Duncan Jones Is Developing a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel Titled MADI: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE FUTURE
Duncan Jones, the director of Moon, Source Code, Mute, and Warcraft, is currently developing a sci-fi graphic novel with writer Alex de Campi (Bad Karma, Blade Runner), and it will feature art from some of comics’ most talented artists including Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley, Duncan Fegredo and Pia Guerra.
The comic is titled Madi: Once Upon A Time In The Future and it’s a 260-page road trip graphic novel set in the near future and it’s also the third and final story in the “Mooniverse,” which is an anthology of independent stories that take place in a shared future, which also includes Moon and Mute. The filmmaker has set up a Kickstarter campaign to help fund it and he’s already surpassed the $50,000 goal that he was looking for. Here’s the story summary:
Madi Preston, a veteran of Britain’s elite special operations J-Squad unit, is burnt out and up to her eyeballs in debt. She and the rest of her team have retired from the military but are now trapped having to pay to service and maintain the technology put into them during their years of service. They're working for British conglomerate Liberty Inc as mercenaries, selling their unique ability to be remote-controlled by specialists while in the field, and the debts are only growing as they get injured completing missions. We meet Madi as she decides she’s had enough. She will take an off-the-books job that should earn her enough to pay out her and her sister, but when the piece of tech she’s supposed to steal turns out to be a kid, and she suddenly blacks out... she finds herself on the run from everyone she’s ever known.
In a globe-spanning adventure from Shanghai to Soho, Madi has to stay one step ahead of the giant corporations closing in on her from all sides.
This sounds like a lot of fun! Each of the artists will tackle a 8-30 page section of the story, bringing to life one location. Every artist has been paid their full asking rate and is also getting royalties on the project. The book is almost finished being drawn and is currently being lettered. It will be sent to backers in early November.
If you’re a fan of Duncan Jones and his stories, this is something you’ll definitely want to pick up for yourself!