New Book
2021 · 132

Boat series

Categories:Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy   Language:English
   Publication Place:the United Kingdom     Pages:44 pages per title
Rights Available:All rights available  pages


【Feature】
★ Winner of Best Design BAFTA new talent Awards.
★ Shortlisted for 2015/16/18 Best Graphic Novel & Best Winner SICBA Awards, for City Award Edinburgh Creative Awards and is supported by Creative Scotland.
★ Based on the prize winning short film, which premiered in competition at Glasgow short film festival 2015 where it was nominated for best Scottish Short and the Channel 4 innovation in storytelling award. It won a Scottish BAFTA new talent award and best VFX at Mumbai shorts film festival and was screened internationally at Tokyo short shorts & Asia film festival.
★ Recommended by Starburst Magazine, Comics Anonymous and other media.
★ Written by Edinburgh director and comic book author David Lumsden who has directed many award winning films.


【Review】
"Boat delivers a haunting bleak yet beautiful art style married with a powerful story of survival and family."
- Starburst Magazine

"Easily one of the most engaging and powerful stories I have read in a long time."
- Geek-retreat.com

"Stunning debut…a bleak world to get lost in. Gut wrenching twists."
– Comics Anonymous


【Description】
Volume 1:
Water came and the cities fell. They were alone. The world is flooded with water, Charlie is confined to his boat searching for a home he may never find.
Plagued by memories and nightmares from the past. Will he be able to survive the horrors of this new world and find peace?

5 titles:Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

【Author】

David Lumsden
David is an MA graduate in Film & Television from Edinburgh College of Art. His first short film Fight or Flight, a documentary on amateur boxing, was selected for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2005 where it was nominated for the Saltire Scottish Shorts Award. His next film project Five Steps won the Halloween Horror Challenge Award and featured on the Best of Scottish Shorts selection at Encounters Short Film Festival 2008.
Since then he has been directing short films, award winning commercials and behind the scene documentaries for feature films. His graphic novel series BOAT has been nominated for best graphic novel at the 2015/16/18 SICBA comic book awards and is supported by Creative Scotland.

He recently directed 'Kings of Content', a broadcast documentary for Red Bull TV, featuring a selection of online stars. His short film 'Boat' premiered in competition at Glasgow short film festival 2015 where it was nominated for best Scottish Short and the Channel 4 innovation in storytelling award. It won a Scottish BAFTA new talent award and best VFX at Mumbai shorts film festival and was screened internationally at Tokyo short shorts & Asia film festival.
He is currently in development with 'Out there' his first feature film project that was selected for development as part of the European Genre Forum 2017 taking place in Amsterdam, Zagreb & Tallinn.

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