Cultural AD/HD

Just got my comp copies of the Heroes of the North omnibus published by Ardden Entertainment. I lettered all the stories, and coloured two (Q & A with Alpha Q, and Hornet:  Dark Origins. I was still using KT Smith at the time. All the comic art, except for some of the covers, is done by Marcus “MAS” Smith). Heroes of the North is a live-action webseries and comic book series done by#mce_temp_url# Movie Seals Entertainment out of Montreal. Rather than sit around and complain that there aren’t any tv shows or comic books with Canadian superheroes or villains, they decided to make their own. They’ve done it on their own money, and on their own time (while all working full-time jobs!). Last year, they were notified that copies of the comic book would be put into Canada’s National Library Archives.

The comics were originally published online, with the idea that they would have short print-runs, mostly to be sold at cons. But, Ardden Entertainment saw the booth at a comic convention in the States (maybe Megacon?) and negotiated a deal to sell the HoTN figures and to publish a collection of the comic stories.

Because the stories were to be seen online, I was asked to letter them a little larger than usual—it was a bit of a shock to see them in print! A couple of them are HUGE! But, all in all, I think they look good…(although I will probably size them down a little for future stories).

And…because of this interest, because the website is doing so well, and the live-action webseries is doing so well, Movie Seals has decided to do more comics. I’m currently colouring and lettering two new 12-page stories (art by The Northern Guard artist David J. Cutler and Undertow artist Gibson Quarter respectively), Ty the Guy is finishing up the script for a 12 pager (to be drawn by Pitt artist Richard Pace), and there are more to come…

Omnibus cover by Marcus “MAS” Smith.