Arcana Studio is a Canadian
comic bookA comic book is a magazine made up of narrative artwork, often accompanied by dialog and often including brief descriptive prose...
publisher and art studio founded by former Coquitlam,
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school teacher
Sean O'ReillySean O’Reilly is the owner and operator of Arcana Studio, Canada's largest comic book company.O’Reilly led Arcana Studio to winning The Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher in their first year, as voted by the retailers and readers. As well, Arcana Studio was nominated for a Harvey Award in...
in
2004-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
.
Arcana's titles include
Kade,
EzraEzra is a fictional comic book character created by Sean O'Reilly, appearing in a series of comic books published through Arcana Studios.The first appearance of Ezra was found in the first Arcana Studio comic book, Kade #1 released in 2004...
,
100 Girls100 Girls is a comic book series created by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong, and published by Arcana Studio.-Plot:Sylvia Mark is a thirteen year-old girl who feels like an outcast from the other kids her age. She skipped two grades, is amazingly strong, and has the olympic level gymnastic agility. ...
and
El Arsenal. Arcana has been a sponsor for
Free Comic Book DayFree Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores...
since 2004. Arcana Studios has appeared at Elfsar Comics on Free Comic Book Day as well as Golden Apple Comics. In four short years they have become Canada's top publisher with over one hundred properties to their credit.
Arcana Art Studio is currently working for
DisneyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
as an official vendor,
UbisoftUbisoft Entertainment S.A. is a French computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. The company has facilities in over 20 countries, with studios in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City, Canada; Bucharest, Romania; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai,...
, HBO and developed
Dragon's LairDragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth. Most other games of the era represented the character as a sprite, which consisted of a series of bitmaps displayed in succession...
,
ReBootReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan...
,
Se7enSeven is a 1995 American crime film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story follows a retiring detective and his replacement , jointly investigating a series of ritualistic murders inspired by the seven deadly sins.-Plot:In an unidentified city of near-constant...
and
Final DestinationFollowing the original 2000 film Final Destination and the resulting trilogy, as well as Black Flame's series of books, Zenescope Entertainment began producing a series of Final Destination comic books...
for comic books.
Arcana Studio is a Canadian
comic bookA comic book is a magazine made up of narrative artwork, often accompanied by dialog and often including brief descriptive prose...
publisher and art studio founded by former Coquitlam,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
school teacher
Sean O'ReillySean O’Reilly is the owner and operator of Arcana Studio, Canada's largest comic book company.O’Reilly led Arcana Studio to winning The Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher in their first year, as voted by the retailers and readers. As well, Arcana Studio was nominated for a Harvey Award in...
in
2004-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
.
Overview
Arcana's titles include
Kade,
EzraEzra is a fictional comic book character created by Sean O'Reilly, appearing in a series of comic books published through Arcana Studios.The first appearance of Ezra was found in the first Arcana Studio comic book, Kade #1 released in 2004...
,
100 Girls100 Girls is a comic book series created by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong, and published by Arcana Studio.-Plot:Sylvia Mark is a thirteen year-old girl who feels like an outcast from the other kids her age. She skipped two grades, is amazingly strong, and has the olympic level gymnastic agility. ...
and
El Arsenal. Arcana has been a sponsor for
Free Comic Book DayFree Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores...
since 2004. Arcana Studios has appeared at Elfsar Comics on Free Comic Book Day as well as Golden Apple Comics. In four short years they have become Canada's top publisher with over one hundred properties to their credit.
Arcana Art Studio is currently working for
DisneyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
as an official vendor,
UbisoftUbisoft Entertainment S.A. is a French computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. The company has facilities in over 20 countries, with studios in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City, Canada; Bucharest, Romania; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai,...
, HBO and developed
Dragon's LairDragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth. Most other games of the era represented the character as a sprite, which consisted of a series of bitmaps displayed in succession...
,
ReBootReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan...
,
Se7enSeven is a 1995 American crime film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story follows a retiring detective and his replacement , jointly investigating a series of ritualistic murders inspired by the seven deadly sins.-Plot:In an unidentified city of near-constant...
and
Final DestinationFollowing the original 2000 film Final Destination and the resulting trilogy, as well as Black Flame's series of books, Zenescope Entertainment began producing a series of Final Destination comic books...
for comic books. Arcana has also signed a publishing deal with Simon Shuster for 100 Girls and a coproduction deal with Amberwood Animation on Ralph Filmore for an animated television series.
In July, 2008 Arcana announced that telefilm Canada has provided funding for an animated film for their title
Clockwork Girl. Clockwork Girl was the first release from Arcana’s all ages division, Arcana Kids.
At the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con Arcana Comics announced that it will be bringing back
The Greatest American HeroThe Greatest American Hero is an American TV series which aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. It premiered as a two hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981. It starred William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley , Robert Culp as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell, and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson...
in comic book form. After twenty-five years, this beloved cult series is being re-introduced to the world as a comic book series.
Original titles
- 100 Girls: The First Girl
100 Girls is a comic book series created by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong, and published by Arcana Studio.-Plot:Sylvia Mark is a thirteen year-old girl who feels like an outcast from the other kids her age. She skipped two grades, is amazingly strong, and has the olympic level gymnastic agility. ...
(2004-2006)
- American Wasteland (2007)
- Ant (comics)
Ant is a comic book superhero She first appeared in Ant volume 1 #1 , published by Arcana Studios. Ant was created by Mario Gully and is currently published by Big City Comics.- Comic :...
: Days Like These (2004-2005)
- Arcana Studio Presents
Arcana Studios Presents is a comic book published by Arcana Studio for Free Comic Book Day . The first issue was released in 2005 for FCBD. A new issue is released each year for FCBD...
(2004-current)
- Banzai Girl
Banzai Girl is a full-color comic book series created, written and drawn by Jinky Coronado. The series was originally published by Sirius Comics with the first volume's full-color trade released by Sirius Comics in 2005. A black-and-white manga expanded version of that material was released by...
(2007)
- Banzai Girl
Banzai Girl is a full-color comic book series created, written and drawn by Jinky Coronado. The series was originally published by Sirius Comics with the first volume's full-color trade released by Sirius Comics in 2005. A black-and-white manga expanded version of that material was released by...
s (2007)
- Burn (2008)
- Corrective Measures (2008)
- Dark Horrors (2006)
- Darwin's Curse (2007)
- Dead Men Tell No Tales (2005-2006)
- Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth. Most other games of the era represented the character as a sprite, which consisted of a series of bitmaps displayed in succession...
(2006-2007)
- El Arsenal
El Arsenal is a Mexican comic book series, created by writer Salvador Vázquez and artist Daniel Pérez. The comic was first released in 2005 and is published by Arcana Studio.-Story:...
: Unknown Enemy (2005-2006)
- Eve: Vampire Diva (2007)
- Ezra
Ezra is a fictional comic book character created by Sean O'Reilly, appearing in a series of comic books published through Arcana Studios.The first appearance of Ezra was found in the first Arcana Studio comic book, Kade #1 released in 2004...
:
- Ezra: Egyptian Exchange (2004-2005)
- Ezra: Evoked Emotions (2006-2007)
- Ezra vs. 10th Muse (2006)
- Frozen Wasteland (2007)
- Gearhead (2007)
- Grunts (2006)
- Helen Killer (2008)
- Jova's Harvest (2005-2006)
- Kade:
- Kade: Identity (2004-2005)
- Kade: Sun of Perdition (2006-2007)
- Kade: Shiva's Sun (2007-2008)
- Koni Waves (2006)
- Koni Waves (2006)
- Koni Waves: The Headdress of the Undead (2007)
- Koni Waves: First Wave (2007)
- Koni Waves/Demonslayer (2007)
- Koni Waves: Ghouls Gone Wild! (2008)
- Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves (2009)
- Paradox (2005-2006)
- Penance: Trial of the Century (2008)
- Philly (2007)
- Power of the Valkyrie (2006)
- Scorn (2006-2007)
- Shadowflame (2007)
- ShadowMagic (2005)
- Starkweather: Legacy (2004-2005)
- Stranger Danger (2009)
- Sundown: Arizona (2005)
- The Art of ReBoot
ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan...
(2007)
- The Fix (2009)
- The Network (2008)
- Velvet Rope (2008)
Charitable Work
- Donated thousands of Clockwork Girl comics to the Boys and Girls Club of America under the REACH Literary Program.
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