War Cry Character Art, Paranet Preview, and Goodreads!

Contents:

  1. Paranet Papers Preview
  2. Goodreads Choice Awards
  3. “War Cry” Concept Art and Preorder Info
  4. “Ghoul, Goblin” on Dynamite Digital

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WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
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As an amazing Halloween treat, Evil Hat Productions has offered a FREE preview chapter of the upcoming Dresden Files RPG expansion, The Paranet Papers.

Stand together against the darkness…

In Jim Butcher’s bestselling Dresden Files books, the forces of good bond together into an organization called the Paranet in a desperate attempt to protect each other in the equally desperate war against big baddies like the Red Court and the Denarians.

In 2015, you will bring the Paranet to your Dresden Files RPG game with the Paranet Papers supplement. Travel to locations in crisis like Las Vegas and South America to fight evil. Team up with characters from Turn Coat and Changes to fight evil. Join up with other Paranetters to… well, you get the picture.

The Paranet Papers. Because playing with wizards wasn’t dangerous enough already.

In this early preview, they’re giving you the entire Las Vegas chapter, absolutely free. Call it a Paranet Paper, if you will. And enjoy! We’ll see you, again, in 2015.

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ELECTION DAY
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There’s more than one election going on right now! Skin Game has been nominated for Best Fantasy in the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards. Check out all the fantastic contenders and vote for your favorites.

The voting schedule is as follows:
Opening Round: Nov. 3 – 8
Semifinal Round: Nov. 10 – 15
Final Round: Nov. 17 – 24

Cast your first votes before polls close on Saturday, then be sure to come back on Monday the 10th to see if your favorites made the cut!

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WAR CRY TEASER
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The Direct Market release of WAR CRY comes out next week! As promised, here’s the other half of Carlos Gomez’s awesome War Cry concept art: young Wardens Carlos Ramirez, Yuki Yoshimo, and “Wild Bill” Meyers. Click to embiggen.

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This 144-page hardcover collects all five issues of the original Harry Dresden War Cry comic book series by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, and Carlos Gomez. It also features the complete comic book cover illustrations from Stjepan Sejic and Carlos Gomez!

WAR CRY hits the Direct Market on 11/19 and the regular Book Market a week later, on 11/25. “Direct Market” refers to dedicated comics stores, including online comics stores like Dynamite and Midtown Comics. “Book Market” is everything else, including brick-and-mortar bookstores and sites like Amazon and B&N.

You can preorder your copy from your favorite local comic store, Amazon, B&N, or Dynamite. Dynamite is also offering copies signed by Jim! Supply of the signed edition is limited, so if you’re interested, definitely jump on that opportunity!

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GHOUL, GOBLIN ON DYNAMITE DIGITAL
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The collected issues of “Ghoul, Goblin” is now available in digital format! Grab your copy on Dynamite Digital!

Harry Dresden, a Chicago private investigator and wizard, heads to a small, isolated Missouri town terrorized by Nevernever monsters. The singularly unfortunate Talbot family has suffered a curse that has decimated their number for generations, and only our hero can save them… that is, if he can survive hostile lawmen, the dark secrets of townsfolk, an ancient guardian spirit, and two deadly carnivores! Can Dresden cleanse the Talbot bloodline of its curse without a blood sacrifice of his own?

“Ghoul, Goblin” is an original Dresden Files graphic novel written by Jim Butcher and Mark Powers, illustrated by Joseph Cooper, set between “Fool Moon” and “Grave Peril.” It’s also available for purchase in physical form at your favorite local comics shop, Dynamite.com, and various online retailers through the Jim-Butcher.com store.

Jim’s Birthday and War Cry Character Art, Part 1! Plus Podcast Fun

HAPPY BELATED TO JIM

Jim’s birthday was Sunday! Share your belated birthday wishes on our forum or twitter!

WAR CRY COUNTDOWN CONTINUES

The Direct Market release of WAR CRY is just two weeks away! Get excited with Carlos Gomez’s awesome concept art of Harry, Thomas, and new character Catherine Taylor! Click the thumbnails to embiggen. We’ll bring you the concept art for Ramirez, Yoshimo, and Wild Bill next week.

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This 144-page hardcover collects all five issues of the original Harry Dresden War Cry comic book series by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, and Carlos Gomez. It also features the complete comic book cover illustrations from Stjepan Sejic and Carlos Gomez!

WAR CRY hits the Direct Market on 11/19 and the regular Book Market a week later, on 11/25. “Direct Market” refers to dedicated comics stores, including online comics stores like Dynamite and Midtown Comics. “Book Market” is everything else, including brick-and-mortar bookstores and sites like Amazon and B&N.

You can preorder your copy from your favorite local comic store, Amazon, B&N, or Dynamite. Dynamite is also offering copies signed by Jim! Supply of the signed edition is limited, so if you’re interested, definitely jump on that opportunity!

PODCAST FUN

Jim was a recent guest on the Once and Future Podcast, though this time, the roles were reversed. Hear him interview host Anton Strout!

War Cry Update!

This just in! Due to a minor SNAFU, the release date of the hardcover compilation of War Cry has been pushed back a bit. The new dates are:

11/19: Direct Market
11/25: Book Market.

“Direct Market” refers to dedicated comics stores, including online comics stores like Dynamite and Midtown Comics. “Book Market” is everything else, including brick-and-mortar bookstores and sites like Amazon and B&N.

As a peace offering, here’s a five-page section from issue #2 of the graphic novel.

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This 144-page hardcover collects all five issues of the original Harry Dresden War Cry comic book series by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, and Carlos Gomez. It also features the complete comic book cover illustrations from Stjepan Sejic and Carlos Gomez!

You can preorder your copy from your favorite local comic store, Amazon, B&N, or Dynamite. Dynamite is also offering copies signed by Jim! Supply of the signed edition is limited, so if you’re interested, definitely jump on that opportunity!

Bigfoot Opportunity and War Cry Jacket Art

WAR CRY JACKET ART

War Cry is coming, and we’ve got the jacket art to prove it! Order a copy from your favorite local comics shop or comic-friendly independent bookstore, or preorder a copy from Amazon or B&N from our store! It will be released November 11th.

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This 144-page hardcover collects all five issues of the original Harry Dresden War Cry comic book series by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, and Carlos Gomez. It also features the complete comic book cover illustrations from Stjepan Sejic and Carlos Gomez!

BIGFOOT FOUND

Curious about the reference to Harry’s client River Shoulders in Skin Game? Jim’s trilogy of Bigfoot short stories is a bonus book in this month’s Story Bundle!

How it works:

  1. Pay-what-you like for five books by awesome indy authors, including Kevin J. Anderson, Elizabeth Bear!
  2. Pay at least $14 and get the five bonus titles, including Jim Butcher, P.N. Elrod, Michael A. Stackpole and more!
  3. Read all their books on your tablet, e-reader, laptop, or smartphone, DRM free!

Jim’s “Working for Bigfoot” collection unites the three Bigfoot stories published in 2012: “B is for Bigfoot,” originally in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron; “I Was a Teenage Bigfoot,” originally in Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste, and “Bigfoot on Campus,” originally in Hex Appeal. If you don’t want to wait another year or so for Brief Cases, sequel to Side Jobs, this is your chance to learn all about the times Harry took a case from one of the few people out there taller than he is.

REMINDER

This summer saw some pretty awesome new swag, so I just wanted to drop a reminder. Badali Jewelry released stunningly gorgeous, officially licensed Dresden-inspired pieces, including Harry’s pentacle, Harry’s shield bracelet, and a Bob the Skull pendant, available in “good” and “evil” varieties.

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Also, Penguin heard the fan demand and has republished Storm Front in hardcover! If you’re as fastidious as we are about your books being a uniform size, or you’re as hard as Harry is on paperbacks, or you’re a completist, you’ll want to snatch up a copy! If Penguin feels there’s sufficient fan interest, they’ll re-release other Dresden books in hardcover, so if that’s you, vote with your dollars!

Release Date for War Cry Hardcover!

War Cry is coming to stores nationwide on November 11th!

This hardcover graphic novel compiles all five issues of the critically claimed, original Dresden Files story by Jim Butcher and Mark Powers, illustrated by Carlos Gomez, set a few months after Dead Beat.

A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council – a war that the wizards are losing. So desperate are the Council that they’ve dragooned the experienced and the outcast to reinforce their thinning ranks of Wardens. One of these draftees is one Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only wizard-for-hire and a guy who’s long been looked upon with suspicion by the supernatural authorities. Now, he’s one of them, and his first big mission as a Warden is a doozy: take a small team of greenhorns to a frigid town in the middle of nowhere to rescue a handful of mortals who’ve been targeted by the Red Court. The question is, why exactly are these particular mortals so crucial to the outcome of the war? The answer will come only if Harry can keep them, and his team, alive for one very long night.

Go to your favorite local retailer today to order a copy, or preorder through Amazon or B&N via our store!