Time Bomb Comics: KRONOS CITY

KRONOS CITY
Writer: Andrew Coskery   Artist: Alex Wiillmore  colourist; Lauren Willmore
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Graphic Novel
140 Pages
Full Colour
Perfect Bound
Retail Price £14.99/$19.99
ISBN 978-0-9561822-5-8

According to the Time Bomb Comics press release:

KRONOS CITY LAUNCHES AT 2012 BRISTOL COMICS EXPO!

Time Bomb Comics is delighted to announce that their latest graphic novel, Kronos City, is being launched at the Bristol Comics Expo.


Written by Andrew Croskery, artwork by Alex Willmore, coloured by Lauren Willmore and lettered by Jim Campbell, Kronos City is an extraordinary urban fantasy set within a city through which runs a river of time.

Also as part of the Bristol Expo weekend the Kronos City Launch Panel with the creators and publisher Steve Tanner takes place in Talks Room One at 11.15am on Saturday at the Ramada, hosted by Stacey Whittle. Afterwards the creative team will be conducting a signing session from mid-day at the Time Bomb Comics table in the main convention hall.


Originally announced as one of the flagship releases of short-lived Insomnia Publications, Kronos City quickly found a new home at Time Bomb Comics and will be the first title to also be released digitally as well as in printed form from the Birmingham based publishers.


Time Bomb Comics will also be at the Kapow Comic Convention taking place in London over the weekend of 26th & 27th May.

Well, it was a little bit of a disappointing turn-out as a lot of people were still queuing to get their passes and I met a few who had missed the panel because of this. Sad really, but there was a good twist to this which I’ll mention later.

This story of a man, Finn Vedant, who dips into the time stream to predict future problems individuals coming to him might experience and the steps needed to avoid the bad stuff is interesting. He is aided by a vampire and a fairy as well as hindered by a rather nasty god wanting to make a “come back” as it were.  Meanwhile, Finn’s mother, a scientist, is looking into the properties of the river of time.

I’m not going to give too much away as it’s a new book and that would be a trifle unfair.  I was reading it at 0300 hours on the Sunday of the Expo and it was enjoyable enough.

Now, the art is a little bit rough in places.  This should not be surprising since this is Alex Willmore’s first book and jumping into a 140 pager as a first work takes a lot of balls.  There are still some really nice touches and it will be interesting to see if there is a follow-up.

Despite whatever I write, only one thing really matters: sales.  Steve Tanner, who bravely leapt in to publish this book (a big leap of faith and a new format for the company) had 36 copies of Krono City at his table.  When I saw him on the Sunday he had six copies left.  For a publisher that is a tremendous boost and a weight off the shoulders.

I am hoping that Krono City does as well at Kapow (if you are going pick up a copy!) as it did at the Bristol Expo –Time Bombs best year there to date.

To all those involved: well done!

UP-DATE
Just heard from Steve -he went home with only 3 copies of the book!  Oh, and the Dick Turpin book also sold really well making this year’s Expo better than 2010 and 2011 combined for Time Bomb. So get copies now!!!