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Welcome to the Phantacea Publications WebsiteJim McPherson, creator/writer of the Phantacea Mythos, will be tending the Phantacea Publications table at the Vancouver Comicon Sunday 9 November 2014 from 11 to 5 pm. Ricardo Sandoval, covers artist for Search the Website - Start Page Proper - Latest pHantaway - Kitty Clysm Buzz - Nuclear Dragons Buzz - D-Brig Buzz - Blog On - Previous Buzz - Get Gambit Now - Get Daze Too - Get Seriously Proactive for phantacea - Bulk of Page Contents - Read Phantacea Publications on Google Books - Look Inside Amazon Lynx - Add Reviews and Ratings to Goodreads"Helios on the Moon", the third and final entry in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle, should be out in late October 2014.Its preamble and a possible back cover blurb are on pHantaBlog. A 'work-in-progress' cover is on pH-Webworld. Excerpts from the novel, some of which will likely be editted out of the print version, link from Phantacea Publications' main menu. It marks the concluding chapter of Jim McPherson long term project to novelize the Phantacea comic book series. The first two entries in the trilogy are "The War of the Apocalyptics" and "Nuclear Dragon", which was written at the same time as "Helios on the Moon". More here. Lynx for pHantaBlog RSS: http://phantacea.com/blog/?feed=rss2 |
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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
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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Phantacea Seven- Comic Book to Web-Serial - Ian Bateson's unpublished artwork from Phantacea Seven provides the basis for the first full-length phantacea Mythos Mosaic Novel since Still unpublished-in-print artwork from pH-7 can be seen here.
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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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No wonder they call themselves the Damnation Brigade
Collecting the Phantacea Comic Books 1977-1980 & 1987, Rv1:DB contains material from pH #s 1-5 + pHz1 #s 1 & 2 It marks the first time in the better part of 30 years that material from pH-5 has been available except from online traders. Images in this column and the next one are double-clickable from here, here, and, to a lesser degree, here. |
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Who or What can stop ... The 'Launch 1980' Story Cycle consists of novelizations of the Phantacea Comic Book series' three main storylines: Nuclear Dragons, Hell's Horsemen and Sea Goddess by Ian Bateson; Doc Defiance and the Indescribable Mr No Name by Dave Sim; The Little Trickster by Ian Fry; The Great Man is from a photograph taken in Vienna by Jim McPherson; full lynx hereRollover images in this column double-click here
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Goddess Gambitdouble-click here to open a separate window featuring the front 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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Now available from Phantacea Publications "Goddess Gambit"In print as well as in a variety of e-book formats |
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Also already here, as e-books too ... "The Thousand Days of Disbelief"
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Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos |
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The 'Launch 1980' story cycle continues ...Meanwhile, the Phantacea Revisited series of graphic novels concludes ...
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Anheroic Fantasy since 1977Novelizing the Phantacea comic book series since 2008 |
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phantacea.com is the only website thus far dedicated entirely to print publications featuring Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos. Unless noted differently in the text or image mouse-overs, everything is written, photographed, scanned-in and/or otherwise prepared by Jim McPherson.
This particular page also contains a table of graphics with lynx to larger views of the same graphics within this or related websites. As where noted on a slowly increasing number of suchlike graphics tables, you can now double-click on the image in order to enlarge it in a separate window. Should additionally take this opportunity to mention,
hardly for the last time, that Ingram Books and Ingram International has exclusive rights
to distribute the most recent phantacea print productions. That means individual copies of
In much the same way, bookstores and bookseller collectives can place bulk orders through the Ingram Book Company, Ingram International and/or Baker & Taylor. I'm assured that the terms you're used to shall apply. There's a partial list of Ingram's worldwide distribution partners here. I've seen online listings for Feel Theo from as far afield as South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and the UK. A friend of mine in Germany ordered and received the book within a few days of doing so; meaning you should be able to order any of the novels or mini-novels wherever you are and in whatever currency you prefer to use. Or you can email me today and I'll arrange to fill them myself, albeit for a slightly additional cost to cover shipping, tax and customs issues, especially if you reside outside of Canada. The list price for the first two mosaic novels is $24.00 CAD in Canada and $23.00 USD in the States. Gambit and Nuck-Drags are longer so they are slightly more expensive at $25.00 CAD and USD. The first two mini-novels go for $7.50 in Canada and the States. Fangers is $10.00. Everything's way more expensive in Australia and perhaps not so much so anywhere, so do your due diligence. As linked from here, the graphic novels, Like Fangers, it is still being sold at its original list price of $10.00 in both Canada and the USA. Remainder copies of the first four PHANTACEA comic books are also available for $5.00 per comic in both currencies. Reprints, when they become available, shall be the same price. An additional cost of 12% on the complete purchase covers Canadian and provincial taxes. Plus, shipping and handling fees are extra. Be forewarned that I can only accept certified cheques and money orders. Sorry, no Pay Pal or credit cards accepted on this end. |
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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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Greetings. Welcome or welcome back, as the case may be, to the Winter 2013/14 update. The graphic novels
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Gambit, the first full-length, mosaic novel from Phantacea Publications since 2009, concludes 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' trilogy.It also continues the 'Launch 1980' story cycle that began with
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The three mini-novels contain book-specific character companions, as do their e-versions. In the tradition of the phantacea comic books (its motto being 'Anheroic Fantasy Illustrated'), image-laden versions of these companions can also be found here. Phantacea Publications are released by James H McPherson, Publisher. Contact information below. As always, good reading! |
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The Death's Head Hellion
In the nearly 5,000 years since the Moloch Sedon preserved it from the Great Flood of Genesis, the Hidden Continent has never experienced such approaching apocalyptic devastation. Set in the Year of the Dome 4824/5, Hellion presents a terrifying dilemma that Thrygragos Everyman and his firstborn Unities, freewheeling anarchists the loathsome load of them, must resolve lest the post-Thrygragon Era of Empires results in a second Genesea. As for Master Morgan Abyss, it isn't a matter of better the Devil you know. It's a matter of, when dealing with the Devil above, singular and capitalized, never forget the devils below, small case and plural. It's a lesson she learns all too rapidly. Ah, but is it a lesson she also learns all too fatally? Double-click on the images in this frame to enlarge them in a separate window. |
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Contagion Collectors
Yet, right here on the earth beneath their feet, there is no bigger secret than that there is a Cathonic Dome. The second biggest secret beyond the Cathonic Dome is that a continent the size of Africa lies underneath it.Two hundred years earlier, someone who knew all there was to know about the Hidden Headworld was none other than the infamous, panpipes-playing Rat Catcher of Hamelin. Three Outer Earthlings you may have heard of play howsoever-insignificant roles in Contagion. They are Twisted Tommy (Tomas de Torquemada, age 56), Bosco (Hieronymous Bosch, age 26), and Dire (Albrecht Durer, age 4). Dire and Drang (a hound, not yet a dachshund) are having a wonderful boy/dog adventure until four already much feared riders on psychopomp-steeds burst into their hence no longer exclusive paradise, the Garden of Earthy Delights. As for the god by then sitting high above them all, in a Brainrock throne planted atop a mushroom cloud, he's the deviant half-son of two of the terrifying riders, the one with the buzzsaw-scales and the one with the bow and already notched arrow. Double-click on the images in this frame to enlarge them in a separate window. |
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Janna FangfingersContagion Collectors aimed to destroy the Inner Earth’s Shining Ones, their devil-gods, by killing off those who would worship them – virtually everyone alive beneath the Cathonic Dome that encloses the Hidden Continent of Sedon’s Head.
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Novels and mini-novels are hardly the only PHANTACEA Mythos print publications available for ordering. As per lynx provided below, Dependent on location, booksellers and bookseller cooperatives can also place bulk orders for the four full-length novels and three mini-novels via either Ingram Books or Ingram International, as per here. |
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Nothing less than the PHANTACEA version of the origin of the Devil himself highlights this 1990 collection of short featurettes drawn by Ian Fry and initially intended for the phantacea Phase One project. (Secular Note 1: According to some faiths, fallen angels became devils. They had to have fallen from somewhere, which in Phantacea Mythos books makes them extraterrestrials. Are the heavens not outer space? Of course they are.) (Pun Alert: As for why Hor looks Japanese on the cover of pH-4Ever, when Jim McPherson first heard about Japan's famous Noh theatre as a kid, he decided it had to be named after Noah. The notion never left whatever else is left of his peabrain.) ======== |
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(Secular Note 2: Undeniable because, as per here and here, that is precisely what the word 'devil' means — and don't let anyone tell you any differently.) Foremost among the tales told is that of Thrygragon. For not just devazurkind in particular, Mithramas 4376 Year of the Dome (Christmas Day 376 AD) may yet prove perhaps the singly most important event in Whole Earth history since Xuthros Hor, the Biblical Noah, caused the Genesea. Feel Theo also contains an afterword by the author. Albeit with the bonus of three or four contextually nifty photographs taken in Mexico City, it is reprinted, in colour, here. ======== |
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Back cover bluster promises what War-Pox delivers: "From the creator of the PHANTACEA Mythos and the writer of ‘Feeling Theocidal’ comes Fallen Angel Devils, comes unrelenting Action, comes the Damnation Brigade, comes the first book of the Launch 1980 cycle." Set on both the Outer and Inner Earth in 19/5980, War-Pox additionally contains a foreword and an afterword by the author. Moreover, as a bonus it ends with the third (originally the first) chapter of 1000-Daze, the immediate sequel to War-Pox's Author's Afterword, reprinted here, with colour shots, is not to be missed. In it, Jim McPherson relates a number of Phantacea-specific Serendipitous Sightings he's experienced over the years, including what he spotted in the amazing picture the Egyptian air force took in the late 20s or early 30s of the Giza Plateau. That can't just be a parking lot can it. Images in this panel double-click; more shots representative of the Damnation Brigade can be found here.======== |
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No doubt to the Devil's dismay, what begins, perhaps, as a Sedonplay begets a Sedon Plague that necessitates a Sedon Purge. The highly idiosyncratic manner that the wildly wilful Lazaremists deal with each new threat to their persistent dream of Panharmonium has ramifications for just about everyone alive — and, yes, even dead — right up to the night before the launching of the Cosmic Express from the Outer Earth's Centauri Island on November 30, 1980. ======== |
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As detailed at a breathtaking pace in Better known as the Sedon Sphere on the Inner Earth of Sedon's Head, none is more immediately disastrous than in Hadd, the Land of the Ambulatory Dead. Forces of the Living are attempting to re-conquer it. But if Nergal Vetala, the Blood Queen of the Dead, has her way the only thing they'll successfully do is swell her ranks.
Faced with the viperous menace of Nergal Vetala and her slavish but potentially supremely powerful, devil-slaying soldier, even the usually never-remembered Smiling Fiend has no choice except to do his best imitation of a good guy — to no avail. ======== |
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'Launch 1980'
The 'Launch 1980' story cycle comprises three complete novels, "The War of the Apocalyptics", "Nuclear Dragons" and "Helios on the Moon", as well as parts of two others, "Janna Fangfingers" and "Goddess Gambit". Together they represent Jim McPherson's now concluded project to novelize the Phantacea comic book series. |
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Cataclysm Catalyst- Phantacea Revisited 2 -
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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
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The Second Entry in the 'Launch 1980' Story Cycle
Most 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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Bad Rhad thinks he's won
He might be right as well; as for Vetala's Soldier, there are reasons why he's called the Trigregos Titan — he's wearing or wielding the Trigregos Talismans (aka the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories) Top of Section - Upwards |
Artwork Credits for Revisited 2
Artwork from pH 1-7 as well as Phantacea Phase One #1; samples link from here Top of Section - Upwards |
2014 Price List for Conventions
These prices only available at the Phantacea Publications table during 2014 conventions attended by Jim McPherson Top of Section - Upwards
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Can anything stop ...
Ian Bateson artwork, ad prepared by Jim McPherson, (slightly) interactive PDF of the ad is here |
Can anyone stop ...
Nuclear Dragons, Hell's Horsemen and Sea Goddess by Ian Bateson; Doc Defiance and the Indescribable Mr No Name by Dave Sim; The Little Trickster by Ian Fry; The Great Man is from a photograph taken in Vienna by Jim McPherson
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Nuck Drags Red Squared
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Centauri Island
Cover 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-Up
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Nuck Drags Yellow Squared
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The Original Six + a Few Afters Anheroic Fantasy Illustrated
Fabulous Phantacea Covers
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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
"Phantacea Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB). Four pages also appeared in"Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst"(Rv2:CC).The Launch sequence was included as a bonus chapter in the Phantacea Mythos mosaic novel
"Goddess Gambit". The complete sequence features in"Nuclear Dragons".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
"Phantacea Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB). That entire sequence was novelized in"Nuclear Dragons".Sean Newton's impressive opening installment of the Soldier's Saga reappears in
"Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst"(Rv2:CC). The Uncle Universe sequence is retold in the Phantacea Mythos mosaic novel"Helios on the Moon".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
"Phantacea Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB) or in"Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst"(Rv2:CC) due to the pHantacea-pHact it's a different storyline.It is, however, retold in the Phantacea Mythos mosaic novel
"Helios on the Moon". Its cover was also done by (nowadays) Ricardo Sandoval, albeit in 2014Phantacea 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
"Phantacea Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB).Exceptions are pages that have been digitally re-lettered by Jim McPherson.
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
"Phantacea Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB).Tim Hammell's map of Sedon's Head from pH-3 reappears after the Bateson sequence in the graphic novel. A couple of Verne Andrusiek's pages from this issue also appear in context. Like parts of the map page, Jim McPherson digitally re-lettered aspects of these pages for purposes of clarity.
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 Revisited: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB).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 Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst"(Rv2:CC). This time, though, Jim McPherson has painstakingly corrected myriad typos as well as added some judicious updates digitally.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 Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst"(Rv2:CC).Phantacea Phase One #1
Artwork by Ian Bateson, 1987
Original web-presence preserved here
Note: Some the material Ian Bateson redid over Dave Sim's original appears in
"Phantacea Revisited 1: The Damnation Brigade"(Rv1:DB).All of the Devil Wind v/s Demon Land material that Ian Bateson drew for pHz1 #2 also finally sees print in Rv1:DB.
For a sneak preview, go to here and here.
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.
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Anheroic Fantasy Novels, Graphic Novels, Mini-Novels and Collections
Phantacea 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
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Forever & 40 Days
1990 Graphic Novel
Genesis of the PHANTACEA Mythos; dedicated webpage is here
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Feeling Theocidal
2008 Full Length Novel
Book One in the Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories trilogy; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated webpage is here
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The War of the Apocalyptics
2009 Full Length Novel
Opening entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle; also available in a variety of e-book formats; dedicated webpage is here
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The Death's Head Hellion
2010 Mini-Novel
Commences "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
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Contagion Collectors
2010 Mini-Novel
Continues "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
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Janna Fangfingers
2011 Mini-Novel
Concludes "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
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Goddess Gambit
2012 Full Length Novel
Book 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
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Phantacea Revisited 1: The Damnation Brigade
120 page Graphic Novel
Published 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
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Nuclear Dragons
2013 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
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Phantacea Revisited 2: Cataclysm Catalyst
96 page Graphic Novel
Published in 2014; artwork from pH 1-7 (1977-1980) and pHz1 #1 (1987), dedicated webpage is here
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Launch 1980
Trilogy completed in 2014; Phantacea Mythos story cycle novelizing the Phantacea comic book series
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Helios on the Moon
2014 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
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Decimation Damnation
The start of the Phantacea Phase Two Revival; published in 2016; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here;
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Hidden Headgames
Continuing the Phantacea Phase Two Revival; published in 2017; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here;
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Daemonic Desperation
Tentative cover for Dem-Des; will probably be changed before it's published; scheduled to be released in 2018;
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Webpage last updated: Autumn 2014Either a watermarked PDF of There 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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