Alex Segura + Nickolej Villiger launch ‘Mara Llave – Keeper of Time’

Secret Identity and The Black Ghost writer Alex Segura has teamed up with artist Nickolej Villiger for a new comic strip on Comics Kingdom called Mara Llave – Keeper of Time.

Described as a “sci-fi/time travel romp,” the new strip has only had three installments thus far, but already has introduced a world overseen by a group called the Time Keepers.

“In the wake of what many call ‘The Great Schism,’ (though the remaining Keepers themselves refer to it as ‘The Giant Eff-Up’) the Keepers are all but gone, leaving the time stream vulnerable to an assault that could destroy the universe as we know it,” the description reads. “But one keeper survives – an aging human man named Kent Gordin, stranded in the 21st century. As the life he’s known falls apart, Gordin holds on to one sliver of hope – a child, an alien from a distant world, shunted to Earth to escape a militaristic, fascist regime that threatened to destroy her family.”

“This is our love letter to the action/adventure newspaper comic strips of yore,” Segura said in his newsletter. “We’ll be posting new installments every week or so, and I hope y’all dig it.”

Here’s a look at some of Villiger’s character designs … he’s definitely an artist to watch, if his website and Tumblr are any indication:

Visit King Features’ Comics Kingdom website to check out the strip thus far.