THE DARK is a New Graphic Novel Exploring the End of Technology
This week, comiXology debuted a new graphic novel from author Mark Sable and artist Kristian Donaldson. The Dark is about the end of technology as we know it after a cyberwar.
“The Dark is set in the year 2045 after a worldwide cyberwar ends technology as we know it.
The Dark features two unforgettable protagonists: a U.S. marine whose eyes were destroyed in combat and healed using advanced biotech, allowing him to return to the field on a dangerous retrieval mission, and an intelligence operative turned spy, who is a trans woman seeking to further her transition using cutting edge – and stolen – biotech. They’ll travel across a world which has been rocked by a terrorist tech plague and mass blackouts to uncover a conspiracy that could change all of humanity.”
Talking about the inspiration for The Dark, Sable says:
“The Art of the Future puts writers, filmmakers, game designers and other creatives together with military and intelligence officials and scientists to help envision the future for policy makers. While participating in brainstorming sessions with this think tank, two of the greatest concerns for the near-future were cyberwarfare and unchecked bio-technology. I first wrote The Dark as a short story and when I saw Kristian Donaldson’s new computer rendered artwork, I knew we needed to tell this story together as a graphic novel.”
Meanwhile, Donaldson talked about using 3D assets to create the art:
“It’s the equivalent of shooting a film and having all your sets built out, and all your actors in costume. Every building, every room, every chair, gun, car, and helicopter has been sourced and built and put together to make ‘shots’ with a free camera in virtual space,. There have been other books using 3-D but none quite like this by a single artist. I assembled a stable of 3-D assets for over 5 years now before drawing a single page.”
Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited members can access the graphic novel for free, or you can purchase it through Kindle and comiXology. You can check out a brief preview below.
