Penultimate Issue of Digital-Only Comic Goes Live

Aug. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- IN MAPS & LEGENDS, an ongoing digital comic illustrated by Niki Smith and written by Michael Jasper, continues with its second-to-last issue of its groundbreaking first storyline on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011.

You can read the comic in the digital format you prefer, on whichever ebook device you own -- the Android Phone, Windows Phone, or iPhone; the Kindle, the Nook, the iPad, or the Samsung Galaxy Tab; or on your desktop, laptop, or the Web (PDF, CBZ, HTML, and Flash).

You can purchase all issues of the ongoing, contemporary fantasy comic from many different online distributors, including Comixology, Graphic.ly, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple's iBooks, the Google eBookstore, MyDigitalComics, and DriveThruComics. Issues sell for just $.99 each.

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 eighth issue:

The past and present come crashing together in this issue, as mysteries from years ago get resolved, and the final days of Bartamus' world unfold with a tragic turn of events for Kait and her companions. IN MAPS & LEGENDS 6 mixes together urban fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk, with art by Niki Smith and story by Michael Jasper. A winner of the November 2009 Zuda Comics competition hosted by DC Comics, the story continues here!

Some relevant links:

* IN MAPS & LEGENDS website: http://niki-smith.com/InMapsAndLegends/
* Promotional art: http://niki-smith.com/InMapsAndLegends/banners/
* 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
http://UnWreckedPress.com
http://michaeljasper.net
mjasper@gmail.com

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