The fifth issue of Sky Pirates of Neo Terra came out last wednesday, and it ends this first mini series set in the crazy, epic fantasy world of Neo Terra. Here’s a great interview where Sean Megaw talks about what it was like creating this world. The idea was originally geared toward comic books, and then later developed for two seriously fun video games that will be coming out this April.
Here’s the beautiful cover art for Issue#5 which should inspire you to go out and buy your own copy right now!!
Working on this comic book, I learned so much about visual storytelling like how important it is to make the panel the panel on the upper left corner of the left page have as much impact as possible or how the size and placement of text can really make a joke pay off. The first comic I read was Y: The Last Man in my sophomore year of college. I came to the medium kind of late, but I’m completely obsessed with it now. I for one hope that there are more issues of Sky Pirates of Neo Terra to come and that I get to have a hand in continuing to make them ridiculously entertaining.
I’ve started contributing to two amazing websites out here in the interwebs. In alphabetical order they are…
All Things Fangirl
Pop Culture Nerd
Over at the Nerd, I’ll be writing about what promises to be a short but sweet season of Big Love and with the Fangirls, I’ll gush about games, comics, and my Nintendo DS.
These two sites are awesome. Read them. The end.
The second issue of the comic I’ve been working on, The Sky Pirates of Neo Terra, came out this week, and it’s as pretty and awesome as the first if not awesomer. But don’t take my extremely biased word for it. This issue got a glowing review over at comic book resources. If you’re too lazy click the link, here’s my favorite part:
“This is a comic about children trying to save an adult from diabolical forces, but the kids are savvy — not cutesy savvy, but just good at what they do — and the character designs and clean storytelling make the whole thing a pleasure to read.”
Literally, since I was about seven, these have been my favorite kind of stories: savvy as hell kids saving adults. I think I may have to read The Talisman again. Anyway, go buy it! Go buy it!
A friend of mine created this awesome comic, and Issue #1 came out this past Wednesday. The art is gorgeous, and I’ve contributed some writing here and there on the project. It’s been really fun so please go buy it! Read it! Like it! OR ELSE!*
*This shameless self promotion is mitigated by the fact that other, incredibly talented people worked super super hard on this thing.
