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Heavy Metal magazine provides a preview of their first digital comic, Gates

by Hef on December 9, 2010 at 10:19 am
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Heavy Metal Presents: Gates cover. Click to enlarge.

Heavy Metal magazine is proud to present a free two-page preview of Gates in anticipation of the digital comic’s debut on 1.1.11. Gates, by Hal Hefner, will be available online for free, right here at http://gates.heavymetal.com. Heavy Metal and HalHefner are gearing up to present a digitally painted masterpiece for the weekly web comic, which debuts on New Year’s Day 2011.

Heavy Metal Presents: Gates centers on a specially-conceived young man, named Gates, living a wretched existence in an isolated negative utopian society, deep within the caverns of an industrial mountain complex. When he breaks free from his colony he is thrust onto a lush alien world filled with strange creatures, and ruled by Soloman—a nightmarish, god-like overlord. With his organic plant based technology, Soloman captures the humans and is instantly obsessed with the extermination of mankind and all life on the world. With the help of a tribe of intelligent creatures, Gates must learn to use Soloman’s organic technology to defeat him and take back a planet which is rightfully his. Gates is an epic tale of discovery and adventure addressing ideas of identity, society, politics, and philosophy, as well as modern concerns, including environmentalism, evolution, and the unintended consequences of scientific and technological experimentation.

In the first issue, discover the secrets behind Learnsleep lessons, who’s behind them and more when Heavy Metal Presents: Gates debuts online on 1.1.11.

Heavy Metal Magazine Presents Gates by Hal Hefner Page 1 Preview

Gates page 1 preview. Click to enlarge.

Heavy Metal Magazine Presents Gates by Hal Hefner Page 2 Preview

Gates page 2 preview. Click to enlarge.

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by Hef on December 9, 2010 at 12:01 am
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GATES In The News

by Hef on November 6, 2010 at 12:49 am
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Since the announcement of Heavy Metal’s first online Comic GATES on 10.31.10 and the subsequent launch of this website, some very interesting coverage has occurred in the press. Here are a few links below to what some of our favorite nerd news outlets are saying.

Geek Chic Daily officially broke the story on Friday 10/30/10 and used a great quote to describe GATES which was very flattering in a Rock-n-Roll and Sci-fi point of view. Here’s what they had to say.
Heavy Hottie: “Be first to see Heavy Metal’s online comic Gates! Dr. Moreau meets 1984. On acid. ”

This was brilliant! Thanks Geek Chic Daily for the kind words! Great references!

The New York Daily News Bleeding Cool and comicrelated.com also gave GATES some props.

WIRED Magazine’s cool little subsection called Unwired, wrote a really nice article about  GATES as well. They really captured the soul of what it’s all about–the story.

The anticipation for the 1.1.11 launch is brewing!

We are all very excited as well and will be checking in periodically with more news, updates and goodies building up to the climactic new year’s day explosion of Gates the comic!

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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST DIGITAL COMIC

by Hef on October 31, 2010 at 4:15 am
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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST DIGITAL COMIC: GATES BY HAL HEFNER

October 31, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) – Heavy Metal magazine today announced plans to publish its very first digital comic, Heavy Metal Presents: Gates. The official site of the sci-fi comic – gates.heavymetal.com – also went online today, where fans of the legendary magazine can view a trailer, story synopsis, character biographies and more. The comic will officially launch on 1.1.11.

Heavy Metal Presents: Gates centers on a specially-conceived young man, named Gates, living a wretched existence in an isolated negative utopian society, deep within the caverns of an industrial mountain complex. When he breaks free from his colony he is thrust onto a lush alien world filled with strange creatures, and ruled by Soloman—a nightmarish, god-like overlord. With his organic plant based technology, Soloman captures the humans and is instantly obsessed with the extermination of mankind and all life on the world. With the help of a tribe of intelligent creatures, Gates must learn to use Soloman’s organic technology to defeat him and take back a planet which is rightfully his. Gates is an epic tale of discovery and adventure addressing ideas of identity, society, politics, and philosophy, as well as modern concerns, including environmentalism, evolution, and the unintended consequences of scientific and technological experimentation.

“Heavy Metal magazine is both proud and excited to have Gates be our first digital comic,” said Kevin Eastman, owner and publisher of Heavy Metal magazine. “Hal Hefner has captured the quintessential tone and style of Heavy Metal, not only in terms of his visuals, but also the story. With what Hal has created in Gates, we hope continues the momentum generated from Dan LuVisi’s, LMS: Last Man Standing book.”

Hal Hefner adds, “I grew up loving the Heavy Metal film, and reading Heavy Metal and was heavily inspired by many of the artists featured, with Moebius being the most notable. It is deeply satisfying and an honor to not only have my work published by Heavy Metal, but to be their very first digital comic. “

Additionally, Heavy Metal Presents: Gates will feature a music soundtrack, as did the Heavy Metal film released in 1981. Artists will include Inside The Black, LoveKrafty and more.

For further news and information, please visit http://gates.heavymetal.com

About Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal is a bi-monthly magazine that features art and comics, often focused on the science fiction and fantasy genres, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction and erotica. It was first published in 1977 and has since expanded into films, music soundtracks, video games and more. Artists featured in the magazine have included H.R. Giger, Moebius and Frank Miller, and writers such as William S. Burroughs.

About Hal Hefner
Hal Hefner is an artist, illustrator and writer whose art has been featured in games, websites, print, comic books and more for clients such as the Han Solo Adventures video game, Hero Games/Evil Hat Productions, Spacedog Entertainment, Breygent Marketing, Alderac Entertainment Group, Nifty Comics, Strange Horizons, Nova Eth Publishing and many more.

For a digital press kit that includes images and logos, please download this zip file.
http://gatesthecomic.com/contact/press_kit

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Hal Hefner, please contact:

Hunter Creative Agency
Attention: Scott Hunter
Phone: 323-406-3112
Email: scott@huntercreativeagency.com

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Welcome to Gates, Heavy Metal’s First Online Comic by Hal Hefner

by Hef on October 28, 2010 at 10:13 pm
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Welcome to the official website of Heavy Metal Magazine’s First Online Comic: Gates, created by Hal Hefner.

The website officially launches on Sunday 10-31-10 –HALLOWEEN!

Beginning on 1.1.11 , this website will launch the comic beginning with Page 1, and updating on a weekly basis. After the initial run of the online comic, it will be collected into a limited collectors edition book and will be available for purchase.

In homage to the spirit of Heavy Metal, Gates promises to deliver an action packed story filled with over the top science fiction, beautiful babes and legendary battles. We also wanted to give fans the feel of the Heavy metal movie and will be including a dazzling soundtrack to accompany the science fiction epic.

Please stay tuned for updates including all types of behind the scenes videos, animation, Easter egg like goodies and so much more.

We encourage you to browse around , learn about the story, the characters, Heavy metal Magazine and so much more.

Thanks so much for coming by and we hope to see you back soon–and especially on 1.1.11. Below you will find a video with a little more in depth explanation of Gates .

Cheers!
Hal Hefner

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