The Destined

Choose Your Destiny with Comic Unknown

Dorphise Jean (Creator/Writer), Dennis Knight (Consultant),
Edwin Galmon (Penciler), Saint Yak (Penciler),
Richard Perotta (Penciler), Alexander Malyshev (Penciler/Colorist),
Laurie Foster (Inker/ Cover Ink), Alex Giles (Letterer),
Allyssa Cinquina (Editor), Kevin Woolfork (Editor)
Terry Alec (Character Designs)

Comic Unknown will like to introduce the first Haitian Superhero to the C.U. family of reviews. Spirit's Destiny: the comic of a headstrong high school student who becomes something greater. The book starts out with a fight between the parents and not the verbal kind, more like close quarters combat style of fighting. A very interesting way to introduce parents of our protagonist, we are introduced with father, a.k.a. Brian, (reminiscent of Deathstroke) inserting a syringe into his infant daughter. The parental spat was put to a halt when Brian heard the police sirens and took off. Destiny, now in high school, wakes up from what seemed to be a nightmare or was it a memory? Like mentioned earlier Destiny is a very headstrong high school student and she can be firm, especially to those who bully her. She clearly has those hereditary trait from somewhere, maybe it runs in the family. Some foresight is put into play when we find out that Destiny's mother Devine is working on a science experiment involving lasers. 

Devine gets a call from Destiny's school about her fight and grounds her daughter but kids never listens and with a little help from her friends she sneaks out to her mother's lab no less. After playing with the console Destiny gets hit with the laser and so begins the journey. Cover suggest Destiny has an elemental superpower of the sorts, so we wonder whether the laser gave her the powers or awoke the dormant abilities.The cliffhanger leaves us in a spot where we wanted a bit more out the the first issue but still has us waiting for issue 2. Spirit's Destiny is the first Haitian superhero comic that has crossed our paths and with first issue feeling more like a prologue than an introduction, we expect to see the story develop soon. The art and story are both smooth and performs well together thanks to the great creative team. 

 

 The story isn't hard to follow, flows well between the scenes and the artwork is very comprehensive and enjoyable from the fighting scene at the start to the accident at the end. Successfully backed in Kickstarter back in May 2015, Spirit's Destiny is available in both physical and digital format on Amazon for $3.99 and also available in Indystash's subscription box. 

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Staff of Truth

WELCOME TO ANOTHER SOUL SEARCHING REVIEW AT COMIC UNKNOWN!!!

  So how far would you go to see if your dearly departed made it to the other side? Would you go to the distant and even cross the seams between life and death to search for them? After Val Miller's drug overdose, Professor Lawrence Miller take matters in his own hands to search for his now deceased son which he believes is stuck in limbo.  This grieving father will stop at nothing to find his son and punish those who caused Val's death. The Shepherd: Apokatastasis was written and created by the father/ son team Andrea Lorenzo Molinari and Roberto Xavier Molinari, pencils/ inks by Ryan Showers, Colorist by Heather Breckel & Mike Stefan and letterer/ logo design by Jacob Bascle. The Shepherd: Apokatastasis is a five issue series turned graphic novel that follows Lawrence Miller in deep sorrow and agony as he ventures into the seam and begins his quest to search for his son. He is confronted by his father warning him what would happen if he continues. After enough feuding, Lawrence's father gave in and gave Lawrence the Staff of Truth and doing so, Lawrence traverses the seams for his emotional yet vengeful mission.

 The Shepherd: Apokatastasis is an intense supernatural story that was executed well. The word Apokatastasis originates from the Greek language meaning  reconstitution, restitution, or restoration to the original or primordial condition and  is also used in orthodox teaching that everyone in the end can and will be saved. We are put into perspective of how hard Prof. Miller was hit with the death of his son. The art and shading of the book compliments the story by giving the audience a life after life vibe and dark tone. With some snippets of information on how the story came together in Andrea's mind, we see how this book is eerily personal and how The Shepherd was born. The Shepherd: Apokatastasis is a great read with a dark tone that has us questioning what will happen in the book as we read. It has art that fits perfectly and starts the movie reel from beginning to end. You can follow Professor Lawrence Miller and The Shepherd: Apokatastasis at Caliber Comics,  Facebook, and Tumblr. The Shepherd: Apokatastasis can be purchased at Amazon, Comixology, DriveThruComics, Google Play and from your local comic shop's Diamond Previews (Nov. 2015, page 286)

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  Covers of the five individual issues

 

Lost Loved Ones Live Again

WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE WITH COMIC UNKNOWN

We traverse into the year 2021 where technology has developed the impossible. Elysium is the digital heaven for the dearly departed that allows users to be able to log in and visit them. Created by the Ilias Kyriazis, Elysium Online is a 90+ full-color graphic novel puts the reader a few days before the release day of Elysium. Everything sounds great in writing and the beta testing was going great but little does everyone know that the digital citizens have a hidden agenda. This social network involving the dearly departed turns to a darker tone once the release day hits and the whole world begins to experience the devastating aftermath the digital citizens brings to them. Elysium Online is an artistic masterpiece that shows not only beautiful and marvelous scenery but devastated and gruesome events as well. Funded via Indiegogo, Elysium successfully passed their goal with a 128% funding back in 2013 and even has the first few pages available to preview.

Elysium Online is a great read with stunning visuals that will throw the reader into the world and experience it as if it was a movie. The book has left us wanting more than just the ~90 pages it provides but the quality of the book is top-notch. Ilias Kyriazis' ability to convert the story's utopia to a world of devastation with ease is truly a privilege to witness on a comic book. The success of the story has been great to the point that the physical copy of the book is SOLD OUT. Luckily, Kyriazis also sells the book in digital format (pdf & cbr) for $7.00. Elysium Online is a recommendation to anyone and especially those that love a good sci-fi/horror comic. Kyriazis' portfolio includes work such as Secret Identities, Melody, and Falling for Lionheart. You can follow Kyriazis' work on Facebook or his own page and see what other projects he may have in store in the near future.  

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