ECBACC show images...

Rob G. and N. Steven Harris held it down at ECBACC in philly on May 15th. It was an awesome show and we sold out of the Galtow collected trade paper back. A big thank you goes out to all who came out to support us and ECBACC production crew. The San Diego Comic Con will be next!!!

More goodies for ECBACC!!!

Here’s part two of more information on the books we will be bringing to ECBACC 2010:

We are re-releasing Galtow #1 for the first time fully colored! All the black and white issues have sold out and we'd like to have something to get our new readers started on. This is the variant ECBACC cover # 2 here by artist Beni Olea - Variant cover #1 San Diego Comic Con exclusive will be done by none other than master artist GREY!!! Coming real soon...

Here's a little background story info for all of our new readers -
GALTOW
Set in the year 2015, GALTOW centers upon four characters: The silent master JIYA, The massive warrior KEYLON JAKES, the flamboyant Ninja WU REYMOS, and the psychotic LADY CAFA as they fight to survive a post-apocalyptic New York. The main story takes place almost twenty-five years since the conclusion of The Second Vietnam War. The cities of the once proud United States are in constant turmoil, the result of conflicts fought over the years between the Great Clan Houses now acting as the ruling bodies after a disastrous civil uprising, from the ashes of the broken government Warrior Clans are now social classes, enlisting men and women who have embraced the codes of warriors from ancient Credos of the Ninja, Samurai, and Yakuza. Fighters from all walks of life wage violent battles in the streets hoping to gain the attention and respect of the elite fighters. Duels Known as the “GALTOWS” are fought in the great arena’s across the continent seeking the highest echelon of the martial masters… these warriors will go to any length to become a GALTOW master, including genetic enhancements, and cyber augmentations. . For to rule the GALTOWS is to be a living god on earth.

We will also have the GALTOW Trade book of issues 1-4:




















...aaaand.....INHERITORS #1!!!


There use to be heroes… Men and women, who could fly, could bend steel… Some you could not see with the naked eye…
Champions of justice that fought evil for over three decades… The Captain, Black Eagle, Damsel, and the Fury. From 1940 thru the 1970’s they were members of the Light Brigade: America’s Champions… It’s just that no one remembers that they ever existed; no one remembers that there were ever any heroes; no one recalls an age when people ascended the imagination… No one remembers the worlds super powered beings --- There were never any paranormals… Or so they would have you believe.

Inheritors is planned as a six part mini-series with an open end potential.
Beginning as a not so simple case for a highly decorated undercover Detective Jude Jefferson, who’s on a personal mission to apprehend a serial killer, explodes into an international cover-up involving global genocide of an entire paranormal generation. Detective Jude Jefferson has discovered that super rich financier Jordan Fincher, who will soon be sworn in as the Mayor of New Hope City is involved in several ritual killings of young women around the city. Jude has a vested interest in seeing Fincher brought to justice. The two men were once the best of friends, childhood buddies until Fincher tried to rape his girlfriend/ now his wife in their college days.

Hope to see you at ECBACC in Philly this Sat...

ECCBAC Con here we come!!!

Hello fam,

As we get ready for the upcoming ECBACC 2010 Convention Sat May 15th - http://ecbacc.com/wordpress/
I wanted to drop some images from some of the books we will be bringing to the show starting with the long awaited colored and lettered AJALA #1 written by myself Robert Garrett and illustrated by the illustrious Steven N Harris (http://nstevenworks.com/2005/).
Take a look at this slamming cover by Mr. Harris and colored by the
dynamic Mshindo (http://mshindoiart.com/) -

Guess what?

We have a uber talented artist collabing with us for the cover of GALTOW issue # 5...Rob and I are so excited about this and we'll post more news and the big reveal soon (trust me you don't want to miss this)...watch for it.

Galtow Book 2 now available on iTunes!!!

Hey all - our iTunes indie comic book uploads continue with our flagship series Galtow book 2 director's cut available for download right here for a bargain price of 99 cent:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/galtow-book-2/id336989327?mt=8

We spiced it up a bit with more dialogue and re-edited some scenes to make it even more dynamic.
You can also download Galtow Book 1 Director's cut here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331975802&mt=8














Galtow book 3 will be next!!!

Galtow screenplay in progress...

Rob G. and the writing crew are hard at work fleshing out the Galtow screenplay - more on that real soon.



















Also got a few more warm up Galtow character sketches from Beni Olea...

Gearing up...

Rob G. and I have have working hard behind the scenes pursuing other outlets for all the Xmoor properties and are ready to get going again full blast. First up is the next installment of our indie flagship title Galtow!!! Now that digital formatting is becoming more and more popular and printed comic books making bigger bolder moves to graphic novels we have to find new innovative ways to deliver our product to the masses. Trust me when I say we are working on that...Below are some character sketches from illustrator Beni Olea (you may remember him from his outstanding work on our Inheritors - issue # 1) for the Galtow crew. Keep an eye here as I'll drop some new art as we move forward...

GALTOW Book 2 coming soon to iTunes!!!

The Xmoor Studios excitement continues as GALTOW - Book 2 / Director's cut is finished and headed to iTunes. Rob G. and I will announce it here when Book 2 will available for download. Thanks to those who have purchased Book 1 and be prepared to get your fight on for Book 2!!! Full color, with new text and arrangement of sequences like Book 1.

GALTOW Book 1 now on iTunes!!!

So after countless back and forth issues and a lot of holding our breath, Xmoor Studios is happy to announce that:
GALTOW IS NOW ON iTunes!

We are smiling as we make the leap to digital seeing as how the market and Diamond have made it harder for an independent publisher to survive in this industry, we knew that the download applications would be the only way to keep our goals viable. It’s with a sigh of relief and a accumulation of several months but we are now moving forward.

So here’s the link to GALTOW Book 1 the DIRECTOR’S CUT:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331975802&mt=8

For those of you who have our black and white original first book we offer you a full color version along with new dialogue and some rearrangement of sequences... it reads slightly different and may reveal a few things to those who have read the original book. To those who have never read GALTOW… welcome aboard and enjoy the adventures of our heroes Jiya, Keylon and Wu as they navigate a gladiatorial world where only the strongest will survive. We hope you like our comic and look forward to GALTOW Director’s Cut Book #2:
Welcome to the Age of GALTOW!
http://appshopper.com/entertainment/galtow-book-1

We're back!!!

Hey all!
Been a while but Rob and I were away for a while trying to get things done for Xmoor Studios. We have a lot of irons in the fire and good gosh it takes time to get things where they need to be. Well we're back and just to show how much we missed you we now have some Galtow t-shirts finally available to own - go get em!!!:




Keep and eye here as Rob and I will be dropping even more designs shortly along with some updated news for the studio.
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Galtow CG animation update....

We just got this new updated hardcore detailed scene capture image from Shimmer Media for the Galtow CG animation they're doing...Notice anything different? We sure do...Looks like Rob G. and I will be headed over to their studio real soon to see the latest work on our Galtow epic...maybe get a new updated trailer to post here...stay tuned!!!

Xmoor at ECBACC!!!
Rob G. attended the annual East Coast Age Of Black Comics (http://ecbacc.com/wordpress/) this past May 16th out in Philadelphia with Grand Master artist N. Steven Harris. Rob was interviewd by Al Cayne of CAC TV (http://www.cac-tv.com/category/video/) and talked about our flagship Galtow property. The full interview can be seen right here:

Ramping up with some big new things....

Just a taste of what's in store here at Xmoor Studios....
New merchandise, new projects, expanded art team, more excitement!

Stay tuned...

Robert Garrett and N. Steven Harris at Kids Comic Con!!!

Writer creator Robert Garrett and master artist N. Steven Harris will be attending the Kid’s Con in the Bronx on Saturday April 25th at Bronx Community College. The dynamic duo will be debuting a printed teaser of their newly developing property Ajala!

AJALA
A SERIES OF ADVENTURES


AJALA STORM has a lot of friends and was just until a few weeks ago the most popular girl in middle school, a normal girl, just a little smarter than most and a bit of a tomboy. AJALA would be completely normal if she wasn’t a Junior Agent for the C.S.C., being educated and trained to protect Harlem from various insidious groups looking to corrupt our youth and destroy our ways of life.. Unknown to most, there are dangers and adventures in the shadows of Harlem…
Open your minds to a new world of action and enlightenment as AJALA discovers a secret society that has been protecting and educating their people for over 70 decades…Welcome to the world of:
"AJALA A Series of Adventures"

Created by:
Robert Garrett and Steven Harris@2009

Will you be there?! If so stop by the table to talk shop - we'd love to hear from you.
Go to the website here for details and directions:
http://www.kidscomiccon.com/

Galtow goes to Itunes!!!

Updating news for Xmoor Studios, Eric and I have been keeping it under wraps for a minute…, but now that the project is near completion we felt that it’s time to let the cat out of the bag.
Xmoor Studios will be soliciting our properties on iTunes! Issue #1 is currently being developed into the proper format and we’ve added a few modifications to the book, captions and dialogue, as well as it being in full color. We are calling the book GALTOW#1- Director’s Cut. So everyone be on the look out as we will be announcing the release date for this new direction for our studio. Here’s the promo image we will be running:

Xmoor Studios at Bronx Heroes Comic Con!!! Sat March 14!!!

Hey all - Rob G. will be at the the Bronx Heroes Comic Con tomorrow sharing a table with Lockett Down's Regine Sawyer. It's the first annual Convention Saturday March 14, 2009, from 12pm-5pm. It's being sponsored by the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos College and admission is FREE!!!
I won't be able to attend this one unfortunately (if you stop by the table and ask Rob why - maybe he'll tell you a little something something, wink wink...)

Longwood Arts info right here:
http://www.longwoodarts.org/mainindex.html

Directions to Hostos Community College

Hostos Community College is located at a safe and busy intersection just steps from the subway station and bus stop.

By subway: take the IRT trains 2, 4, 5 to 149th Street (Eugenio María de Hostos Boulevard) and the Grand Concourse.

By bus: take the Bx1 or cross-town Bx19 to 149th Street (Eugenio María de Hostos Boulevard) and the Grand Concourse.

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Galtow Animated CG Trailer!

Galtow CG animated trailer is now up!!!

We debuted a trailer for our flagship title Galtow done in CG animation by Shimmer Concepts Media at the New York Comic Con. You can now view the large version of the trailer on our main website at this link here:

http://www.xmoorstudios.com/GaltowTrailers.html

Enjoy!!!

Welcome Jude Beers aka Grimbro!!!

Jude Beers aka Grimbro (who just colored our collected Trade cover) will be coloring the next few Galtow covers on our future issues...you can see Grimmy's awesomely exciting and electric work here:
http://grimbro.deviantart.com/gallery/

Welcome aboard Grimmy!!!
Galtow issue # 5 starts very soon...

Galtow Trade Complete!!!

We finally got the Galtow Trade Paperback samples to show around the New York Con...the feed back and reviews have been very positive and Rob G. and I can't wait to get them into heavy circulation!!! More New York Comic Con info, images and the exclusive Galtow CG trailer produced by the uber talented Shimmer Media very soon...

New York Comic Con...

Look out...

A fanboy's dream...

2009!!!

Welcome everyone to our first News update of the year.
Xmoor Studios has been low key on the information sites as Eric and I have been working tirelessly to develop our Intellectual Properties and take the next steps towards getting a bigger audience to embrace our books. Xmoor Studios will be at this February’s New York Comic Con (Feb. 6 - 8) at booth # 948, sharing a space with our traveling partner the fantastic illustrator Steven Harris creator of BrotherHood of the FRINGE, and artist for countless fan fave books for Marvel DC, Image and other publishers. We will also be there with our new partners in crime Shimmer Media who are developing a sensational teaser trailer for GALTOW using 3d CGI effects. Here’s a taste of what will be seen at the show:



















We will also debut The GALTOW trade edition at the show… Issues #1 & #2 have been colored and given a whole new attitude. We have also included issues #3 and the unreleased Galtow#4, along with some other goodies and pinups:
























































There is so much more going on and I will be updating everyone soon on those news fronts but for now look, enjoy and hope to see some of you at the show!
Thanks
Robert Garrett

Happy New Year!!!

Thought I'd get in here and warm the joint up...Hope everyone had a great Holiday. Well Rob G. and I been busy and we'll be updating any day now so stay tuned!
2009 here we come...

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Moving Forward and Onto the Screen!

Hello folks,
Rob Garrett here to do some much needed updates on the current status of Xmoor Studios.
Eric and I had such a busy summer... trying to keep the promotional front going and making sure that we completed the fourth issue of GALTOW. We feel so fortunate to have Joel Carpenter come on board and complete the book.
As I have said so many times before self publishing is not for the faint of heart, and we have had several bumps in the road..... But that has really made our determination to succeed even stronger.
Recently we promoted at the New York Anime Festival at the Javitt center. We did not have high expectations after the first day of the show.... It was rainy, cold, and mostly everyone was looking for whatever animation show was currently catching their attention. The costumes were great and the kids were having a ball... Sales really weren't going strong. But Saturday and Sunday were the complete opposite! We sold a lot of books, and gained countless fans who were feeling our books. It turned out to be a good time, and we can't wait to do it again next year.

The upcoming GALTOW Trade Paperback will be ready for the Christmas Holidays and we have quite a few goodies from some great up and coming artists to fill out the book. The colored version of issues #1 and #2 are just looking awesome! Colorist Jay Aguilera's digital skills have brought a new feel to the artwork that really makes the pages pop!We are so looking forward to going out into the international market with GALTOW because we are still just getting notice from the huge comic market... And so far they seem to like GALTOW!

Now onto some really big News!
Xmoor Studios has signed a Film and Gaming development agreement with a Hollywood Producer/Director!
This is a deal that will develop a live action film for our flagship series GALTOW. Slowly but surely we have been putting into place and contacting people who can help us to achieve this goal. We've also caught the attention of the largest International Stuntman group who have worked on films such as 300, The Matrix, and the upcoming Wolverine Movie....
These gentlemen are really excited to bring the world of GALTOW to the screen, and trust me - Eric and I are elated to see that this project is coming to a reality.
Right now things are slowly forming as a screenplay has started to develop and we await the addition of a Hollywood studio to distribute the film. But it is no longer a matter of if there will be a GAlTOW movie.... it's now a matter of when! We still have a ways to go before the filming can go on.... And wait until you hear some of the casting deals!
( I'm doing my dance now)
Also, we will be developing the GALTOW video game to coincide with the film... And we are also Hard at work on a possible animation project..... Here at Xmoor, Eric and I never sleep.... Well not until we collapse...lol

Now it's time to prepare for the New York Comic Con in February!
Thanks for reading
Rob