Fans, get ready to read because there’s a new protagonist in town, and you’ll find him in Redcoat.
Are you interested in the nuts and bolts mechanics of who owns what via the power of creativity? Then you’ll want to hear about how the creation of Redcoat’s power of immortality originates with the crew of comic creators who launched the premier prototype of a media company that—wait for it—cooperates! Yes, you read that right: a creator-owned cooperative.
Living the dream, my friends.
Redcoat
What is it about a bad boy? A scoundrel? A player? Here’s serious leading character energy, with the hero carrying an aura of intrigue. In Redcoat, the time is 1776, and our hero, Simon Pure, is a British soldier doing his bit and battling it out in the American Revolutionary War when he’s mysteriously turned immortal, transformed after a clash with a cryptic, mysterious cabal–the Founding Fathers.
With solid fists and the knowledge of how to use them, Simon has his hijinks cut out for him as he matches wits and blows with history’s big names, including Benedict Arnold, Albert Einstein, Annie Oakley, and other fearsome antagonists.
Yet, the mystery remains concerning the origin and nature of his power and the secretive organization behind it that has his back–or is at his throat? This secret may influence not only America’s fate but the world’s. Read to uncover the true nature of Simon’s quest to discover the answers to these and other questions.
What if you could be immortal?
Beyond an opportunity to witness American history up close and in person…will Simon say that he’s learned his lessons along the way?
The story’s premise grew when, while talking, co-creators Johns and Hitch asked the question: What would you do if you could live forever—and would you want to? And what of your past mistakes?
Hitch says of his protagonist, Simon’s basically the opposite of every superhero he’s worked on. And he’s based in a vast, magical, historical world that’s being constructed–and testing the artists tasked to create an environment–a world– that spans centuries, “and if Simon does save the world, it won’t be his idea to do it,” notes Hitch. True, BWB (big world-building) is entertaining as all get out, and the creative Hitch is placing Simon–a luminously disruptive character in the center of it all. Here, one will find adventure, romance, comedy, and the good old-fashioned dramatic tension of good vs. monstrously, terribly, extravagantly evil–
Get ready to paint the town red with Redcoat!
Prepare for a new epoch of graphic art novels with exceptional and innovative comics, creators, and characters that draw you in. Welcome to the launch of a collective, an artistic collaboration that translates into Ghost Machine Comics and their brand new 64-page shared universe of bizarre, exciting, and action-packed personalities, including Redcoat and more!
What links Redcoat, Widow X, Geiger, and the other secretive, historical heroes of The Unnamed together? Come and find out for yourself!
You are now about to enter the world of the Ghost Machine.
