and Scholastic’s WORDGIRL. BOOM!'s lit comix-focused imprint, BOOM! Town, recently won the Eisner Award for its first book, Shannon Wheeler's I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER.