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Preview: Alterna AnniverSERIES: American Terror

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Alterna AnniverSERIES: American Terror

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(W) Jeff McComsey, James Cooper
(A) Jeff McComsey

November 11th, 2041…Nobody celebrates Veteran’s Day anymore. Victor Sheppard is an old man in a new world. He remembers a time prior to the War of the Third World, when cops still carried guns and there was a ghetto in every city. All that’s history now. Now the third world no longer exists. A new age of peace and equality has begun, but it didn’t come cheap. Millions of people died and the world is a better place, but nobody remembers why. Haunted by his dead comrades, Victor decides to do the one thing he thought he’d never do: Spill his guts.

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Charles Soule’s 27: Crossroad Blues Goes IndieGoGo to Become a Movie

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27firstset_coverWriter Charles Soule is having a hell of a year. Not only is he taking over DC Comics Swamp Thing, but he’s also got Strange Attractors for Archaia Press and the upcoming Letter 44 from Oni Press this year as well (plus I’m sure more that’s yet to be announced). Now add into that mix, a movie.

Soule and director James Cooper have teamed up to bring the Faustian supernatural drama, 27: Crossroad Blues to the screen. They are turning to crowd funding on Indiegogo to make it to raise the film’s $65,000 budget over a 30-day all-or-nothing campaign.

Based on Soule’s Image Comics series, 27, and adapted to a live action short film, 27: Crossroad Blues is inspired by the legend of 1930s blues musician Robert Johnson selling his soul in exchange for extraordinary guitar skills. Young Bobby approaches the crossroads to make a deal with the devil. A deal is made, but that’s about the only thing that goes as expected. Turns out, the devil’s not the only supernatural entity interested in Bobby’s magic hands. The story puts an otherworldly twist on the events leading up to the singers mysterious death at the age of 27.

The short story was originally published in the first collected volume of 27. Soule has adapted his story for the screen, with the production being produced and directed by Cooper. Peter Mabrucco and Yaw Attuah will serve as Co-Producers. Upon completion of the film, 27: Crossroad Blues will tour comic conventions across North America before rolling it out on the film festival circuit.

The cast includes Benjamin Watson as Bobby, Elias Toufexis as Erebus, Stephen Hart as The Devil, and Christine Horne as The Nine.

Joining Cooper behind the camera is award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor Martin Tori and award-winning Director of Photography Pasha Patriki.  Composing the film’s original score is Andrew Raiher.

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Review – American Terror: Confession of a Human Smart Bomb Volume One

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American Terror Confession of a Human Smart Bomb Volume OneEvery once in a while you get proud of yourself for taking a chance on a comic and discovering something that’s just fantastic.  American Terror: Confession of a Human Smart Bomb Volume One is one of the great finds from this year’s Baltimore Comic Con.  Written by Jeff McComsey and James Cooper with art by McComsey the story is about the third world war.

The story unravels slowly and is a confessional from one of the key people who started the war.  But what type of war is this?  Is it the stereotypical future war over resources or some religious issue?  That’s where this comic series gets really creative.  Instead, we’re given a political treatise against the rise of corporations and private armies.  It’s a brilliant take and one that makes it truly stand out.

The issues raised are very topical, and very important.  It’s true that nations have a habit of training horrible people to take care of their problems, and once the problem is ended they leave those people to take over.  Then years later they must deal with those they trained.  In this modern age it’s private armies, backed by laws that govern corporations and not nations.  This will be the next flashpoint, we just don’t know it yet.

American Terror is an important read on so many levels, and one of those is because it makes you think about today’s geopolitical status.  It’s just bonus points that it’s so entertaining too.

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