Arcana Studio

Arcana Studio
Comic publisher
Industry Comics
Founded 2004
Founder Sean O'Reilly
Key people
 Sean O'Reilly

Arcana Studio is a Canadian comic book publisher and art studio founded by former Coquitlam, British Columbia school teacher Sean O'Reilly in 2004.

Overview

Arcana formed in 2004 when Sean Patrick O’Reilly first published the comic book series Kade.

Arcana is Canada’s largest publisher of comics and Graphic Novels in Canada with over 300 titles in their current library of books. Arcana covers all genres and all age groups. Arcana’s titles have been translated into many different languages including French, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Polish.

Arcana is also an animation studio, with its workforce located in Vancouver, B.C. The Animation department is currently working on Kagagi: The Raven, which will air on APTN in 2014, and Pixies – the animated feature which is set to be released later in 2014.

Arcana Titles

Since its Founding in 2004, Arcana has produced and acquired over 250 titles.

Select titles

All Ages Titles

Animated Films, Television Series, and Shorts

Arcana began producing their content in 2012 with the TV series Kagagi . Arcana receives tax credit benefits for Canadian content productions.

Short films

Animated Television Series

Animated Features

The Clock Work Girl – In joint production with Legacy films and Luximation, The Clockwork Girl was Arcana’s first full length Animated Film. The Clockwork Girl is based on the Graphic Novel written and Created by Sean Patrick O’Reilly and Kevin Hanna, and is published by Harper Collins. The Clockwork girl is a Steampunk tale of Romeo and Juliet and features the voice talents of

Pixies (In Pre-production) – Pixies is Arcana’s first fully created feature film. Based on the Graphic Novel, and short film of the same name comes Pixies, created by Sean Patrick O’Reilly.

Live Action Features

Paradox - Based on the Graphic Novel of the same name, Paradox is the story of homicide detective Sean Nault, a cop on a parallel Earth whose technology is powered exclusively by magic. Sean investigates a baffling series of murders committed by a means he's never seen before: science. The television movie was aired in 2010 and the cast includes

Motion Comics

Arcana has turned some of their comics and graphic novels into motion comics. Arcana motion comics that are currently available are;

The Arcanaverse is the world all the Arcana Characters live in. Currently over 3000 individual indexed characters and creatures who call the Arcanaverse home. From the Arcanaverse stem new stories and adventures including the comic book series The Intrinsic.

The Intrinsic

The Intrinsic was debuted on Free Comic Book Day 2012, and was the first Arcanaverse title. The series features hit Arcana Characters; Kade, Philosopher Rex, Kore, Candice Crow and cameos from lots of others. The Intrinsic also make a guest appearance in the animated TV series Kagagi (2014). The Intrinsic Volume 2 debuts at Free Comic Book Day 2014 and is written by Sean Patrick O’Reilly, and Chris ‘Doc’ Wyatt.

Awards

Arcana won the Shuster Awards for publisher of the year in 2005.

Arcana was a finalist for the CME's two years in a row.

Arcana has been awarded a Mom's Choice award for three titles so far – The Clockwork Girl (2010) , The Gwaii (2010) and Pixies (2013).

Arcana was named Most Promising Company at the 2013 Digi Awards. Arcana’s CEO, Sean Patrick O’Reilly was also named a finalist for Executive of the year at the 2013 Digi Awards.

Arcana CEO, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, received Playback (website)’s Ten to Watch award in 2013

Arcana was named Best Visual Features 2013 by Arlene Dickinson's YouInc

The Steam Engines of Oz

The Steam Engines of Oz was Arcana’s first experience with a crowd-sourcing project. The Steam Engines of Oz, was first introduced for Free Comic Book Day, 2013 . The idea was to release issues FCBD, 1, 2, 3 the collected trade, then if the Kickstarter campaign proved to be a success a second Volume of The Steam Engines of Oz would be released . The Steam Engines of Oz: The Geared Leviathan was successful and was produced thanks to the supporters on Kickstarter.

Notable People/Companies Arcana has worked closely with on projects

Charitable Work

Notes

  1. ↑ Camilla d’Errico Feels the "Burn", Comic Book Resources, May 22, 2008
  2. ↑ Review of Helen Killer, Comics Bulletin
  3. ↑ Pitts, Lan (March 19, 2010). "Indie Writer Tells an H.P. LOVECRAFT Story... For Kids?". Newsarama. Retrieved April 1, 2020. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ Clockwork Girl profile, samples and interview with Sean O'Reilly, Comic Book Resources, May 30, 2007
  5. ↑ Arcana Donates All Ages Books

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