Renowned music video director Jay Martin has expanded his talents into many a creative endeavor during his career. Starting as a cartoonist with the syndicated comic strip Tommy. But that was just the tip of the iceberg as he started working his magic as a film storyboard artist. Collaborating on such films as Constantine, I am Legend and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. After that, not being one to limit himself, Jay went on to directing music videos for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes, Nas, and Melissa Etheridge.
However, he never stopped loving the creative aspect of drawing and telling stories. His first book was the expertly crafted, Lost Boy written and drawn by Jay, lettered by Frank Cvetkovic and published by Dark Horse Comics. A heartwarming tale of adversity and survival of a young man lost in the Wyoming wilderness after a tragic car crash. Following in that success, Martin has partnered with Dark Horse once again to create a new graphic novel centered around the fall of society in Yellow, which will hit stands in May of 2024. GVN’s Talking Comics is proud to exclusively announce this exciting new book, thanks to Jay and the good folks at Dark Horse Comics.
WITNESS THE FALL OF SOCIETY IN “YELLOW”
The latest thrilling adventure by cinematic artist and storyteller Jay Martin
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (August 22, 2023)— Upon the success of Lost Boy, renowned music video director and storyboard artist Jay Martin partners with Dark Horse once more to present his new adventure, Yellow! This is a beautifully haunting story of humanism set against the backdrop of a war-torn America in an alternate future. Along with story, art and color by Jay Martin, the book also features letters by Frank Cvetkovic.
Set in an alternate future amid a Second Civil War, wounded infantryman Nick Carson flees the battlefield and escapes across the wasteland of war-torn America. Branded a coward and marked for death, Nick’s only hope is to get to the other side. His route takes him through a strange, ravaged country where power plants lay destroyed and once great cities have gone dark–an America at war with itself.
Yellow explores what happens when society falls apart, when there is no law and order. Do we fall to our basic instincts, or can we rise above? As Nick travels, he encounters both good and evil and must choose which path he will follow.
The Yellow hardcover, which measures 6.625 x 10.1875” and contains 208 pages, will be available in bookstores May 14, 2024, and in comic shops May 15, 2024. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $24.99.
Praise for Lost Boy:
“LOST BOY has the kind of evocative art and hypnotically assured pacing I envy, compellingly introducing Jay Martin onto the comics scene as a talent to watch.”—Pornsak Pichetshote
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About Dark Horse Comics
Founded in 1986 as an offshoot of his comics retail chain, Mike Richardson, launched Dark Horse Comics with the goal of creating a welcoming environment for comics professionals. The company strives to be an example of how integrity and innovation can broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Dark Horse has published modern masters such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Hall of Fame legends Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron’s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, finding immediate success with company-owned projects The Mask and TimeCop. Current hits from Dark Horse Entertainment include The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. Additionally, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.
In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB, forming the tenth operative group, strengthening the company’s transmedia capabilities.
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