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PHANTACEA began as a 6-issue comic book series written and published by Jim McPherson between the years 1977 and 1980. A large number of artists, most of them Canadian and/or based in Vancouver Canada at the time, contributed to PHANTACEA. They included Dave Sim, Gordon Parker, Sean Newton, Ian Bateson, Peter Lynde, Richard Sandoval, Carl Muecke, Verne Andrusiek (later Verne Andru), Gene Day, Vince Marchesano, Tim Hammell, Reg Klassen and George Freeman. Lynx to much more on the comic books start here. In 1986, Jim McPherson wrote and published PHANTACEA Phase One. Only one issue was published. The cover art was by Ian Bateson, who also redrew some of the Dave Sim artwork from PHANTACEA One. A backup feature was drawn by Ian Fry, in his first work as a comic book artist. Cover enlargement is here. In 1990, Jim McPherson published From 1996 until the present day, Jim McPherson has been writing, designing and publishing pH-Webworld (also known as PHANTACEA on the Web and/or the PHANTACEA Mythos Online). Among the many attractions of this expansive website are photo essays and illustrations prepared by Jim McPherson. Many of these last are collages incorporating photographs he has taken on his various travels. Its main menu is here. Jim McPherson serialized a number of full-length novels, mini-novels and short stories featuring the PHANTACEA Mythos on pH-Webworld. The "Web-Wheaties" aspect of Phantacea lasted ten years, from roughly 1996/7 to 2007/8, whereupon he established Phantacea Publications as the primary outlet for PHANTACEA-related material. In addition to print publications, Phantacea Publications has released e-books and interactive PDFs for downloading in a variety of formats. Ordering lynx to most of what remains available for purchase online are here. From 2008 to 2012, Jim McPherson wrote and published an epic fantasy trilogy whose overall title was ‘The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories’. The three novels making it up were Beginning with Hel-Moon contains a surprise addendum to ‘The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories’ fantasy trilogy that leads into the next series of novels, tentatively entitled ‘Damnation – Year One – After Limbo’. Eventually most of the characters who survived the Launch storyline, and a few who seemingly didn’t, will attempt to survive this storyline. The first entry in this sequence, The thus far two-part Phantacea Revisited series of graphic novels, Although scripts exist, there are currently no plans to produce a third Revisited graphic novel containing never reprinted material from Phantacea 1-4 and a concluding sequence set on the Moon and in New Weirworld. However, plans are afoot to publish a watermarked PDF containing the complete “Ringleader’s Revenge” web serial to be downloadable exclusively from the pH-Webworld website. All of this material is available for review dependent on request. Previews and excerpts from many of these books can be found online via Google Books, amazon.com and Drive Thru Fiction/Comics here and/or here. Additional lynx to excerpts from the books and graphic novels can be found starting here.
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Double click for enlargement of Sun-Moon pHlogo; the Labrys Demon Knife logo double-clicks here |
Original 2013 promo for Double-click is black and white version of Richard Sandoval's 1978 cover for pH-3 |
2014 promo for Double-click is its back cover without text, artwork also by Sandoval, 2014; graphical variations and some notes on the back cover characters are here and here |
It's true, the novel version of 'Hel-Moon' eventually does carry on from where The graphic derives from a polarized background best seen here; it double-clicks here; more on it here, complete with a nifty backdrop of its own |
Original 'Launch 1980' promo; artwork from covers of two Phantacea Revisited graphic novels: Double-click for the full poster with covers for all three entries in the 'Launch 1980' story cycle |
Double-click for enlargement of the Borealis Brolly background, the Freespirit Nihila figure is by Verne Andru, 2013/14, adjustments by Jim McPherson, 2012-2014; Serendipity entry on said Borealis Brolly; Devils Described usage of same background; pHantallanea pHorever dot-ditto, albeit with a slightly different graphic and double-click |
Webpage last updated: Summer 2015There may be no cure for aphantasia (defined as 'having a blind or absent mind's eye') but there certainly is for aphantacea ('a'='without', like the 'an' in 'anheroic') Ordering Information for PHANTACEA Mythos comic books, graphic novels, standalone novels, mini-novels and e-booksDownloadable order form for additional PHANTACEA Mythos Print PublicationsCurrent Web-Publisher's CommentaryJim McPherson's Worldwide Email Address -- jmcp@phantacea.comPHANTACEA: The Web SerialspHantaJim's WeblogWebsite last updated: Autumn 2015 Written by: Jim McPherson -- jmcp@phantacea.com© copyright Jim McPherson (www.phantacea.com) Websites featuring, at least in part, Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos
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