A creative writer and comics scholar, Dr. Julian Darius holds degrees in English (Ph.D., M.A.) and French (M.A.).
Darius founded Martian Lit, for which he writes several acclaimed comics titles, including Martian Comics, Necropolitan, Kimot Ren, Forever Man, and The Synthetics. He's also published a novel, some short stories, and a screenplay.
In 1996, while still an undergraduate, Darius founded what would become Sequart Organization, an organization devoted to promoting comic books and pop culture as a legitimate art form. He wrote copiously for Sequart’s website, has authored books on comics, and has produced documentary films for the organization.
He co-hosts the Stories out of Time and Space podcast with Scott Weatherly. It covers science-fiction movies and TV shows.
If the #1 issue was a shock, with all the introduction to the setting and backstory, #2 does not disappoint at all!!!
We find our character Mark Hernandez springing into action on the first day of the Hellish job, "mentored" by Jack the Ripper himself. But Jack's methods are sloppy and soon they will find themselves deeper in trouble, at the risk of starting a clan war across all Pandemonium.
Whilst Phillips and Darius' writing remains consistently X-cellent in this second issue, if Legge's panelling was the star of #1 then Yaciuk's colours are the star here.