Winner Announced!
Hi guys,
So first of all thank you to everyone who voted. We were receiving them in the hundreds and it was amazing to gauge the response and support from all of you guys reading this. Also a massive shout-out to the guys iver at Irish Comic News for helping us out with the competition. So without further ado, we here at Lightning Strike are proud to announce that the winner of our poll and story arc featuring on the cover of our first issue of ‘Lightning Strike Presents…’ is:
Monkey of Oz! Written by Liam Browne with illustration by the very talented Daryl Cox.
Monkeeeeey!
Now that we;ve decided which of our heroes will be gracing the cover, the last thing left to choose will be which of our amazing group of artists will get the privilege to draw to him. We will of course update you as soon as we know for sure, but in the meantime, be sure to check out our Twitter and Facebook pages for regular updates.
YOU Choose the cover of Lightning Strike Presents #1!
Hey guys.
So we’ve got some BIG news. We’ve decided to let you, yes YOU, choose the cover of our first issue going to print this coming May. The guys over at ICN (Irish Comic News) have posted a story all about it which you can view here:
If you want to vote, all you have to do is click this LINK <– (Click me, click me!) and choose your favourite story. You can see all of the art right here on out website or you can click on over to ICN and have a look there.
You’ve got some time to get your votes in before we tally them up so have a look, tell your friends, and hopefully your favourite story will be gracing the cover of our inaugural issue.
Once again guys, thank you for checking out the site and don’t forget to head on over to www.irishcomicnews.com where we are currently gracing the homepage.
ICN interviews Rob Carey about Reality Watch & The Lightning Strike Anthology
So a few days ago our good friends over at Irish Comic News interviewed our very own Art Director, Rob Carey. Rob has been with Lightning Strike since its inception and has been working creating the phenomenal artwork you’ll be seeing in two of our most hostly anticipated stories, Reality Watch and Canon Law.
Check out the interview by clicking the link below:
Reality Watch - illustrated by Rob Carey
More Videos!
Hey guys,
Here’s the second video shot by the Boomstick crew while we were at Octocon and Dublin Toy and Comic Mart an few weeks ago.
We’ve got a lot ore exciting stuff lined up in the coming weeks so be sure to come back soon when we’ll be posting info about even more comic cons we hope to attend in the not so distant future. Also, be sure to check out Irish Comic News and show some love for all the writers and artists involved with Lightning Strike who got nominated for ICN awards. (G’wan the lads!) If you wanna see some more artwork from the lads working on the anthology, you can got to the SketchPaddy’s blog and see some brilliant pieces of work by Cormac Hughes, Rob Carey and Ger Hankey amongst other. Here’s a little taster of these guys can do.
By Robert Carey
Deadpool by Cormac Hughes
Two-Face by Ger Hankey
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