We are currently producing a MORAV comic book from the earliest part of the MORAV chronology. The series is being written by M. Zachary Sherman who also wrote for Dark Horse Comics Star Wars Visionaries series and Image Comics Seal Team Seven. Buddy Setiawan has just been signed on as the illustrator and inker for the MORAV comic series. We also have J. Brown doing color and Sean Konot as our lettering artist.

Here are a couple test pages you can preview!



Please let us know what you think.

Thanks for your support.

Fon Davis

The art's pretty good and the writing is good.


I'd pay for it. I can't say anything about the storyline right now, but it's leading up to a defection or otherwise turncoat, yes?

Well, I guess that's what we get when works in progress. I hope you like our color versions too. The Black and White part of the work in progress. What lines did you consider bad? We want to know what you think.

Thank you for the corrections and your input.

Fon

It's just my personal preference. I don't like the dialogue on the second page because it feels VERY overthought, in that "epic" and kinda corny sort of way. Like the character had been rehersing in his head what he was going to be thinking.

Hi all

Came across MORAV thanks to the news piece in the new SFX magazine. Anything with big robots always gets my attention! Then I saw that a comic book was involved which is in my line of work as well. The two pages look promising though (wearing my editor hat) things like typos or grammar are usually caught in the proofread by the editor before they get to the printers anyway so I'm not worried by that.

I'll wait and see until more pages are produced but a few questions if I may?

1. Are you self publishing the comic or are you approaching any publishers?

2. Are you doing any sketchbooks or issue zeros? They tend to help sell the concept to readers as well as build up anticipation for the series, becoming collectable along the way.

3. Will the comics form the backstory of how the MORAVs came into existance?

Looking forward to seeing more.

All the best.

Hey that's cool. What issue of SFX did you see MORAV in?

We appreciate the notes. We posted sample pages in the rough. We are re-doing the lettering as we speak.

1. We are aproaching a few publishers now, but we have not cemented any deals yet.

2. We are working on a poster and 22 page preview book for 2007 Comicon this July.

3. The comics will build the back story of all the main characters that we follow through the series and how the MORAVs come into existence. We are really focusing on character development and keeping the story firmly planted in a reality that our audience can relate to.

Thanks for the interest.

Fon

Hi,

Well if you need any Illustrators or cover artist for MORAV?
Feel free to contact me:


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Dave

I sat down with the MORAV preview I received at Comic Con back in July (OK, so I've been busy ). I did enjoy the story though I found the first few pages with the small green text on blue hard to read. The pages previewed above are much more easily read, though there is quite a difference between what's posted here and what Mr. Sherman was signing at the booth in San Diego.

Regarding exposition, these two brief pages are much leaner then the book I have. They also begin the story from a very different perspective. The book I have starts with Capt. Kale; here have either Sgt. Koo's or Lt. Nartu's narration. I actually prefer beginning with Capt. Kale, though both do a good job of getting readers into the characters. With regards to the book I have I appreciate the fact that the M.O.R.A.V.'s don't make an appearance. The story is richer for this. It gives me something to look forward to. It will also be interesting to see how they are introduced and how these traditional soldiers react to the future of warfare.

The military action is great. Very realistic. The combat scenes did a great job capturing what I imagine a firefight's controlled chaos may be like.

I hope I will be able to add this title to my pull list at my local shop. Thanks for a great read.