Flintlock Book 2 - Ian Kennedy Rides in!
FOLLOWING THE successful launch of its new Flintlock title, Time Bomb Comics are preparing to launch its second issues. However, aside from writer Steve Tanner, artists Anthony Summey, Lorenzo Nicoletta, Ed Machiavello and letterer Bolt-01 returning to deliver the 18th century themed anthology to the waiting hands of its readers, its cover will be emblazoned by the work of the legendary Ian Kennedy.
Kennedy’s unique style has featured in many fondly remembered British comics over the last 60 years. To this day he still provides regular covers for the DC Thomson Commando series, and recently produced some new cover paintings for 2000AD.
Rarely moving outside of long-established traditional British publishing houses (aside from some artwork produced for Spaceship Away) Kennedy’s rendition of Lady Flintlock is an unexpected but welcome surprise.
“The comics that Ian is remembered for are the comics that inspired Flintlock – classic weekly adventure stories that unfortunately are no longer with us. So to have Ian’s instantly recognisable artwork on the book is just wonderful!” Tanner enthused.
Book Two will continue Flintlock’s 48 page prestige format comic featuring three stories set in the shared timeline 100 year history that is the series backdrop. The lead characters introduced in Book One – highway robber Lady Flintlock, Shanti the Pirate Queen and mechanical marvel The Clockwork Cavalier all make a return appearance, and Tanner hinted that the Book Two stories sow some seeds for stories to come.
“The individual Flintlock characters may never meet but what they get up to in their own stories will have repercussions on each other through the century the series takes place in,” he commented.
Flintlock Book Two is currently nearing completion of a pre-order Kickstarter campaign, where there limited prints of the cover artwork, personally signed and numbered by Ian Kennedy are being offered alongside Shanti ones by David Morris (a regular contributor and brought on board via Time Bomb’s Bomb Scares series, alongside Flintlock’s own artist Anthony Summey).
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