Orang Utan Comics is a group of likeminded up and coming comic creators from around the World. Artists and writers on the cusp of greatness, working together to complete our projects and get them published.
The Orang Utan Comics team is expanding all the time. We are currently looking for additional artists to join the team, see our submissions guidelines for more info.
Events
Orang Utan Comics officially launched on an unsuspecting public in May 2007 at the Bristol Comics Expo, the largest comic-orientated Convention held within the UK.
We were the hosts of the Expo's official Film Night which was a huge success as was 2008's event. Plans are currently underway for 2009's event.
You can find out more at the official MySpace page, found here. Feel free to Friend it and Subscribe to the Blog to recieve news as and when it happens.
We are currently considering other Conventions. Stay tuned for more!
Projects
Eleventh Hour
Eleventh hour features an exciting mix of complete short stories and sneak previews of upcoming Orang Utan projects.
We aim to showcase the talents of orang Utan Comics' writers and artists.
The Young Gods In the year 2086 humanity faces a new threat, Extra Humans. The government is struggling to cope with the growing number of mutants, aliens and supernatural beings who are living amongst us. People are beginning to panic and so, in 2050, the Department for Extra Human Affairs was established with a remit to try and contain the problem. By 2086 the D.E.H.A. the situation has escalated, so they have formed a new rapid response strike force, The Young Gods. Who better to police the Extra Human community than Extra Humans themselves?
The series is action packed, but the focus is not on the action itself, but on the characters and how they react to the situations they find themselves in. One of the overarching themes of the first six issue story arc is betrayal, and how this affects the leader of the group, Paladin.
A six page introductory story will be appearing in the pages of Eleventh Hour #1. Following that a 46-page one shot will introduce the full team and lead directly into the first six part mini-series.
Slam Ridley
If you like Star Wars and Firefly then you're sure to enjoy the adventures of Slam Ridley and his metal skinned sidekick, Dan. Set a thousand years into the future, where humanity has already used up two Earths and is well on its way to using up a third, the President of the galaxy has created a phony war in order to suspend elections and stay in office long past his alloted time. Only Slam Ridley can, reluctantly, stop him! Well, actually, that's a complete lie, but he does end up caught up in the plot somehow, honest!
Find out more about Slam at the official page, found here.
Project Raven Cherie "Cher" Donovan has been working on this series since her early teen years, but since joining the Orang Utan Comics crew, has decided to start the whole concept from scratch.
The basic plot centers around a teenage girl who finds herself caught in a deep-bedded government conspiracy, who must reveal it to the world to win her freedom. It sounds basic, but there are many twists and turns.
The 6-pager special preview can be found in #2 of Eleventh Hour, pencilled by Scott Larson.
Who I'd like to meet: We'd love to talk to other comics creators, publishers and readers.
