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February 22, 2008 - A near-future tale revealing an all-too-possibly-real world of underground video, violence and crime on mobile phone networks, Contraband (http://www.contrabandcomic.com) follows a young man's journey into a new "voyeur underground", where profit-hungry youths prowl streets secretly filming radical events with mobile devices to satisfy society's demand for sensational on-the-go content.
By highlighting the social implications of increasingly occuring incidents of privacy invasion and mobile bullying, Contraband provides a unique insight into today's use and abuse of wireless technology by youths and mobile network operators alike.
James Lovegrove from the Financial Times says, "Behe's dialogue brings a hip, hyper-real energy to his plot, while Elliott's deceptively plain artwork evokes a shabby world of compromised morals."
Leonie Moore from Comics International notes, "Contraband has a great underlying premise, based around the use/misuse of camera phones, loss of privacy and the boom in the spy cam industry that this generates."
Published by SLG Publishing,Contraband (ISBN #978-1593621018) arrives in the UK this week and is available now in the US and Canada at http://www.amazon.com. To contact the artists or to request a review copy, please contact contraband ( @ ) live dot co dot uk or visit http://www dot contrabandcomic dot com dot
About the Artists: Canadian writer TJ Behe has twelve years experience developing wireless content for global entertainment companies including BBC, MTV and T-Mobile. UK Artist Phil Elliott's graphic novels include Illegal Alien (Dark Horse) and Tupelo (Slave Labor) and he has over 20 years experience working with publishers including Marvel, DC, Image and Fantagraphics.
About SLG Publishing: San Jose-based Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) Publishing was founded by Dan Vado in 1986. Over its twenty-year history, SLG has remained true to its roots as a publisher of great diversity. Along with publishing top-rated products from global brands such as Disney, SLG excels in discovering and fostering new talented individuals in the comics industry including Gene Yang, Jhonen Vasquez, Evan Dorkin and Roman Dirge.
