Ashes To Ashes

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 We return to the dark, often violent, tale of redemption & the quest for the truth. Man of God Issue 4 was released at Derby City Comic Con in Louisville, KY on June 29th 2013. If you missed out, issue four has a womping seven different covers (including a blank cover variant). With the dark story of who John Morris is and his quest for the truth, we find John Morris finding his way back to the church but in a standoff with Detective Boone. A battle erupts between the two and John is faced with a decision of what he should do. Throughout this issue we see multiple action packed scenes in which we find a character in a tough spot. If it wasn't John, it was Vince temporarily finding himself on Perpes bad side. The cover speaks for itself on issue 4.

 Death of John Morris Part 4: Ashes is a great issue with plenty of action, well written and illustrated, and with a twist for an ending. Having John finally able to speak is pretty awesome considering his charred body and everything hes already gone through. Issue four is another great chapter for the Man of God series in which leaves us in a cliffhanger for the next issue. The issue even had a fourth wall moment when Boone tells him that John isn't Batman and that this isn't a comic 

book (Sorry to burst your bubble Detective). All in all, Pinwheel Press has an awesome comic with each issue giving the reader what they want from Man of God. Only time will tell on what will happen in the Man of God universe. Man of God #4  Death of John Morris Part 4: Ashes is available at the Pinwheel Press Store starting at $3.50 for a physical copy and $2.99 for the digital copy. Issue 5 will be released at DanCan in Chicago, IL on September 21st or via there site so you should have enough time to catch up with the series!

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Interview With The Letterer Of Man Of God

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We recently got in contact with Jonathan Swinney the letterer of Man Of God and had this awesome interview!

CU: What made you want to work in the comicbook industry?

JS: Ever since I picked up my first X-men book at 5 years old, I knew I wanted to do something in the comics industry but, I suck as an artist. Luckily technology advanced and being pretty good with a computer, I was able to pick up lettering fairly quickly.

CU: Who is your favorite all time super hero/villain? Why?

JS: I have always liked both Batman and Superman as a team. They  both represent "good guys" but there is definitely an interesting duality in there methods.

CU: How did you become part of the MoG creation team?

Early Development of Issue 4

JS: I was asked to help letter the webcomic "Playing God" that Valiant Entertainment requested prior to their relaunch. We did 18 chapters over at valiantfans.com and i was involved with Chapters 7-18. After it was over, Craig Partin asked me if I would like to join Bob Hall, Yvel Guichet, Stu Berryhill, and himself work on a mainstream book. Obviously, I jumped at the chance.

CU: Why did it take 10 years for the series to be published?

JS: Craig Partin started the story with a different artist (other than Yvel Guichet) years ago. The art and the relationship went sour. Craig put it on hold until we all became a part of it. We took 18 months to perfect the book, the techniques, etc trying to produce the best product we could.

CU: Is there a huge difference in the story between now and all those years ago?

JS: No, it is virtually the same.

John Morris 3D sculpt by Yvel Guichet

CU: Who is John Morris?

JS: John Morris is a Lutheran Minister in a church in Chicago, IL and is married to Kathy Morris.

CU: Why Kickstarters?

JS: We ran out of money completing the first three issues. We overprinted issue #1 based on information that Diamond gave us and what we expected our sales to be at C2E2. This had a devastating effect on our budget for the first story arc (Issues 1-6). Kickstarter gave us the money to print the last three (3) issues of the story arc and get them into the fans' hands.

CU: Were you expecting the amount of pledges MoG recieved?

JS: I was expecting to hit our goal but i wasn't expecting to double it. It is bittersweet for me however because I wanted to hit the third stretch goal (to get a zero issue into everyone's hand that bought a set of 1-6) and fourth goal as well (a short 15 min live action DVD of three of my favorite scenes from the book).

CU: Any news on release dates for each upcoming books?

JS: Issue #4 was released at Derby City Comic Con in Louisville,KY on June 29th. Issue #5 will be released at DanCan in Chicago, IL on September 21st. Issue #6 (and hopefully #0) will be released at ComiCon-way in Conway,AR on November 9-10. A TPB may be produce Q1 of 2014. We are working with some local retailers, some mail-order retailers, and some indy friendly retailers to try to distribute it on a wider basis.

Issue 4 Variants everywhere!

CU: Did you ever have a scene/ issue where you look back and thought "WOW!"?

JS: Yes, but it hasn't been released yet so I can't talk about it. It is the entire issue #6 though. It left my jaw on the floor.

CU: It was mentioned in Kickstarters about an issue 0, will it still be in production even though the pledges didn't reach that goal?

JS: Yes, but it won't be free and it will be very limited and very hard to get.

CU: How can viewers find your comic book?

JS: If you can't make it to a show or your retailer doesn't have it, you can contact us through our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/manofgodcomic or you can contact me directly at fanboy375@gmail.com We are on Balloond right now for digital download at https://www.balloond.com/comic/man-of-god/1 We will also be on Comixology submit soon for digital download. Issue 1-3 will be first and probably 10 weeks later Issue #4 will come out. The Comixology Submit process has been extremely slow and painful for us. They have not hit any of the dates they promised us and continue to change the review date (It went from 4-6 weeks, to 8-10 weeks). We are actually in week 11 with no word yet.

Issue 2 Pg 4

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Go Fandom = Man Of God

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Ready for a supernatural mystery set over the backdrop of a brewing mob war?
A comic with a dark, often violent, tale of redemption & the quest for the truth!

INTRODUCING....

MoG CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.

Issue 5 convention variant

by John Lucas and Roy Young

 The story starts when a church fire claims the life of John Morris, it seems like just another story for the 10 o'clock news. But when John is reborn and tortured by the sins of those he touches, it becomes so much more. Burned beyond recognition, John flees into the night leaving devastation in his wake as he begins his search for the truth. Man of God is a black and white indie comic book published by Pinwheel Press. The creation team consists of Craig Partin as writer, Yvel Giuchet as penciler, Stuart Berryhill as inker, Jonathan Swinney as letterer and Anthony Koch as script editor. Man of God has an incredibly talented team with an intense story to tell. With artwork so detailed, you would suspect MoG would be from a mainstream company.

The Death of John Morris Part 1: Initium

 Pinwheel once stated  "We strongly believe in what we are creating and that belief has proven to be extremely contagious." and boy were they right! The production of MoG started almost a decade ago. But with this great creation team, issues 1, 2, and 3 were released in 2012. Pinwheel Press had even created a kickstarter project to help print out the last three issues of Man of God due to the tough markets and it surpassed the goal by almost three fold. With issue #4 finished, issue #5 pencils are done with one-third of the inks completed, and issue #6 has 8 pages of pencils completed. The final three issues will be completed and released within this year. In this great story, John's abilities are easily comparable to the Ghost Rider. John Morris in Man of God rocks out in this series and doesn't hold anything back. 

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