Sequart Releases The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes
With over 150 Planet of the Apes comics published over the last 40 years, it’s hard for a fan to separate the good from the bad… and that’s where Sequart comes in. They recently published The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes, an examination of the history of the franchise; and if that sounds like something you’d like to check out, then read on for the details.
From the Press Release:
Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato.
Since the 1970s, the Planet of the Apes franchise has frequently delved into the world of comics. Some stories have made the Lawgiver proud, while others have brought shame to Ape City. In the comics arena not all apes are created equal — but for fans that’s half the fun of reading them.
More than 150 POTA comics have been published during the past four decades, from Gold Key, Marvel, Power Records, Brown Watson Books, Editorial Mo. Pa. Sa., Malibu Graphics, Dark Horse, Mr. Comics, and BOOM! Studios. Writers have explored the settings, concepts, and characters from the films (and occasionally the TV series), while introducing an array of new characters and scenarios. Back stories have been revealed, plot holes filled in, and histories extrapolated upon. The comics have employed multiple genres and styles, taking readers to distant villages, ruined cities, and oceanic civilizations — and we’ve even seen the Apes battle alien invaders from War of the Worlds and Alien Nation. It’s been quite the madhouse, to be sure. But by and large the Apes comics have remained true to creator Pierre Boulle’s simian spirit.
The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes examines this history with an essay anthology that features insightful analysis from comics historians, novelists, bloggers, and Apes experts. If you’re eager to learn more about Apes lore, then you’ll need to get your stinkin’ paws on this volume.
The Sacred Scrolls runs 312 pages and is available in print and on Kindle.
Table of Contents:
Foreword: Fiction for Thinking Apes
By Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman
From Technicolor to Four-Color: The Film and Novel Adaptations
By Zaki Hasan
Madhouse of Ideas: Marvel Terrorizes the Planet of the Apes
By Sam Agro
Hope Springs Eternal: Tom and Doug’s Marvelous Adventures
By John Roche
Quest for the Apeslayer: Embracing the Best and Worst in Media Tie-in Fiction
By Joe Bongiorno
The Simian Records: Giving Children the Power to Go Ape
By Dan Greenfield
Apes Abroad: No Love at Home, Alan and Pete Roam
By Jim Beard
Marshall Arts: Malibu’s Adventures on the Planet of the Apes
By Rich Handley
Simians, Savages, and Simpletons: Mini-Adventures on a Monkey Planet
By Joseph F. Berenato
Dark Horse Goes Ape: Is There a Soul in There?
By Lou Tambone
Assessing the Revolution: Mr. Comics Flies the Flag
By Edward Gross
A Tale of Two Cities: Sibling Rivalry on BOOM!’s Planet of the Apes
By Joseph Dilworth, Jr.
Reopening the BOOM! Box: Prequels and Sequels on Parallel Planets
By Joseph Dilworth, Jr.
City on the Edge of Rebellion: IDW Takes BOOM! Where No Ape Has Gone Before
By Joseph F. Berenato
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, and Again, and Again… Time Travel to and from the Planet of the Apes
By Dayton Ward
Damn Them All to Hell: The Unpublished Apes Comics
By Rich Handley
Afterword: The Moon Goes BOOM!
By Dafna Pleban
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