Bionic Buzz® got to interview Marco Lopez who is an Eisner Award Winner and writer / co-creator of the graphic novel NIGHTCRAWLERS. It is an original graphic novel in the mold of beloved Don Bluth animated films like “The Secret of Nimh” and “An American Tail” and cherished movies like “The Goonies” and “Monster Squad.”

For ages 8 and up. When things go bump in the night, they bump back.

If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire, then there’s only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers.

The Nightcrawlers take on their first case when a friend from school believes werewolves replaced his parents. They get more than they bargained for when their investigation leads them right in the middle of a confrontation between their caretaker William Jones and a former Nightcrawler out for revenge.

ABOUT Marco Lopez: Eisner Award Winner Marco Lopez has worked on projects with Lion Forge comics for Nick Cannon and Ernie Reyes Junior. Afterward, he co-created, put the initial team and talent together, and brought to Lion Forge the graphic novel Puerto Rico Strong. He also contributed a supernatural story. Puerto Rico Strong sold out of a first print run of 10,000 copies, went into a second printing, and won Marco and his fellow editors and Eisner award. He then worked with Ivan Plaza, Publisher of Chido Comics, to co-create and write the hit Masked Republic Luchaverse license. A series of sci-fi and horror comics starring famous Mexican wrestlers. The comics were in Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Things We Saw at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 and featured in Publishers Weekly Licensing August 2018. He’s also developing various animation projects with Lion Forge animation for film and television. https://twitter.com/atomicrexent

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Zoop, a comic-centric crowdfunding platform, launched in June 2021. Co-Founders Jordan Plosky and Eric Moss’ goal was to make crowdfunding easier and more accessible to working professionals and others in need of a turnkey solution, as opposed to starting from scratch. The platform features a streamlined layout, intuitive interface and an à la carte checkout system. On top of that, Zoop runs entire campaigns from conception through fulfillment on it, so creators can concentrate solely on the creative elements.

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ABLAZE is a publishing company releasing a variety of titles—in different formats, genres, and age ranges—original material, crowdfunded titles from Europe, Asia (manga, manhwa) and more.The mantra of ABLAZE is quality first, with the goals of giving creators a platform, bringing new voices into the conversation, serving as diverse an audience as possible, and growing the company’s publishing schedule sustainably over time.

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