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Update #6: Project Fabula – A look at some of the concept artwork from The Tether

I have just posted a small selection of concept art pieces from Project Fabula, based on earlier brainstorming development session, enjoy. Concept Art by Steven 'Sash' Scott, Dan Nokes & Asher Humm. You can check it out here at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/altworld/project-fabula-all-about-changing-your-reality/posts

Thank you for looking and I hope you share the page and pledge to help Project Fabula become a reality. We can do this only 18 days to go!

Arigato,

Nick

Second Video for @Kickstarter now posted telling a story from Project Fabula and how it fits into the book

The second video about Project Fabula, here I tell one of the stories that will be featured in the quarterly book and explain how it will fit into the format. Check it out, and please contribute to the Kickstarter project only 20 days left now! Click the link to learn how - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/altworld/project-fabula-all-about-changing-your-reality

New Reward for $50 Contributors to Project Fabula

I have an announcement for Project Fabula which is pretty exciting news. Anyone who pledges $50 or more to help Project Fabula launch will receive a copy of Project Fabula#1 for FREE, a thank you note and listing as a Producer in the front credit pages of the first quarterly book.

PLUS!!!

A FREE Everything is more fun when you add Ninjas T-shirt or for the girls a 'Everybody Loves Ninja Girls T-shirt

You can check out this shirts below.

Thank you, and please contribute less than 21 days now to hit my funding total to launch Project Fabula, together we can make this happen!

For more information on how to contribute to Project Fabula click this link - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/altworld/project-fabula-all-about-changing-your-reality

Found in the Archive – Games Workshop The Lord of the Rings Miniatures Aragorn and Boromir

Continuing my rampage through my archive photos I uncovered Aragorn and Boromir from The Lord of The Rings Fellowship set. Not much to say about these miniatures except I used a muted more realistic palette to paint them and raided the military colors in the Citadel range; and in the books I relate more to Boromir.

My First @Kickstarter Video for Project Fabula – What is Project Fabula and how you can help

To learn more about Project Fabula please visit the Official blog here, or go directly to the Kickstarter page here.

My @Kickstarter Project Fabula gets its first Backer, now lets keep the ball rolling!

Extremely happy to announce that Project Fabula got its first Backer on the Kickstarter website, it may be only 1% of the total I need, but I am 1% closer to launching this amazing mashup of prose and comic book anthology story telling.

This first $30 will pay for a full page piece of art to put into Fabula, illustrating one of the stories you will find within the covers of Project Fabula.

Please take a moment to check out the link to Project Fabula on Kickstarter and please contribute, you can leave as little as $1 or choose one of the three levels of Backer packages that reward you the more you give. Lets do this people! I only have 23 days left to raise the full amount of $1600 or I get nothing…

Sigmartyr Vol.2 – A Stikfas Action Webcomic Updated

Sigmartyr the Stikfas Action Web Comic has been updated, and the epic story continues here – click here to view

What would happen if Pippa Middleton endorsed The Tether?

Well it could happen, right? Would Pippa Middleton endorse The Tether, book one in the Tether Saga? Philippa Charlotte Middleton proving that the Middleton family are blessed with good genes.

Of course I was going to show the dress… It would be bad SEO if I didn't

The Wonder Tales Issue#1 The Archer, the Horse and the Princess 5-Star Review

Good news everybody, all ages fairy tale The Archer, the Horse and the Princess; the first book in The Wonder Tales series got it first 5-Star review on Amazon today!!!

I am really chuffed and totally over the moon at this news, as this first story was extra special as it was written on the 2011 Anniversary of Tolkien's Birthday, and inspired me to write five more tales for my children to read. Which are also now being enjoyed by people all over the world. Thank you so very, very much Gwen Bristol for reading my work and enjoying it so much

You can read the 5-Star review by clicking the link to The Archer, the Horse and the Princess Amazon Kindle page here.

You can learn more The Wonder Tales by visiting the website here.

Review – Fear Itself Book Two of Seven by Matt Fraction

Fear Itself

Book Two of Seven

Written by Matt Fraction

Art by Stuart Immonen

Cover by Steve McNiven

I'm a little late with this review, my fault I picked up a small glut of comics from Chucks Comics last Wednesday and its taken sometime  to get through them all. Finally though I've marshaled my thoughts on this dark issue.

First off, everything is really starting to fall apart and fall apart fast in this book. The hammers have fallen and the chosen ranks are starting to form now. The Avengers seemed to be stunned into inaction, or just so over extended they cannot fight all the fires cropping up across the globe. The Asgardians have finally come home and The Serpent starts its Blizkrieg.

Very busy issue, eh? A little too busy as the books seems to be devolving into a series of flashpoints as it struggles to bring the scope of this story into focus. Just like the Avengers the book suffers from not being able to dedicate enough time other than give a nod to what is going on.

I'm trying to understand the links between the chosen, apart from all of them being super-strong before they got their hands on the hammers.  I am sure over the remaining books we will see different characters wield the hammers as well.

The book is dark, and everything is really starting to fall apart. There is strong sense of uncertainty running throughout it, a good use of talking head dialog to ramp up the tension. The story is still be set up, but now you start to see that this is going to be a rough ride for everyone involved. Even Odin seems to be afraid, and rather fight defensively than take the battle direct to the Serpent while he is still weak… Is the Serpent more powerful than the All Father?

I do have a couple of questions, Sin who gained he power of a god when she grabbed her hammer is now using an exo-armor suit to attack Washington DC? Didn't she take on Serpents in the depth of the ocean with nothing than a hammer in her last book? The Avengers seems to be doing nothing more than looking at a large monitor screen, and it doesn't feel right seeing Steve Rodgers just sitting there.

I didn't like the spotty nature of the story, and I'm still a little even fatigued. I am though looking forward to seeing where this is going and I'm looking forward to Book Three.

3.5 thumbs up out of 5