Thursday

Contraband Preview in Comics International

Caught this cool preview of Contraband a few weeks back. Around May, we skipped off as much script and artwork as we had to a few comic folks to get some feedback on the story, characters and key themes of the project. We see the reviewer Leonie's an artist herself (http://www.lomoore.com/) who's created her own graphic novel - always great to get feedback from someone who's hammering away in this market herself...


"Contraband has a great underlying premise, based around the use/misuse of camera phones, loss of privacy and the boom in the spy cam industry that this generates. That's probably enough for a story, but TJ Behe goes further, weaving an interesting plot around an abducted girl. This is a great sci-fi thriller, written by someone who knows a lot about mobile technology. However, the real stroke of genius was to enlist Phil Elliott as the artist. This adds another twist to the story, giving it a clean and unique feel. Rather than being another dark cyberpunk comic, the style is quite European and very inviting. The first chapter is currently free online and you can also view sketches and development work online too. LO 8/10"