The Future Prophecy
The Future Prophecy is a graphic novel and concept album series that features DJs as superheroes and villains. Each issue will be accompanied by a dance music single composed by the story's characters.
Here's the new trailer video, followed by character bios & photos, more info & a few pages from the graphic novel:
Sara Simms
Sara Simms is the superheroine who wields the power of the future of music. Before the Great War, Sara was a well known DJ, turntablist and music producer, and the long time lover and studio partner of the late Savion. Heartbroken after Savion’s death, she takes refuge in the sewer system.
Occupation: DJ/Musician/Superheroine
Powers: Ability to control musical technologies with her mind
Weapons: Mind Power
Nutshell: Our savior never looked so good
Melle Oh
Melle is Sara’s younger sister, and best friend. Underneath her tough exterior, she has a heart of gold. Melle’s superpower is the unusual ability to communicate with animals; a talent that she is secretive about.
Occupation: Sidekick
Affiliation: Sara Simms Crew
Powers: Communicates with animals
Weapons: Machete
Nutshell: Straight talk from the horses mouth
Mara
Mara is a music-loving, club going mover and shaker. She had a great job, a large social network, and a promising futureand then the Great War changed everything. Mara is the gang leader of crew of lesbians who are loyal to each other and strongly oppose Bogtown. She has the heart of a golden retriever and the bite of a rottweiler.
Occupation: Leader of the Pack
Affiliation: Sara Simms Crew
Weapons: Bo
Nutshell: Here for a good time, not a long time
A New Graphic Novel & Concept Album Series Featuring DJs as Superheroes & Villains
What do you get when you cross a DJ/electronic music producer with a comic book-loving writer/artist? Add superheroes, a mutant army, a dash of rock and roll and you have sibling duo Sara Simms and Melle Oh and their ground-breaking graphic novel project, The Future Prophecy. What makes the project so unique? The sisters are story's heroines, complete with magical superpowers and costumes to match. The villains and heroes are based on Canadian DJs, music producers & musicians.
The Future Prophecy is an epic graphic novel and concept album series featuring DJs as superheroes and villains. Each issue will be accompanied by a dance music single composed by the story's characters. Set in the co-creators' beloved hometown of Toronto, The Future Prophecy transforms Toronto into a dystopian urban battleground. The second issue Omega Journey was written by Melle Oh and illustrated by Paris Alleyne. The accompanying track to Omega Journey is Gui Guillotine's Dark Matter, a techno track that demonstrates Guillotine's musical stealth. It's the first release on Bogtown Records, the label that spreads Bogtown's negative sound waves.
In Omega Journey, the dystopian city of Toronto has fallen to Bogtown Records. Revolutionary leader Savion Simms embarks on a dangerous mission that turns ominous when Gui Guillotine arrives on the scene. Sara Simms, the only DJ who can carry out her husband's plan to save the city has mysteriously disappeared. Melle Oh races to track down her missing sister before Bogtown's mutant CACU army bombs their studio location to smithereens!
The series was created by the superstar sibling team of Sara Simms and Melle Oh, who have been working together to bring electronic music, artwork and live events to life for over a decade. Sara is multi-instrumentalist who is known for her love of music technology and Melle Oh is a creative visionary. The sisters plan to release twelve issues of The Future Prophecy and twelve accompanying musical tracks. Omega Journey is available on Amazon, Apple's iBookstore, Barnes & Noble and Kobo; 'Dark Matter' is available on iTunes, Beatport, and Spotify.
Omega Journey on Amazon
Dark Matter on iTunes
Dark Matter on Beatport
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August 19 2014