Second Issue of Digital Comic IN MAPS & LEGENDS Launches on 10/13/10

Oct. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- IN MAPS & LEGENDS, an ongoing digital comic illustrated by Niki Smith and written by Michael Jasper, launched its premiere issue in September, and issue 2 of 10 releases on Wednesday, October 13.

Readers can purchase, download, and read the first two issues of the ongoing, contemporary fantasy comic from a variety of quality online distributors, including Graphic.ly, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and DriveThruComics. You can read the comic in a range of digital formats on multiple platforms, including iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad versions, plus versions for the Kindle, the Nook, and the Web (PDF, HTML, and Flash). Issues sell for $.99 each.

Back in November 2009, IN MAPS & LEGENDS won the prestigious Zuda competition, hosted by DC Comics. The comic began life as a weekly webcomic at the Zuda site, until DC Comics shut down the Zuda site in July. Since that time, artist Niki Smith and writer Michael Jasper decided to publish the comic themselves, using a variety of online distributors to sell it.  

The target audience is for fans of The Sandman, Unwritten, and LOST -- supernatural urban fantasy with a hint of science fiction wrapped up in it. Here's a quick summary of the second issue:

They say you can't go home again, but Kait keeps getting pulled between this world and another, with her life and the lives of her friends at stake. Also, a new friendship takes root, while other forces scheme for control of a dying world, and possibly our world as well.

Some relevant links:

   * A free preview of the opening 8 pages: http://comics.comixology.com/#/issue/3564/In-Maps-Legends...
   * The IN MAPS & LEGENDS website: http://niki-smith.com/InMapsAndLegends/
   * Promotional art: http://niki-smith.com/in-maps-legends/
   * Niki's site: http://niki-smith.com
   * Mike's site: http://michaeljasper.net

About the Creators:

Artist Niki Smith is an artist and writer who is currently working on a handful of creator-owned comic projects such Some Did Rest. Her work has also appeared in several English language and German comic anthologies.

Writer Michael Jasper has published three novels, a story collection, and over four dozen short stories in Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, Polyphony, Writers of the Future, and the Raleigh News & Observer, and other fine venues. His most recent novel is A Gathering of Doorways (Wildside Press, 2009).

Thanks so much for your time!

Michael Jasper
Author & Co-Publisher, IN MAPS & LEGENDS

mjasper@gmail.com
michaeljasper.net

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