At Paste magazine, Vault Comics have announced a partnership with British comics collective White Noise. They will publish a new title written by each member of the group, which consists of Dan Watters, Ryan O’Sullivan (“Void Trip“), Alex Paknadel (“Arcadia“), and Ram V (“Paradiso“). The first one, “Deep Roots,” written by Watters with art by Val Rodrigues, already saw its first issue published on April 25. Here are the solicitations for the other three upcoming titles:
“Fearscape”
Writer: Ryan O’Sullivan
Artist: Andrea Mutti
Colorist: Vladimir Popov
Designer: Tim Daniel
Release Date: August 2018
The Fearscape is a world beyond our own, populated by manifestations of our worst fears. Once per generation, The Muse travels to Earth, discovers our greatest Storyteller, and takes them with her to the Fearscape to battle these fear-creatures on our behalf. All has been well for eons, until The Muse encounters Henry Henry—a plagiarist with delusions of literary grandeur. Mistaking him for our greatest Storyteller, she ushers him into the Fearscape. Doom follows.“Friendo”
Writer: Alex Paknadel
Artist: Martin Simmonds
Colorist: Dee Cunniffe
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Designer: Tim Daniel.
Release Date: September 2018
Leo wasn’t allowed toys as a kid, but now that he’s all grown up he’s going to take yours. He used to play by the rules, but then governments and corporations set fire to the rules and still expected him to behave. He probably would have if it hadn’t been for his new friend Jerry. See, Jerry isn’t human; he’s a personalised marketing VR… and he’s malfunctioning. Unhinged ultraviolence from Alex Paknadel (“Arcadia”) and Martin Simmonds (“Punks Not Dead”).“These Savage Shores”
Writer: Ram V
Artist: Sumit Kumar
Colorist: Triona Farrell
Letterer: Aditya Bidikar
Designer: Tim Daniel
Release Date: October 2018
Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land. But he will soon find that the ground along the Indus is an ancient one with daemons and legends far older than himself.Along These Savage Shores, where the days are scorched and the nights are full of teeth.
