As promised here’s another look at the page 1 of Blood Cries Out with fifty percent of the colour now added by Gat. Stay tuned for the end of the week and the finished page complete with lettering from Nic!
I’ve already seen the next stage of this page with more colour and more special effects!!!
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.
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.
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.
Swing back around tomorrow for the first full colour page from Cy Dethan’s Reverend centered story – Wrath of God.
Check out these awesome poster images of the stars of the spin off comics which will form the Tales of the Fallen anthology. The posters were drawn by Steve Penfold, the artist on Fallen Heroes comic adaptation and The Reverend:Wrath of God spin off comic.
I had no idea Steve had done these images and I’ve only just seen them and I’m still trying to put into words what seeing these and all the other pieces of art that is starting to come through means to me. I’m excited, scared,inspired and most of the time just plain humbled by the wealth of talent working on these projects. I am a very lucky writer.
Stunned just stunned.
The Reverend: Wrath of God by Cy Dethan, Steve Penfold and Gat Melvyn
Napoleon Stone and the Fragments of Fate by Pete Rogers and Roy Huteson Stewart
Stephanie Conisbee in Operation: Solomon by Richmond Clements & Conor Boyle
Clancy Wallencheck: Band of Butchers by Dan Thompson, Robert Carey and Vicky Stonebridge
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