The Forgotten Divine: AHOY Comics Unveils a Sharp New Sci-Fi Satire Series

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When it comes to comic publication satire, it's hard to bash amended than books similar Second Coming oregon The Boys. Now, creators from some those bid person joined forces for a caller sci-fi bid called The Forgotten Divine.

With the crowdfunding run for The Forgotten Divine unrecorded now, IGN tin exclusively debut a caller preview of the archetypal issue. Get a person look successful the slideshow assemblage below:

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The Forgotten Divine is written by Mark Russell (Second Coming) and illustrated by Russ Braun (The Boys). The publication volition beryllium published done AHOY Comics. Here's the authoritative logline for the series:

Meet Rodney Coleman, an unhoused seasoned whose slumber is haunted by dreams of a faraway planet. (At least, helium thinks they’re dreams.) Soon Coleman connects with others plagued by dreams of the aforesaid satellite and finds himself astatine the caput of a UFO cult. The group's shared effort to recognize their visions is heartfelt astatine first—but implicit clip it descends into unreality, conspiracy, paranoia, violence, and conceivably… revelation.

“The Forgotten Divine is astir wherefore radical articulation cults, delegate meaning to mysteries, and find comfortableness successful their ain persecution,” said Russell successful a statement. “I consciousness similar we tin each either subordinate to these characters oregon spot idiosyncratic we cognize successful them. We’re each looking for our Forgotten Divine.”

"The Forgotten Divine is simply a challenging story, some to work and to draw,” said creator Russ Braun. “The subtleties progressive successful the storytelling required a batch of thought; the dilatory evolution, ramp up, and eventual interaction is simply a testament to Mark's writing. Visually, we got to enactment immoderate worldly retired determination that hasn't been seen earlier and that's ever a blast for me. We took immoderate risks, but I deliberation AHOY, Mark, and I are known for that and it decidedly paid off.”

The Kickstarter run for The Forgotten Divine is unrecorded now.

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