Previewing Barry Kitson’s Pin-Up For Sherlock Holmes And The Empire Builders

Another Portrayal Of The World’s Greatest Detective

Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders The Gene Genie Volume One is live now on zoop and it’s over per cent past its funding target so far and hit its first two stretch goals. We are getting a Barry Kitson original piece which will be another pin-up too and here’s a preview of that pin-up…

Here’s a few of Andy Bennett’s pages in stark black and white

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Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders is an alternate world sci fi epic adventure featuring the world’s greatest detective as you’ve never seen him before. When Dr Watson leaves Holmes to join Crick to unravel the human DNA helix, he begins to realise that he is working for the world’s most evil man. So Holmes has to join forces with an unlikely group of rebels to defeat Watson’s employer.

Testing the waters with three shorts which ran in Tripwire magazine, we felt that now was the time to debut this in its own graphic novel series. This will be a hardcover with a dust jacket running at 84 pages with 64 pages of story plus character sketches, script pages and an interview offering extra information on the series.

Cover #1: Walter Simonson
Cover #2: Mark Chiarello

“When you think there is nothing more to be said or done with Sherlock Holmes, along come Meadows and Bennett to breathe fresh life into the great detective.  Bravo!  I’m thoroughly enjoying this  original tale!” – Michael Moorcock, fantasy legend

 ‘Drawing from the wonderful classic that is Sherlock Holmes, Joel Meadows and Tripwire have once again delivered an electrifying story in a dynamically driven comic spread’. – Richard Taylor, Wētā Workshop

“Holmes.  Watson.  Dark conspiracies.  And, of course, mysteries to be solved.  Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders  promises to be an intriguing twist on the classic Doyle stories, in the hands of two enthusiastic and capable creators.”—J.M. DeMatteis, Justice League, Moonshadow

“A brilliant celebration of an iconic character. Joel Meadows delivers in style, with a refreshing take on Sherlock Holmes and the art by Andy Bennett is just what you need in a comic. I can’t recommend it enough. “-Mark London  CEO/CCO Mad Cave Studios and Writer of HUNT.KILL.REPEAT, WOLVENHEART, BATTLECATS, KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SUN

We have just 16 copies left of the signed Simonson plate edition left now

why not visit our Zoop page now and pledge? We have such a range of very cool add-ons and prints available with just eight days left when the campaign ends on 27 July

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