Jeff Carroll is a pioneer voice in
the Black speculative movement. He is a
writer, filmmaker and comic book man. His stories always have lots of action
and a social edge. He has written over 10 sci-fi and horror novels and made six
movies. His short stories have appeared in The Black Science Fiction Society's
anthology and their magazine as well as other anthologies.
“Planet Akebulan is the product of a challenge by my illustrator Jorge Gabotto. Jorge presented me with images of a man and a woman and asked me to write a story. The concept of Planet Akebulan immediately jumped into my head, pushing aside all the other ideas in my mind. Planet Akebulan is the product of a longstanding dream of mine regarding writing a Sword and Soul story. Sword and Soul is a subgenre of Black Science fiction that blends African History with fantasy. With Planet Akebulan, I’m able to use the deepest parts of my imagination along with my love for African culture. I was heavily influenced by the structure of the Marvel Universe; I love the way scientific speculation, and cultural beliefs are weaved together.,” Jeff Carroll.
Planet Alkebulan, the first planet in the universe, is the source of all life. It produces this life in private as it’s location is unknown. When it’s life force regulator is broken they learn that the planet has also become visible making it the number one target in the universe.
It keeps
producing lifeforms and sending them around the universe to suitable planets.
Quhala is a mastress of the lifeforce. Quhala and her partner Shabaka are the
guardians of Planet Alkebulan. Quhala
charges her arrows and other weapons with life sucking energy that drains all
living beings. Shabaka is armed with the
Kem Sword a magical weapon that’s power is unknown.
Planet
Akebulan, is similar to Star Wars in the sense that it is set in a world that
predates civilization on Earth. Planet
Akebulan offers a different origin of life in the Universe.
In the first
book the planet is under attack by wild lifeforms. The Heroes Shabaka and
Quhala learn how to repair the barrier.
Book 2 While
taking the King to join with the Queen they are attacked by Soulrah and the
King and Shabaka are captured. Quhala is left to get the Queen and get her to
help free the King.
Book 3 The
Queen and her men free the King. The Queen and King join together and restore
the Life Force regulator. Once restored they learn that the planet had become
visible.
Here's the link to the project
Jorge Luis Gabotto (Hiorsh) is a
cartoonist and writer from Argentina. He enjoys narrating, and he does it
whenever he had a chance. Whether it was
telling a movie, singing a song or just telling a joke, Jorge enjoyed it. The
comic for him is the concretion of many arts together; a stylistic summit that
combines several languages for the narrative. The comic is also drawings;
evocative plastic expressions of techniques such as perspective, color
management, human figure, etc. Along with all the aforementioned joys, a comic
is literature, narrative, climates, tensions and beauty in words. The comic is
cinema, it is movement, it is lights and cameras playing roles from the
reader-spectator point of view. The comic is many things…it is a game.
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