Take a chance

C.E Murphy

Description

Frankie Kemp’s little boy was killed in the crossfire of gang warfare; ever since, Frankie has put on a mask and gone out to try to stop trouble before it begins. For years she’s been a vigilante in a world where superheroes belong on Saturday morning cartoons--but with the escape of a flu-borne supersoldier virus, Frankie, now called Chance, finds herself a powerless vigilante in a world with superpowers. Experience counts--but will it be enough to keep her alive?

Sujets

• Historial Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Markosia Enterprises Ltd
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781911243120
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 32 Mo

Extrait

Take A Chance ™ & © 2016 Catherine E. Murphy & Markosia Enterprises, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this work by any means without the written permission of the publisher is expressly forbidden. All names, characters and events in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Published by Markosia Enterprises, PO BOX 3477, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 9HN. FIRST PRINTING, August 2016. Harry Markos, Director.
ISBN 978-1-909276-62-8
www.markosia.com





Script
C.E. Murphy
Pencils
Ardian Syaf
Aleksandar Sotirovski
Fernando Granea
Inks
Jason Embury
Ardian Syaf
Sinisha
Colours
Jason Embury


Letters
Melissa Kaercher
Ian Sharman
Cover Art
Scott Clark
Ardian Syaf




Script
C.E. Murphy
Pencils
Ardian Syaf
Aleksandar Sotirovski
Fernando Granea
Inks
Jason Embury
Ardian Syaf
Sinisha
Colours
Jason Embury


Letters
Melissa Kaercher
Ian Sharman
Cover Art
Scott Clark
Ardian Syaf





Also by C.E. Murphy
The Walker Papers
Urban Shaman
Winter Moon
Thunderbird Falls
Coyote Dreams
Walking Dead
Demon Hunts
Spirit Dances
Raven Calls
No Dominion
Mountain Echoes
Shaman Rises
The Old Races Universe
Heart of Stone
House of Cards
Hands of Flame
Baba Yaga’s Daughter
Year of Miracles
The Inheritors’ Cycle
The Queen’s Bastard
The Pretender’s Crown
The Worldwalker Duology
Truthseeker
Wayfinder
The Austen Chronicles
Magic & Manners
The Heartstrike Chronicles
Atlantis Fallen
Spirit of the Century Presents
Stone’s Throe




I would like to extend my deepest thanks to my husband Ted for having faith in this project, and to a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, but who helped when we needed it. “Take A Chance” would not exist without you. Thank you so much.
CE Murphy
For Markosia Enterprises Ltd
Harry Markos
Publisher And
Managing Partner
Andy Briggs
Creative Consultant
GM Jordan
Special Projects Co-Ordinator
Meirion Jones
Marketing Director
Annika Eade
Media Manager
Ian Sharman
Editor In Chief






INTRODUCTION
All the writers I know want to write comics.
I’m not talking about comic book writers here, of course. A comic book writer wanting to write comics isn’t exactly a surprise. Comic book writers should want to write comics. Though now that I think about it a lot of comic book writers these days seem to want to be screenwriters, but that’s a whole other story.
We’re talking about the writers who do actual, proper, no-illustration-involved novels* here. The ones who don’t have to worry about how many word balloons can fit into a single panel or how many panels you can fit on a page without giving your artist a panic attack.
I’ve met a lot of these kinds of writers. At conventions, conferences, even in a random bookstore or two. And there’s something funny that happens whenever I talk to one of them for longer than five minutes. That’s the point where most writers usually ask, “So, what do you do?” And I tell them. And then their eyes light up.
You see, I draw comic books. For a living. Sometimes I even write them. Not as often as I would like, but often enough that I don’t feel like a fraud when I call myself an artist and a writer.
And when ‘real’ writers find out what I do, they always say the same thing…
“I’ve always wanted to write a comic book.”
I met C.E. Murphy in a bookstore. She signed some books, we talked, the subject of my job came up, and at some point I’m sure she said some variation of “I’ve always wanted to write a comic book.”
At least, I think she did. I’ve known Catie a long time now, and I’ve been in a deadline-induced haze for much of it, so some details of that first meeting have evaporated in the rush to get pages out the door on a monthly basis.
But however that conversation went, Catie did something that most of the writers I’ve talked to haven’t done. And you’re holding it in your hands right now.
She wrote a comic. A good one. I’m just annoyed I didn’t get to draw it.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about why so many writers have the itch to do comics. The same way I think about why so many of my writer friends played role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons or Call of Cthulhu when they were growing up.
If writing is about the way our heads are wired (which I firmly believe it is) then for a lot of us comic books were the spark that charged that wiring. And we never quite forget that. That’s why writers’ eyes light up when I mention that I draw comics for a living, and why so many of them have asked me for advice on how to break into comics.
Seriously. Bestselling authors. Asking me for advice. It’s a little crazy. But that’s how much we love comics. And why a phenomenally talented writer like C.E. Murphy had to write a comic book herself.
Reading Take a Chance is like reading a love letter to the comic books C.E. Murphy grew up with. But it’s Catie, so she couldn’t quite leave it at that. She had to do it her own way and add in the narrative touches and emotional concerns that have defined her other books, the books without all the pretty pictures (provided here (mostly) by Ardian Syaf).
Action and emotion. Put the two together and you can’t go wrong. Catie has been doing it her entire career. And she’s very, very good at it. No matter what the medium. As a fan of C.E. Murphy both as a writer and as a person, my only hope is that she’ll do more comics. And by the time you’re done with this book, I’m sure you will share that same hope.
Matthew Dow Smith
Comic Book Artist and Writer
(The X-Files: Origins, The October Girl)
*I am of course only kidding. All the best novels have illustrations in them. And despite what my parents might have thought when I told them that I wanted to be a comic book artist, making comics is just as serious a business as writing novels or making movies. Of course, those might not be ‘real’ jobs in their eyes, either**.
**I am of course only kidding again. I love my parents. And while they haven’t always understood my life choices, they’ve been incredibly supportive. Though they do get a little nervous when I kill off a parental figure in a story. They seem to think I’m making some sort of comment on how I feel about them and my childhood in general. Which I’m not. Usually.