{"id":5039,"date":"2009-10-31T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T23:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2009-10-31T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T23:04:19","slug":"new-serpent-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/10\/31\/new-serpent-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Serpent Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with a collected edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/10\/31\/king-of-skull-island-newly-released\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kong: King of Skull Island<\/em><\/a> comic series, Markosia Enterprises has just announced the release of <em><strong>Serpent Wars<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/comic26SW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5041\" title=\"comic26SW\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/comic26SW.jpg\" alt=\"comic26SW\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/comic26SW.jpg 981w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/comic26SW-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/comic26SW-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written by Christoff Rodriguez and Chris Campanozzi, with art by Antonio Rojo, <em>Serpent Wars<\/em> is set in the 1800s. When a young scientist&#8217;s apprentice stows away onto the warship of a British Lord, in order to prove that there are sea creatures downing ships off the shores of South America, his voyage leads to the discovery of a mysterious hidden island &#8220;where an ancient race is witness to the epic serpent gods who are now locked in a battle that could decide the fate of mankind&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher Harry Markos described <em>Serpent Wars<\/em> as &#8220;an absolute must-read&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The story is based closely around South American myths and legends so you&#8217;ll see some fantastic characters. Monsters, magic and mayhem all round! We&#8217;re also delighted that industry legend Howard Chaykin will be writing an introduction, which speaks volumes for the project. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.markosia.com\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Markosia webpage<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Be that as it may, the 128-page graphic novel looks monstrously entertaining.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trailer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"460\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n8kVudtnis8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"460\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n8kVudtnis8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong> (and ordering): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markosia.com\/Comics.aspx?ID=26\" target=\"_blank\">Markosia webpage<\/a>; via Avery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with a collected edition of the Kong: King of Skull Island comic series, Markosia Enterprises has just announced the release of Serpent Wars: Written by Christoff Rodriguez and Chris Campanozzi, with art by Antonio Rojo, Serpent Wars is set &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/10\/31\/new-serpent-wars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,47,44,13,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5039"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}