PRO SE AND NOTED CRIME AUTHOR ANNOUNCE LICENSING DEAL
Pro Se Productions, a Publisher specializing in Heroic Fiction, New Pulp and multiple genres, announces today the licensing of a modern hard boiled PI Character originally appearing in a DC Vertigo mini series and created by one of the leading writers of modern Crime Pulp Fiction.
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| Angeltown The Nate Hollis Investigations Moonstone 2011 |
ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂPulp is associated with many genres,ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàTommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro Se stated. ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂNone, though, probably as much as the Crime/Mystery field, particularly the PI tale.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàThatÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs why Pro Se is proud to announce that Nate Hollis, a character created by Gary Phillips for the 2005 Vertigo miniseries ANGELTOWN is now a part of Pro SeÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs future prose lineup.ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
A noted crime and mystery writer, Gary Phillips is the creative mind behind the Ivan Monk series as well as books featuring Las VegasÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàshowgirl-turned- courier, Martha Chaney.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàPhillips has also contributed to multiple collections, including one of MoonstoneÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs AVENGER CHRONICLES, and is one of the two driving forces, along with Hancock, behind Pro SeÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs upcoming major release BLACK PULP.
ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂANGELTOWN,ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàsaid Hancock, ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂintroduced the world to Nate Hollis, as hard boiled and two fisted as any detective that came before him.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàNot only does Nate have all the classic attributes of a Pulp PI, but heÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs set squarely in the modern era and is also enhanced by all that comes with that.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàPro Se is excited about the future of Nate Hollis, including new anthologies and even novels written by the best authors in New Pulp, including Gary himself.ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
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| Nate Hollis Creator Gary Phillips |
HollisÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàcreator, Gary Phillips added, ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂIÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂm jazzed that Tommy and the fine folks at Pro Se Press have taken on producing the further outings of Nate Hollis and the other characters in his orbit.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàTough customers such as shotgun-wielding female bounty hunter Irma Ducett aka Irma Deuce, and NateÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs ex-pro football playing granddad, Obadiah “Clutch”ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàHollis, current owner of a neighborhood dive frequented by the squares and the strange.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàCertainly IÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂm looking forward to seeing how other writers will devise cases for Nate and, of course, IÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂll be penning some new stories too.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàItÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs going to be a blast.ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
Hancock stated that announcements would be forthcoming concerning publication of the first Nate Hollis book from Pro Se, fully expecting a book to be published in the first half of 2013.
Nate Hollis originally debuted in Angeltown, a five-part miniseries from DC ComicsÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàVertigo imprint, January-May 2005.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàThe strip was then collected and reprinted in hardcover graphic novel form as Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations, with two new prose short stories added, by Moonstone Books in 2011.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
For more information concerning Nate Hollis and Pro Se, email Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net.
Gary Phillips ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàwww.gdphillips.com
Pro Se Productions- www.prosepulp.com
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