Chad Burdette
This week, writer Zack Kaplan joined the show to discuss two of his upcoming series: a bloodthirsty action thrillerKILL ALL IMMORTALS and a sci-fi cyberpunk adventure THE MIDNIGHT: SHADOWS.
Details about both series and trailer for The Midnight: Shadows follow the interview below:
KILL ALL IMMORTALS
A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. In our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire. But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks freedom from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power.
- Artist: Fico Ossio (Action Comics, Star Wars, Mister Miracle and No One Left to Fight)
- Colorist: Thiago Rocha (The Midnight: Shadows, Jour J)
- Letterer: Eisner-nominated Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Designer: Eisner-nominated Tom Muller
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THE MIDNIGHT: SHADOWS
They also talk about the collaboration with Synthwave band THE MIDNIGHT, for an electrifying graphic novel out in October inspired by the poetic storytelling and the neon-soaked aesthetics of their music.
THE MIDNIGHT: SHADOWS is a completely original cyberpunk adventure created and written by me, so whether you love The Midnight or you have never heard of The Midnight, you will still love this book, especially if you like sci-fi like TRON or BLADE RUNNER
Jason has spent his life running from his problems, but now he and his childhood sweetheart are on the precipice of parenthood, and he’s struggling with the loss of his adolescence. Then he re-discovers his favorite old video game, THE MIDNIGHT, a nostalgic 1980s fantasy adventure about a helmeted hero who travels to a cyberpunk world to save the people from eternal darkness. Seeking to repair his broken game, Jason ends up at a mysterious arcade in an abandoned 1980s mall, where he plays the old arcade game of The Midnight and suddenly he’s transported to…
…a post-apocalyptic Neverland in the year 2085. A world of perpetual night where time stands still. A final bastion of humanity in a glistening futuristic city. And a shocking reveal – they know him as the hero who once vanquished the shadow monsters, and they believe he’s returned to his true reality to do it again. More surprising, his wife is here, but only with a memory of Jason as this world’s hero. As this lost boy tries to embrace his new hero powers, with the help of his true love and her cyberpunk warriors, he must face the responsibility of protecting an entire world from danger and discover which world he truly belongs to.
Creative Team
- Artists: Stephen Thompson (Star Trek, Batman Beyond) and artist Jahnoy Lindsay (Superboy)
- Colorist: Thiago Rocha (Hacktivists) provides vibrant synthwave colors
- Letterer: DC Hopkins (Superman, Star Wars)
- Cover: Raymond Swandland
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