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Middle East comics via LA

By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 8/18/2005 7:32:00 AM

SANTA MONICA , Calif. —AK Comics now has a U.S. base for its Middle East- based comics by establishing an office in Los Angeles .

In a move to launch its comic books and animated programming in the United States while maintaining its headquarters in Cairo , Egypt , Jordan Udko will head the U.S. office as vice president business development. Udko joins AK Comics from Paramount Pictures, Hollywood , Calif. , where he was distribution account executive.

The new AK office will be headquartered in Santa Monica and will continue to establish distribution of comic titles throughout the industry wholesalers. The first AK comics will be released during first quarter 2006.

Aya, Jalila, Rakan and Zein are among the superheroes in the AK Comics world of comics. A princess of darkness, a time-traveling pharaoh and an ancient Arabian swordsmen were some of the characters first created by AK founder Ayman Kandeel, an Egyptian economics professor atCairoUniversity.

As a home base, managing editor, Marwan Nashar will maintain the Egyptian office as wel as an office in the new Los Angeles location.

“The mission of AK Comics is to fill the cultural and social gap that was created over the years between the West and East, by providing essentially needed role models - in our case, Middle Eastern superheroes,” says Udko. “Ultimately, we are presenting to the entire world a strong and optimistic vision for a futuristic Middle East , void of war, violence and turmoil. Through our products - be it comic book publications, animated series or otherwise - those heroes are predestined to become global ambassadors, spreading peace and good will, creating a more optimistic and positive image of the world's most turbulent and misunderstood region.”

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