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Jane Irwin  

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Announcing a new project!

Journal Entry: Mon Mar 31, 2008, 10:07 PM
Hey, everyone!

For those of you who've been reading the JanerBlog you'll know that I've been talking about my new Seekrit Project. Well, it's April Fool's Day, but this announcement is no joke! I'll be starting a new webcomic today!

http://www.clockworkgame.com

It's called Clockwork Game, and it's a true story of a chess-playing automaton that actually existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The series will run weekly, with a new update every Thursday.

If you have an RSS feed reader, or a LiveJournal Friends page, you can receive each week's update just by following these links:

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LiveJournal

Here's the press release I'm sending out; feel free to circulate it!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


VÖGELEIN CREATOR JANE IRWIN LAUNCHES NEW WEBCOMIC

KALAMAZOO, MI – April 1st, 2008 – Self-publisher Jane Irwin, known for her black-and-white painted series Vögelein, has chosen April Fool's Day to begin her newest project, Clockwork Game. Based on the true history of a world-renowned 18th century hoax, commonly known as The Turk, the new story will be released in its entirety as a webcomic, updating each Thursday.

Originally designed to amuse the Empress Maria Theresa, The Turk was a machine that could play chess with the skill and originality of a grandmaster. It captivated audiences all over Europe and the United States, playing against many well-known rulers and dignitaries throughout its long and astonishing career. "I was inspired to retell the incredible story of The Turk because it seems far too fantastic to actually be true, and yet with each new book and article I uncovered, the facts became much more captivating than any fiction I could have created," Irwin said. "Clockwork Game is a mostly-true dramatization of historical events, told with as little conjecture as possible."

Drawn in a crosshatched pen-and-ink style, Clockwork Game marks a major shift in both medium and presentation from Irwin's earlier work, though the subject matter shares many similarities with her previous graphic novels, which told the story of an automaton brought to life. Vögelein: Clockwork Faerie and Vögelein: Old Ghosts were released to widespread critical acclaim, including Clockwork Faerie's inclusion on Booklist's 2003 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth.

In addition to her own projects, Irwin teaches several workshops each year at schools and libraries, showing creators of all ages how to tell their own stories through the medium of comics. She lives and works in Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband, Paul Sizer, creator of the standalone graphic novels BPM and Moped Army and the series Little White Mouse, which currently runs on WebComicsNation.com.

Clockwork Game can be found at [link] or via the front page of Irwin's hub site, [link]

Sample art from the comic is available upon request.


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For further information contact:

Jane Irwin
PO Box 51595
Kalamazoo, MI 49005
fierystudios@hotmail.com
www.clockworkgame.com
www.vogelein.com

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  • Current Residence: Kalamazoo, MI
  • Interests: Making comics, Web programming

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*Tamara-Hawk:iconTamara-Hawk: May 8, 2008, 6:21:39 AM
Hello! I've got the first book of Vögelein and I really loved it ^^
*ComfortLove:iconComfortLove: Nov 26, 2007, 7:57:43 AM
Hey Jane,
Didn't know you were a on here, I'll be watching from now on!

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*RevisionOfLines:iconRevisionOfLines: Nov 18, 2007, 8:20:44 PM
Hey, this is Erin from Titan. Thanks so much for coming. It was a blast. When I talk about your book, I now also add, "And the creator is really nifty."

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~AnnaTreeFaerie:iconAnnaTreeFaerie: Nov 17, 2007, 7:43:38 AM
Thanks for coming to the show!!!!!! It was so awesome to see you there, it made my week!!

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=danee313:icondanee313: Sep 15, 2007, 7:57:01 PM Mood: Joy
I stopped in at Green Brain store yesterday for the first time. Got one of your sample preview books. Great work! :)

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~MusiqueMystique12:iconMusiqueMystique12: Sep 3, 2007, 10:29:44 AM Mood: Wow!
You're the Jane Irwin?

Your books are the best! :D
(Sorry, crazed fan alert...)
~KUROsquirrel:iconKUROsquirrel: Aug 29, 2007, 1:10:44 PM
i've read ur books an their really good

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~KyotoKid:iconKyotoKid: Aug 5, 2007, 1:08:07 AM
...like wow.

After coming across your sketch "Like Clockwork", I had to see more. Simply wonderful work, I love your style.
~AnnaTreeFaerie:iconAnnaTreeFaerie: Jul 18, 2007, 5:08:20 AM
Hello! This is Anna, the huge fan of yours who was going to be Vogelein for Halloween but was instead in a coma. Thrilled to find your site! I haven't read the new book yet... but of this morning I have finished my reading for my incomplete English class (so I'd better write that essay and take that exam so's I can take Ms. Cooper's class at WMU this fall!), and am free to read what I want! Where would I find the new Vogelein book?

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~ironspike:iconironspike: Jul 2, 2007, 2:04:11 AM
Hey, Jane! Belated welcome to DA!

Lissen'a me, like I'm an old pro or something.

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Hi. Read my comic. kthnx.
~Draangel:iconDraangel: May 29, 2007, 8:36:46 AM
Hey there :wave:

How are you? :)
*StudioUnderhill:iconStudioUnderhill: May 25, 2007, 9:44:05 AM
Welcome to DeviantArt Janers.

Hope you survive the experience!
=ArcanaJ:iconArcanaJ: May 24, 2007, 7:23:24 AM
Hey baybee!

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~dirktiede:icondirktiede: May 23, 2007, 1:52:22 PM
Hey! Good to see you here!

Yay.
*PaulSizer:iconPaulSizer: May 23, 2007, 1:24:59 PM
Keep up the good work and one day you could be a famous comic artist!

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~600mg-ibufen:icon600mg-ibufen: May 23, 2007, 8:47:11 AM Mood: Joy
welcome to DA!!!!
Nice 3 drawings you have started you your gallery with =D

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