Here are the first fourteen pages of my new Dark Horse graphic novel series, "Brody's Ghost", in their entirety.
The basic story is this: Brody is a young man in a decaying futuristic metropolis whose life is turned upside down by a teenaged ghost named Talia. She lures him into the pursuit of a dangerous criminal, encouraging Brody to undergo training with an ancient samurai ghost to unlock his latent supernatural powers.
I knew I had a pretty big story to tell, so I wanted to take the time at the outset to establish the main character and the futuristic location very solidly in the reader's mind. Thus you see page after page of scenery, hopefully giving you a strong sense of your surroundings as you're pulled into the story.
The entire 6-book story has now been collected into a single volume. You can get it here: BRODY'S GHOST COLLECTED EDITION: amzn.com/1616559012
Here's a direct link to "Brody's Ghost" book 1:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-Bo…
And here's a link to "Brody's Ghost" Book 2:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-2-…
And here's a link to "Brody's Ghost" Book 3:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-3-…
If you prefer getting your comics at a real bookstore, please remember that most bookstores will happily special order "Brody's Ghost" for they don't have it on the shelf.
Thanks so much for your support!
Mark
The basic story is this: Brody is a young man in a decaying futuristic metropolis whose life is turned upside down by a teenaged ghost named Talia. She lures him into the pursuit of a dangerous criminal, encouraging Brody to undergo training with an ancient samurai ghost to unlock his latent supernatural powers.
I knew I had a pretty big story to tell, so I wanted to take the time at the outset to establish the main character and the futuristic location very solidly in the reader's mind. Thus you see page after page of scenery, hopefully giving you a strong sense of your surroundings as you're pulled into the story.
The entire 6-book story has now been collected into a single volume. You can get it here: BRODY'S GHOST COLLECTED EDITION: amzn.com/1616559012
Here's a direct link to "Brody's Ghost" book 1:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-Bo…
And here's a link to "Brody's Ghost" Book 2:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-2-…
And here's a link to "Brody's Ghost" Book 3:
www.amazon.com/Brodys-Ghost-3-…
If you prefer getting your comics at a real bookstore, please remember that most bookstores will happily special order "Brody's Ghost" for they don't have it on the shelf.
Thanks so much for your support!
Mark
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Arigato, Mark–senpai! You have inspired me to not stop!
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Its nowhere near your level, but I hope to get there someday.
Anyway, I'm working on a similar project. Any tips?
*in my head* BY ALL THAT IS UNHOLLY!!!! THIS IS AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING! THIS DEVIL APROVES!!!
Well, can you help me? I wanted to know: how do you do your comics/mangas? I mean, how many sheets of paper do you use to product one page? Do you use "light tables" to art-finallize? I want to do comics in the traditional way but I found a lot of dificculties because i dont have many resources and most of the time my works do not end as clean as I want. It's a mess! =,(
What can i do?
Mark, I've read up to the fifth book and I can't wait for more! I know this is a preview page, so I won't put any spoilers in the comic, but you'll know at least what I mean when I say this story is amazing. I love how it's coming along, with Talia and and Brody and I'm really curious as to what she has in mind for him to do after he said, "anything". And something else I've been meaning to tell you is about when Brody gets a vision/death echo-like-thingy from one of the Penny Murderer's pennies. HOLY CRAP THAT IS ONE EXTREMELY SCREWED UP MIND HE HAS! I guess it's to be expected from a serial killer, but my God, is it creepy! And how with the murder of Sandra Hughes, and how her body is replaced with a trail of dead lambs. It's just the ambiguity that makes it so... Off. But, anyway, the story is very built up and intense right now, the plot twist of Talia's lying to Brody about being locked out of Heaven and life tasks and stuff is well done and it leaves me wanting more. Don't, rush or anything, just wanted to let you know that it's very good, and I can't wait for the final book, I think. On the back of the others, it says it's six volumes, so I guess I'd be correct. Anyway, I love Brody's Ghost your manga style, your vids and talent in creating a story and executing it well, so keep it up, and I can't wait for more! See ya 'round the internet!
Seriously I would like you to give me some tips to draw and stuff.. I really like to draw.. But besides being lazzy, I don't know where to start practicing.. What to draw.. You know?.. So..