Joe Madureira's back Battle Chasing!

After 14 years, it looks like fans of the hot 1998-2001 comic book Battle Chasers will finally get to find out what happens to Garrison, Red Monika, Gully, Knolan & Calibretto after the book literally left us with a Cliffhanger after issue 9 was produced.

Joe Madureira the creator & artist of Battle Chasers was recently interviewed by Polygon and this is what Madureira and Vigil co-founder Ryan Stefanelli had to say.

"Even though the game mechanically is going to be very different from Darksiders, I think we're still really going to be doing everything we can to make sure that the dungeon exploration side of the game is soaked with lots of fun adventurous elements," 

Stefanelli said, referring to Airship Syndicate's plans for a role play style game for PC's
and consoles.

Upon further conversation Madureira went on talk more about the Battle Chasers franchise and a few juicy details he has for the future of Battle Chasers.

"I think it's going to get a visual overhaul too. My art style and storytelling style, everything's sort of changed and evolved over the years. I'd like to do further three-issue arcs but he's waiting to see how everything shakes out before committing to more.I've always wanted to do an animated series, possibly, so there's a couple of different options that we're pursuing for bringing the franchise back in a big way,"

At this stage Madureira and Stefanelli's company Airship Syndicate haven't any timelines
on when production of the Battle Chasers game or comic, or how they might fund the 
projects yet.

One things for sure that should Airship Syndicate decide to kickstart the projects, they could potential have just as much success as Double Fine did when they kickstarted "Day of 
the Tentacle”.

Kickstarting Carmen 2.0

Hot off the heals of their successful issue one comes Carmen #2 from Dumbskull Ink.

If you're not familiar with this aussie comic, Carmen is a political thriller which merges the action and sci-fi genres in a slow-burning manner that will keep readers intrigued until the 
very end.

With the combined talents of creator/writer Mike Speakman with a well paced & thrilling story, artist Matty Taylor with his unique approach of hand painted panels followed by digital touchups & letter Tom Orzechowsk's rad type setting; Carmen is a jewel in the large crown of Australian comics.

 

With all the work completed, Dumbskull Ink are now campaigning Carmen #2 on Kickstarter for pledges; offering some great rewards that you can check out HERE

Be sure to check out their Facebook page HERE and if you haven't got yourself Carmen #1, do yourself a favour & grab a printed copy HERE.

Get creative with The Prompt

Each month The Prompt is tumblr page that showcase a collaborative group of creative artists, writers, colourists & letters who experiment & test their limits of comic storytelling over a single page. Each month a theme is set and The Prompt begins. 

Nic J Shaw, creator of The Prompt says

"This is about collaboration, creativity, learning, and most of all, fun. It's about apply yourself, try something new, do something different, work with someone you might not know. You can learn a lot from others, make use of your collaborators, asking questions of each other and discussing their pages."

This month’s prompt:

The first line of your story: “He didn’t want to go out on a night like this but…”

• Find a page from a comic you love and deconstruct it. 
• Use this as the foundations for your script.
• You can change the character, the scene, and the setting, but the main elements of the page must be there, including panel structure. What you need to decide is what about this page appeals to you so much. What is it that makes that page a piece of great story telling?

The One Page Walrus by Harry Moyer & Jon Westhoff

The Rules are simple:

1. Create a single page, closed story—beginning, middle, and end.
2. The opening line of your story must be “He didn't want to go out on a night like this but…” ---“He” can be replaced with “She,” “It,” “They,” etc…
3. With your submission please post the page you deconstructed and a little brief about why you chose that particular page.
4. You MUST work with a new creator for this prompt.
5. This is a hard deadline. No submissions will be accepted after the 31st of March.
6. Feel free to post progress on the group page. Please send final works to nic.shaw@live.com
7. Both Colour and Black & White are acceptable.
8. Each collaborated page should be drawn at 11 x 17 so it can be shrunk down to standard US comic size, should we decide to print. Please use the correct bleed and trim. Remember your live area is only 6.25 x 9.75. Portrait or Landscape pages are welcome.

The work achieved on each page is inspiring and at a level you'd expect in any comic you might purchase. To check out the mad collaborative skills from these creative teams or to participate check out The Prompt here

Whatcha 092 - Whatcha All Starrin

This week it's a quickie as Nath goes it alone to the store opening of the NEW All Star Comics in Melbourne. Armed with mic in hand Nath chats with co-owner Mitch about store 2.0 and some exciting new additions. Plus our regular segments, Whatcha Watching & Reading but this time from you the punter.  

WHATCHA WANT:

All Star Comics: https://www.facebook.com/ascmelbourne

Website http://www.whatchashow.blogspot.com.au

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/whatchapodcast

Twitter http://www.twitter.com/WhatchaShow

iTunes https://tinyurl.com/whatchaitunes

Nath - www.twitter.com/nathfromwhatcha

Dean - www.twitter.com/deanarcuri

Mike - www.twitter.com/mickytoons

(Dr) Emma - www.twitter.com/EmmaBeddows

Thanks for listening