WILD TALES FROM THE IMAGINATION
FUTURE TALES GRAPHIC NOVELL
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Once upon a time... the world ended.
No one knew where they came from or what they wanted,
but they took everything.
They called themselves the World Order Liberation Force or W.O.L.F.
We fought back as best we could...
The survivors now live in three hidden underground cities, each run by a resistance leader, ex-cops colloquially known as “The Three Pigs.”
Now we fight to survive…
We fight for our happily ever after.
WELCOME TO THE
FAIRY TALE APOCALYPSE
FUTURE TALES is a cyberpunk reimagining of classic fairy tales set in a post-apocalyptic world.
From RED the hooded messenger to LOX the street urchin who enounters the mutant cyborg B.E.A.R.s, JACK who infiltrates the sky city and ELLA who has a heart of gold and leg of metal, these are beloved characters like you've never seen them before.
FUTURE TALES graphic novel is a perfect bound 100-page, fully coloured graphic novel printed on 115gsm glossy interior paper and a 300gsm gloss cover paper at standard comic size 260mm x 170mm (10.2" x 6.7").
Proudly published by Wild North Comics
in association with Outlore Comics.
FUTURE TALES
GRAPHIC NOVEL
FUTURE TALES
ART GALLERY
CREATIVE TEAM
ABOUT THE WRITER
Philip Tarl Denson is a screenwriter and producer living in Darwin, Northern Territory and founder of OUTLORE COMICS.
In 2019, Philip was selected to take part in IMAGINE IMPACT, a professional development initiative founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer under the auspices of Imagine Entertainment, developing an original science fiction television series titled ANOMALY which attached producer Michael London at GROUNDSWELL ENTERTAINMENT and was set up at LEGENDARY STUDIOS.
Philip has a number of feature film and television projects in development in Australia and in the USA, including his sci-fi feature SINGULARITY with Ridley Scott’s company SCOTT FREE and his award-winning script, LUCID with Eric Heisserer’s company Chronology. Philip has also been hired to write a horror set in the ISS for Brad Fuller (A QUIET PLACE), an animated feature for LIKE A PHOTON/UNIVERSAL and a sci-fi feature for Seth Larney (2067). Philip also has a First-Look TV deal with NBCU through MATCHBOX PICTURES and TONY AYRES PRODUCTIONS.
FUTURE TALES is his first graphic novel. nt in the US. and Literary Agency in the US
WRITER'S
STATEMENT
There’s something magical about fairy tales.
Even if you take away the magic from the story, their widespread longevity speaks to the deeper themes and innate challenges they depict. Tales of resilience, defiance, and hard lessons that give us a framework for how to deal with conflict and the challenges of growing up and it’s this very reason why they have withstood the test of time. Yet these stories have constantly been reimagined over the centuries, continually updated and revised through different settings and time periods. Whilst these classic fairy tales have their origins in Europe, these characters are now known and beloved across the globe.
It is this universatility (if that’s not a word, it should be) that allowed these stories to survive and thrive. Being both universal and versatile enough to transcend cultures, languages and borders. That was the reason why I wanted to collaborate with artists from around the world. To capture this universal magic.
As a story-addict, I love to dive deep into structure and the mechanics of stories. Analysing folk and fairy tales, I discovered shared elements, like the Big Bad Wolf, which would crop up in different narratives. And for me, it truly felt like these stories belonged in the same shared universe. And as a huge sci-fi fan what better world to bring them together than in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future? And thus FUTURE TALES was born.
I had a blast creating this book and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed making it.
-- Philip Tarl Denson
