Independent British comics publisher PSYComics, publishers of the recently-launched Madness & Monsters, is currently teasing its new four book fantasy adventure saga centred on Greek hero, Odysseus.
Odysseus: in Defiance of the Gods, a 112-page story written by Laurence Alison, featuring art by Vũ Danh, will be the first project seeking crowdfunding support, a launch page already in place.
Odysseus: In Defiance of the Gods, Book One of Four, is written by Laurence Alison, lettered and designed by Neil Roche. Having defeated the Trojans, Odysseus and his crew must now make their way back to Ithaca. But Poseidon himself wants to ensure death and destruction lies in their path with mysterious islanders trying to drug them and a cannibalistic cyclops trying to eat them!
Can Odysseus’ leadership prevail or will he and his crew die so shortly after they have set sail?
The action continues in Circe, written by Laurence Alison, lettered and designed by Neil Roche, 40 pages already drawn. PSYComics have brought 2000AD art droid Simon Harrison out of sequential art retirement for this new adventure, to the delight of fans of his work for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, returning last year to provide the cover for 2000AD 2394 last year.
Both Odysseus: in Defiance of the Gods and Circe will be published this year.
“They will be an incredible pair of companion stories, with contributions by Warwick Fraser-Coombe, Luke Michael Copsey and some other special guest artists,” Neil teases.
“The first batch of Circe pages have landed and oh my god, they are simply stunning! 2025 is going to be epic!”
“The comic will have two covers, the standard cover and the ‘naked’ cover variant.
“Man, the guy has still got it!”
“[it’s] absolutely bonkers and a bit raunchy too. You’re in for one hell of a treat!”
Simon Harrison started his art and comic creation career with titles such as Shuk & Doode, published Computer and Video Games magazine in 1988, co-written and co-created with Tim Crowfoot, recently republished by Dark & Golden.
Since working on 2000AD in the late 1980s and early 90s, on strips such as “Revere” and “Strontium Dogs”, Simon travelled extensively across the globe. He’s also a martial arts instructor and has spent time as a bodyguard in war zones in Crimea and Israel. He currently works as a collaborative fine artist in BECKERHARRISON, exhibiting in Berlin, London, Washington, and New York.
In an interview on the 2000AD website last year, we discovered he’s currently splitting his time between that and working on the production of a TV show, whilst also concentrating on personal projects exploring the function of human consciousness and more, including DOGON, a really fantastically strange visual Sci-Fi tale that “explores the atavistic racial memories all humans hold within their genetic code.”
• Odysseus: in Defiance of the Gods Kickstarter Launch Page
• Follow PSYComics on Facebook
• Simon Harrison’s DOGON project on Instagram
• 2000AD Thrillcast: Simon Harrison talks about his life and career, getting work at 2000AD, all the incredible places his art has taken him, and all with a view on the world and on art
• Revere, written by John Smith, drawn by Simon Harrison, is available as a digital edition from Rebellion
• The Final Solution, written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, includes Simon’s Strontium Dog work
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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