Media release — In Sparko, a new graphic book by Karl Stephan to be released in January, a burnt-out rock star discovers himself in the Walled Kingdom, a world below London’s streets where memories as well as concepts take corporeal type as well as darkness takes on a whole new meaning.
“Sparko” in Cockney slang means unconscious, as well as as far as Norman is concerned, that is exactly how he can spend the rest of his life. The former rock star has descended into London’s underground (at least what he believes is the underground), fueled only by despair as well as drugs. however when he crosses the wrong person, gets pitched off a bridge into the Thames, as well as wakes up with a pickpocket named Belle rummaging with his pockets, bit does Norman understand that he’s about to discover out what the genuine underbelly of London is like.
“The wall was developed under London centuries back by the church, originally to keep specific pagan concepts inside,” explains Stephan, “but over time other concepts that have slipped from the prominent consciousness started ending up there too, even people. It resulted in distorted version of the city upstairs, bubbling over with suppressed memes as well as stuff.”
Ultimately, Norman must choose which world he belongs in — is his life above ground worth saving, or is he one more figment of London’s collective memory? With gray-shaded, black-and-white artwork that makes simple shifts from zany to ethereal, Stephan takes visitors from the gutter, to a scooter chase on London streets, to the underground with its scheming denizens, and, finally, to Norman’s murky, distressed past.
Influenced by British television shows like The Black Adder as well as The young Ones as well as underground comics like storage tank Girl, the South African Stephan phone calls his work satire. “I discover it difficult to make any type of type of serious statement without subsequently making fun of it,” he says.
Sparko is 176-page graphic novel, which will be offered both in print as well as digitally in January 2012. Its ISBN is 978-1-59362-220-6 as well as its cover cost is $14.95, Sparko will be on sale at much better comics stores in addition to at Amazon.com. The digital version will be offered direct from SLG digital store in three formats, .cbz, .pdf as well as epub as well as will likewise be on sale at the iTunes Bookstore as well as with the business different app store partners like Comixology, iVerse as well as Graphicly.
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