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June 18th, 2007 2:13 PM

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"PARADE (with fireworks)"

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I've been working on PARADE part two, but in the meantime here's some news about the story in general.
Follow the link to the Image Comics website:
http://www.imagecomics.com

From the website:

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) DEBUTS THIS SEPTEMBER!
Historical Epic Coming From Shadowline!

This coming September Image Comics' Shadowline unveils the first in a two-part miniseries with ACT-I-VATE studio cartoonist Michael Cavallaro, PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS). In the tradition of historical epics such as Eric Shanower’s AGE OF BRONZE and Marjane Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS, PARADE focuses on the personal side of an Italy torn apart after the first World War.

“This riveting new talent was brought to my attention by Shadowline editor, Kris Simon,” Shadowline President Jim Valentino explained. “Not only is Michael a brilliant cartoonist, but he’s producing work truly unlike any other in the industry. The mix of art styles he brings to the work certainly has influences from throughout the history of the medium, but they're fused together with a result I don’t believe people have quite seen before.”

The beauty of Michael Cavallaro’s approach is not just in the linework, but the story itself, which is rooted in deep personal ties dating back through generations of Michael’s family.

Cavallaro explains: “These are tales that I grew up hearing from my relatives. The basis of the comic spans decades of my family’s history on their journeys from an Italian countryside lost between two World Wars, to the coal mines of the American south and the factories of the Northeast. Parade is the beginning of these stories.”

The full-color PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) #1 of 2, priced at $3.50, goes on sale September 12th.

Also, I've relocated my drawing table to a studio space, newly dubbed DEEP SIX, that I'm sharing with
Joan Reilly, Dean Haspiel, Tim Hamilton, Leland Purvis, and Simon Frasier.

Follow the trials and tribulations of 6 New York city artists and see our work in progress at:
http://community.livejournal.com/studiodeep6/

Ok
See ya,
Mike

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