The comics from our successful Kickstarter have been printed and have already shipped to me in The Netherlands. This is waaaaaay ahead of our schedule.
Here are a few photos. It’s possible I was just a little bit excited…
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THE RESURRECTED #1 is now live on Kickstarter!
Hello friends!
Our Kickstarter campaign for THE RESURRECTED comic book series has officially launched!
The Resurrected #1 on Kickstarter
If you haven’t been following, our series is a story about redemption, the acceptance of our mortality and about how far one Aboriginal-Australian detective would go to save his people from almost certain extinction. On a socio-political level, it is also an exploration of the plight of Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
Christian Carnouche is the writer/creator, art is by Crizam colours Salvatore Aiala letters by Cardinal Rae & edits by Erica Schultz
Ariela Kristantina and Bryan Valenza have also produced a stunning variant cover for issue one, while Michael Montenat has created a stunning print as a reward for the campaign.
Thanks again for supporting us!
Christian Carnouche and The Resurrected team.
Cover for THE RESURRECTED #1!
Here’s the stunning cover for THE RESURRECTED #1. Over the moon with what our artist Crizam managed to conjure up. I’ve already seen his covers for issues two and three and they just keep getting better 🙂
We’re launching the Kickstarter campaign for the first issue of THE RESURRECTED in about a fortnight, where you’l be able to preorder a copy.
At its core, The Resurrected is a story about redemption, the acceptance of our mortality and about how far one Aboriginal-Australian detective would go to save his people from almost certain extinction. On a socio-political level, it is also an exploration of the plight of Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
Christian Carnouche is the writer/creator, art is by Crizam, colours Salvatore Aiala letters by Cardinal Rae & edits by Erica Schultz.
And of course please don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to receive an eight page preview of #1:
Check out my interview on the Creator Talks podcast!
Check out Christian Carnouche‘s appearance on one of our favourite podcasts –
Creator Talks:
Creator Talks Podcast – Christian Carnouche and The Resurrected
He and Christopher Calloway had a really fun chat about Christian’s comic #TheResurrected, the importance of an editor (yay for Erica Schultz ), comic book promotion, the research that went into writing an Indigenous-Australian protagonist & of course vintage Star Wars.
Massive thank you to all of the collaborators Crizam, Salvatore Aiala & Erica on The Resurrected:)
Check out ComicVerse’s review of THE RESURRECTED!
First ever review of THE RESURRECTED is in! And all I can say is WOW, WOW AND WOW!
“THE RESURRECTED #1 is both challenging and entertaining. Carnouche and Zamora make an excellent team for this debut comic. The comic does not shy away from issues like oppression, racism, and death. However, it is not all doom and gloom. The cop-show mystery keeps the pace moving. Cain makes a compelling and complex hero! I am eager to see what the future installments have to offer.”
Check out the full review below:
HUGE thank you ComicsVerse for such a wonderful review! Not only was it extremely positive but also insightful and intelligent. I feel like they really understood what the comic was about. I am a big fan of ComicsVerse so this is particularly satisfying.
Thank you Molly for the effort and research that went into the review and for the support you have shown our team 🙂
Well done to the TR team Crizam , Salvatore Aiala, Cardinal Rae , Erica Schultz & Christian Carnouche .
Join our mailing list for a free eight page preview of The Resurrected #1!
This week I will send out the first eight page preview for the first issue. Join our mailing list if you’d like a copy of the preview:
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The logline of the story is:
“In a future where death is not always the end, a lonely yet resolute Aboriginal-Australian detective challenges the world’s most powerful corporation in a battle to save his people from almost certain extinction. If he is to succeed, he must re-discover his Indigenous roots while also finally learning to overcome the loss of his family who died in the techno-plague that ravished Australia five years earlier.”
The Resurrected comic touches on several philosophical themes that I feel particularly engaged with, including those linked to death and mortality, identity and the nature of freedom and responsibility. It also delves into social-political issues, most significantly the ongoing destructive effects that the centuries old invasion of Australia has had on the Indigenous population.
I’ve been lucky enough to have some of my Indigenous friends review my plot and script and some of the art.
I’m working alongside an extremely talented and experienced team, who have all worked for well-known comic book publishers – Crizam is the artist, Salvatore Aiala the colourist and Erica Schultz is the editor. We’ve just hooked a big name for the variant over but we’ll keep that a secret for the timebeing.
The first issue is complete and will be out in a few months. We will be self-publishing it and running a Kickstarter in mid-Feb as a way of streamlining pre-orders and pre-selling some merchandise. There will be PDF copies of issue one available in April and the print copy should be available in June. We’re already deep into issue two so that should arrive hot on the heels of the first issue.
Here are a few sneak peak panels to give you an idea of the art.
Thanks to all of my wonderful family and friends who have already been so supportive!
Thanks!
Christian
Another preview panel from The Resurrected comic
Here’s another beautiful preview panel from The Resurrected comic book series; this time of the protagonist Cain Duluth experiencing a contemplative moment in Nova Lucis.
Art by Crizam & Salvatore Aiala . Written by Christian Carnouche. Letters by Cardinal Rae. Edited by Erica Schultz.
Updates coming soon about our publication plans.
Another preview panel from The Resurrected comic book
Another preview panel from The Resurrected comic. Cain Duluth and his partner at the Special Division for the Resurrected, Akimi Ozaki, at a crime scene in Nova Lucis.
Art by Crizam & Salvatore Aiala . Written by Christian Carnouche. Letters by Cardinal Rae. Edited by Erica Schultz.
Updates coming soon about our publication plans.
Yindi Duluth – another preview panel
Here’s another preview panel of Yindi Duluth, the protagonist Cain’s 14 year old daughter. What role will she play in The Resurrected series? You’ll have to wait and see!
Art by Crizam and colours by Salvatore Aiala
What does a comic book writer do?
What exactly does a comic book writer do? I’ve been asked this question a bunch of times so I thought I would share a really brief example of the script that I wrote for Issue One of the The Resurrected. The sample attached is Page One, which is relatively quite a short page.
Every comic book writer is different, some provide the artist merely with some basic details and let them design the majority of the panel but others use their script to suggest panel size and shape, shot angles, colours etc etc. As you can see from my script sample, I’m probably somewhere in between. There’s no right or wrong way to go about it.
As a writer, we should also be describing what action is happening in the panel, what the characters are doing, saying and feeling, and what the environment is like.
The writer’s job also includes mapping the plot, character arcs and themes. Our entire series is already mapped out, with the help of my amazing editor Erica Schultz.
Page One was quite a difficult page both to write and draw, considering that we had to be historically accurate. We undertook loads of research and also ran the script and panel designs past Indigenous friends to make sure we weren’t misrepresenting their culture. I’ve already written an article about this process so I won’t go into it further:
Hope this helps you guys understand the writer’s role a little bit better.
Art by Crizam & Salvatore Aiala Studio. Written by Christian Carnouche. Letters by Cardinal Rae. Edited by Erica Schultz.
