The above image is from HOPELESS:Book One - Personal Demons, the first major part of COPPER AGE, an epic manga ka series written by Bryn Colvin and illustrated by Tom Brown.
The wee moppet in the picture is Salamandra. She's an experimental occultist. Which means she has skill in wielding magical powers. She lives on the island of Hopeless, Maine, an island cut off from the outside world by a thick fog, an enchanted fog that may very well be sentient, or at least possess traces of sentience.
Above are the main cast members for Personal Demons. That's Sal in the middle, with her friend Owen below Her. The lady to the right is Annamarie Nightshade. I'm not about to tell you who the lass on the left is!
See, that's the thing. I've learned a great many things about this comic via Jimmy Misanthrope's friendship with Tom Brown. I've seen a bunch of upcoming pages, but as this comic has just started its public run there isn't much I can tell you about the comic's storyline or characters yet without giving away too much.
So you're gonna have to just trust me when I say that this comic is brilliant, and is exceptionally well constructed.
Bryn Colvin is a masterful writer, her command of character development, scene setting and mood evocation is to me highly impressive. The Hopeless world is a rich and lively one inside the layers of gothic gloom that surround it, which is testament to the lady's prodigious writing talent. I love the dialog she comes up with too. Its just so fresh and vibrant and just right.
The art of the comic is done mainly in pencil, with a few little bits of photoshop rendered things here and there when required. I freakin' love Tom's art! ^-^
Its just so soulful, gloomy, lively, bright and subtly sinister, oftentimes all on the same page. Stick a pencil in the man's hand and he'll give you something truly meaningful.
All in all Copper Age is a highly original and spellbinding piece of work, and I highly recommend you go to the site and check it out. If you're anything like me you're gonna fall in love with it.
Click here to go to site!
w00t!
Chloé
PS: make sure you also check out the Hopeless Vendetta. Its a great read!
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