Author: Barry Nugent

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2012 VIDEO – Unseen Shadows: Year One Panel

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So last weekend Unseen Shadows were in full effect at the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds. I’ve made no secret that Thought Bubble is my favourite comic convention and this year only served to reinforce that fact. I’ve attended the con both as a visitor and an exhibitor and have  always come away with nothing but respect and admiration for the way the organisers run the show. On both days when I was either setting up the table or taking it down at the end of the day a member of the TB team always swung by to see if I needed any help. I found them to be nothing but friendly and helpful throughout the weekend.

There was a fantastic vibe to the show throughout the weekend and on the few occasions I got to leave my table there were some fantastic comics being sold. Anyone saying the UK comic industry is on the decline needs to check out Thought Bubble 2013 next year or one of the other brilliant UK comic cons.

photo taken by comicbuzz.com

In terms of the weekend itself I had a great time and caught up with lots of old faces and met several new ones. I also caught up with several of the Unseen Shadows creative team members who were in attendance to celebrate the launch of Tales of the Forgotten, sell their own wares or throw around ideas for new projects. I also got chatting to several artists and writers all looking to step into the shadows and join the creative team.

Sales went well for all the Unseen Shadows material and as usual I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of people who picked up a copy of the novel.

On the Sunday myself, Corey Brotherson, Cy Dethan and Richmond Clements headed over to the Alea Casino where we took part in a panel hosted by Yomi Ayeni to discuss the first official year of the Unseen Shadows company, how we got started, what we’ve accomplished to date and where we go from here. The panel included a first look at the brand new titles and ideas we’re working on.

Unseen Shadows Panel

You can check out a video of the panel below and you can now order our newest title Tales of the Forgotten from the Unseen Shadows shop.

£8.50 to £8.00 Special Thought Bubble Con Price Drop For Tales of the Forgotten

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In honour of the launch weekend for our second anthology Tales of the Forgotten at the Thought Bubble Festival we’ve decided to drop the price from our original convention price £8.50 (RRP 9.99) to £8.00. If you you pick up the first anthology Tales of the Fallen and get both for a bargain £15.00.

Don’t forget as well the Unseen Shadows: Year One panel (Sunday 12:10 – 1pm in the Alea Cinema Room) and the special Unseen Shadows Year One digital collection DVD (£10.00) see you all there at table 17 in the New Dock Hall.

Draw Into The Shadows: Try Out For The Unseen Shadows Team With Artist Portfolio Reviews At Thought Bubble 2012

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“In order to build a credible portfolio of work and prove you can put out work professionally you have to have a crack at doing it non-professionally to professional standards. Unseen Shadows creates a platform on which you can do that.” – Steve Penfold (artist on Fallen Heroes, Unseen Shadows: Reverend: Wrath of God, Moon and OMEN in Overload) achieved

Unseen Shadows is currently inviting submissions from artists (pencillers, colourists and inkers) for a number of stories.
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Tales of the Forgotten – Thought Bubble Launch and Panel Details

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If you are at Thought Bubble this weekend. I strongly recommend you get this book. – Sci-Fi Pulse

Tales of the Forgotten (£8.50) will be launching at the Thought Bubble Festival this weekend (17th -18th Nov) at table 17 in the New Dock Hall. At the table there will be copies of the Fallen Heroes novel available in both print and audio, the Tales of the Fallen anthology (£10.00) and the special Unseen Shadows Year One digital collection DVD. Sadly we are completely out of stock for issues 1 & 2 of the Fallen Heroes comic adaptation so the best way to obtain a copy will be buying the year one digital DVD. Stocks are limited on both Tales of the Forgotten and the Unseen Shadows:Year One DVD so to guarantee yourself a copy of either or both you can reserve yours (payment via paypal) by contacting us at barry@unseenshadows.com.

Unseen Shadows Thought Bubble Price List

There will also be an Unseen Shadows: Year One panel (Sunday 12:10 – 1pm in the Alea Cinema Room) taking place during Thought Bubble with Barry Nugent, Cy Dethan, Corey Brotherson and Richmond Clements in conversation with Yomi Ayeni about the project.

Alea Cinema Room, 12.10pm – 1pm, free entry with Sunday/Weekend convention pass, 18+ entry only, photo ID may be required, please note: Thought Bubble does not control panel content

The first year in an evolutionary experiment in co-creation & collaborative character development.

In 2011 the first comic anthology Tales of the Fallen, featuring characters from the bestselling novel “Fallen Heroes” was released at Thought Bubble & now the Unseen Shadows team are back. The multiple creative teams involved in the Unseen Shadows project talk about creation & contribution in a shared universe of prose, audio & comics. There will also be a look forward to the future of the project.

This is the story of how the Unseen Shadows took on a life of their own.

Sci-Fi Pulse Reviews Tales of the Forgotten

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It is always tough sending a creative project out into the media wilderness to be judged but in this first instance we can breathe a much-needed sigh of relief for Tales of the Forgotten.

As far as this latest graphic novel goes am very impressed with the presentation, but its the choice of writers and the art work that will really sell this book. – Sci-fi Pulse

Have a read of the full review over at Sci-if Pulse.

Tales of the Forgotten will be launching at this year’s Thought Bubble Festival and will be on sale at the Unseen Shadows table  (table 17 New Dock Hall).