Award-Winning Author Goes Mobile with Gripping Graphic Thriller

May 04

Award-Winning Author Goes Mobile with Gripping Graphic Thriller

“It’s a thriller, expertly written and wonderfully illustrated…It’s amazing that [Lewis and Copland] are able to introduce the scheme, put it in motion, introduce complications, and wrap everything up in only sixty-six pages, but they pull it off by densely packing every page with story. The whole thing never feels rushed. The [three] issues form a complete story with a satisfying end. –Michael May, Comic World News

Writer A. David Lewis is no stranger to the world of comics, having penned the Harvey-Award nominated and Howard E. Day Prize winning The Lone and Level Sands, as well as the Paper Screen Gem Award winning Mortal Coils and the critically acclaimed Some New Kind of Slaughter. Now Lewis is teaming with rising-star artist Jason Copland (The Perhapanauts: Molly’s Story, Postcards, and Trickster) to bring mobile comics readers the action-oriented thriller, Empty Chamber.

“It’s a weird recipe,” Lewis says of the book. “It’s The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy mixed a little with Goldeneye. And, from comics, there’s a bit of Whiteout, Queen & Country, Global Frequency and even Planetary thrown in (no wonder the Colonel’s named Ellis, right?). After working with Jason on Mortal Coils, I wanted to do a project that was not only fun and exciting, but would appeal to the sort of broad audience that enjoys 24. In teaming with Jason Copland, I don’t think we’ve sacrificed intelligence or storytelling by any means.”

Empty Chamber is being released as a 3-issue monthly mini-series by Robot Comics. The first issue is now available for Android using Robot Comics new frame-by-frame reading experience and will soon be offered on iTunes and for the Amazon Kindle in both K1&2 and DX editions.

“When I wrote Empty Chamber, I was thirsty for some smart action,” says Lewis. “Adventure’s great, but only when it’s held up with a pretty intelligent structure. At the same time, nothing kills action quicker than egg-headed snobbery that flies over its audience’s head. Empty Chamber is an attempt to walk that middle route: It’s meant to be sharp.”

Second Generation Mobile Comic

Emtpy Chamber is a second generation mobile comic, blending together frame-by-frame animation, transition effects, vibration and custom screens to provide a brand new comic reading experience while also staying true to the traditional comic book form.

Synopsis

Aamer “Matt” Mahtganee is a nobody, a geek conspiracy theorist who suddenly finds himself the target of a real conspiracy! He and his lone mercenary protector are the country’s only hope in stopping a renegade American general from committing a puzzling genocide – one without firing a single bullet, releasing a bomb, or shedding one drop of blood. By award-winning writer A. David Lewis (The Lone and Level Sands, Mortal Coils) and artist Jason Copland with grayscales by Jennifer Rodgers. An action-oriented thriller in the vein of 24 and The Bourne Identity.