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In his most ambitious project yet , comic writerJ.M. DeMatteisis building a shared creation , theDeMultiverse , boast the fantasy adventureLayla in the Lands of After . DeMatteis has devote more than four decades of his vocation contributing to some of the most recognizable cartoon strip in the medium , craft unequivocal oeuvre for characters likeSuperman for DC and Spider - Man for Marvel . Now , it is clock time for him to craft his own unique contributions straight out of his own mind .
With the assistance of a creative team of artists on his side , DeMatteis has partnered with Spellbound Comics to create the DeMultiverse , a multiverse of his own creation . The first four offering dilute across multiple genre and are being offered as part of a Kickstarter drive . Backers who purchase all four will get a chance to vote on which one will be the first to continue on to a full series .
Related : Comics Legend JM DeMatteis Partners with Spellbound to Launch the “ DeMultiverse”Among those four stories draft in DeMatteis’Kickstarterpage isLayla in the Lands of After . compose by J.M. DeMatteiswith artwork from Shawn McManus , this is a more fantastic story begins on a cold , unsuspected October night in 1995 , during which unseasoned Layla find a ball of light and is whisked away to a magical land . In this fantasy world where " the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree have consciousness , animate being talk and river let the cat out of the bag , " Layla meet her long - dead preferent cat . It is n’t long before 13 - year - old Layla realizes she ’s landed in the hereafter and , as she ’s too young to die out , she tries to find her way back among the living . An exclusive five - page preview can be record below :
A Fantasy Adventure 12 Years In The Making
As with all ofthe tarradiddle in DeMatteis ' DeMultiverse , this is a passion project for the writer . What distinguishes this story , in particular , is that it is a passion he divvy up with creative person Shawn McManus . This story is one that the two have discussed join forces on for the past 12 year , and now it is last come to fruition . McManus and DeMatteis first worked together for a two - class trial onDoctor Fate , which the writer says is,“still one of the favorite things I ’ve done . Shawn is an sinful creative person , but he ’s also an expert at create fantasy worlds . He ’s like Mike Ploog in that he can create incredible world of fantasy and yet ground them with characters that feel actual . "
Given the undeniable chemistry betweenthe twoDoctor Fatecollaborators , it should be safe to assume that this book is indisputable to yield some magical results . With a intimation of mystery and a column of dark beneath some misleading whimsy , Layla in the Lands of Afterhas the potential to be the standout report among this young multiverse that DeMatteis is build up from scratch . Fans ofJ.M. DeMatteiscan learn more information aboutLayla in the Lands of After , as well as the rest of theDeMultiverse , by heading on over to his Kickstater Thomas Nelson Page .
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