‘Despair, for the Reverend walks among you’ – A look at the First Page From ‘Wrath of God’

The Reverend welcomes you to the first page of 'Wrath of God'

The Reverend: a holy weapon forged in tragedy and flame – a murderous martyr whose cold judgement strikes with the force of a vengeful God. Despair, for the Reverend walks among you. He is the right hand of vengeance. He is Wrath.

So whenever anyone finishes Fallen Heroes I always ask who was your favorite character and although the results vary one name gets mentioned again and again Jonathan Bishop aka ‘The Reverend’.

When Cy Dethan and I chatted about writing a comic script for the Reverend and giving people a little more background on the character I couldn’t wait for him, Gat Melvin (colours), Steve Penfold (art) and Nic Wilkinson (letters to get started. The script Cy has come up with is brilliant and captures the dark and bloody tones of Reverend’s relentless and very personal one man crusade. The comic will also give the reader a deeper look at the Reverend’s past as well as answering the question of how he obtained some of his skills you see described in Fallen Heroes.

Like all the comics in the ‘Tales of the Fallen’ anthology Wrath of God is %100 canon in the Unseen Shadows universe. This is the Reverend’s past approved by me rather than a nice spin off that has nothing to do with the book. So for the readers who enjoyed Fallen Heroes this comic will give you a little more insight into the character and his world before Fallen Heroes. If you’ve not read the book that doesn’t matter as again like all the Unseen Shadows project they are perfectly readable without reading the novel but you will gain a richer experience if you have.

The comic will be released digitally in November and will also form part of the ‘Tales of the Fallen’ anthology being launched at the Thought Bubble Festival in November.

Fallen Heroes the Comic Adaptation – Read the Issue 2 Preview Now!

Well it’s been a while a coming but I think you will agree from this preview that the wait has been more than worth it. Just a quick disclaimer that some of the art and lettering isn’t quite finished yet but we were all very eager to give you lot a quick look at the next issue.

Fingers crossed the issue will be ready in time for launching at the Thought Bubble Festival this November.

Fallen Heroes Issue 2 Preview

 

Swing back around tomorrow for the first full colour page from  Cy Dethan’s  Reverend centered story – Wrath of God.

Fallen Heroes the Audio Book – Chapter 1 Launches Today!

For those of you who have been following my misadventures for a while now will probably know that I always planned to have an audio version of Fallen Heroes available. It’s taking a while getting here but at last the wait is over.

At the moment myself and the fantastic Mr David Ault, who is the narrator on the book, are currently editing the audio like mad so we can release the chapters to you on a weekly basis. I’m hoping this serial-style approach to releasing the chapters will fit in nicely with the tone of the book as I always tried to end each chapter on a cliffhanger.

The next stage is to have the complete audio version of the novel available to buy on CD at the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds this November and afterwards the CD will be available to buy online.

The individual chapters will be free to download but I have included a donate button for anyone wishing to contribute something after listening. All donations will go back into the various Unseen Shadows projects.

So without further ado here’s Chapter 1 of Fallen Heroes – The Audio Book.

Chapters will be released for free every Monday and Thursday!

Chapter 1

Jason Chen’s apocalyptic visions of death and destruction herald the young student’s first step on journey that threatens to destroy his sanity. Halfway across the world a simple exchange for master criminal ‘The Hand’ becomes something much more deadlier.

Direct Download: Chapter 1

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See the First Page and Early Character Art from ‘Stolen’

I thought as it been a while since I updated the site I would give you some of Cormac Hughes’ fantastic art to look at from the upcoming ‘Stolen’ spin off comic. So here’s the first page and some character sketches. I won’t say anything about the characters (most readers of Fallen Heroes will remember Steph I’m sure)  as I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

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