The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (PRESS KIT)

Press Kit for FREEMAN COLBY VOLUME 2 :

OFFICIAL LINK: www.marekbennett.com/freeman-colby-2

• 5″x7″ / 540 pages / B&W interior + color covers / +maps +notes
• PUBLISHED BY: COMICS WORKSHOP
• PRE-ORDERING 22 FEB. – 22 MARCH @: www.kickstarter.com
• SHIPPING PRE-ORDERS: April 2019
• OFFICIAL RELEASE: May 2019
• PRESS CONTACT:
  For press questions, or to request a review copy: www.marekbennett.com/contact
  For event inquiries: www.marekbennett.com/freeman-colby-presentations
• SOCIAL MEDIA via: facebook | instagram
• PREVIEW PAGES & SOURCE NOTES @: www.patreon.com/marekbennett
• DISTRIBUTED BY: Birdcage Bottom Books | IngramSpark

PRESS RELEASES & OTHER INFO:

• INFO SHEET [PDF] (updated 8 Feb. 2019)
  
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marek’s Bio (w/ photos &c.) >>

RELATED MEDIA:

• CLiF ONLINE: “Living Documents: Drawing a 3-Panel Comic from Primary Sources” (12 March, 2019)
• CONCORD MONITOR: “Henniker author adds to Freeman Colby story” (16 March 2019)
• AEON.CO : Featured in “Comics offer radical opportunity to blend scholarship and art” (Trevor R. Getz, 29 March 2019)
• NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE (May 2019): Featured in 603 Informer: “Epic Sketches: A minimalist view of the Civil War brings it to life” & in Editor’s Note: “A Civil War Nurse”
• The HIPPO: “Drawing Letters: Comic artist continues Civil War graphic novel series.” (6 June 2019)
• GRAPHIC MEDICINE Podcast: “The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby Vol. 2”
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SAMPLE IMAGES &c.:

• COVER IMAGES (click to view at full size):
  
• INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE PAGES (click to view at full size):
                       
• Click on any of the following multi-page galleries to view the full image:

  

  

  

• Author+Colby pics:
    
• PATREON PREVIEWS:
  
  Who’s Who in Volume 2 >>
  + Vol. 2 Table of Contents >>
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SAMPLE CHAPTERS (PDF Mini-Comics):

These are a few of the preview mini-comics I originally published for my Patreon & school programs while I worked on the graphic novel. They contain uncorrected page artwork, & may differ in major & minor ways from the final book.

•  Freeman Colby Vol. 2 MINI #6 (“Sacred Soil, July 1863: The 39th Mass. Marches South”)
•  Fannie Dawson MINI #1 (“October, 1863”)
•  Sarah Low MINI #1 (“1862-1863”)
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The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (Vol. 1)
(COMICS WORKSHOP, 2016)

OFFICIAL LINK: www.marekbennett.com/freeman-colby

• Sample images &c. available via official link ↑
• AWARD: “Great Graphic Novel for Teens” (Y.A.L.S.A. 2017)
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