Comic Books

LUCID: Long Beach Comic-Con (this weekend)

Get an EXCLUSIVE "LUCID" POSTER, signed by the creator...

This weekend writer Michael McMillian (LUCID) will be attending the Long Beach Comic-Con, along with Before The Door Pictures partners Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson, in support of the BTD / Archaia publishing projects. Zachary was hoping to attend, but has other work obligations that came up. Here are the scheduled events. Stop by the Archaia booth (# 265) if you're at the convention and say hello.

12:00-12:45 pm in Room C : McMillian will appear on the Archaia panel, talking about his upcoming comic series, LUCID: A Matthew Dee Adventure, alongside David Peterson (creator of "Mouseguard"), Joe LeFavi (Jim Henson Company), Stephen Christy (director of development for Archaia), and other creators.

3:00-4:00 pm at Archaia's Booth # 265 : McMillian will be signing limited edition LUCID posters.

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Limited Edition "LUCID: A Matthew Dee Adventure" Poster, Archaia & Before The Door, 2009.

VIDEO: ZQ interviewed by Comic Book Resources

At ComicCon 2009, Zachary was interviewed by CBR TV about the upcoming Archaia comic book projects, MR MURDER IS DEAD and LUCID. Watch for the Mabes/Sarmy shoutout. This interview was done right after the HEROES panel, and right before the Archaia/BTD panel.

Newsarama Interviews Michael McMillian (re: LUCID & Before The Door)

See the blog post on the Before The Door website, about Michael McMillian and our Archaia project with him: LUCID.


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LUCID - an original comic book series


The second project from the partnership between Zachary Quinto's Before The Door Pictures and the publisher, Archaia, will be an original comic book series - LUCID: A Matthew Dee Adventure

"LUCID" was created by Michael McMillian, a writer and actor (HBO's "TRUE BLOOD" and many other projects) and a longtime friend of Zachary, Corey, and Neal from their days together at Carnegie Mellon. 


PRESS:
Here is a link to a great interview with ZQ, CM, and ND about the projects and partnership with Archaia with writer Jesse Schedeen over at IGN. 


And another great interview/article from G-Man over at ComicVine.


ARTWORK:
This early teaser artwork premiered at Comic-Con on July 25th, 2009.

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THE STORY:

Our nation's prayers have been answered: The stars have aligned and brought us President Jefferson Monday to lead the world into a new Golden Age. After thousands of years of promise... Camelot has returned.


Unfortunately, evil agents of darkness lurking in shadows and high positions of world power aren't willing to call it a day just yet...

Thankfully, the United States Department of Secrets has employed Matthew Dee to protect us. A descendant of Queen Elizabeth I's court magician, John Dee, Matthew is a covert spy and combat mage, trained in the ancient practice of the Mystery School Network, fighting to ensure humanity's freedom from the grip of ancient dark forces.

LUCID, a 4-issue limited series, is an action-packed fantasy for the 21st century drawing inspiration from James Bond, Arthurian Legend, and modern American mythology. 



VIDEO:
And here's a video of Michael McMillian and the Before The Door Team (ZQ, CM, ND) talking about "LUCID" on the Archaia panel at Comic-Con.