February 17, 2008
Remembrance
Dorothy Crill, wife of Doug Crill editor of Open Book Press, lost her battle with bone cancer and has passed away. Doug, who took care of Dorothy over the past year, wants to thank all of you who have sent your kind words to him and his family through this very trying time. Due to the current circumstances a part of the Dark Dance operations will have to be temporarily suspended.
Dorothy was a wonderful wife and mother to her two grown daughters and will be missed by all who knew her. From my experience with Dorothy, she was a great soul whose love and compassion knew no bounds. She was the inspiration for Doug, his touch stone and refuge. It's with a grateful heart that I came in contact with her through Doug.
It's with assurance that we will some day all meet again. What a wonderful day that will be.
Thank you,
Daniel Frey/art director
October
9, 2006
Dark Dance Productions Announces
Future
Dark Dance Productions, LLC is in negotiation
with it's publisher Open Book Press of Canada to create a merger
of the two companies each retaining their own name. Doug Crill and
Daniel Frey will become the business managers of OBP while the merger
takes place, while Mike Gagnon will supervise and direct creative
submissions from the Canadian office. This represents a bold move
forward for Dark Dance Productions, says Daniel Frey visual coordinator.
The coming year will represent many challenges. However, we sincerely
believe that we can move both companies forward into the current
tight market of graphic novel and comic book publishing by focusing
on a select high quality, broad market appeal story and art. Dark
Dance was formed to first publish extraordinary stories and then
pitch them to the feature film industry. To that end, Dark Dance
Productions will bring excellent new story lines in a ready format
to film production companies both independent and established.
Dark Dance Productions dedication to
the finest in graphic novels will also shortly announce a new imprint
focusing on the children's book market. All guidelines for submissions
will be posted in the coming months.
June
30, 2006
Dark Dance Productions to Relocate
Dark Dance Productions, LLC, creators
of the award winning graphic novel series Cry Wolf, will be relocating
there office to Studio City, California. The team of Doug Crill and
Daniel J. Frey are excited and filled with anticipation. This move
comes on the heels of the release of the second book, Ghost of Sijan,
of the four part graphic novel series Cry Wolf. Cry Wolf is published
under the imprint of SMASH!
Comics, a division of Open
Book Press,
who also announces the opening of their new office in London, England,
UK. With new distributors coming on board every day, the Dark Dance
team takes bold strides forward in providing the best in graphic
novel entertainment. There blend of spiritual and mythological themes
resonates in their fans.
To learn more about Dark Dance Productions
go to: http://www.darkdanceproductions.com
May
11, 2006
TheComicFanatic.com Previews Cry Wolf
/ Ghost of Sijan
The Comic Fanatic.com, leader in reviews
and previews of the comic book and graphic novel publishing world,
has posted a preview of the next installment of the award winning
Cry Wolf series Ghost of Sijan.
You can read and see the preview at:
TheComicFanatic.com March 15, 2006
Cry Wolf Added to Lakewood Library
Lakewood, OH, March 13th, 2006 – The
award winning Lakewood Public Library located at 15425 Detroit Avenue,
Lakewood, Ohio, has added the award winning graphic novel, Cry Wolf,
by area creators Doug Crill and Dan Frey, to their collection.
Kenneth Warren, director for the Lakewood library stated the reasons for adding
Cry Wolf to the collection were “Lakewood Public Library seeks innovative
creative expression and uniquely crafted graphic novels. Cry Wolf fit the bill.” and
added “A big factor is that the book represents Ohio based creative expression,
which is something we want to support.”
Other factors involved with the libraries decision have been all the media
attention the book and its creators have gotten, with rave reviews, and even
having it selected at the best graphic novel of 2005 by thecomicfanatic.com.
It is hardly a surprise that an innovative library such as LPL, consistently
ranked as first or second according the annual Hennen’s American Public
Library Ratings, would be interested in this book and show the vision to make
it a part of their collection early on.
Lakewood is known for being one of the strongest independent libraries in the
U.S. Director Warren also added “Independent artists, writers, musicians,
and poets all have a place in the Lakewood Public Library collection.”
The book itself takes place in 1920’s Chicago during gangsters and prohibition.
The protagonist is a young private eye who is sent on a case to Borneo and
it attacked by a giant wolf. When he returns home he finds that his wife has
been killed by mobsters, and that he is infected with lycanthropy due to the
wolf bite. Kurt decided to turn his new curse into a tool for revenge. This
book is recommended for mature readers. The book is expertly written by Doug
Crill and illustrated in a 1920’s pulp style by Daniel J. Frey, both
are Ohio residents.
Cry Wolf (0-9735716-7-5) is available for public borrowing at the Lakewood
Public Library in Lakewood, Ohio. The book is sold to major retailers by Baker & Taylor
and is available form most major online retailers. A sequel, “Cry Wolf:
Ghost of Sijan” is scheduled to ship in June with the ISBN: 1-897290-04-7.
Both books are published by Open Book Press.
More details can be found at: www.openbookpress.com
February 20, 2006
Dark Dance Productions at NY City Comic
Con
Dark Dance Productions will be at the
NY City ComicCon this coming February 24,25, signing copies of their
award winning series, Cry Wolf. The production companies second book
of the four part graphic novel series, Cry Wolf / Ghost of Sijan
is scheduled for a June 2006 release. Doug Crill and Daniel Frey
executives of Dark Dance will be guests of their publisher Open Book
Press of Canada. Both Doug and Dan are very excited to meet with
fans of the series.
To learn more about the NY ComicCon
click on the banner below:
January
25, 2006
Dark Dance Productions Launches Corporate
Website
Dark Dance Productions, LLC, debuts
it's corporate website today at www.darkdanceproductions.com. Dark
Dance Productions, creators of the award winning Cry Wolf graphic
novel series, is the hub of creative activity producing original
screenplays, graphic novels and feature film development. The executive
officers at Dark Dance, Doug Crill and Daniel Frey, are preparing
for a meeting in New York City, February 24, at the Javit's Center,
with industry only professionals to meet with feature film production
representatives to talk possible collaborations. Dark Dance will
preview and debut all of it's creative enterprises from this website.
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