Author: Barry Nugent

First look at Historia Page 2 Art and a Brief Synopsis

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I thought it would be a nice way to start the week with a look at one of Alex Moore’s full colour pages of the Kathryn Monroe tale Historia.

The comic, written by Richmond Clements  will be one of the stories in the second Unseen Shadows anthology Tales of the Forgotten out this November.

A teacher at an exclusive school for the children of United Nations delegates is found brutally tortured and murdered. The Tactical, Operational Response and Control Headquarters (TORCH) sends in one their best agents, Kathryn Monroe,  to investigate.

Kathryn must use all her skills as an investigator as she puts herself in the firing line to uncover the murderer… and their dark secret.

Don’t worry there aren’t any spoliers in the art.

Fight or Flight: Spin off Comic from ‘Empire of Blood’ Audio Drama Announced

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Anyone who has listened to the first two episodes of audio drama Empire of Blood will already be aware of the feisty Icarus Foundation investigator Victoria Sullivan. In Empire of Blood Victoria teams up with her fellow investigator Vincent Marconi to solve five horrific murders.

Originally Victoria was only supposed to be in the audio drama but I loved  the character so much and Fiona Paul’s brilliant performance as Victoria that I  began to think of more ways to use the character. The result of this was a conversation with writer Corey Brotherson, who is currently working on the Unseen Shadows one shot comic Stolen. Together we came up with an idea of doing a six page comic ,starring Victoria, which would be an origin story.

The story is called Fight or Flight and the hope is that the comic will be ready to launch alongside the final episode of Empire of Blood, when we will make the whole story available on a CD as well as here on the website. A synopsis is coming soon but to get you going here’s a sketch of a young and adult Victoria by the Artist on the project Jorge Oliveira.

More info soon!

Wrath of God, Band of Butchers and Operation Solomon now Available on Kindle!

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That’s right people after a lot of hours editing the comics to fit the Kindle format I can announce that the one shot comics; Wrath of God, Operation Solomon and Band of Butchers are now available for the Kindle at the bargain price of £1.29! Don’t worry Fragments of Fate is on the way but we have something special planned for that.

So if you’ve got a Kindle and what to give one of these titles a try just click the cover below to be taken to their page on Amazon.

Artist Alex Moore Joins ‘Historia’

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Just because  things have been a little quiet on the website don’t take this as a sign that things haven’t been going on behind the scenes.  We have some exciting announcements coming for you over the next few weeks and months here at Unseen Shadows so watch this space.

Today’s news is that the script for Historia is all but finished and we now have an artist who is already at work on the project alongside writer Richmond Clements and letterer Paul Mclaren. The pair have already worked together on the brilliant Turning Tiger  and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do with this project.

Historia is one of the titles that will be found in the second Unseen Shadows anthology ‘ Tales of the Forgotten’ which will be released at this years Thought Bubble Comic Festival.

The story centered around Dr Kathryn Monroe, an agent of TORCH who is called in to investigate a gruesome murder at an elite boarding school. A full synopsis is on the way but for now here are a few early Kathryn Sketches from Alex…enjoy!

The Reverend: Blood Cries Out – The First Full Length Unseen Shadows Graphic Novel Is Announced

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And drum roll… we now have a title for the very first full length Unseen Shadows Graphic novel which has been in development for a little while now. The story will centre on everyone’s fave vigilante from Fallen Heroes – Jonathan Bishop aka The Reverend. Written by Cy Dethan with art by Steve Penfold, colours by Gat Melvin and letters by Nic Wilkinson the story will be called The Reverend: Blood Cries Out.

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