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The first mini-novel in the open-ended saga of "Wilderwitch's Babies" |
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Continuing the tragic tale of the doomed but ever-defiant Damnation Brigade as its surviving members regroup in the Utopian Weirdom of Cabalarkon after the travails of Helios on the Moon. There were ten, then there were eight. Three were left behind in the Weirdom but soon there might be none ... anywhere Webpage exclusive: To order an interactive PDF built for Adobe Reader and platforms operating Acrobat hit the button and, once funds have cleared, look for your read-only copy of the mini-novel in your inbox. - Ten Second Synposis - A Selection of Series Specific Graphics - Witch Babs webpage - Sixty Second Synopsis - Back Cover Text - Auctorial Preamble - Interior Excerpts - Character Companion - Candidates for New Cover Collage - Notes on Original Version - Original Cover Collage - |
Phantacea Publications in Print- 'Phantacea Phase Two' 2016-2019 - The 'Launch 1980' story cycle - 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' Fantasy Trilogy - The '1000 Days' Mini-Novels - The phantacea Graphic Novels - |
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Phantacea Phase Two 2016-2019 |
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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 DesperationPublished in 2019; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; |
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! |
Greetings. Welcome or welcome back, as the case may be, to the Spring 2017 update.The graphic novels
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Phantacea Phase Two starts here
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The final two entries in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle were set, written and rewritten at the same timeThey are based on the Phantacea comic book series from the late 70s as well as the pH-Webworld online serials from the mid-90s to early-2000s. Together they provide the print and digital ending to Phantacea Phase One ... finally |
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Every Phantacea Mythos print publication is complete unto itself (themselves). All contain the opening chapters of follow-up publications under the phantacea imprint.Jim McPherson did collage-covers for the three mini-novels ( 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 Burbling blurbs, along with cover reproductions of each of the constituent mini-novels, start here Phantacea Publications are released by James H McPherson, Publisher. Contact information below As always, good reading! |
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 five full-length novels and three mini-novels via either Ingram Books or Ingram International, as per here. |
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Ten second book blurbs courtesy of Phantacea Publications| Mythos Manifesto | "Forever & 40 Days" | "Feeling Theocidal" | "The War of the Apocalyptics" | "The 1000 Days of Disbelief" | "The Death's Head Hellion" | "Contagion Collectors" | "Janna Fangfingers" | "Goddess Gambit" | "Nuclear Dragons" | "Helios on the Moon" | "Decimation Damnation" | |
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Culminating in the Genesea (aka the Great Flood of Genesis), the graphic novel, Of them, about half take place pre-Earth. 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.) ======== << Double-click images in this row to enlarge in a separate window >> |
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Set primarily on the consequently Inner Earth of Sedon's Head, (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. Both Ginny the Gynosphinx and Andy the Androsphinx make their Phantacea print debuts. One or the other, while romping with whichever, pauses briefly to reintroduce, howsoever smellily, Demon King Daemonicus, to the pre-Genesea world. To say the least, he and Demon Queen Lily, who also makes her print debut herein, prove extremely hard to get rid of hereafter. 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. ======== << Double-click images in this row to enlarge in a separate window >> |
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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; the faun was taken in Antigua, Guatemala whereas the Sundown-like Mayan warrior was taken in Merida, Mexico; also used here and here, with additional notes a click away; more shots representative of the Damnation Brigade can be found here and here.======== << Double-click images in this row to enlarge in a separate window >> |
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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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The Death's Head HellionIn 4825 Year of the Dome, forces loyal to the Death Gods of Frozen Lathakra threaten to overwhelm the Utopian Weirdom of Cabalarkon. Its demoniacally-empowered Master counterattacks mercilessly. 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 CollectorsDespite often violent suppression by forces blinkered by monotheistic absolutism, at the height of the Renaissance seekers after secrets are determined to discover all there is to know about the universe. 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. He's still around, or one like him is. Call him Tomcat Tattletail if you like. It doesn't matter to him. He'll smile regardless. 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, who just happens to be the three other riders' Great God of a father. 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. Thrygragos Everyman and his firstborn Unities (Harmony, Chaos and Order) thought them sorted after they stormed the Hoodoo Hamlet in 5476 as the four fearsome Horsemen of the Apocalypse.And so they had … except, it wasn't just the bringers who needed sorting. It was the poxes and plagues they brought.The Hidden Headworld needed purging. There could be no doubt of that. Yet the Moloch Sedon had disappeared from the night’s sky years earlier and evinced no signs of returning. Everyone knew what needed to be done yet no one, especially not Thrygragos Everyman, the Lord Laziest of Great Gods, was willing to command the purge begun. Then someone, ostensibly in the name of love, played a Trigregos Gambit. The Head lost its Balance, capitalized and female. Her immediate brothers regarded each other balefully. No longer restrained, a continental catastrophe of unprecedented proportions ensued. With calamitous rapidity, nearly 500 years of Panharmonium gave way to seemingly endless despair. The Inner Earth’s populace lost faith in its devil-gods as by far the mightiest of them went at each other unrelentingly, unmindful of those they trampled beneath their rendered-gargantuan feet. The Dead didn't stay dead, though. They rose, disbelievers no longer. They battled on, their newly puissant goddess to exalt the higher. Came All-Death Day there were more Dead Things marching than Living Beings breathing, let alone fighting back. Fecundity no longer, the Vampire Queen of the Dead looked to rule the world – both sides of it! ... Top of Page Search Engine ... Top of Section ... Back to Death's Head teaser ... Back to Contagion teaser ... Back to Fangers teaser... Downwards ,,, Fresh Graphics ... Bottom of Page Ordering Lynx |
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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. ======== << Double-click images in this row to enlarge in a separate window >> |
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"Hear me, fascists, Helios is on the Moon destroying you!"Scientists first detect signals coming from somewhere out in space in early 1978. Their excitement's palpable. Finally they've proof humanity isn't alone in the cosmos. Then, about a month after their initial detection, the source is pinpointed. Elation immediately gives way to near-panic. In an extraordinary session of the Security Council, the United Nations agrees to meet this off-worldly intrusion aggressively. The result, the UNES Liberty, is already in moon orbit when, on the Thirtieth of November 1980, the launching of the Cosmic Express takes place on Centauri Island. The Dual Entities have returned to their own timeline determined to make life for everyone not just vastly better, but perfect.
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As told in One of these was Wilderwitch. Ringleader probably would have been appalled at how the Master looked after her. Assuming he survived the final battle for Dustmound, which in fact he didn't even see. Assuming, then, that he survived The other two left behind were Radiant Rider (Gloriella D'Angelo Dark) and D-Brig's leader, Cyborg Cerebrus (David Ryne). Couldn't do much worse than the latter, who'd lost most of his headplate, what made him a cyborg in the first place. The good news about that was it turned out to be Utopian technology. The really bad news is that it's so damaged he has to be submerged in a tub of not so much life- as animation-suspending Cathonic Fluid. Similarly submerged, in the crypt next door to his, is none other than Cabalarkon (Cabby the Daddy), the Undying Utopian who may well be the oldest, still (sort of) living mortal in the cosmos. That he's still around, and occasionally capable of Wayfaring in the Wild Weird, is entirely due to the the fact that the Moloch Sedon regards him as his father. And guess who visits the Weirdom every Mithramas? Which in the Weirdom is now known as Zmas Day, after Harry himself. The opening mini-novel in 'Wilderwitch's Babies', the latest epic fantasy featuring Jim McPherson's Phantacea Mythos, is entitled There's a reason for that. |
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DecDam is the first mini-novel extracted from the open-ended saga of 'Wilderwitch's Babies'. Click here to order a read-only, interactive PDF of the mini-novel. |
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Daemonic DesperationThere's a reason Wilderwitch remains alive long enough to get pregnant. There's a reason her soul-self does too; making that two (pregnancies). Has to do the hooded thought-widow the still-recovering Demios Sarpedon spots on what he subsequently should have started calling Demon Mound. |
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Back cover collageRaven's Head also counts as one of D-Brig's original members. She doesn't telescope out her unicorn horn due to an absence of devils, other than the Devil himself, capitalized, in the Weirdom of Cabalarkon. Back cover text is reprinted here |
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Preferred Frontispiece for digital editionWilderwitch is a face-dancer. That means she can alter her appearance by mentally manipulating her external aura; not that her face dances or that a skeletal revenant replaces her mouth. She should have been killed in Temporis near the end of And that's about it for the good news. |
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Images for cover collagesWilderwitch already has one child, Fey Woman. She's bodily older than her mother. Seems further that D-Brig weren't the only ones Demon Land brought back from Limbo on the 30th of November 1980 on D-Isle. As per War-Pox and One of those last isn't her daughter. Even more worryingly Fey can bodily traverse the Weird; can even get through the Cathonic Dome. |
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Notional Mockup for DestDam Back CoverThe Halloween decoration will definitely not make it to the final back cover. The Wilderwitch poster might not either. Plus the text doesn't stand out enough. Still ... |
"Wilderwitch's Babies" continues with ... "Destination Damnation"Coming in 2017 Text reads 'Abandon All Hope'; Witch with cauldron is by John Waterhouse; falling woman and bear are by Walter Molino; Sedon, Lakshmi-sort and Fire Witch uncredited in notes; collage by Jim McPherson, 2016. Sunset used in background on this page and in all the panels in this row shot at Jericho Beach in Vancouver, Canada, 2015 |
DestDam original front cover mockupThe title and sunset are different from the cover collage presented above. Probably won't be used, though, as essential image made it to the final cover of DecDam |
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'Babies' promo using digital coverA great deal, very little of it good, happens to Wilderwitch in DecDam besides A round-up of most of the images that went into this promo can be found beginning here. The main entry on Saladin born Nauroz, who previously featured most notably in |
Turns out it isn't the Conquering Christ eitherIn contrast to this promotional graphic, John Sundown should also be wearing a blindfold; the Moai isn't so much a between-space stone gnome as a Lemurian guard-body; Dand Tariqartha is a star in the night's sky above Sedon's Head; and, when last we saw him (in
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2004 Front Cover for Web-SerialInfo on the original, somewhat related web-serial entitled |
Utopians of Weir on EarthAs told in the 1990 graphic novel entitled |
The High Illuminary of WeirMel-Illuminatus (Melina born Sarpedon become Zeross) plays a major role throughout "Wilderwitch's Babies"; as recorded primarily in pH-Webworld, she's a full-blooded Utopian |
2004 Back Cover for Web-SerialThis graphic was prepared for a pH-Webworld entry initially entitled: 'Manifesting Gargoyles' |
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This is how they should have endedThe Phantacea Comic Book series, that is, since Phantacea Seven never came out and that's wherein the Covers for all the phantacea comics and graphic novels are reproduced here |
The 2014 Sun-Moon-Kissing phantacea.com LogoThe Dual Entities are Heliosophos and Miracle Memory. More simply known as Helios and Mnemosyne, or Memory, they represent the Sun and the Moon not just in the Phantacea Mythos The apparent friendship between them, albeit as Sol and Luna, and (Thrygragos Varuna) Mithras featured prominently in the rituals of Cave Mithraism, as performed more than two thousand years ago amongst Roman Legionnaires. More on that in the notes for the Collage Collective here; lynx to online articles re Mithraism are here; the picture is of a woodcut spotted and shot in the Yucatan area of Mexico by Jim McPherson, 2013;More road shots are here and incorporated into the 1000-Daze collage covers |
"The War of the Apocalyptics"
The opening entry in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle was largely based on Phantacea Two to Five A good percentage of this sequence was recaptured in the graphic novel Cover is for the digital versions of the book. Dedicated webpage is here |
"Nuclear Dragons"The 'Launch 1980' story cycle continued in "Nuclear Dragons". It was largely based on the Centauri Island sequences that began in Phantacea One and Two. It, too, was supposed to come to an explosive conclusion in Phantacea Seven. Indeed, Ian Bateson's stunning cover was originally roughed out for just that, pH-7 Cover is for Digital Dragons, the e-versions of Nuke. Dedicated webpage is here
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'Launch 1980'The 'Launch 1980' story cycle comprises three complete novels, |
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Memory seizes control of the LibertyAmong those on the UNES Liberty when the Mnemosyne Machine aspect of Miracle Memory remotely takes over its controls are Professor Romaine Kinesis and OJ 'Big Max' Maxwell from They don't stay Normie Normalmen for long. Their transformation has nothing to do with the Magellan Toe Brains they're served during their repast with the past, as hosted by the Dual Entities, though It has, rather, everything to do with the Cosmic Express's secondary, not to mention teleportive, fuel, Gypsium Godstuff, aka Brainrock Larger Defiance & No Name artwork by Gene Day, taken from pH-4, 1979; smaller Defiance and No Name figures, as well as Liberty, are by Ricardo Sandoval, 2014; collage prepared by Jim McPherson, 2014The Dual Entities are roughly two thousand years old, taken from the Louvre museum's website here, also here; backdrop also used here
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The Black Rose of AnarchyRom Kinesis, Big Max Maxwell, Mik Starrus and Kadmon Heliopolis briefly come into play during However, Starrus, Kinesis and Max have been in phantacea since pH-1, 1977; as per here, Heliopolis as Helios on the Moon first appeared on the front cover of pH-3, 1978; The Black Rose artwork, which features Mik Starrus and Lord Order, is by Peter Lynde, from pH-3, 1978; the larger versions of Doc Defiance and the Indescribable Mr No Name are by Gene Day, from pH-4, 1979;The bluish background in this column and the column below, as well as the page itself, is a variation of the artwork also seen here and double-clicks here. It's described here |
LAC Squads converted on the MoonThe Liberty lets loose two of its four Lunar Assault Crews, one led by an American, the other by a Soviet 'citizen'; evidently both squads quickly come to see the light -- and it's all coming from Helios The 'Helios on the Moon' graphic is taken from pH-4, 1979, artwork by Gene Day; the rest of the artwork is from the back cover of the novel,
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Who's possessing Helios anyhow?The Female Entity, often aka Miracle Memory, thinks it's Future Order (Lord Vajra, no longer Lord Yajur), from their 99th Lifetimes. She may actually believe that's true, too. Then again she reckons Future Night (Erebe Thanatos) is humanizing her. Could be she's just as wrong about that. In any case, her male counterpart, Helios called Sophos the Wise (Heliosophos), doesn't agree with her assertions. He doesn't think anyone's possessing him. Being a time-tumbler, he might yet prove himself right in that regard. However, as per the graphic, certain indicators strongly argue otherwise. |
Helio-Humour in 2014You too can stick your head in the hole and become for a shot ... probably the Sun King, since Jim McPherson, the creator/writer of the Phantacea Mythos, took this shot in Versailles, the onetime home of Louis XIV. As the caption gives away, it wasn't in 1980, though. The Dual Entities are time-tumblers, not time-travellers. They fall through time randomly so, even if the events described in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle occurred during Helios's 100th Lifetime, he could easily have spent part of an earlier one in France, ca 2014. As rather strongly suggested in |
The 'Launch 1980' Collage CollectiveThree full-length novels, as well as parts of both That makes it an ensemble piece, meaning a lot happens, to a lot of characters, in a lot of different places, over the course of roughly ten days. While nary a one might be considered a hero per se, there's plenty of derring-do. The two seemingly collecting the collages are shown in the top corners. Some two thousand years ago, when their images were crafted, their generic names were Sol and Luna. In the Phantacea Mythos, they're the Dual Entities. They're also both on the moon, the reason why everyone else goes there. Have to say, though, "The Dual Entities on the Moon" doesn't have quite the ring you'd want in a book title. |
Did anyone survive Gambit?A valid question. Either everyone who hadn't died already in As for the fates of some of those in serious trouble at the end of After All (capitalized), which is how it ends, As for the artwork in the double-click and panel background, as per here it's yet another Verne variation. It can best be seen here. More here and here
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Daemonic Royalty
Original Demon King Daemonicus and Primeval Lilith are back. Well, speculatively, if not so much explicitly, in Indeed, as per 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' epic trilogy, it's only because they occupy debrained daemonic bodies that Master Devas can even become solid individuals |
Kitty DulledThis sequence doesn't happen in any of the 'Launch 1980' mosaic novels; its aftermath does. Which is to say, Harry Zeross and Freespirit Nihila make very significant contributions to Which in turn helps explain this remark and the query found in the last panel here Artwork in the collage and background of this panel utilizes Verne Andru's figures from the covers of
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Flipped Out KittyBad Rhad does not come under attack from all quarters in the culminating entry of the 'Launch 1980' story cycle. There's no escape from his allies, the Thanatoid Death Gods of Frozen Lathakra, in Hel-Moon, though. No escape from virtually all of their devic half-children. either; nor said kids' other set of half-parents. One guess where most of them turn up. Background image flipped horizontally and dulled; figure work from covers of |
Front cover for Phantacea ThreeThe seemingly cowering figure to Helios's left is wearing a head-kerchief covering her third eye; that might make it Miracle Memory, except she never cowers Where it all began for Hel-Moon; artwork by Richard (nowadays once again Ricardo) Sandoval, 1978
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The epic 'Launch 1980' fantasy trilogy... starts with the launching of the Cosmic Express. But did you know that it wasn't just New Century Enterprises behind it? You will, once you read Hel-Moon, which effectively marks the end of Phantacea Phase One.
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Big Mistake, MaelstromNow that you've got hold of the Elemental Twins' power foci and thereby thoroughly annoyed the newly re-solidified Damnation Brigade, you better flee. Won't do you much good, though. Indeed, the launching of the Cosmic Express will prove a very bad day for you and yours. And not just in War-Pox either. Your Thrygragos of an Unmoving father should have never have committed to building the Express. (Who did you think was occupying the Fatman's Untouchables in, most notably, |
Waiting in the WingsOn the Hidden Continent: Freespirit Nihila, old Kind Cold and All of Incain, to name the three pictured. The Phantom Freighter, Crystallion and Hell's Horsemen had to have come from somewhere. And if one of the Atomic Idiots (Mithras's Torchbearers) powers nuclear dragons, who do you think powers All while the Idiot's otherwise occupied? No, it's not Nihila, but one of them is pictured. He's married to the other, Heat to his Cold. And they did have a bunch of children, fourth generation devils all. Guess where a half-dozen of them end up? Whose face is All wearing? Rather, wearing before she got all Nemesis-like, again, on Sedon's Head after events told in Gambit. Any guesses where she gets to before Hel-Moon ends? Lighter blue page background can best be viewed here. Rollover is here. |
Where dwell the thrice-cursed SistersThey haven't been seen since They're just really, really faraway. Or were, until the Wandering SAG Gap gets itself relocated near the Moon. And who might have done that? Hint: All of Incain doesn't just wear pre-Nihila's face. More on the Trigregos Sisters can be found here, here, here and here. Or you can click them into the search engine at the top of the page |
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. |
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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 DesperationPublished around Witch Night 2019; main webpage is here; ordering lynx are here; page contents - section contents - ordering lynx |
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