The Final Episode of ‘Empire of Blood’ is Here

18/03/201618/03/2016 / Barry Nugent / Leave a comment

It’s been a long road but here is the final episode of our audio drama ‘Empire of Blood’.

I’ve never worked on an audio drama before let along edited and co wrote one before so it was tough road at times but never not a fun one.

I would love to give a big, big thanks to the entire Empire of Blood voice cast (sorry it’s taken so long to complete everyone!) for their brilliant work on these four episodes and for Alan White for dreaming up the whole thing in the first place.

An extra special thanks to Chase Peterson who voice Vincent Marconi as I work on Forgotten Warriors it is possible to write dialogue for Vincent and not here Chase’s voice. Also to Fiona Paul (Victoria Sullivan) who not only got a comic spin off out of this (Fight or Flight) but I daresay may pop up in prose sometime in the future

Hope you enjoy this final episode! And you get listen to all the episodes here.

Episode 4

There are revelations, betrayal, sacrifice and blood a plenty as Vincent and Victoria finally face the Empire of Blood in this final episode.

Direct Download: Empire of Blood – Episode 4

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First Two Penciled Pages of The Chimera Factor

18/03/201618/03/2016 / Barry Nugent / Leave a comment

Pete woods is not letting the grass grown under his feet on his art duties for The Chimera Factor. He’s already penciled the first four pages but rather than give a look at all four here’s a look at the first two..enjoy.

First Character Sketch for The Chimera Factor

11/03/2016 / Barry Nugent / Leave a comment

So It’s Friday and to end the week on a high here is look at the first character sketch from the upcoming graphic novel The Chimera Factor.

The artist wielding the mighty pen is case is Unseen Shadows Newbie Peter Woods (welcome onboard Pete!).

All I’ll say about the story (written by Richmond Clements) is that it’s centered around the supernatural equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction and the battle to possess it.

The two characters leading the story and trying not to kill each other are Steph Connisbee (Fallen Heroes, Operation Solomon ) and Victoria Sullivan (Fight or Flight, Empire of Blood).

I’ve already seen the first page thumbnails and looking forward to sharing them with you and some other character sketches soon.

Unseen Shadows at Thought Bubble 2015

13/11/2015 / Barry Nugent / Leave a comment

So it’s been a while but Unseen Shadows never goes away, we linger in the…well…um…shadows.

Unseen Shadows will be heading to the Thought Bubble Comic Festival in Leeds this weekend and we will not be going empty handed. We will be launching two comics (Knights of Cademus and The Lament of Lady Mary) at the festival and our very first graphic novel ‘The Heart Which Makes Us’, which clocks in at a lovely 100 pages.

As well as the new comics we will also be launching the recently completed audio movie (which is one part prose,one part audio movie and about ten parts adventure!) Empire of Blood. The first three episodes of this four part audio movie are available to listen online for free.

As well as all this you will also be able to pick up the Fallen Heroes novel and the comic anthology Tales of the Forgotten.

Barry Nugent, founder of Unseen Shadows had this to say about the launches. “I am extremely proud of what the creative teams have done on these projects and looking forward to spending the weekend showing off their work.”

All the comics being launched at Thought Bubble are available to pre-order here.

I also was a guest on the Awesome Comics Podcast recently to talk about the project.

The Unseen Shadows team will be on table 71 in the Thought Bubble Marquee (aka the Teepee) so come and check us out!

Artwork Finished on ‘The Heart Which Makes Us’

15/05/201515/05/2015 / Barry Nugent / Leave a comment

I am extremely happy to report that after keeping him trapped on a hellish island, much like Oliver Queen, that Aaron Moran, artist on ‘The Heart Which Makes Us’ has been allowed to take his first breath as a free man.

The reason for Aaron’s freedom is that he has finished all 102 pages of art on our first Unseen Shadows graphic novel. Aaron has exceeded my expectations and blown me away not only with his work ethic but his artwork which speaks for itself. This, along with, Lizzie Boyle’s stellar script has made for a great combo.

For those who loved Kathryn in the novel, you will not be disappointed.

Now the story is in the capable hands of Paul Mclaren to put the words on the comic page.

You will be able to judge for yourself when’The Heart Which Makes Us’ is released later this year.