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Winners of the Gideon/Kingstone Comics Contest Announced!

Posted by Ken Raney on July 21, 2012 at 1:06pm

The winners of the first Gideon Media Arts Conference Comics Writer and Artist contest sponsored by Kingstone Comics have been announced.

The winning artists are: 

1. Mike Abuan
2. Laura Hollingsworth
3. D. L. Maffett
Writers:
1. Luis Serrano
2. Nathan James Norman
3. Greg Sutton
Congratulations to the winners! Each has won a cash prize and paid tuition to the Gideon Conference to be held at Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, NC, August 11 through 16, 2012.
We'd love to see you all there. The Gideon features workshops and speakers from all areas or media including filmmaking, screenwriting, songwriting, music, comics, acting, make-up, costuming, peppery, and more. Art Ayris, CEO  and writer for Kingstone Comics will be there as will Ben Avery, and Roland Mann in the comics track. Here is the link to the Gideon: http://www.gideonfilmfestival.com/Home/?load=1
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So, What Happened at the Gideon?

Posted by Ken Raney on August 13, 2011 at 6:21am

I posted an article about the Gideon Media Arts Conference on Clash: http://www.clashentertainment.com/movies/7-movies/4651-so-what-happened-at-the-gideonAt the Gideon we have a pretty good Graphic Novels/Comics Track with workshops from seasoned professionals, Ben Avery, Roland Mann, and Mike Maihack. Art Ayris, CEO and publisher of Kingstone Comics is also part of our faculty. The best thing about the Gideon is the opportunity to network with other Christian Creatives like filmmakers, actors, musicians, authors, screen writers, and more.I hope you will pray about attending next year. The Lord is moving in the media arts world.

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New Christian Comics

Posted by Ken Raney on June 19, 2010 at 11:35am
Clash Creative, Inc. has been honored to produce two new Christian comics. Both are just now hitting the market.

For The Voice of the Martyrs we produced a 28-page comic entitled "Hope Amid Horror" telling the story of a Christian couple caught up in the jihad in Indonesia in 2000-2001. This powerful, redemptive story was written by Ben Avery, and beautifully illustrated by Rob Woodrum.

Kingstone Comics contacted Clash to produce the first in a planned series of comics recounting the true stories of Christian martyrdom. "Martyrs" features 4 stories: Stephen written by Ben Avery; Perpetua written by novelist Rene Gutteridge writing her first comic book story, The 40 Faithful Legionnaires written be Lee Wanaselja, and Polycarp by Roland Mann. There were over a half dozen artists, colorists, and letterers involved in the 32-page book. Cover is by Rob Woodrum.

Both books are available from Kingstone Comics.

If you want copies for conventions, let me know.

Ken Raney
kenraney@mac.com
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Announcing Clash Entertainment.com

Posted by Ken Raney on September 28, 2009 at 5:43am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clash Entertainment, Inc. Announces New Entertainment/Portal Website for Christian Teens and Tweens to Launch June, 2010 Wichita, KS – Clash Entertainment, Inc. has begun production of an entertainment/portal web site designed to attract Christian teens and tweens. The goal of clashentertainment.com is to have a site that is so rich and deep with entertaining media, that teens will want to visit, and stay for sustained amounts of time. The site will be updated daily with fresh content that will include news, reviews, interviews, comics, and more. There will also be a huge list of links to other Christian websites of interest to teens. Clashentertainment.com is targeted to be live in June 2010. The next few months will be devoted to developing the site and loading it with content. When the site goes live, there will be over 6 months of accumulated content so teens will have a lot to explore from the start. “A site like this offers much to the Christian community,” says Ken Raney, president of Clash. “Teens will have access to entertaining, enlightening, and even edifying media, Christian creatives will have an outlet to use their gifts for the Lord and His Kingdom, and Christian publishers will now have access to the teen market, something that has been very difficult in the past.” “We have a passion for Christian teens,” said Raney. “We want to see to it that they have available to them entertaining media that doesn’t undermine their faith. The Christian teen/tween is the most under-served demographic in media. We believe the Lord has led us to begin to fill that gap.” The name Clash comes from Ephesians 6:12, "For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." NLT ### CONTACT INFORMATION: Ken Raney phone: 316-737-9724 Email: clashentertainment@me.com

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Announcing Clash Creative, Inc.

Posted by Ken Raney on July 5, 2009 at 12:18pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAnnouncing Clash Creative – a Media Development Company Producing Christian Material for Teens and TweensMoundridge, KS – A new media development company, Clash Creative, Inc. was officially launched on July 1, 2009. Clash Creative’s mission is to produce Christian art and story media for teens and tweens (ages 12 thru 18) to draw them to the Lord Jesus Christ. Initial offerings will include graphic novels/comics/manga, and stories for both print and digital media.“We have a passion to see Christian teens have available to them entertaining media that doesn’t undermine their faith,” said Ken Raney, President of Clash Creative. “The Christian teen/tween is the most underserved demographic in media. We believe the Lord has led us to begin to fill that gap.”“Clash Creative is currently developing original intellectual properties but we will adapt existing properties, also. The bottom line, we want to produce excellence in Christian media for this age group. We also are working on a new business model for distribution that, we believe, will blow this market wide open,” said Raney.The name Clash comes from Ephesians 6:12, "For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." NLT###CONTACT INFORMATION:Ken Raney cell: 316-737-9724kenraney@mac.comhttp://www.clashcreative.net
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Announcing Clash Creative

Posted by Ken Raney on June 6, 2009 at 6:00am
I wanted to let you all know that the Lord has led me to start a new company called Clash Creative. Our mission is to produce Christian books, graphic novels/comics/manga for teens and tweens (12 to 18 year olds). You can get a very small taste of Clash Creative at http://www.clashcreative.net This demographic group is the most underserved group in terms of ministry. I believe God would like to use media to reach them. Please pray for this endeavor. I'd like to get some other artist's versions of the Clash Creative logo. If you want to send some art, I'll post it on the site as a way to get some traffic and activity there while we are in the development stage. Also, if you have art and/or story ideas to pitch to us, send them along. You can reach me at kenraney@mac.com

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