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.”
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“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:
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Visit King Features’ Comics Kingdom website to check out the strip thus far.
What happened to the new comic strip? There was just a Sunday and a Tuesday, then nothing.
My mistake, 3 strips.
What has happened? Two months and no more strips?