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Phantacea Phase Two 2016-2018 |
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Decimation DamnationPublished in 2016; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
Hidden HeadgamesPublished in 2017; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
Daemonic DesperationTentative cover for Dem-Des; will probably be changed before it's published; scheduled to be released in 2018; |
Phantacea Phase Two physically began with 2016's "Decimation Damnation", the first mini-novel extracted from the as yet open-ended saga of 'Wilderwitch's Babies'. It was set between the 9th of Tantalar and the 1st of Yamana, 5980 Year of the Dome. However, its follow-up, "Hidden Headgames" was set between the 30th of Maruta and the 14th of Tantalar in that same year. "Daemonic Desperation" picks up Babes near the end of the second week of Yamana and continues through the Summer Solstice of 5981. As the last known member of the Damnation Brigade, if the Witch was fortunate to survive Dec-Dam, alive and pregnant, she may not be so lucky come the end of Dem-Des. Oddly enough, her unborn babies may yet still be both viable and unborn by then. | ||
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The 'Launch 1980' Story Cycle |
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The War of the ApocalypticsPublished in 2009; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
Nuclear DragonsPublished in 2013; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
Helios on the MoonPublished in 2014; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
The 'Launch 1980' story cycle comprises three complete, multi-character mosaic novels, |
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'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' Epic Fantasy |
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Feeling TheocidalPublished in 2008; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here |
The 1000 Days of DisbeliefPublished as three mini-novels, 2010/11; main webpage is here |
Goddess GambitPublished in 2012; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here |
Circa the Year of Dome 2000, Anvil the Artificer, a then otherwise unnamed, highborn Lazaremist later called Tvasitar Smithmonger, dedicated the first three devic talismans, or power foci, that he forged out of molten Brainrock to the Trigregos Sisters. The long lost, possibly even dead, simultaneous mothers of devakind hated their offspring for abandoning them on the far-off planetary Utopia of New Weir. Not surprisingly, their fearsome talismans could be used to kill Master Devas (devils). For most of twenty-five hundred years, they belonged to the recurring deviant, Chrysaor Attis, time after time proven a devaslayer. On Thrygragon, Mithramas Day 4376 YD, he turned them over to his Great God of a half-father, Thrygragos Varuna Mithras, to use against his two brothers, Unmoving Byron and Little Star Lazareme, in hopes of usurping their adherents and claiming them as his own. Hundreds of years later, these selfsame thrice-cursed Godly Glories helped turn the devil-worshippers of Sedon's Head against their seemingly immortal, if not necessarily undying gods. Now, five hundred years after the 1000 Days of Disbelief, they've been relocated. The highest born, surviving devic goddesses want them for themselves; want to thereby become incarnations of the Trigregos Sisters on the Hidden Continent. An Outer Earthling, one who has literally fallen out of the sky after the launching of the Cosmic Express, gets to them first ... |
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The '1000 Days' Mini-Novels |
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The Death's Head Hellion- Sedonplay - Published in 2010; main web presence is here; Character Companion starts here; ordering lynx are here; |
Contagion Collectors- Sedon Plague - Published in 2010; main web presence is here; Character Companion starts here; ordering lynx are here; |
Janna Fangfingers- Sedon Purge - Published in 2011; two storylines recounted side-by-side, the titular one narrated by the Legendarian in 5980, the other indirectly leading into the 'Launch 1980' story cycle; main web presence is here; Character Companion starts here; ordering lynx are here; |
In the Year of the Dome 4825, Morgan Abyss, the Melusine Master of the Utopian Weirdom of Cabalarkon, seizes control of Primeval Lilith, the ageless, seemingly unkillable Demon Queen of the Night. The eldritch earthborn is the real half-mother of the invariably mortal Sed-sons but, once she has hold of her, aka Lethal Lily, Master Morgan proceeds to trap the Moloch Sedon Himself. In the midst of the bitter, century-long expansion of the Lathakran Empire, the Hidden Headworld's three tribes of devil-gods are forced to unite in an effort to release their All-Father. Unfortunately for them, they're initially unaware Master Morg, the Death's Head Hellion herself, has also got hold of the Trigregos Talismans, devic power foci that can actually kill devils, and Sedon's thought-father Cabalarkon, the Undying Utopian she'll happily slay if they dare attack her Weirdom. Utopians from Weir have never given up seeking to wipe devils off not just the face of the Inner Earth, but off the planet itself. Their techno and biomages, under the direction of the Weirdom of Cabalarkon's extremely long-lived High Illuminary, Quoits Tethys, have determined there is only one sure way to do that -- namely, to infect the devils' Inner Earth worshippers with fatal plagues brought in from the Outer Earth. Come All-Death Day there are more Dead Things Walking than Living Beings Talking. Believe it or not, that's the good news. |
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phantacea Graphic Novels |
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Forever and Forty Days- The Genesis of Phantacea - Published in 1990; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here
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The Damnation Brigade- Phantacea Revisited 1 - Published in 2013; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here |
Cataclysm Catalyst- Phantacea Revisited 2 - Published in 2014, main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here |
Kadmon Heliopolis had one life. It ended in October 1968. The Male Entity has had many lives. In his fifth, he and his female counterpart, often known as Miracle Memory, engendered more so than created the Moloch Sedon. They believe him to be the Devil Incarnate. They've been attempting to kill him ever since. Too bad it's invariably he, Heliosophos (Helios called Sophos the Wise), who gets killed instead. On the then still Whole Earth circa the Year 4000 BCE, one of their descendants, Xuthros Hor, the tenth patriarch of Golden Age Humanity, puts into action a thought-foolproof, albeit mass murderous, plan to succeed where the Dual Entities have always failed. He unleashes the Genesea. The Devil takes a bath. Fifty-nine hundred and eighty years later, New Century Enterprises launches the Cosmic Express from Centauri Island. It never reaches Outer Space; not all of it anyhow. As a stunning consequence of its apparent destruction, ten extraordinary supranormals are reunited, bodies, souls and minds, after a quarter century in what they've come to consider Limbo. They name themselves the Damnation Brigade. And so it appears they are -- if perhaps not so much damned as doomed. At least one person survives the launching of the Cosmic Express. He literally falls out of the sky -- on the Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head. An old lady saves him. Except this old lady lives in a golden pagoda, rides vultures and has a third eye. She also doesn't stay old long. He becomes her willing soldier, acquires the three Sacred Objects and goes on a rampage, against his own people, those that live. Meanwhile, Centauri Island, the launch site of the Cosmic Express, comes under attack from Hell's Horsemen. Only it's not horses they ride. It's Atomic Firedrakes! |
Introductory Remarkswww.phantacea.com may be the only website dedicated entirely to print publications featuring Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos. However, at least at present, it's hardly Jim McPherson's only website. The first, pH-Webworld, aka both PHANTACEA on the Web and the Phantacea Mythos Online, began in 1996 and continues to this day, albeit as www.phantacea.info. The second, Jim McPherson's Travels, didn't get its own URL until 2007. Nonetheless, until that day came, it was an integral part of pH-Webworld. Indeed, many of the graphics found on this page are collages largely composed of shots taken during the course of said-Travels. By Autumn 2011, Phantacea Publications had issued two multi-character, full-length novels and three mini-novels featuring Jim McPherson's Phantacea Mythos. An e-version of In the long-standing Phantacea tradition of Anheroic Fantasy (of which more here), all are also mosaic novels in the sense that they feature a good-sized, ensemble cast of characters, many of whom appear in . The mini-novels are entitled Their casts include, at the top of the food chain, Thrygragos Everyman and his firstborn Unities (the incomparable Harmony, Lightning Lord Order and Uncle Abe Chaos) in their freewheeling prime. The mini-novels also contain book-specific character companions that are at least partially illustrated, howsoever anheroically, starting here. A growing selection of lynx to out-takes from all three parts of 1000-Daze can be found here. Excerpts from Double-click to enlarge either ad in a separate window |
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From Comics to Web-Serial to Full-length Novel one last timeJim McPherson's long term project concludes with another multi-character, action-packed Phantacea Mythos mosaic novel |
"Helios on the Moon"Climactic entry in the 'Launch 1980' story cycleMain webpage is here Covers artwork by Ricardo Sandoval, 2014
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Heads will rollAnd not just on the Moon; all three 'Launch 1980' Phantacea Mythos storylines collide and culminate yet again, irrefutably this time; also contains a surprise addendum to |
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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 NovelDedicated webpage is here 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 panel background are 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 Check out the expanded Availability Listings for places you can order or buy Phantacea Publications in person
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The second entry in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle is now available for ordering onlineDouble-click on images to enlarge in a separate windowDedicated 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 |
Centauri Island- Web-Serial to Novel - At long last, the second entry in the Launch 1980 epic fantasy has arrived. Ian Bateson's breathtaking wraparound cover for the novel utilizes his own dragons from pH-7. Those from the unfinished cover for the Phantacea Phase One project can be seen here and here. |
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Phantacea Revised #1Images in this row double-click to enlarge here |
Guess what isn't coming soon any more?As for how to order |
The Damnation Brigade Graphic NovelArtwork never seen before in print; almost all of pH-5 available for the first time since 1980 |
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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 |
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The Mighty Eye-Mouth in the Skydouble-click on Sedonic Eye to enlarge in a separate window; blue, 2012 ad enlarges here |
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The Thousand Days of DisbeliefPhantacea Publications is pleased to announce the three mini-novels constituting
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Upcoming Graphic NovelFrom black and white to full colour, the Damnation Brigade Graphic Novel is due out in late 2012. Original artwork by Ian Bateson circa 1986. Colour by Ian Bateson, 2012, with additional work by Chris Chuckry, 2012. |
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Preparatory artwork for future projectsPossible cover for full-length e-book compiling Rollover is a black and white version of a possible cover for "Nuclear Dragons", the second entry in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle. Artwork by Ian Bateson circa 1980.
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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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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 OneArtwork 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 TwoArtwork 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 ObverseArtwork 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 VersoArtwork 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 FourArtwork 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 FiveInks 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 SixArtwork 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 #1Artwork 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 DaysArtwork 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 BrigadeArtwork 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 CatalystArtwork 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. |
Anheroic Fantasy Novels, Graphic Novels, Mini-Novels and CollectionsPhantacea Publications- Since 1977 -- Forever & 40 Days - Feeling Theocidal - The War of the Apocalyptics - The Death's Head Hellion - Contagion Collectors - Janna Fangfingers - Goddess Gambit - The Damnation Brigade - Nuclear Dragons - Cataclysm Catalyst - Launch 1980 - Helios on the Moon - Decimation Damnation - Hidden Headgames- double-click to enlarge images in a separate window - |
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Forever & 40 Days1990 Graphic NovelGenesis of the PHANTACEA Mythos; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Feeling Theocidal2008 Full Length NovelBook One in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
The War of the Apocalyptics2009 Full Length NovelOpening entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
The Death's Head Hellion2010 Mini-NovelCommences "The 1000 Days of Disbelief", Book Two in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated website is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Contagion Collectors2010 Mini-NovelContinues "The 1000 Days of Disbelief", Book Two in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated website is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Janna Fangfingers2011 Mini-NovelConcludes "The 1000 Days of Disbelief", Book Two in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; doubles as the prequel to the Launch 1980 story cycle; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated website is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Goddess Gambit2012 Full Length NovelBook Three in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; eventually meshes with the Launch 1980 story cycle; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Phantacea Revisited 1: The Damnation Brigade120 page Graphic NovelPublished in 2013; artwork from pH 1-5 (1977-1980), pHz1 #1 (1987) and pHz1 #2 (unpublished), of which more is here; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Nuclear Dragons2013 Full Length Novel
The for sure second, full length entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle, cover art by Ian Bateson; recounts, in four parts, the actual launch of the Cosmic Express and the immediate ramifications of its apparent destruction particularly on its launch site, the Outer Earth's Centauri Island; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx |
Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst96 page Graphic NovelPublished in 2014; artwork from pH 1-7 (1977-1980) and pHz1 #1 (1987), dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Launch 1980Trilogy completed in 2014; Phantacea Mythos story cycle novelizing the Phantacea comic book series page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Helios on the Moon2014 Full Length Novel
The climactic, full length entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle, cover art by Ricardo Sandoval; the Dual Entities have been back in their own timeline for a few years now; they're trying to change things for the better; how often does that work out; dedicated webpage is here page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Decimation DamnationThe start of the Phantacea Phase Two Revival; published in 2016; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Hidden HeadgamesContinuing the Phantacea Phase Two Revival; published in 2017; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; page contents - section contents - ordering lynx - next |
Daemonic DesperationTentative cover for Dem-Des; will probably be changed before it's published; scheduled to be released in 2018; page contents - section contents - ordering lynx |
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"Nuclear Dragons"Final cover for Artwork on both the front and back covers is by Ian Bateson, 2013; Jim McPherson's back cover text can also be read here and here; lynx to excerpts from the novel are here |
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The Second Entry in the 'Launch 1980' Story CycleMost of the artwork on both the front and back covers is by Ian Bateson ca 1986/7. For more on the two head-like graphics at bottom of back cover, see here.The latest full-length novel from Phantacea Publications is now available for ordering |
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Nuck Drags Red SquaredPrepared by Jim McPherson, 2013, using Ian Bateson's original, b/w artwork from circa 1979; used for the reddish backgrounds found in this panel and elsewhere on page Top of Section - Upwards |
Centauri IslandCover artwork by Ian Bateson, mid-1980s; intended for the Phantacea Phase One project; unpublished except online, where it was used for the Centauri Island web serial; colour versions of the covers can be found here Top of Section - Upwards |
Nuck Drags Mock-UpCover artwork by Ian Bateson, mid-1980s; intended for the Phantacea Phase One project; unpublished except online, where it was used for the Centauri Island web serial; colour versions of the covers can be found here Top of Section - Upwards |
Nuck Drags Yellow SquaredPrepared by Jim McPherson, 2013, using Ian Bateson's final, full-cover artwork; used for the yellowish backgrounds found in this panel and elsewhere on page Top of Section - Downwards |
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Colour variation of Richard Sandoval's Helios on the Moon cover for Phantacea Three prepared by Jim McPherson for inclusion at the end of the Top of Section - Upwards |
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Colour variation of Richard Sandoval's 'Helios on the Moon' cover for Phantacea Three prepared by Jim McPherson for inclusion within the Top of Section - Upwards |
From Comic Books to Web-SerialThe Helios on the Moon sequences from pH-2, pH-3 and pH-4 have yet to be reprinted However, the 'Helios on the Moon' web-serial is being expanded and should appear as a full-length novel sometime in 2014 Top of Section - Upwards |
From Web-Serial to NovelRichard Sandoval's front cover for the Helios on the Moon upside of Phantacea Three Top of Section - Downwards |
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"Goddess Gambit"Now available from Phantacea Publications
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As in ArterialYep, Vetala's back in the pink again once her soldier falls from the sky and her monstrous (for a vulture) mount, Cloud General Kronar, brings her to him. She's determined to stay that way, too. She isn't the only goddess willing to playing a Trigregos Gambit. The artwork in this cell is entirely by Verne Andru, though the collage was prepared by Jim McPherson. The outer backgrounds for this page are fashioned of the same image. Top of Section - Upwards |
Mercy is a Capital OffenseThat line actually belongs to Nergal Vetala, the titular goddess in Add in the Lathakran Death Goddess, Methandra Thanatos, as well as the Byronic Moon Goddess, Umashakti Silverstar, and it's probably only a matter of a few hundred pages for him to go from Incarnate to Incarnadine — as in an ever-after-motionless bloody pulp. Jim McPherson put together both collages. The artwork, though, is entirely by Verne Andru. So is the double-click on the upper one, though Verne inked it as a preliminary step to preparing a full-colour, wraparound cover for a phantacea comic book series that never got published. (It was intended for an issue of the ill-fated Phantacea Phase One project of the mid-to-late 1980s, of which more here.) The double-click is a similar strip of artwork. I used it for an ad I put out in 2011. More on that ad and the artwork that went into it links from here. Top of Section - Upwards |
Annuling NihilaIf memory serves, Freespirit Nihila named herself during the course of Herta Heartthrob encountered someone very similar to Nihila during The artwork behind Verne's Nihila is by the extraordinary Mexican muralist Ferdinando Castro Pacheco (1918- ). I took the shots I used from pictures I took of a couple of his murals in the Merida Town Hall some years ago. Top of Section - Downwards
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2012 Ad for Goddess Gambit and the 1000-Daze E-booksTop of Section - Upwards |
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Haunted Dustmound"Vetala's middle finger salute to the Sedon Sphere" The throne atop Dustmound was also seen in Top of Section - Upwards |
Vetala's SoldierSo who is he? In Gambit, the impression is he's Cosmicaptain Dmetri Diomad, the Double-D of the so-called Alphabet Cosmicompanions. I suspect he blasted off that way. However, mind's are fragile, especially if Nergal Vetala, the Vampire Queen of the Dead gets hold of you. She starts out calling him her 'soldier'. Thereafter he becomes he becomes her champion: the Trigregos Titan. As for whether he was actually possessed by Thrygragos Lazareme. Well, if there's ever a Gambit sequel, we might learn the truth of that then. Aspects of artwork came from the cover of pH-5, by Bateson over Andrusiek; here and of course the Verne Andru's long awaited cover. Top of Section - Upwards |
The Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head
(Double-click to enlarge map to its 1978-standard black on white format.)A clickable version of the map is on the Peculiar Places page whereas the more than just moderately amazing story of what I spotted in Cairo's Egyptian Museum is retold here and here. Top of Section - Upwards |
Daemonic Royalty (Daemonicus & Primeval Lilith)
The figure representing Primeval Lilith, the Demon Queen of the Night, is by Henry Fuseli (1741-1825). I used it on Hellion's cover as well as on the mock-up I prepared for 1000-Daze, two versions of which can be seen here. Fuseli called her Great Night so how could I not choose her to stand in for one of phantacea's most misunderstood stand-outs? Below Lunatic Lily (who's still a mass murderer no matter how justifiable her actions could be considered), the Smiling Fiend, or someone similar, seems to be in one of his two-eyed Daemonicus moments. I took it from a postcard I bought in Germany back in 2008 whereas the background is from a postcard I bought in Sintra, Portugal, on that same 6-week European vacation. Other than in a flashback sequence (an earlier version of which is still online here), Demon Queen Lilith does not appear in Gambit. Demon King Daemonicus-Smiler is, however, an entirely different matter. A link re both of them is here. , they are noted in Hellion's Character Companion.) Top of Section - Downwards |
The Sedonic Eye-MouthThe mighty eye-mouth in the sky above Sedon's Head is depicted about to slurp up the Cosmic Express. The artwork is by Ian Bateson, circa 1986. The original appeared on the cover to phantacea Phase One #1, of which more is here and here. As per here, a slightly different version of the Sedonic Eye-Mouth appeared on the back cover of The flip-side of this postcard is here. As already noted, aspects of Fangers could constitute a prequel to the 'Launch 1980' story cycle. Top of Section - Upwards
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Goddess Gambit
Sample chapters from the 2004 rewrite of the web-serial are here. It's unlikely they'll make it as is to 2011's Gambit but they'll be close. Although for Vetala's Soldier the titular Goddess is, of course, Nergal Vetala, three other devic goddesses play a Trigregos Gambit in the novel. They are dot, dot and, um, well, sort of ... Top of Section - Upwards
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Devils in Disguise
The 'Devils in Disguise' collage belongs here in the sense that Gambit carries on from where an aspect of Fangers leaves off. A few details re the shots that went into this collage are here. As for why the incomparable Harmony is wearing a shroud, well, um, let's call it symbolic for the moment. Or, now that Gambit is available for ordering online, with or without credit cards, perhaps it wasn't a shroud at all. Was, in pHantacea-phact, more of a chrysalis, albeit with nothing anywhere near as pretty emerging. Top of Section - Upwards
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Goddess Gambit's Original CoverBefore there could be any collages, there had to be an original. Rather, put better, there had to a final, print-ready image. Artwork by Verne Andru, 2012; full wraparound cover for Goddess Gambit is here Top of Section - Upwards
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Wraparound Cover for pH-6And of course before there was a Interestingly, the emphasis on this cover is Bad Rhad, as he was recalled howsoever inaccurately in "Feeling Theocidal", the cover of which Verne also did. The double-click is the full wraparound cover for pH-6, which came out in, um, 1980. I had to fuse them together on Photoshop so the meshing's sadly imperfect. Artwork by Verne Andrusiek, 1980 Top of Section - Upwards
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Tomcat TattletailI shot this satyr in NYC's Met Museum in 2009 Tomcat Tattletail is the faerie-type Harmony is so enthralled with in Hellion. There's more on him here, here, here, here and here. Even though I've collected a few other likenesses of Tomcat, which currently sit in my archives awaiting a mini-essay on him, I decided use this one because of the anguished facial expression. As for why he goes by the Q-name of Squirrelly in Hellion, hey, just look at him. - Top of Section - Upwards
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The Death's Head HellionThe front and back cover for the original digest version of There's an enlargement of the Cosme Tura picture here, along some more details as to why I decided it represents Master Morgan Abyss. As for why I refer to her as the Weirdom of Cabalarkon's demonically-empowered Master, well, guess whom she somehow got hold of after she got rid of the devil possessing her. Or, if you're not one for guesswork, you could just click here, here and/or here. - Top of Section - Upwards |
NYC's Faux BoschMany painters tried to emulate Bosch's style in the 16th and 17th centuries. I took this picture of one such painting (unaccredited as near as I could discover) in New York City's Metropolitan Museum in 2009. I use part of it to represent Magnus Minus, the mighty Minotaurus of Minius (Absudyl), which lies directly beneath the Weirdom of Cabalarkon (Sedon's Devic Eye-Land on a map of the Hidden Headworld). Double-click on the map to enlarge it to its 1978-standard black on white format. A clickable version of it is on the Peculiar Places page whereas the more than just moderately amazing story of what I spotted in Cairo's Egyptian Museum is retold here and here. There's more on Magnus Minus, who appears as a daemonic demiurge in Hellion, here, here and here. - Top of Section - Upwards |
Daemonic Royalty (Daemonicus & Primeval Lilith)The figure representing Primeval Lilith, the Demon Queen of the Night, is by Henry Fuseli (1741-1825). He called her Great Night so how could I not choose her to stand in for one of phantacea's most misunderstood stand-outs? Below Lunatic Lily (who's still a mass murderer no matter how justifiable her actions could be considered), the Smiling Fiend, or someone similar, seems to be in one of his two-eyed Daemonicus moments. I took it from a postcard I bought in Germany back in 2008 whereas the background is from a postcard I bought in Sintra, Portugal, on that same 6-week European vacation. As for whether Demon Queen Lilith or Demon King Daemonicus-Smiler even appear in either mini-novel, well, let's just say not explicitly and leave it at that. - Top of Section - Downwards |
The Rat-Catcher of HamelinYes, I cannot spot the signature of Jordan "Q for Quill" Tethys in this shot either. Yes also, in the Legendarian's defence, it is a copy of the a stained glass window he purports to have done early in the Outer Earth's 14th Century. And, no, none of the rats are tee-tees. They're children. The koppen or calvary-like hillock is shaped like a tholos. though. As for the cave's entrance, well, at a stretch it might pass for a skull-shape or golgotha. Myself, though, I don't stretch that far. The copy reproduced here dates to 1592. It's by Augustin von Moersperg. The actual window was destroyed in 1660. (This information is from FT 264, of which more here.) -Top of Section - Upwards |
The Anonymous FiendThe Smiling Fiend is obviously not smiling in this shot of Budapest's famous Anonymous. That said, given what Smiler's main attribute appears to be throughout the phantacea Mythos — namely that no one can remember him unless he's standing right in front of him or her and mindfully wants them to remember him — Anon has to be him. It's almost impossible to hit a webpage on either of the two main phantacea websites that doesn't reference Smiler. One taken from Hellion is here. A bunch of others link from here, here and here. - Top of Section - Upwards
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Contagion CollectorsThe front and back cover for the original digest version of Bosch's 'Ascent of the Empyrean' provides the background on the front and back covers; lynx to it and his Garden of Earthly Delights are below The original blurb re the Contagion Doctor is here - Top of Section - Upwards
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Hoodoo HousingI shot the cliff-dwellings or, as they're called there, hoodoo housing in Cappadocia when I passed through it again in 2003. Although they're not usually found on the coast of rainforests, something about the air beneath the Sedon Sphere allows for exceptional, um, exclusions from normality. The double-click opens a new window with a larger version of the one I used on the Contagion cover. This one is more mound-like, which fits with who built the Hoodoo Hamlet visited in the mini-novel. There are three brief travelogues re my trips to Turkey linked from here; the spookiest one, appropriately entitled 'The Phantom Train and other not quite Turkish delights', is here. Top of Section - Downwards |
Devils & DeviantsHave to say deviants (the half-sons or half-daughters of Master Devas while possessing mortal men or women) tend to be more sympathetic characters than their seemingly immortal half-parent or parents. Guess that's because mortality makes mamas (and papas) more, um, simpatico. The Smiler figure's from New York's Metropolitan Museum. The shrouded beauty, representative of the incomparable Harmony, the Unity of Balance as well as Panharmonium, is from the Victoria & Albert (V&A) museum in London. Can't currently recall where the pinkish and demure Janna figure came from but have to say she doesn't look much like a Terrible Twin. Maybe that's why not just Abe Chaos fell for her. Do know the wild-eyed fellow's from a postcard I bought in Germany. He was supposed to represent the other Terrible Twin, Sraddha Somata. Too bad I couldn't find a picture of a black, bald and bearded hybrid-Utopian in my photo-archives. Top of Section - Upwards |
Raised, not RazedGood effect, eh? It's called "embossing" on Photoshop, in case you were wondering. What is razed during That it survived, or is surviving, in the Year of the Dome 5980, does not mean it will continue to do so. Hence the 'Launch 1980' story cycle that began with War-Pox and carries on in the as-yet-upcoming Gambit, btw (by the way), is not just based on the phantacea comic books (culminating in pH-6), it's, um, extrapolated from this web-serial and this draft (draught?) of ditto. Top of Section - Upwards |
Viennese VetalaThis effect is called "tiling" on Photoshop. I like it. As for why I called her the Viennese Vetala, that's because I shot her there. (All right, so I cloned in the 3rd eye. Big Whoop!) Artist's name is Egon Schiele (1890-1918). A contemporary of Gustav Klimt, the Wikipedia webpage re him is here. If he was still around I'd hire him. He's captured the relationship between Nergal Vetala and Janna become Fangfingers damn near perfectly — emphasis on 'damn'. Top of Section - Upwards |
Janna Fangfingers
The front and back cover for I used some of the same images in the 'Deviants & Devils' collage here; As for the 'Devils in Disguise' collage below, Unholy Abaddon and Lightning Lord Yajur were taken from the Web; others are as per the notes on the 'Deviants & Devils' collage at the start of this row. The central image of Death in a Hat (holding a man's head, not the other way around) was shot in a main street in Budapest, Hungary. I shot the hand in the British Museum but the fangs themselves, shown as if to finish off the fang-fingered glove, come from New York's Metropolitan Museum. Re the owl, representative of Metowl (Titanic Metis), I'll have to get back to you on her. - Top of Section - Downwards |
Fauns Frolic FeverishlySooth said, they do a lot more than frolic feverishly – and I'm not just referring to how fabulously they play the Syrian or panpipes. For one thing, if this collage can be trusted (which it can't), they also seem to float contentedly once they're done whatever they were doing ever so feverishly. It all has to do with the pheromones they secrete, you see. As for why this collage can't be trusted, as both Harmony and her triplet brother, Lord Order, discover in Hellion, demons do fauns just as well as they do anything else – which is to say, well enough for the moment. Simultaneously, or at least almost in the same moment, Uncle Abe and Bedazzling Belialma discover denim-demons can do double-duty as panting pants. All in all, they'd thereafter all agree, if they got the chance, it's a very hardening experience all around. Except, that is, for phantacea's most famous fauna, Pusan Wanderlust. For her, the experience isn't so much electrifying as it is electrocuting. - Top of Section - Upwards |
There's only ever one winner of a SedonplayDark Sedon is a notorious gamesman. But is he actually playing a game in I could answer that but I'd rather you read Hellion yourself. There's more on this graphic here. - Top of Section - Upwards
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The Great God Lazareme as Thrygragos EverymanThrygragos Lazareme was in some respects proof of the theorem that in every individual there resides the spark of godhood. Put another way, if God, as he’d heard, was made in the image and likeness of whomever or whatever, he had an innate as well as, to quote him at his acerbic best, God-given aptitude for unthinkingly making sure he looked the part. There's more on this graphic here. - Top of Section - Upwards
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Helios order Machine Memory to nuke Weir StarThe Trigregos Sisters appeared in pH-2, pH-4 and the graphic novel, They have yet to appear to appear in any of the mosaic novels but their terrible talismans certainly do, otherwise I'd have to come up with a different title for 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories'. As for the Dual Entities, well, it may yet prove they appear whenever Thrygragos Lazareme or his indescribable daughter Harmony, the Unity of both Balance and Panharmonium. There's more on this graphic here. There's more on the Sedonshem landing, and who it landed on top of in 666 PD (Pre-Dome), here. - Top of Section - Downwards |
The Luscious Lady LustHell's Belle lives her attribute. In Feel Theo, she seems primarily interested in Cruel Plathon, the Bull of Mithras. In Hellion, she bounces from Uncle Abe Chaos (Unholy Abaddon) to his father, Thrygragos Lazareme, to his hated brother, Lord Order. In Contagion, well, she only has a short but telling conversation with Harmony before she heads back to Chaos for some extracurricular star-gazing. As for - Top of Section - Upwards
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Herta Heartthrob
Dire, age 4, is a Norman Notable. In phantacea pHact he's actually Albrecht Durer, whom you may have heard of before. Dire and the hound Drang (whose name I admittedly also made up) appear a few times during Contagion. It's my contention that Durer, like Bosch and the notorious Spanish inquisitor, Torquemada, were recruited by Contagion Collectors organized by Quoits Tethys (whose main agents were Tomcat Tattletail and Herta Heartthrob) and thereafter actually spent some time on the Hidden Headworld. Strikes me as obvious, especially when it comes to Bosch and Durer. I mean, where else would they have come up with such fantastical imagery firsthand, especially at the tail end of the Outer Earth's plague-ridden 15th Century? Top of Section - Upwards |
Lathakra's Death God of Heat and FireStandard wisdom has it that bygone Illuminaries of Weir (on Earth) came up with Methandra's name by combining letters making up Mediterranean Athena (Minerva in Roman Mythology). I'm pretty sure it actually derived from the name of Crete's Mother Goddess, who lived on Strongyne (modern day Santorini) until the infamous day Novadev got drunk and blew its heart into the sky. But, hey, who am I to argue with standard wisdom. I'll leave that to Wisdom of Lazareme, who's quoted here (right next to where I cribbed this image.) Top of Section - Upwards |
Lathakra's Death God of Cold and IceThe Death God's of Lathakra (Cold and Heat) are Mithradite firstborn. Their triplet brother is Phantast Thanatos, the Death God of Dream. Phantast doesn't appear in 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' Trilogy. He isn't mentioned very often either. And when he is it's usually in the same sentence as Strife and the Crimson Conspiracy of circa 4000 YD. Tantal and Methandra do, however, especially, as per here, in Hellion. As does their azura daughter Klannit (the Mirror Mentalist). Top of Section - Downwards |
Mithras's Golden AvengerJust because Faceless Strife, Mithras's so-called Ewe for Aries and the devic half-mother of Taurus Chrysaor Attis, doesn't appear in Hellion, that doesn't mean devils realize it. Top of Section - Upwards
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Daddy Cabby's Champion
At least that's one way of thinking about Morgan Abyss, the Master of the Weirdom of the Cabalarkon (Sedon's Devic Eye-Land on a map of the Hidden Continent) in 4824/5. It may or may not be the way she thinks about herself. It certainly isn't the way devils think about her, especially after the events of the Infernal Equinox. Until then they probably didn't think about her very much at all. If they did, which Harmony did prior to Mithramas 4824, they likely reckoned her Pyrame's shell. Top of Section - Upwards |
Deviancies and phantaceaSome of 1000-Daze's Deviants include, as noted in this graphic, Q-Troupe's Squirrelly, Master Morgan Abyss, Pusan Wanderlust, Tomcat Tattletail and the ever-present Jordan 'Quill' Tethys. Images incorporated in this collage come from a variety of places, Durer included. The quill's actually taken from a wall painting I spotted and shot in Vancouver some years back now. As per here, I also used it on the cover for
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Nergal Vetala as FecundityShe waxes and wanes with the moon, on a monthly basis, but as the Nergalids' Grower, she's also related to fertility goddesses such as the Roman Ceres (hence our word 'cereal'). The thing about Ceres and her ilk is they're mostly perceived as beneficent. Vetala is too, at least initially and especially by the Iraches of Sedon's Mutton Chop (on a map of the Hidden Continent). Of course, they like nothing better than having their ancestors over for tea and buttered scones. Top of Section - Downwards
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Vetala's also a (very nasty) Moon GoddessThe reference is mainly to what she, when in seductress mode, does to Pyrame Silverstar in Feel Theo. She's much better behaved in Hellion and Contagion, though she does suggest to Order that he cathonitizes himself, which isn't a very nice thing to say to a Master Deva. (As per here, it's way worse than telling a devil to go f**k himself, which of course is what Geld Neargon does whenever he-she desires azuras.) Top of Section - Upwards
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Magnus Minus, the Mighty Minotaurus of Minius
Minius is Absudyl, the Subterranean Land of the Mandroids, beneath Sedon's Devic Eye-Land on a map of the Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head. As for who made Minus in the first place, the double-click suggests Pyrame Silverstar. One mustn't forget who she was occupying, unless it was the other way around (as would seem the case in Hellion), throughout most of the Head's history, however. Top of Section - Upwards
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Utopians of WeirThere were (as opposed to 'are') two Weirworlds. The second one is where the Trigregos Sisters were last seen in the comic books and graphic novel. There are also a variety of different kinds of Utopians in phantacea. Hybrid Utopians, who are no longer purebloods, are mostly found outside the Weirdom of Cabalarkon (Sedon's Devic Eye-Land on a map of the Hidden Headworld). As such they dominate proceedings in Contagion. Pure U-Bloods are the focus in Hellion, however. That said, Morgan Abyss, the Master of Cabalarkon throughout the mini-novel, isn't even a hybrid. That doesn't mean she doesn't hate Sedon, though. Far from it! Top of Section - Upwards |
Ring-Gotten DevilsVirtually ever since I began phantacea on the Web in (gasp!) 1996, I've run a feature entitled Serendipity. It chronicles all sorts of serendipitous discoveries that make me wonder how much I've actually made up and how much of phantacea is real. Consider now ringots. Those familiar with the comic books (Aristotle 'Ringleader 2' Zeross) and/or the Web Serials (Angelo 'Ringleader 1' Zeross) will have recognized them straightaway. Centuries before either Zeross, father or son, came along, they figure rather irreplaceably in both Hellion and Contagion. Intriguingly, nay serendipitously, guess what Bosco, age 26, must have spotted in the not precisely aforementioned Garden of Earthy Delights besides the Juggler (double-click for a cut-out)? Yep, a ringot — and not just any ringot either but one containing Metisophia, the Legendarian's devic half-mother. How do I know this? Well, in Aka Titanic Metis, she doesn't feature in Hellion because she's been ring-gotten. (Her purloined cauldron does, however.) And the Juggler's on the cover of Contagion at least in part because his belly shows Metis ring-gotten. Only, I just realized that about a year after I prepared the cover. Talk about serendipity delayed. Top of Section - Downwards |
There are plenty of websites that display artwork by Hieronymous Bosch (Bosco, age 26, in In terms of Bosch, I took the Juggler and the lower edge of the front cover for Contagion from a triptych entitled 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'. For reasons made clear therein, it's called the garden of earthy delights in Contagion. The mini-novel also makes clear that Bosch didn't make it up — at least he didn't within the phantacea Mythos. 'The Ascent of the Empyrean', which appears on both the front and back cover of Contagion, is one-fourth of a major work entitled 'Visions of Beyond'. The version I used is from a poster replacing the actual painting in the Doge's palace of Venice. Apparently the original was being cleaned while I was there in 2008. As for Durer, the putto (who once ate Sinistral Envy), Drang (not yet a dachshund, thus not yet having wolfed down the murine crud containing Camorva Freeflight) and Herta Heartthrob (a technically daemonic, hence soulless, earthborn eidolon given flesh) come from Melancholia. (Should perhaps add, as a bonus teaser, that Herta is a melancholic angel in the sense that she has wings and is lovely, except she seems plagued by sadness at her own lack of fulfillment. Above all else, she wants to wholly devour the Unity of Balance, whom even she perceives as Beauty Incarnate, instead of simply settling for gathered-up scum-cream left behind on Tholoi hearthstones that Harmony used to get to the Outer Earth in pursuit of Tomcat Tattletail – a character introduced as such in Hellion – long, and often, pre-book.) Both Death and the goatish Devil came from 'The Knight'. The 'Four Horsemen' came from just that. As for why he depicted the rider with the Scales of Justice (unless it's for weighing produce in times of pestilence, drought, and/or consequential famine) as a man instead of the most incomparably gorgeous woman ever beheld by everyone, well, assuming the phantacea Mythos isn't pure fantasy, Dire was only 4 at the time of Contagion and might have been missing his mother, if not his dog. The British Museum has piles of Durer's prints. It even puts out a small hardcover that can probably be ordered online as if just to prove it. I scanned in the ones I used for the covers on this page, as well as its background images, from art books I already had at home. Just by the bye, as per here, Durer's Death looks a lot like old King Cold, Tantal Thanatos, did in the comic books. Which is doubly appropriate since Cold is one of the aforementioned Death Gods of Lathakra – the other being immediate sister Methandra, Hot Stuff, Mithras's Virgin (in both Feel Theo and Hellion, though no longer in the comic books) or just plain Heat (after her attribute) – and Thanatos is the name of the Ancient Greek God of Death. Just as interesting (to me anyhow), Durer's Devil might well be someone the recurring deviant, Pusan Wanderlust, would fall for in both Hellion and Contagion. That's because, as per here, Pusan's a female faun or fauna and everyone knows what fauns are best at doing, a lot. It's also why I incorporated Durer's Devil into the Deviancies graphic. NOTE: the last two images in this panel don't double-click. They roll over, rather effectively I feel.Top of Section |
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"The Moloch Manoeuvres"A web-serial set in Rome over the course of a couple of days at the end of January 1938; main website is either here or here. Count Molech is one of the main characters but he's hardly the only one manoeuvring. All those Summoning Children coming of age round about now, they're the result of manoeuvres by a differently spelled Molech back in the early Spring 1920 -- the Moloch Sedon! |
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'The VAM Entity'Graphic identifies the VAM Entity as Varuna Ahriman Mithras. Might they be the first born of Thrygragos Sedon? That's what the Smiling Fiend claims during "Feeling Theocidal", the first full-length, all prose novel featuring Jim McPherson's Phantacea Mythos More on the Amalgam Abomination and his two putative brothers here. |
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"The War of the Apocalyptics"A web-serial inspired by the Phantacea comic book series of the same name; main website is here |
"The Trigregos Gambit"
A web-serial inspired by the Phantacea comic book series of entitled the Soldier's Saga; main website is here |
"Decimation Damnation"Some members of the Damnation Brigade survived the War of the Apocalyptics -- at least for a few weeks; main website is here |
"Tsishah's Twilight"Recall Iraches from the Soldier's Saga and 'The Trigregos Gambit'? Hardly all of them are or were Dead Things Walking; main teasers for the pH-Webworld web-serial are here and here
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The 1st and 2nd Generations of DevazurkindExclusive to phantacea.com: Excerpts taken from "Feeling Theocidal"| Images or Collages suggestive of Thrygragos Mithras | Collages indicative of Lazaremist Extremists | Collages referencing the Moloch Sedon | - double-click to enlarge images - |
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Once a chapter, now a full-length novelThe latest list of lynx leading to excerpts from |
Tri-Solar Disorder
Could be the Great God Varuna Mithras have once been but a third of the Amalgam Abaomination? Could he actually have suffered from Tri-Solar Disorder |
A third of the Amalgam Abomination speaksSmiler says: "Don't let yourself get a swelled head -- because it might just fall off!" |
Broken chains as chain lightningAntique Illuminaries of Weir named her Datong Harmonia; two thousand years later the Unity of Balance, generally best known as the incomparable Harmony, proclaimed herself also the Unity of Panharmonium; |
Thrygragos EverymanThe Great God Lazareme doesn't just look like the Male Entity when he looks in a mirror; he was grown from his cells |
Disuniting the UnitiesThe 3 Unities of Lazareme as Thunder and Lightning Lord Order, Balance and Abe Chaos |
The Mighty Eye-Mouth in the SkyThe Demon as well Devil King loves playing games so much sometimes he just can't stay altogether above the Hidden Headworld |
There's only ever one winner of a SedonplayThat still doesn't stop him playing them |
Beware of Firstborns -- Especially if you are a firstborn!The Hidden Headworld's most revered Death Gods, the two Thanatoids of Lathakra, believe they are the firstborn of Thrygragos Mithras. They might be wrong. |
Female Mithradite Master Devas of the Exceedingly Treacherous Variety| The Three 2nd-Born Apple Goddesses | Gorgons, the Medusa & a Devil Child (Unless Trala's Pyrame-Lilith's Demon Child) | Pyrame's Progressions |- double-click to enlarge images - |
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Pyrame Silverstar as the fabulously female Perpetual Presence |
Pyrame as the Snake Goddess (Queen Tanith of Crete) circa 2000-2500 YD (2000-1500 BC) |
Pyrame as Providence, as a silver-haired humanoid and as a tetrahedron-headed devil |
Tralalorn and her faces-roiling, feces-reeking, faeriedust-spitting Powder Puff Power Focus |
The Sedonshem LandingDrawn by Ian Fry, taken from PHANTACEA: 4-Ever & 40 Days, published in 1990; Order the graphic novel now! |
As Jordy might say: "Be a goose and have a gander at the full cover. Then order the graphic novel for only $10.00, plus shipping costs!" Sequence featuring Jordan
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The Black Rose of AnarchyThe Black Rose of Anarchy, from pH-3 as published in 1978 Returns and remainders of the 1st four issues of the PHANTACEA comic book series can still be ordered for $5.00 an issue, plus shipping costs! |
Sample Artwork from the Comics & Graphic Novel
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Not always a mild-mannered professorDoc Defiance, the Gypsium Man, from pH-2, published in 1978
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"Hear me, fascistes"Helios threatening to destroy 'fascistes', from pH-3, published in 1978 |
Rhadamanthys RevealedPotential cover for reprint of pH-6 (unpublished) Link to Verne Andru's '420' Website |
Yes, he's that Cain!Anti-Patriarch Cain raising the Golden Calf, from PHANTACEA: 4-Ever & 40 Days, published in 1990 |
Never have human eyes beheld such a sightThe Byronhead encounters the Apocalyptic Nucleus, from pH-5, published in 1980 |
Without HeroesThe word 'anheroic' means just that, "without heroes". As for why Phantacea has almost always been captioned Anheroic Fantasy (often illustrated), check out the essay entitled just that: Anheroic Fantasy |
Illustrated Mini Essays |
The Trigregos Talismans'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' epic fantasy began as a web-serial. Nowadays it comprises three multi-character Phantacea Mythos novels: The essay is here. |
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Bad Rhad Wants It AllHe may even get it, too. Though perhaps not precisely how he wanted it. Essay is here. |
Faeries & PHANTACEASometimes faeries get caught in trees. One time a really big faerie walked through a Faerie Garden with Wilderwitch. Essay is here |
Vampires in pre-Columbian HondurasIt's true. This fellow was spotted and shot in Copan, once a Mayan stronghold but nowadays not much more than a museum in a park full of ruins. Essay is here. |
Sedon's Head: Inspiration or Destination?Want to get there? Go though the door between Andy's forelegs The most serendipitous discovery of many made by Jim McPherson, the creator/writer of the Phantacea Mythos Full-length essay is here |
The Time-Tumbling Dual Entities in EgyptRameses the Second built this on land that's now submerged by the Nasser Dam; too bad he never noted if he was the Male Entity in whatever lifetime
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Photos Suggestive of Characters Featured in the PHANTACEA Mythos |
The Dual Entities in the British MuseumThey do get around, don't they. Here's more.
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Magnus Minus of Minius
Demonic figure spotted and shot in Lima, Peru, late Nineties (double-click for Minus as he appeared on front cover of |
Mrs Sundown meshes with Morg's Grandmother
In what could be a sequence straight out of 'The Moloch Manoeuvres' web-serial, Sorciere seen coming out of Granny Garuda, except it was spotted and shot on the wall of a subway in Mexico City in the mid-2000s and not in the Rome orf 1938 More info on graphic here; see also Sorciere, Granny Garuda and Morgianna Sarpedon |
Mars Bellona, the Apocalyptic of WarMasquerading as Bonehead on Vacation in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, early to mid Nineties (War appeared in
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What really happed to Jesse's mom?Lady Lamia (Mary Magdalene nee Ryne Mandam) as the Qosqo (Cusco) Magdalene in Peru More here |
Would you sleep with someone who look like this?Wilderwitch won't, this even though she and Gentleman Jervish Murray are longtime lovers. Even though also what fauns are supposedly really, really good at ... Dervish Furie as a Faun in Antigua, Guatemala (From
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Except, where's his flintlock shotgun?Headless Ramazar spotted and shot in Catania, Sicily (The Apocalyptic better known as Catastrophe appeared in
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Once she was beautifulMater Matare (Mother Murder) as a Medusa pinned to Athena's shield; painting spotted and shot at NYC's Met Museum in 2009 (phantacea's Medusa, under whatever name, appeared in
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The Byronmask as a Thrygragos Talisman
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Medea has a bad repOphiomedea as a Cockatrice For 17-year-old Sorciere, Medea Annulis ranked highest on the boo-hiss meter in early 1938 (more shots suggestive of Stheno, the devic Cockatrice from |
ShamanitoulinShaman Manitoulin's Raven Fetishim Manitoulin is mentioned a few times in He also helped raise Sorciere (Solace Sunrise), her mother Louise Riel become St Synne and Sedon St Synne; fetishim came most strongly into play during 'The Moloch Manoeuvres' web-serial |
Number One on the Boo-Hiss Meter in any eraFaceless Strife is mentioned a few times in War-Pox, albeit as either Wilderwitch or Ramona Avar Ryne and not as a possessive devil; impressions to the contrary, she probably does not appear in the mini-novel |
Hush's GushAugustus born Nauroz, aka Auguste Moirnoir, the Black Death, is mentioned a few times in |
Radiant Rainbow Rider(Glory of the Angels appears most frequently in"The War of the Apocalyptics" ; perhaps suggestively, externalizations virtually identical to her 'little angels' show up in "Contagion Collectors" ) |
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1/3rd of Thrygragos Sedon's FirstbornThe (almost) Never-Remembered Smiling Fiend Smiler, under a variety of names and guises, appears in"Feeling Theocidal" , "The Trigregos Gambit" and, just maybe, all three parts of "The 1000 Days of Disbelief" ; he both speaks and exults briefly in "Helios on the Moon" whereupon, as per usual, he's promptly forgotten |
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Resolutely not toilet-trainedA raven's head appeared on the front cover of Raven's Head herself appeared throughout the |
Hot StuffMethandra Thanatos, whose attribute is heat, virtually never appears in public unmasked; she also rarely deigns to speak to lesser beings Miss Myth, as she's also known, appears in |
Is that D'Angelo or Thanatos?As Thalassa D'Angelo she appears in most of the web-serials set in early 1938 as well as in |
Who was Jesse's real fatherOMP appeared in Kronokronos Akbarartha got major league muscular in both
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Taurus Chrysaor AttisAka Theattis, the Golden Brown Warrior or Universal Soldier, he was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire, often in conjunction with the Great Mother God Cybele Attis appears in |
The Damnation Brigade
Introduced in Five of them were Summoning Children; as such, much younger versions of most of them played important roles in the pH-Webworld web-serials |
Utopians of WeirUtopians appeared throughout 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' epic trilogy ( they were also in a number of web-serials, including |
Great Byron's Surviving FirstbornRudra (Savage Storm) and Umashakti (Gravity) Silvercloud made their most notable appearance in There's an essay about them here |
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