BOOK FOR WEBCOMIC FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY
GATHERS TEN YEARS OF LYRICS AND HISTORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2011 (Glendale, CA) – FLYING GLORY FLASHBACK: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE LYRICS, WORDS, AND HISTORY BEHIND THE WEBCOMIC FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY, a book that features the complete words for all of the lyrics featured within the storyline along with the history of the webcomic's evolution, is now available in multiple ebook formats along with a print edition in time for the holiday season. For a decade, the webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY continues to feature the adventures of super powered teen Debra Clay, known as Flying Glory, and her backing band the Hounds of Glory. She's mentored by her grandmother Elsie Stokes, who served as Flying Glory during World War II. The webcomic launched in the summer of 2001 with a four page short, soon followed by a twenty nine page first issue. Artwork is drawn by Kevin Paul Shaw Broden, who co-writes the adventures with Shannon Muir. Currently, each issue is twenty-four pages in length and generally posted as one page weekly in black and white. As of June 2011, the tenth anniversary of the webcomic, the website features roughly 350 comic story pages. In addition, “Flying Glory and the Hounds of Glory” appeared in print for the first time this year as part of a charity cookbook by TGT Media (http://webcomiccookbook.org/order/) entitled “Webcomics: What’s Cooking?” that raises funds to feed the hungry, and for which the complete lyrics for "What's Cooking Tonight?" used in that piece are part of FLYING GLORY FLASHBACK.
Now for the first time, every "song" from within the comic as well as special features such as the print appearance appears complete and with one text-only volume, accompanied with introductions to each section explaining the creative development behind the storylines from each period. In addition, readers get a rare opportunity to read material written by Shannon Muir before the inception of the concept as well as material from the not yet produced FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY Christmas story. The book includes a special introduction by artist, co-writer and FLYING GLORY creator Kevin Paul Shaw Broden.
Broden and Muir also have shared writing credits on several episodes of the Japanese animated series MIDNIGHT HORROR SCHOOL; he contributed illustrations to her textbooks GARDNER'S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION and GARDNER'S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION. Muir’s worked in production on several animated television series for such major studios as Sony, Nickelodeon, and SD Entertainment. Muir's other indie self-published novels include the paranormal focused HALF TRUTH AND FULL LYE originally completed as part of National Novel Writing Month 2011, along with her other women's fiction/romance novels TOUCH THE STARS and THE HEART'S DUTY, and her short story/poetry anthologies SEARCH FOR A WOMAN and THE END OF INNOCENCE'S ROAD.
"I've always loved music, and even spent some time as radio DJ in college," explains Muir. "But I've never been able to play a musical instrument. Getting to use my poetry experience as a writer to create the 'songs' that bring extra effect and poignancy to the stories we do in the FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY webcomic, is absolutely amazing. I always look forward to the visuals Kevin comes up with to go with my words, which are always written first based on the plot script, with an exception or two. Occasionally Kevin's handed me a page, and I've said to him that I know song words that go there. I'll tell him what they are and he's agreed every time. It's been an incredible ten years and I'm glad to share more insights of that journey with everyone. I hope there will be many more."
FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY's 36 page celebratory issue 14, “Reverberations,” began on June 26, 2011 and will be running weekly (breaking for holidays) until approximately June 2012 at http://www.flying-glory.com. FLYING GLORY FLASHBACK is currently available on Amazon for Kindle, the iBookstore, Smashwords for all other platforms including NOOK as of press time, and in print through Lulu and also for sale on Amazon. The ebook version retails for $3.99 and the print version for $9.99, with purchases helping to subsidize webhosting costs.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY and the 10th Anniversary that Almost Wasn't...
It's come up in several blog posts recently that FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY turns 10 years old in 2011. What many people don't know is the webcomic almost didn't survive its first year. Not due to money, or time.
The comic almost came to a stop over September 11th.
Given the patriotic themes in this webcomic, one might think it a response to September 11th. It's not, not at all. FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY actually launched in June 2001 after Shannon Muir received an opportunity to appear on a fan-to-pro panel at the now discontinued GATHERING OF THE GARGOYLES convention when it was in Universal City, California, after learning about it from GARGOYLES series developer/creator Greg Weisman (who mentored Shannon previously in animation writing coursework). Shannon and Kevin talked a long time and decided this crowd had similar interests in the kind of stories and storytelling they did, and that this venue would be the one to test the waters for moving FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY from the movie and animated series development they'd been trying to a webcomic.
So, in June 2001, flyers were printed and mentions were made of the webcomic's debut coming that following week at http://www.flying-glory.com. The first content was a short full color four page piece published in its entirety called PRELUDE TO GLORY with the lyrics for "Keep on Fighting," still available as part of the Extras section which is full of various gems from the past ten years. Check it out!
There was no way to know then that those lyrics would become a theme to the webcomic's very continued existence.
A short time later, what is now known as Issue 1 began. However, work wasn't far into the comic when September 11th hit. The decision was made to put up a memorial drawing (currently not available while the gallery is being redone) and behind the scenes long talks were held as to whether FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY should even continue. Would it be considered somehow inappropriate given the country's climate, or perhaps it might have the opposite effect? In the end, it was decided that the call to tell a good story should rise above all, so the webcomic continued.
Here it is now, going into 2011, and FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is still here.
Thanks for being a part of it.
The comic almost came to a stop over September 11th.
Given the patriotic themes in this webcomic, one might think it a response to September 11th. It's not, not at all. FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY actually launched in June 2001 after Shannon Muir received an opportunity to appear on a fan-to-pro panel at the now discontinued GATHERING OF THE GARGOYLES convention when it was in Universal City, California, after learning about it from GARGOYLES series developer/creator Greg Weisman (who mentored Shannon previously in animation writing coursework). Shannon and Kevin talked a long time and decided this crowd had similar interests in the kind of stories and storytelling they did, and that this venue would be the one to test the waters for moving FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY from the movie and animated series development they'd been trying to a webcomic.
So, in June 2001, flyers were printed and mentions were made of the webcomic's debut coming that following week at http://www.flying-glory.com. The first content was a short full color four page piece published in its entirety called PRELUDE TO GLORY with the lyrics for "Keep on Fighting," still available as part of the Extras section which is full of various gems from the past ten years. Check it out!
There was no way to know then that those lyrics would become a theme to the webcomic's very continued existence.
A short time later, what is now known as Issue 1 began. However, work wasn't far into the comic when September 11th hit. The decision was made to put up a memorial drawing (currently not available while the gallery is being redone) and behind the scenes long talks were held as to whether FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY should even continue. Would it be considered somehow inappropriate given the country's climate, or perhaps it might have the opposite effect? In the end, it was decided that the call to tell a good story should rise above all, so the webcomic continued.
Here it is now, going into 2011, and FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is still here.
Thanks for being a part of it.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
No Time for Encores...
As Flying Glory and the Hounds of Glory take to the stage again, they perform an encore song that is about having no time for repeat performances. Check out the latest page of "No Time for Encores" at http:://www.flying-glory.com !
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Want to Find Your Favorite Flying Glory Song?...
While we apologize for the delay in new pages (lots of Real Life stuff getting in the way), in the meantime we're offering a listing of songs by issue to make finding your favorite tune easier than ever! Also planned are links to full songs by all artists that appear in the comic, including Glamm and Idoru! See it at http://www.flying-glory.com/discog.htm
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Go for the Glory...
Flying Glory, together with the Hounds of Glory, try out a new song in one of the studios at Tekaz. Listen in on the latest page of "Ballad for the Brokenhearted," available now at http://www.flying-glory.com!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Just in Time...
Actually, that may seem farthest from the truth given it's been two weeks since the end of Issue #9... but that's the name of the new song being performed by the band as they shoot their first music video!
The work that Kevin had to do for this page was so detailed he might as well have been doing another cover. Sorry for the delay, but we wanted the results to be worth it!
Keep reading to find out what happens after the music video shoot as Issue #10, "Segue," unfolds!
Shannon
Co-Creator, FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY
The work that Kevin had to do for this page was so detailed he might as well have been doing another cover. Sorry for the delay, but we wanted the results to be worth it!
Keep reading to find out what happens after the music video shoot as Issue #10, "Segue," unfolds!
Shannon
Co-Creator, FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY
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