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Battlerock Comics Announces First Storyline in Future’s Guardian Series
GEORGIA – August 9, 2013 – Battlerock Comics announces the first major multi-part storyline in the “Future’s Guardian” comic series with “Psilence of Conscience”.
“Future’s Guardian” is a fan-made comic series that is based in the online world of the Champions Online Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game as provided by Perfect World Entertainment. The series focuses primarily around Galatea Future, a super-heroine from an alternate future and an alternate universe that finds herself in a completely new world and facing the challenges of starting over.
According to writer/creator David 2, “Psilence of Conscience” will focus on Candace Sinclair, Galatea Future’s best friend in the world of the Champions.
“Candace Sinclair has always been a strong character, both as an attorney and also as a friend to Galatea Future. But now something happens to her that changes her life and potentially affects her both personally and professionally.”
“Psilence of Conscience” also takes a closer look at Galatea Future’s secret identity as a fiction/romance writer and the “Sentinels of Love” book series; a series that has connections to the character’s previous “home”.
“Galatea Future is an alternate version of the City of Heroes MMO character Galatea Powers,” David 2 explained. “So she still has memories of things that went on in that world, including the other heroes she worked with. Those heroes became the basis for Galatea’s fictional book characters. Fans of that other MMO may recognize some of those characters, especially when one of them crosses over into the world of the Champions.”
“Psilence of Conscience” is the first major storyline for the comic series, but not the first for the writer/creator. David 2 previously worked on several multi-part storylines for the “Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight” series, including “Time and Changes”, which introduced readers to the character of Galatea Future.
“Working on a multi-part storyline is a serious investment for a comic series. There is a lot of planning put into coming up with the overall story, the characters involved, the roles they play in the overall story, and how the storyline itself plays out. You’re talking about planning two or three or even ten issues in advance. That means that you have to see yourself working on that series at least until that storyline finishes. It also assumes that the comic series itself would continue at least through that storyline.”
David 2 says the new storyline will be in five parts and each will have a special “Psilence of Conscience” banner on the cover. He also says that the misspelling of the word “Silence” is deliberate.
“The misspelling of the word ‘Silence’ actually plays into several of the characters involved with the overall story. This will be a story about the mind and how dangerous it can be in certain circumstances, especially when someone has power over it that is not ready or willing to deal with the consequences.”
The “Psilence of Conscience” storyline begins with Issue #7 of “Future’s Guardian”, which goes online on September 1st.
We are just a few hours away from the online release of “Future’s Guardian” #6, and we here at Battlerock Comics are just bubbling with anticipation. There is so much on our plate right now that we want to just spill out all at once.
The changes continue for “Future’s Guardian” as the series evolves, and what you will see in Issue 6 will set the stage for some of those changes. And we can’t wait to share with you what is in store!
But we would also be remiss if we didn’t mention some of the other great works that will be coming out this month. In fact, one of them didn’t even want to wait for August!
So here’s a little peek at what we have for you courtesy of the City of Comic Creators. (And thanks to the almighty RA for coming up with this! You can check out his 3D comics over at www.coxcomics.com )
Want more? Come check out the new releases over at the MMO Comic Index.
You may have noticed a certain stamp appearing on the covers starting with Issue #5 of “Future’s Guardian”…
Some of you may even confuse it with the old Comics Code Authority stamp, and the similarities are intentional.
But this is a different stamp for a different group.
Back in the days when our comics were released under the parent brand of Get Brutal Productions, I was part of a group called the City of Comic Creators.
The CCC was founded in 2008 as a way to bring fan-made comic creators together to pool their resources and help improve the quality of their City of Heroes-based creations. The group had a private section in the official COH forums and its own MediaWiki resource website. You may have noticed the CCC logo on the City-based publications, including “Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight”, “The Guardian Powers”, and “Tales from Paragon City”.
The corporate-dictated shutdown of the MMO closed the forum, but the MediaWiki website continues and we even have a Facebook group to try to keep in touch with some of the members.
So why haven’t you seen this stamp with some of the earlier covers for “Future’s Guardian” or for “The Lost Adventures of Galatea Future”?
Simple: because those comics take place in the world of Champions Online, and until December of 2012, the City of Comic Creators was primarily dedicated to the City of Heroes.
But with the demise of “The City”, the CCC was able to expand their scope to cover ALL MMO-based fan-made comics and move to the new MMO Comic Index resource site. That also means that I can now use the CCC logo for these comics as well.
And rather than use the same logo, I decided to use the special CCC stamp that I helped to design to replace the old CCA stamp some comic creators had been using. You can find out more about the history of the Comics Code Authority and why it’s wrong to continue to use its stamp by checking out its entry in the MMO Comic Index.
Meanwhile, I’m glad to be able to say that this comic series is a PROUD part of the City of Comic Creators!
The folks at www.coxcomics.com have come up with a great preview ad for some of the fan-made City of Comic Creators comics being released this June… starting, of course, with Future’s Guardian #4.
The others are…
The Justice-Knights #10 (JK Comics) – The stories of the Justice-Knights in the City of Heroes continues.
The Crucible #4 (CoX Comics) – From the people behind Dawn Enterprises and The Forgotten Men come a new 3D series!
They may or may not be the ONLY issues out for June, but they certainly will start the month off right!
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