About

## Orgins of the Book Series

* The Clash games have always been about cultivating your very own band of delightful misfits, and thrilling, strategic gameplay. This series will keep the franchise’s core traits: quirky characters, endearingly chaotic action, and hilarious takes on fantasy-genre conventions. It will also leverage strengths of the graphic novel medium by telling deeper, more involved stories.
* Through the Books of Clash series, fans of the Clash games will discover a deeper understanding into the world lore as the storyline develops a never-before-seen look into these iconic characters’ backgrounds. This reading experience will further heighten the game play, as gamers take this intricate knowledge back into Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.
* The Books of Clash series is a groundbreaking and global publishing initiative, as the world of Clash reaches fans of all ages across the world. It can be read, and enjoyed, by all! It’ll be translated into seven languages (German, Spanish, Hebrew, Portuguese-Portugal, French, Italian, Dutch) so far, and the English edition will be distributed worldwide.

## Creator Background

* As evidenced by his award-winning comic writing on the New Super-man series, Superman Smashes the Klan, and Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gene has an incredible talent for creating new smash-hit stories built on established big-ticket franchises. Gene is a big fan of Supercell, having first played Clash of Clans many years ago with his children.
* The first conceptualization of the Books of Clash series came about more than ten years ago, between Gene and his First Second editor, Mark Siegel. Living on opposite coasts, they enjoyed the way the Clash games bridged their physical distance between their homes.
* Carl Barks, the Disney genius behind Donald Duck, served as Gene’s inspiration in how he conceived the Clash series. Like Barks, he wanted to take the two-dimensional characterizations from the Clash games, imbuing them with the strength of comics to give his characters a three-dimensional and individual touch.
* The illustrators, Les McClaine and Alison Acton, used more than 10-years of existing visual imagery and animation from Clash games as inspiration for their work on Books of Clash: Volume 1. Kendall Goode will also be an illustrator on the project, alternating volumes with Les.
* Les McClaine is the Eisner-nominated author of Johnny Crossbones, Life With Leslie, Repeat Until Death, and Highway 13.
* Kendall Goode has comic work published by DC Comics, Marvel, Oni Press, and BOOM! Studios.
* Alison Acton is one half of Studio Dooomcat and her background is traditional animation.
* Karina Edwards is the colorist for the Books of Clash series; in addition, she is flatting, shading, and coloring graphic novels for Hilary Sycamore’s Sky Blue Ink. She has worked on Jay Hosler’s Santiago!, Hope Larson’s All My Friends, All Together Now, and more.

## Tentative Publishing Schedule

* 5/30/2023: Books of Clash Volume 1
* 11/07/2023: Books of Clash Volume 2
* Winter 2024: Books of Clash Volume 3
* Spring 2024: Books of Clash Volume 4
* Fall 2024: Books of Clash Volume 5
* Winter 2025: Books of Clash Volume 6
* Spring 2025: Books of Clash Volume 7
* Fall 2025: Books of Clash Volume 8