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-- A Selection of Enlarged Images from PHANTACEA Print Publications -- |
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| Image Map of Cover for PHANTACEA Phase One #1 | Image Map of Back Cover for pH-1 | Image Collage taken from the PHANTACEA graphic novel of Helios Ordering Machine-Memory to Nuke Weirstar | Collection of Comic Book and Graphic Novel Covers | Previous Top of Page Promotional Blurbs | Page Background suggestive of Pyrame Silverstar | |
Cover for PHANTACEA Phase One #1 |
Artwork by Ian Bateson
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'The Launching of the Cosmic Express' is the overall title for the four-part Tetralogy serialized in PHANTACEA on the Web from 1996 until 2001. It comprised the novels: 'The War of the Apocalyptics', 'The Trigregos Gambit', 'Centauri Island', and 'Helios on the Moon'. The three devils on the cover are Mater Matare (Mother Murder), Carcinogen the Leper (Plague), and Mars Bellona, as they were depicted in the PHANTACEA Comic Book series. They are, respectively the Apocalyptics of Death, Disease and War. The fourth Apocalyptic, that of Sudden Destruction, is Nakba Ramazar (Disaster). Being headless it might be said he's on the cover as well. The enormous eye-mouth is that of the Moloch Sedon, the All-Father of Devazurkind. |
Back Cover for PHANTACEA Number One |
Artwork by Dave Sim
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| Aranyani Nightingale and Doc Defiance are featured in 'Centauri Island'. Vayu Maelstrom, Devil Wind, appears in 'The War of the Apocalyptics'. Aran looks very much like her mother, Eden Nightingale Ryne. Remove the white stripes from her hair and she might be able to pass for Mnemosyne D'Angelo, short hair and all. Both Eden and Memory appear in Heliodyssey. Mik Starrus appears in 'Helios on the Moon' whereas Mammalian eventually figures in both the 1938 and the 1980 story sequences. |
Helios Ordering Machine-Memory to Nuke Weirstar |
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Much of the 1990 graphic novel ("Forever & 40 Days - The Genesis of PHANTACEA", which can still be ordered), follows the time-tumbler, Helios called Sophos the Wise, and his most aberrant generation, the Moloch Sedon, through a series of evidently random encounters ending, circa 4000 BC, with the Genesea and the preservation of what henceforth becomes the Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head. A number of the Web Wheaties, as in serials, thus far presented during the history of PHANTACEA on the Web hinge on much the same thing, Helios's efforts to rid the cosmos of the evil he helped engender during his 5th lifetime. Some of his attempts, such as the one depicted in this collage (having Machine-Machine ignite Weirstar and thus destroy all life in an entire solar system), border on the insane. Then again, as he says to the Trigregos Sisters in this collage: "Innocents do not worship devas!" A Section-by-Section Overview of the graphic novel can be found here. |
Anheroic Fantasy IllustratedFabulous Phantacea Covers| 1977 (pH-1) | 1978 (pH-2) | 1978 (pH-3 - Front) | 1978 (pH-3 - Back) | 1979 (pH-4) | 1980 (pH-5) | 1980 (pH-6) | 1980 Unfinished (pH-7) | 1986/7 (pHz1-1) | 1990 (pH-4Ever) | 2012/3 (pH-Rv1) | 2013/4 (pH-Rv2) |- Double-click to enlarge graphics in a separate window - |
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Phantacea One
Artwork by Dave Sim, 1977 Original web-presence preserved here Note: Most of Dave Sim's Launching of the Cosmic Express sequence reappeared in
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Phantacea Two
Artwork by Gordon Parker, 1978 Original web-presence preserved here Note: A couple of pages of Gordon Parker's depiction of the encounter between Rom Kinesis (pre Doc Defiance) and Devil Wind were reprinted in
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Phantacea Three Obverse
Artwork by Richard Sandoval, 1978 Original web-presence preserved here Note: None of the Helios on the Moon sequences in this issue were reproduced in either
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Phantacea Three Verso
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1978 Original web-presence preserved here Note: Reproductions of virtually all of the sequences drawn by Verne Andrusiek, Carl Muecke and Ian Bateson for the flip side of this issue appear in
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Phantacea Four
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1979 Original web-presence preserved here Note: Only reproductions of the Byronic Nucleus sequences drawn by Ian Bateson appear in
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Phantacea Five
Inks largely by Verne Andrusiek, 1979/80; Cover coloured, typeset and partially redrawn by Ian Bateson, 1980 Original web-presence preserved here Note: Reproductions of virtually all the sequences drawn by Ian Bateson, Vince Marchesano, various Day Brothers & unaccredited friends, Tim Hammell and George Freeman (with Verne Andrusiek) appear in |
Phantacea Six
Artwork by Verne Andrusiek, 1980 Original web-presence preserved here Note: Verne Andrusiek drew this entire 32-page issue. It concludes the Soldier's Saga begun in pH-2 by Sean Newton and carried on in issues #4 & #5 by Verne Andrusiek.Most of the material prepared for the Soldier's Saga reappear in |
Phantacea Seven (unfinished)
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1980 Original web-presence preserved here Note: This issue was supposed to conclude both the Launching of Cosmic Express and the Helios on the Moon story cycles. Unfortunately producing it proved a logistical nightmare and it was abandoned.Only Ian Bateson's Hell's Horsemen sequence was drawn and lettered. Those pages as they were initially submitted can be seen here. The same pages, digitally re-lettered by Jim McPherson in 2014, have finally seen print in |
Phantacea Phase One #1
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1987 Original web-presence preserved hereNote: Some the material Ian Bateson redid over Dave Sim's original appears in
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Forever & 40 Days
Artwork by Ian Bateson over Ian Fry, circa 1989 The first graphic novel from Phantacea Publications came out in 1990.Drawn entirely by Ian Fry, it was made up of backup sequences intended for the pHz1 project.Artwork for the cover was finished by Ian Bateson over Ian Fry's original.The pH-4Ever webpage is here. |
Phantacea Revisited 1: The Damnation Brigade
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1987/2012 Collects the entire Damnation Brigade storyline from pH 1-5 (1977-1980), pHz1 #1 (1987) and pHz1 #2 (unpublished).Earlier reproductions of Ian Bateson's until now unpublished artwork for the pHz1 project can be found here and here.The graphic novel's webpage is here.Chris Chuckry did some facial touch-up work on the Untouchable Diver, the Elemental Twins, Gloriel and the Witch |
Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst
Artwork by Verne Andru, 1982-87/2013 Corrects and collects the entire Soldier's Saga from pH 2-6; starts with the Launching of the Cosmic Express as drawn by Dave Sim, 1977; continues with Phantacea's origin of the Devil Sedon as drawn by Ian Fry, ca 1986/7; and concludes with Ian Bateson's 6-page, Hell's Horsemen sequence intended for Phantacea Seven, 1980, as digitally re-lettered by Jim McPherson, 2014. The graphic novel's webpage is here. |
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From Comics to NovelsPhantacea Revisited graphic novels morph into full length Phantacea Mythos mosaic novels; only the beginnings, middles and endings have changed to protect what really happened |
Cataclysm CatalystThe second Phantacea Revisited Graphic Novel
Full cover by Verne Andru, 1980-2013 - Double-click to enlarge - |
Internal Artwork CreditsArtwork from pH 1-7 as well as Phantacea Phase One #1; samples link from here; Images in this row double-click here and here; notes on the Kitty Clysm specific backgrounds are here and here |
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Phantacea Seven- Comic Book to Web-Serial - Ian Bateson's unpublished artwork from Phantacea Seven provides the basis for the first full-length phantacea Mythos Mosaic Novel since Still unpublished-in-print artwork from pH-7 can be seen here.
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Look out below!
Cover art by Ian Bateson, 1980/2013 Nuclear Dragons are here!The second full-length entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle. Dedicated webpage is here; back cover text can be found here and here; lynx to excerpts from the book start here and here; check out material that didn't make it here and related excerpts from its scheduled follow-up, 2014's
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Centauri Island- Web-Serial to Novel -
The second entry in the 'Launch 1980' epic fantasy has arrived. At long last, Jim McPherson's project to novelize the Phantacea Comic Book series promised and published in the late Seventies continues. Ian Bateson's breathtaking wraparound cover for the novel utilizes his own dragons from pH-7. Those from the then unfinished cover for the Phantacea Phase One project can be seen here and here. |
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Phantacea Revisited 1NEW: Drive Thru Comics now provides an opportunity to flip through a few pages of the graphic novel. The link is here. Also, you can still read most of the mini-novels making up "The Thousand Days of Disbelief" today on Google Books Hit here to see what else is currently available there. More free reads featuring Jim McPherson's Phantacea Mythos link from here. |
Guess what isn't coming soon any more?
Hard copies and a Watermarked PDF of the graphic novel can be ordered via Drive Thru Comics here
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The Damnation Brigade Graphic NovelIan Bateson artwork never seen before in print; almost all of pH-5 available for the first time since 1980. Click here and here for a preview of these pages exclusive to Jim McPherson's long-serving pH-Webworld. Click here for a b/w ad for the latest graphic novel and its Table of Contents, wherein all the contributing artists are listed. Images in this row double-click to enlarge here |
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Goddess Gambitdouble-click on rollover to open a separate window featuring the full cover of "Goddess Gambit"; red sampler enlarges here |
Phantacea Publications is pleased to announce
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The Mighty Eye-Mouth in the Sky |
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Hit here to initiate orders directly from amazon.com and some its affiliates. Books from Phantacea Publications currently available include Kindle versions of Libraries, bookstores and bookseller collectives can place bulk orders through Ingram Books, Ingram International, Coutts Information (and Library) Services, Baker & Taylor, and a large network of other distributors worldwide. Some of the Phantacea comics and graphic novels can be ordered through Drive Thru Comics. Or, if you prefer to order directly from the publisher, email or send your order(s) via surface mail. No matter where you live or what currency you prefer to use, I'll figure out a way to fill your order(s) myself. Please add an additional 12% to cover Canadian and provincial taxes as well as Canada Post rates for shipping. At present Phantacea Publications can only accept certified cheques or money orders. BookFinder.com lists both of the original versions of the mosaic novels: Another interesting option for the curious is Chegg, which has a rent-a-book program. Thus far its search engine shows no results for phantacea (any style or permutation thereof) but it does recognize Jim McPherson (a variety of them) and the titles of the novels. As for the Whole Earth (other than the Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head, at least as far as I can say), this page contains a list of a few other websites where you can probably order the novels in a variety of currencies and with credit cards. |
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Page Background Image: Embossed version of the cover for "Janna Fangfingers", the final mini-novel extracted from "The Thousand Days of Disbelief". More on the images that went into the cover can be found here. |
Webpage last updated: Spring 2014There may be no cure for aphantasia (defined as 'having a blind or absent mind's eye') but there certainly is for aphantacea ('a'='without', like the 'an' in 'anheroic')
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