YouTube – The Boy with Nails for Eyes – Trailer

Shaun Gardiner’s ‘The Boy with Nails for Eyes’ has to be one of the most ambitious and innovative works of comic book art, sound design and new media I’ve seen in recent years. Gardiner’s illustrations are simply stunning and his talents as a soundtrack composer seems to attain new heights with each passing chapter. This trailer provides a glimpse of the richly-textured world that Gardiner has created.

You can view ‘The Boy with Nails for Eyes’ here >

‘Dear Spider…’ for iPhone and iPod touch

Episode 1 of Colin Reid’s masterfully constructed ‘Dear Spider, Love, the Fly’ is now available as a download on iTunes. The app features a free score for the theme, and audio prologue and wallpaper for your iphone.

‘Dear Spider…’ chronicles the fictional life of Herman Allsop, a twisted poisoner/alchemist and ringleader of the ‘Circus of Grotesques’. Reid’s dark tale is wonderfully illustrated and incorporates a rich texture of typographical design and decoration. The score was also composed by Reid and provides an evocative soundtrack to accompany Herman’s dark deeds.

“Meet Herman Allsop – son of a pharmacist, bon viveur and ruthless killer…

Dear Spider, Love, The Fly is a 15 part original fairy tale from Belfast. Set in 1905, the year Einstein published Special Relativity, it follows the story of 15 year old Grace and her younger brother James as they fall into the clutches of Allsop and his Circus of Grotesques, which has recently arrived in Belfast from London.”

Dear Spider for iPhone and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store.