HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST DIGITAL COMIC
October 31, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) – In big news in my life–Heavy Metal magazine today announced plans to publish its very first digital comic, Heavy Metal Presents: Gates, written and illustrated by Hal Hefner–ME!
The official site of the sci-fi comic – gates.heavymetal.com – also went online today, where fans of the legendary magazine can view a trailer, story synopsis, character biographies and more. And as time goes on more goodies will be added including TONS of backstory tidbits carefully placed online.
The comic will officially launch on 1.1.11. and be updated weekly with pages.
Heavy Metal Presents: Gates centers on a specially-conceived young man, named Gates, living a wretched existence in an isolated negative utopian society, deep within the caverns of an industrial mountain complex. When he breaks free from his colony he is thrust onto a lush alien world filled with strange creatures, and ruled by Soloman—a nightmarish, god-like overlord. With his organic plant based technology, Soloman captures the humans and is instantly obsessed with the extermination of mankind and all life on the world. With the help of a tribe of intelligent creatures, Gates must learn to use Soloman’s organic technology to defeat him and take back a planet which is rightfully his. Gates is an epic tale of discovery and adventure addressing ideas of identity, society, politics, and philosophy, as well as modern concerns, including environmentalism, evolution, and the unintended consequences of scientific and technological experimentation.
Heavy Metal Presents: Gates will also feature a music soundtrack, as did the Heavy Metal film released in 1981 that boasted the likes of Stevie Nicks, DIO, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Journey and more. Musical Artists will include Inside The Black, LoveKrafty and Odd Wedding.
For further news and information, please visit http://gates.heavymetal.com
On October 29,2010 Geek Chic Daily gave it a little shout out with a brilliant description.
“Be first to see Heavy Metal’s online comic Gates! Dr. Moreau meets 1984. On acid.”
