tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55140908045483118652024-03-05T02:07:48.912-08:00Lone Gunman MediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-48469042864136322742010-02-10T03:34:00.000-08:002010-02-10T03:35:29.136-08:00Media Coverage on The Liberators!<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="300" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4736234&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4736234&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/4736234">The Liberators At The 2009 ECBACC Convention</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cactv">CrazyAlCayne</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />I just uncovered the video interview above (from the annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in Philly, in 2009) where I discuss the comic book I created, The Liberators. Of course, I was repping our comrade DJ Eurok's <a href="http://upsetthesetup.com">Upset The Setup</a> movement with the classic shirt that even Dilla's mom <a href="http://upsetthesetup.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/dilla/">Ma Dukes</a> rocks (cop yours from <a href="http://www.djeurok.com/wordpress/">Eurok</a>). Crazy Al asks some good questions and uncovers how poorly I remembered my biology lessons (LOL). I did manage to shout out New Golden Era at the end.<br /><br />For the folks who aren't up on The Liberators, the comic explores the real life ramifications of four young folk from the hood teaming up to shoot it out with the crooked cops, dirty politicians and drug importers who have ruined their city, in short.<br /><br />The good folks at NYC-based arts and culture mag, The Liberator Magazine, were also kind enough to <a href="http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2010/01/slow-motion-hypnosis-liberators-visual.html">interview me</a> about The Liberators as well, after we discovered we were similarly influenced by older progressive publications with that title (in my case, dating back to William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper). Great minds think alike.<br /><br />The New Golden Era movement hits you in sound, in color, in black and white, from all directions!<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.comixpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=1150">here</a> to purchase a copy of The Liberators.<br /><br />Feel free to become a fan of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-liberators/64729353416">The Liberators' Facebook group page</a> if you dig what you hear or read in the interviews above.<br /><br />A larger image of the cover to issue 3 of The Liberators can be found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29456012@N06/3372723383/">here</a> and a lo-res version is below for those that can't make out the beautiful artwork by <a href="http://artofaniekanudofia.com">Aniekan Udofia</a> in the video at the top of this post.<br /><br /><img class="alignnone" title="The Liberators 3 cover" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3372723383_74ed32ecb2_m.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="350" /><br /><br />side note: Big up to Global Grind for re-posting the Crazy Al Cayne video interview, getting it few more views (that's the site where I found it).<br /><br />Peace to the peaceful,<br /><br />Spirit EqualityUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-61892499802839201542009-02-23T21:41:00.000-08:002010-02-10T03:32:29.707-08:00Liberators 3 Complete; Liberators 2 On Sale at Big PlanetLiberators # 2 now on sale at Big Planet Comics (7315 Baltimore Ave, College Park MD, right up the street from University of Maryland-College Park). Tell all your Maryland people to please go out and support! Also check out bigplanetcomics.com<br /><br />This issue can still be purchased online by clicking <a href="http://www.comixpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=1150">here</a><br /><br />The illustrations for Liberators # 3 are complete (with an AWE-INSPIRING color cover and eye-popping interiors from Nigerian marvel Aniekan Udofia). Liberators # 3 is currently at our printer and we expect copies to be available by late March. Please become a fan of our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-liberators/64729353416<br /><br />Thank you for supporting The Liberators and please keep spreading the word! Thank you!<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />Alan Page (Spirit Equality)<br />Creator/Writer, The Liberators<br />Owner, Lone Gunman Media<br /><br />(for those of you who love hip-hop music, please check out newgoldenera.com the home of my record label PKG Entertainment; our latest single release, "Making Waves" by The Package, is in the Top 30 on two national radio charts following college radio spins coast to coast)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-62514238711376680682008-10-31T11:48:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:52:53.205-07:00The Liberators On Sale In Boston and The Bay Area!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ9DhnaUuR6nB4PNIGMxqXL5vlVg3N7YW2pxQzMlHZxPeQUo2k3qgC_HREtXk5ms1Snaon4xjl1QZ3EtOzxHJBJymj0kABIpKkFUvnXPsbbqgE9nPMjUGwo2ohIB6HnEd7uRLEGRG7Guc/s1600-h/IMG_0150.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ9DhnaUuR6nB4PNIGMxqXL5vlVg3N7YW2pxQzMlHZxPeQUo2k3qgC_HREtXk5ms1Snaon4xjl1QZ3EtOzxHJBJymj0kABIpKkFUvnXPsbbqgE9nPMjUGwo2ohIB6HnEd7uRLEGRG7Guc/s320/IMG_0150.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263392930392622114" /></a><br /><br /><br />Tell your Boston area friends and fam that The Liberators is now available for sale in Comicopia, a super dope comic book store located at 464 Commonwealth Ave, one block from the Kenmore Square subway stop on the green line. Check out http://www.comicopia.com/location.htm for more directions, hours and the number for the store.<br /><br />All copies of Issue 1 are now sold out, but Issue 2 remains available at Comicopia in Boston and Comic Relief in Berkeley CA as well as online at comixpress.com (see direct link below)<br /><br />direct link: http://store.comixpress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1150&zenid=iev6imb0ghl0a0hgb0m1e8p457<br /><br />Thank you so much for supporting The Liberators!<br /><br />Revolutionary love,<br /><br />Alan Page (Spirit Equality)<br />Creator/Writer/Publisher, The Liberators<br />liberatorscomic.com<br />myspace.com/spiritequality<br />newgoldenera.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-16033901687624325402008-09-19T19:43:00.000-07:002008-11-03T07:05:56.885-08:00The Liberators Now On Sale Online!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn14mT8rDVFC81NoG1nKbVjb3PS8AhfNTk7jTmla3Q4SHc81llCOUQiJ85X8m9MM8GmyFHZaFARCj31jx3mhDJtf0bh-byN0V_m9gRSnKCY_6CjQTJPI2RgXjp_Z4eMuhh6BB_KhxewSP/s1600-h/IMG_0141.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn14mT8rDVFC81NoG1nKbVjb3PS8AhfNTk7jTmla3Q4SHc81llCOUQiJ85X8m9MM8GmyFHZaFARCj31jx3mhDJtf0bh-byN0V_m9gRSnKCY_6CjQTJPI2RgXjp_Z4eMuhh6BB_KhxewSP/s320/IMG_0141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247929261353923970" /></a><br /><br />CUE UP SUPERVILLIAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD LAUGH!!!!<br /><br />MU-HU-HA-HAAAAAA<br /><br />THE LIBERATORS IS NOW ON SALE ONLINE!!!!!<br /><br />http://store.comixpress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1150<br /><br />The premise behind The Liberators is simple: four young folk tired of the crooked cops, dirty politicians and dope in their city decide to take their community's fate in their hands and take back the streets!<br /><br />Written by myself, illustrated by Nigerian visual artist Aniekan Udofia and lettered by Malaysian marvel Bernie Lee, this is truly an international affair! Get down with the movement and forward this on to a friend! And get a copy for yourself! And your mom! And your uncle who had the cool hats back in the day who always said stuff like 'Stick it to the man!'. LOL.<br /><br />Easy,<br /><br />Alan (Spirit)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-22196603866050631562008-08-24T15:35:00.000-07:002008-08-24T15:36:43.686-07:00FREE 10 Page Preview of Issue Two (link)http://www.sendspace.com/file/4epu6z<br /><br />Go to the link above for a ten page preview of issue two...FREE!<br /><br />File is a PDF and it's not very large (1MB).<br /><br />After you check it out, hit the page with comments!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-16129924304848551412008-08-24T03:13:00.000-07:002008-09-03T03:27:18.374-07:00Liberators availability/Story on Aniekan/new URLI currently have issue 1 and issue 2 on sale at Big Monkey Comics (1722-B 14th St NW, up the stairs). Feedback has been great so far. <br /><br />For those who haven't been keeping score at home, The Liberators is about four young folks from the hood that decide to confront the corrupt politicians, crooked cops, and big time drug importers that are ruining their city. Think The Punisher as a Black Panther. Times four :-) (with a sister added for some gender balance).<br /><br />Illustrator Aniekan Udofia just got back from a trip to Guatemala, so we should be cranking out issue 3 in time for a fall release. Check out this cool <a href="http://chocolatemilkdc.blogspot.com/2008/01/aneikan-udofia.html">story</a> on Aniekan to learn more about him and his endeavors with AM Radio. Aniekan also illustrated the album cover for "<a href="http://www.newgoldenera.com">New Golden Era</a>", the debut CD from a new group of DC hip-hop veterans who joined forces to form The Package. I co-own a record label with those brothers called PKG Entertainment.<br /><br />liberatorscomic.com goes live today, redirecting to this site (lonegunmanmedia.blogspot.com) from an easier-to-remember URL (liberatorscomic.com). you can type it either, takes you to the same place.<br /><br />ps: Issue One is also available at Crooked Beat Records and Brian Mackenzie Infoshop.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-34696533882938649552008-08-06T19:26:00.000-07:002008-08-06T20:10:41.819-07:00Liberators # 2 Out Now!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWN2JsZXtBF2V5uwFmX8GEQBQu8dtu-s-9s8G14biC-1HpPw1aR_azoYp7VzRlMGH0RztlyqvP6ulfqfwtXPHuAijjVJHNXj9AADdYEiT9zEzDtKKs2Q18ilJLTstIzIARKRxnBSktXiH/s1600-h/Liberators+02+Pg+03+-+Low100dpiGray+x750.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWN2JsZXtBF2V5uwFmX8GEQBQu8dtu-s-9s8G14biC-1HpPw1aR_azoYp7VzRlMGH0RztlyqvP6ulfqfwtXPHuAijjVJHNXj9AADdYEiT9zEzDtKKs2Q18ilJLTstIzIARKRxnBSktXiH/s320/Liberators+02+Pg+03+-+Low100dpiGray+x750.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231605636350367762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP4_YEuw8juiNtxmZ2BSxZyW7EJasbGsG_zPVhKFWK5fU9LI2Bl-G3WLL_VVSh3xdIJfwPvRsIkwZzzyibfvsR68pVzM01DOm35OQ5OGUUytDxnZQOonPu5AARx49XErR-jNkPDjzAL57/s1600-h/Liberators+02+Cover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP4_YEuw8juiNtxmZ2BSxZyW7EJasbGsG_zPVhKFWK5fU9LI2Bl-G3WLL_VVSh3xdIJfwPvRsIkwZzzyibfvsR68pVzM01DOm35OQ5OGUUytDxnZQOonPu5AARx49XErR-jNkPDjzAL57/s320/Liberators+02+Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231605217007101890" /></a><br /><br />The second issue of The Liberators is here.<br /><br />Written and created by Alan Page and illustrated entirely by Nigerian painter Aniekan Udofia (who illustrated the cover of the first issue), the second issue of The Liberators is a cinematic tour-de-force in comic book form. Mastering the use of shadow and light, Aniekan takes the black-and-white comics medium to a new level with this one, as our heroes find themselves confronted with a multi-agency task force dedicated to hunting them. Even as they are hunted by the feds, The Liberators fight on, taking their struggle straight to the neck of the largest coke distributor in the city (who so happens to be the biggest political fundraiser and kingmaker in their town). A few federal agents get shot, the police chief gets his wrist broken, and the action keeps on coming. In other words, the war is still on...<br /><br />Priced at just $5, this is the best anarchy-filled entertainment your money can buy...<br /><br />(Thankfully, we got a new letterer! Bernie Lee really helped us step our lettering game WAY up!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514090804548311865.post-13377827482548115142008-05-19T18:26:00.000-07:002008-05-20T14:33:40.306-07:00The Liberators Is Out Now!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmwG23bBlHIynXcfHP0pTvN6UrkgqOo1wNNgVzQVZaDZt4nro1YjWPNeM6badzTKF_3kxnAwUxunojxi-dmO8qDN1d4GB4nVy9iGjh_jFJtIU6d8Tbyd9_Efvsj5bZJroSYvtsIzOS-fI/s1600-h/IMG_0197.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmwG23bBlHIynXcfHP0pTvN6UrkgqOo1wNNgVzQVZaDZt4nro1YjWPNeM6badzTKF_3kxnAwUxunojxi-dmO8qDN1d4GB4nVy9iGjh_jFJtIU6d8Tbyd9_Efvsj5bZJroSYvtsIzOS-fI/s320/IMG_0197.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202272288731239378" /></a><br /><br />The Liberators, the flagship title for Lone Gunman Media, is finally available to the public! Written by Spirit Equality (A. Page) and illustrated by Black August, with a cover illustration from Nigerian painter Aniekan Udofia, The Liberators # 1 special deluxe edition will knock your socks off! The story follows four young folks who decide to take the future of their community in their own hands, battling crooked cops, drug dealers and dirty politicians in Center City, which could be Any City USA.<br /><br />The deluxe edition is larger than traditional comic book size and was limited to a printing of just THIRTY TWO issues. Roughly a third of the available copies were sold at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, a comics convention centered on African-American themed comics (whose special guest this year was the lovely Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Uhura on Star Trek, a.k.a the most famous black female character in science fiction).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1