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The creator-owned works of the great comic book team of Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy are being made by Smashout Comics.

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Smashout Comics, an online comics publisher specializing in quality reprints and original projects, announces the publication of the complete creator-owned works of the long-running team, Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy.
Best known for their work on Marvel's Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu, Moench & Gulacy have a large body of creator-owned projects throughout their professional relationship, and Smashout Comics is offering all of them for free download on Wowio.com.

First up is Six from Sirius and Six from Sirius II, a tale of futuristic bounty hunters originally published by Epic Comics.

"Within my body of work, Six from Sirius will always stand as a special project for many reasons," says Moench. Creative freedom and control were key, copyright ownership a blessing, and working with editor Archie Goodwin a relief and a joy. But I always come back to the art, the extra time and care lavished by Paul Gulacy. After seeing far too many exquisitely penciled Gulacy pages diminish under inadequate or inappropriate inks, it was a genuine thrill to receive pages inked by
Paul himself, the true Gulacy shining through from start to finish. And then he topped it off by coloring the pages as well. Hand-colored, with special markers. No matter how many times I look at this work, it remains gorgeous."

"One thing that draws me to sci-fi is the immense playground you have to work with," says Gulacy. "This story was a labor of love, and Doug was the perfect partner to do the scripting chores considering his thorough knowledge of the genre. My choice of mediums included marker pens, acrylics and colored pencils. Six from sirius was one of the most powerful, compelling, thought provoking stories i've ever worked on that still holds up over 25 years later. A real must-see for sci-fi fans and followers of our work."

Smashout Comics will soon publish SCI Spy, a James Bond meets outer space tale originally published by DC/Vertigo. Look for this project on the site in May.

Also in May, Moench & Gulacy will headline a new line of digital anthologies. The first issue of Smashout 100 will lead off with Blood on Black Satin, a little-seen Moench & Gulacy horror short story originally published by Eerie in the 1970s.

Finally, Smashout Comics is offering the first issue of the time-hopping Moench series Aztec Ace, originally published by Eclipse. Moench is joined on Aztec Ace by a variety of artists, including Michael Hernandez and Dan Day. The remaining issues of the series will follow throughout 2008.

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