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DevaShard 
Cover of Devashard At First Light (2008 Fluid Friction Comics). Art by Simon Bisley.Publication information Publisher Fluid Comics Schedule Quarterly Format Ongoing series Publication date June 2008 Number of issues 25 Creative team Writer(s) Zen Penciller(s) Keith Burns Inker(s) Ken Cheung Letterer(s) Keith Burns Colorist(s) Johnny Tam Collected editions At First Light ISBN 9881724511 DevaShard is a manhua series projected to run for a total of 25 graphic books, with each book being 52 pages long. The first book in the series is DevaShard: At First Light It is the first publication from Fluid Comics.
The story is inspired by the ancient Indian mythological text the Mahabharata and focuses around the life story of the character Karna.
Contents
Bhumi
Bhumi is the world created by Fluid Comics in which DevaShard and the stories in other titles take place. Bhumi contains many lands, each of which has different landscapes, individual weather patterns and its own wildlife. Each land is also populated by people with distinct appearances, history, culture and civilisations.
The various lands of Bhumi are: Im-Himna, Rhu-Nagah, Nysathor, Hylindra, Llindra, Aansai, Gandess, Uundan, Eathaar, Shyatha, Shya, Lisilt, Sundirral, Dahka, Umbrastra and Noctundra.
Publication
The series consists of:
- At First Light (ISBN 9881724511)
Film adaptation
DevaShard was optioned by Vanquish Motion Pictures in 2009 and is currently planned for full production. Kevin Grevioux of Underworld fame has come on board to oversee the script writing process and to act as Executive Producer on the film, with a screenplay by Heather Kenealy, Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta.[1]. The movie of this epic story is due to be in the cinema in late 2012 in the US with release in the UK, India and China in early 2013.
Notes
- ^ 'DevaShard' devotion, Variety, September 17, 2009
References
- Devashard at the Comic Book DB
External links
- Editorial on DevaShard: At First Light on Indian Comic Review
- Bloomberg Live Interview, Bloomberg Television
- Mumbai Mirror Article on DevaShard, Mumbai Mirror
- The Standard, The Standard
- Mint Article, Mint (newspaper)
- Competition Winner
- Interview with Spencer Douglass at Comic Con about DevaShard and Fluid Friction Part 1, Shazap.com, June 24, 2008
- Interview with Spencer Douglass at Comic Con about DevaShard and Fluid Friction Part 2, Shazap.com, June 24, 2008
- Introducing: Fluid Friction and DevaShard: At First Light, Newsarama, June 20, 2008
- Fluid Friction Comics Interview, ComiPress, June 20, 2008
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- 2008 comic debuts
- Films based on comics
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