Incoming: ECHOLANDS #1

ECHOLANDS #1 covers A and B © 2021 J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman

Here’s something I and artist J.H. Williams III have been working on for years, and printed copies of the first issue have arrived. My records show I worked on the logo design with Jim in 2015 and lettered this issue in 2016. It’s a terrific creator-owned project, a fantasy epic on a world where echoes of our own fantasy creations come to life, both good and bad, and survival is chancy at best, even for someone with immense hidden powers like the protagonist Hope, seen on cover A above, particularly after she steals a jewel with hidden importance from one of the most feared and hated inhabitants of the Echolands, Teros Demond. Teros sends his magically trained daughter, seen on cover B above, to retrieve his treasure and kill those responsible. What happens next is a thrill ride of imaginative proportions and amazing visuals of which the first issue is only the beginning.

One unusual thing about the series is that it’s in wide-screen format. Ultra-wide screen, as each two page spread, in landscape format, like the covers above, has a continuous narrative across both wide pages. The book is center stapled on the narrow left edge. The story is 26 pages, and there’s additional material at the back including comments from Haden and Jim. I highly recommend it.

Publication date is August 25, 2021. The price is $4.99. Check with your comics retailer, or there’s a link below.

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