Work is proceeding apace on the next adventure in the graphic novel series The Panharmonion Chronicles, created and written by Henry Chebaane, and illustrated by Stephen Baskerville.
Over 150 full-colour pages of Volume 2: Ghosts Of Sound, are already completed and the “Finish” line is in sight, Stephen recently revealed.
Three years in the making, The Panharmonion Chronicles – Times Of London, a 168-page tale, published by Supanova Media, was released in 2023. In the opening story, Alex Campbell is a Canadian musician struggling with a conflicted identity, a tragic past and repressed supernatural abilities. Orphaned at a young age, life was never easy on her and is about to get a lot worse. Alex is a primed time bomb in search of a fuse.
Ghosts Of Sound is being published first in three parts, with the first chapter available now.
Henry Chebaane is a French-British artist with a wide range of creative activities: film director, actor and producer, interiors, graphic, set and lighting designer, multimedia art installations, model-maker and sculptor, screenwriter and songwriter.
He produces electronic music under the alias LX8, the same as the protagonist in The Panharmonion Chronicles. Also available from Supanova Media is Kingdom United, a crime thriller set also in London.
“The [Panharmonion Chronicles] story jumps across centuries and continents,” the Steampunk aesthetic told Westminster Extra when the story launched in 2023, a tale very much inspired by real world London locations , particularly around Kings Cross.
“In telling a complex story, I wanted to be able to stop, rewind. A graphic novel allows that. There are layers of storytelling. I felt it would be a great form to use to explore a wonderful world of science.”
Stephen Baskerville, described by reviewer Joe Thompson on the ComicBookNewsUK as “the inkmaster of reflected light” (“A term which I’m thinking of adopting as my official title from now on!” says Stephen) has been working in comics for several decades. His many credits include Spider-Man, Transformers, Judge Dredd, and Doctor Who).
Head over to The Panharmonion Chronicles official web site: panharmonion.com, and check out this heady blend of science-fiction, horror and alternative history over, spliced through with occasional hints of wry humour, pop culture and homage to music lovers of all genres.
The Panharmonion Chronicles is widely available online in the UK from Waterstones, Foyles, The Times Bookshop and The Guardian Bookshop, plus several comic shops and the Get My Comics website. It can also be bought direct from the publishers Supanova, via their Etsy store
• Check out The Panharmonion Chronicles official web site: panharmonion.com
• Read an interview with Henry Chebaane on the SciFi Now web site
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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.
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