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Dateline: June 10, 2008 ... San Jose, CA
Contact: Dan Vado
Phone: (408) 971-8929
E-Mail: dvado@slgpubs.com
Web Address: www.slgcomic.com
SAN JOSE, CA - June 10, 2008 - In 1959 Las Vegas, WWII veteran Joe
Halliday is enjoying the good life, running his bar, Tiki Joe's, and
dating a smart, beautiful woman. But his Polynesian Pop dream is
shaken when the local Mafia hits him up for "protection" money. Joe
isn't the type to give into extortion, and with the support of his
stalwart army buddies, he decides to take on the Mob in SLG
Publishing's new graphic novel by Mark Murphy, Tiki Joe Mysteries
Volume One: High-Stakes Patsy.
Tiki Joe and Murphy were natural fits at SLG, which publishes tiki
drink and art books under their Club Tiki imprint. "Tiki Joe Mysteries
is a deliberate blend of two of my favorite passions -- detective
fiction and mid-century popular culture," said Murphy, whose previous
graphic novels, the NBM-published House of Java series, were
critically acclaimed. "It’s the book I’ve always wanted to see on the
stands -- a book filled with tough guys, beautiful girls, bullets and
tiki masks!” No stranger to comics, Murphy also previously wrote and
illustrated the House of Java comic book series from NBM and is
currently an art director for a Dallas based medical company. He spent
the early years of his career cutting his chops at children's
entertainment company, HIT Entertainment, where he produced packaging
and dvd content for children's brands such as Barney the dinosaur, Bob
the Builder the Wiggles and others.
Tiki Joe Mysteries Volume One contains two stories, "The Pay Off,"
about Joe's confrontation with the mob, and "The High Stakes Patsy,"
about his entanglement with a robbery involving a jewel heist and a
troupe of female stunt motorcyclists. With action, beautiful dames, a
cool-under-pressure hero, and Murphy's clean, classic drawing style,
Tiki Joe Mysteries is an exciting and nostalgic tribute to the Rat
Pack era's culture of cool.
Tiki Joe Mysteries Volume One: High-Stakes Patsy ships to better comic
book and book stores in July 2008. It's 96 pages and will retail for
.95. It can be pre-ordered from book stores, comic book stores and
online from Amazon.com now using isbn number 1593621248. A preview is
available for viewing at SLG Publishing's website: www.slgcomic.com
and the book can also be pre-ordered directly from the publisher there
as well.
For more information about Tiki Joe or to receive a review copy please
contact Dan Vado at: dvado@slgpubs.com or by phone at: (408) 971-8929.
SLG Publishing
577 S. Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 971-8929
Contact: Dan Vado
dvado@slgpubs.com
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