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Least I Could Do: Jesus Made Me Do It Collection Coming to Book Retailers Everywhere

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Least I Could Do: Jesus Made Me Do It Collection

Coming to Book Retailers Everywhere

Jesus Made Me Do It collects artist Lar DeSouza’s first year on LICD

MONTREAL, CANADA – January 8, 2009 – Blind Ferret Entertainment is excited to announce web-comic, Least I Could Do’s first ever presence in the bookstore market on November 15, 20008, with their new LICD graphic novel, Jesus Made Me Do It. The collection is written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza, with over two hundred full color LICD strips. This is the start of new collections that will be released twice a year.

“We’re really excited to be working with the Least I Could Do creative team on this project,” says Randy Waxman, President of Blind Ferret Entertainment. “Sohmer and DeSouza have created a huge following online, and we’re thrilled to bring such a great series to the retail market.”

Jesus Made Me Do It is to be considered, Year One of LICD because the graphic novel collects the first year of three-year LICD veteran artist, Lar DeSouza. The web-comic has been around since 2002 and has generated an audience of over 750,000 readers.

The collection will be available in Barnes & Noble, Amazon and many other local book retailers on November 15, 2008. Be sure to get your hands on one before they are gone.

More information the Least I Could Do webcomic can be found at www.leasticoulddo.com. More information on Blind Ferret or any of its other projects can be found at www.blindferret.com.

Blind Ferret Entertainment is an independent multimedia company started by Ryan Sohmer and partner Randy Waxman, specializing in the production and distribution of high quality web, print, film and television projects. The company seems to be working towards bringing webcomics more into the mainstream, and has linked itself with popular comics Ctrl+Alt+Delete, VG Cats, Looking for Group, and 8-Bit Theater. Blind Ferret Entertainment also helped to create Ctrl+Alt+Delete: The Animated Series. Work is also being done to bring Least I Could Do to television in the form of an animated series.

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ABOUT BLIND FERRET ENTERTAINMENT — Blind Ferret Entertainment is an independent multimedia company specializing in the production and distribution of high quality web, print, film and television projects. For more information, visit Blind Ferret Publishing on the web at www.blindferretpublishing.com.

ABOUT BLIND FERRET PUBLISHING — Blind Ferret Publishing is a division of Blind Ferret Entertainment and is dedicated to developing and marketing the best comics and graphics novels in fantasy, sci-fi and humor. For more information visit www.blindferretpublishing.com.

ABOUT DIAMOND BOOK DISTRIBUTORS — Diamond Book Distributors is a division of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., and is dedicated to making a wide selection of graphic novels and other pop culture collectibles available to the mainstream book market. For more information, visit Diamond Books on the web at www.diamondbookdistributors.com.

ABOUT DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS — the world's largest distributor of English-language comic books and pop-culture related merchandise—Diamond is based in Baltimore, MD, and services more than 4,000 specialty retailers worldwide. For more information, visit Diamond on the web at www.diamondcomics.com.

ABOUT LEAST I COULD DO — Least I Could Do is an immensely popular comic series written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. Visit the website for the latest comics at www.leasticoulddo.com.

Yield to Me: The Complete Fifth Year Collection of Least I Could Do

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:00:09 +0000

Yield to Me: The Complete Fifth Year Collection of Least I Could Do

Collects a full year of webcomics about Rayne Summers adventures

MONTREAL, CANADA – January 8^th, 2008 – Blind Ferret Entertainment Inc. is pleased to announce Yield To Me, the complete Fifth Year Collection of the massively popular webcomic Least I Could Do. This is the fifth book in the LICD series created by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza.

“The gratification Lar and I get from putting out each book is beyond comparison. The knowledge that each book is responsible for the death of a tree, and hopefully the death of a small animal that was killed by the falling of said tree, is fantastic,” says Ryan Sohmer, “It’s mind boggling to me that we’re already on book 5.”

For those unfamiliar with Least I Could Do (LICD), it’s about how love means never having to say you’re sorry…. And casual Sex means never having to say anything at all. And so goes the forward thinking of Rayne Summers, the twenty-four year old corporate executive at the heart of the Least I Could Do universe. A sex obsessed Narcissist who uses his charm, humor and vivid imagination to enjoy life as much and as often as he can possibly manage. Rayne’s own happiness, often at the expense of others, comes first.

Yield To Me brings a full year of Least I Could Do strips to print with this exclusive publication. In addition to bringing together all 320 strips of the fifth year in full color, bonus material includes original artwork, sketches, strip by strip commentary and a never before seen look at what goes on behind the scenes with bloopers and outtakes.

Yield To Me: The Complete Fifth Year Collection is on sale now at https://secure.leasticoulddo.com/store/product.php?productid=16174&cat=0&page=1 and will be shipping in November. Also check out the other four books in the LICD series.

More information on Least I Could Do can be found here, www.licd.com.

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ABOUT LEAST I COULD DO — Least I Could Do is an immensely popular comic series written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. Visit the website for the latest comics at www.leasticoulddo.com.

Blind Ferret to Publish Ctrl+Alt+Del

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:36:40 +0000

(MONTREAL) — (October 14, 2008) — After much anticipation, one of the most popular and well-known webcomics in the digital world is coming to the retail market. After nearly 7 years of publishing the comic online and several self-published collections, Ctrl+Alt+Del will be re-published by Blind Ferret Entertainment for sale in bookstores, libraries, comic shops and other mass merchandise outlets worldwide.

First published online in 2001, Ctrl+Alt+Del is written and drawn by Tim Buckley. With a fan base of nearly 1 ½ million readers each month, Ctrl+Alt+Del is easily one of the most read online comic properties in existence today. “Seeing Ctrl+Alt+Del in bookstores has always been a goal of mine, and I’m thrilled to be making this a reality with Blind Ferret,” said Buckley.

“We’re really excited to work with Buckley on such an exciting project. We’ve collaborated on a number of projects with him in the past, and all have been a great success. The retailers we have spoken with are as excited as us about getting this series onto their shelves,” says Randy Waxman, President of Blind Ferret.

The first volume is expected to hit stores in the 2^nd quarter of 2009, with volumes 2 and 3 to follow.

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ABOUT CTRL+ALT+DEL — Ctrl+Alt+Del is an immensely popular comic series written and drawn by Tim Buckley. Visit the website for the latest comics at www.ctrlaltdel-online.com.

Blind Ferret to Publish Looking For Group

admin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:24:21 +0000

MONTREAL — Blind Ferret Entertainment announces that it will publish Looking For Group, the wildly-popular online comic series by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza. With the 1st volume expected to hit retail shelves in January 2009, Blind Ferret is thrilled to be working on yet another Sohmer/DeSouza project.

Looking For Group, first published online in 2006, has taken the online comic world by storm, accomplishing in just 18 months what some have taken nearly a decade to accomplish. With nearly one million fans around the world, Looking For Group has become a hit sensation among fantasy readers and role-playing enthusiasts.

“Even though Looking For Group has only been around for 18 months, we have so many fans who want to buy this book from their local retailer. We’re just thrilled to be able to have the right partners to see this succeed,” said Sohmer.

“Sohmer and DeSouza bring so much to the table when it comes to creating comics. We really feel that both this project and Least I Could Do will have immense success in the retail market, and I can’t wait to see what they create next,” says Randy Waxman, President of Blind Ferret.

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ABOUT LOOKING FOR GROUP — Looking For Group is an immensely popular comic series written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. Visit the website for the latest comics at www.lfgcomic.com.

Blind Ferret to Publish Least I Could Do

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:46:17 +0000

MONTREAL — Blind Ferret Entertainment announces that it will publish Least I Could Do, a collection of comics based on the ever-popular online comic series by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza. With the 1st volume expected to hit retail shelves in November 2008, Blind Ferret is already looking ahead to subsequent volumes that will be released in 2009.

Least I Could Do, first published online in 2002, has grown over the last 7 years to amass an online audience of over ½ million readers each month. This 1st volume will encompass a selection of comic strips for the series’ 3rd year of production, the year that Sohmer and DeSouza began collaborating on the project.

“Bringing Least I Could Do to the Book Market has always been something we wanted to do. It was just a matter of finding the right channel for distribution,” said Sohmer.

“We’re really excited to be working with Sohmer and DeSouza on such an exciting project. Both creators have years of experience in the comic industry, and have worked together on quite a number of successful ventures in the past,” says Randy Waxman, President of Blind Ferret. “We’re excited to be bringing such a successful project to the retail market”.

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ABOUT LEAST I COULD DO — Least I Could Do is an immensely popular comic series written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. Visit the website for the latest comics at www.leasticoulddo.com.

Diamond Signs Blind Ferret to Exclusive Distribution Deal

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:44:29 +0000

MONTREAL — Blind Ferret Entertainment has chosen Diamond Comic Distributors to exclusively distribute their graphic novels to comic shops, bookstores, libraries and other mass merchandise outlets worldwide.

Blind Ferret Entertainment was started with the simple goal of creating and developing entertainment that reached out across a multitude of mediums. As an independent production company, Blind Ferret’s reach extends into print, television, the internet, and other multimedia outlets.

The company plans a full line of graphic novels based upon online properties such as Looking For Group and Least I Could Do.

“We’re thrilled to be working with such a distinguished partner as Diamond. Not only are they one of the most well known and respected distributors in the market, but they really understand the graphic novel industry and where it’s going. When it came time to decide who to work with, Diamond really was the natural choice,” says Randy Waxman, President of Blind Ferret Entertainment.

“Diamond welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with Blind Ferret Entertainment,” said Diamond Vice President of Purchasing Bill Schanes. “We are excited to showcase products that were created by such innovative companies. We’re looking forward to working with both companies to promote and sell their books and merchandise.”

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