Well, I've been dying to announce this for ages. So its great that the day is finally here. Im going to be writing, drawing and colouring a 6 issue length Graphic Novel about the army of Maeve(Medb) marching across Ireland to face Cú Chulainn. While based firmly in the folklore of the legend, this story will be different than most others, as it will be told from the viewpoint of the Army.
To kick off this week, we are spoiling you with two fantastic images by PJ Holden and John Cullen, both based of the design of Cú Chulainn from the book
If you are interested in finding out more about Cú Chulainn, I highly suggest reading "The Táin" (Translated by Thomas Kinsella), Cartoon Saloons beautiful book "An Táin" and Patrick Brown's ongoing webcomic "The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Together with the publisher for this book we have big big plans for worldwide distribution for this and hopefully it will contribute to the extremely fast growing Irish comic scene, helping get some of the wonderful stories from this Island out to the rest of the world.
5 comments:
I think I just... ya, I did...
I love Cúchullain, I'v painted him see http://nolansmemorypalace.blogspot.com/2011/06/cuhullain-finished.html Lady Gregory's Irish mythology is my bible, when is it out, where can I get it, can I have it now?
Great piece. Haha it will be a while before its out as its a large project. Hopefully it will be worth the wait
Hey Will, my Dad phoned from Ireland to demand that I tell him who you are- your Nationwide piece clearly was a success!
Hahaha thats mad!
Love that drawing by John, jull of character and dead guys. PJ's is great too.
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