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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:20:42 -0800
Subject: [Super Hero News] Dark Horse is proud to release Will Vinton's Jack Hightower!

Oscar winning animator Will Vinton makes his graphicnovel debut with Jack Hightower!After many successful years in the world of animation, Will Vinton dives into the twodimensional comic world with Jack Hightower, a thrilling new action-adventure-comedyabout a very unique secret agent, spanning 150 pages.

To mark his graphic novel debut, Will Vinton will be making appearances in key citiesacross the country in the coming year.Tall, daring, and handsome, secret agent Jack Hightower had it all—a stellar career,beautiful women, and more power and influence than he could shake a supermodel at.Only one thing eluded him–the capture of his long-time arch nemesis, Dr. FlagitiousSavant.

Then one fateful night, the mad Doctor lured Jack into the beam of a shrink ray!Now Jack’s trying to put his miniaturized life back together, hunt down the deadly Dr.Savant and reverse the process that made him into the world’s first living action figure!Vinton, the creator of “claymation,” is well known for having brought to life some of theworld’s best known animated characters, including The California Raisins, the computeranimated M&Ms "Red" and "Yellow", and Thurgood Stubs for the Eddie Murphyinspired television series "THE PJs."

"I’ve always liked graphic novels, so when Mike Richardson suggested writing a graphicnovel story about Jack, Andrew Wiese, my writing partner and I jumped at it" saidVinton. "In some ways creating this character was very similar to creating a character foranimation–it's like storyboarding a film. But with a graphic novel you have whittle itdown to the essence of character and story–you have to be more spare and makeeverything countthen make that really vivid.

"Coincidentally, Vinton’s first appearance will be in the very city the story takes place in,Miami. On Wednesday January 17, at 11:00 AM he will speak to students and faculty atthe Miami International University of Art & Design about the new book and his career asa pioneer of the art of animation.

He will also be appearing at Books & Books' CoralGables location for a book signing that evening at 6:00 PM.Following that, Vinton plans to appear at Things From Another World at UniversalStudios Citywalk in Universal City, CA. He will also be making appearances at variousanimation festivals, comic conventions, and bookstores across the country throughout theyear.

Jack Hightower is created and written by Will Vinton and Andrew Wiese, with art byFabio Laguna. The book arrives on sale on January 17 carrying a $14.95 price tag.ISBN: 1-59307-392-5Jeremy S. Atkins
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Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
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Milwaukie, OR 97222
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