While strictly not Transformers related, we thought you, our readers, might like to know about a project which Transformers writer Simon Furman and artist Geoff Senior are working on.
To The Death is a creator-owned project, a digital comic book saga set in Earth’s future that echoes the hard-edged sci-fi of Dragon’s Claws and Death’s Head (both of which were co-created by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior) and some of the heavy mech of Transformers. It’s a little different to most digital fare, in that it’s presented in successive full-sized frames (one per screen), really showcasing Geoff Senior’s kinetic, muscular art and letting the story breathe. To say it’s full bore and action-packed is something of an understatement. Its mix of future war, corporate greed on a massive scale, and the more personal story of one man against the system — in a kind of lone samurai way. A battle he can’t possibly win, but can’t back away from either.
Simon Furman has kindly shared with us some artwork of this project, along with the wording above and a press release, which you can check out after the break. Be sure also to check out the first episode, which will be going up on September 10 at www.to-the-death.com.
TO THE DEATH: PRESS RELEASE
FROM THE CREATORS OF DEATH’S HEAD AND DRAGON’S CLAWS…
COMES AN ALL-NEW DIGITAL COMIC BOOK SAGA
Simon Furman and Geoff Senior present To The Death, an epic sci-fi comic book saga available to view digitally in widescreen format.
Earth, 2674: off-world combat legend and absent father Aleksy Dryagin is returning home to a hero’s welcome… and a death sentence. Caught between The Triumvirate, a trio of omnipotent Corporate Heads who want Dryagin publically and permanently axed, and the subversive White Noise, who want a symbol, Dryagin is forced into one last, no-win campaign to save the lives of billions of oblivious civilians. With nothing left to lose, Dryagin is prepared to fight… To The Death!
Showcasing the amazingly kinetic art of Geoff Senior and the hard-hitting storytelling of Simon Furman as never before, To The Death will be released over 18 action-packed downloadabie webisodes and a limited edition Original Graphic Novel (see below).
To The Death launches at ICE, Birmingham’s premier International Comic Expo, on September 10, with the first webisode free-to-view on the To The Death website: www.to-the-death.com
The series proper will launch after a Kickstarter campaign that will offer the To The Death print graphic novel featuring an all-new To The Death story not offered digitally, and only available via Kickstarter.
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