After 20 years of toying with this story, five years of daily obsessive writing and a year of production, the Jesus Island journey begins TODAY! A special Phantom Variant issue of Escape From Jesus Island, Episode 1, is hitting store shelves this morning. This is a limited run and pre-sales have been crazy, so they are expected to go fast.
After our exclusive 30-day preview run at the Phantom stores, Episode 1 will have a wider release on Jan. 20, including a digital version on all the major e-reader platforms.
The first installment in our epic journey is entitled ‘A STAB in the Dark’:
A group of activists from the animal rights group STAB (Stop Treating Animals Badly) breaks into the remote Malsum Island Research Facility, determined to document the horrific abuse of animals by pharmaceutical giant ReGen Corp. They discover too late that the horrors in ReGen’s laboratory exceed anything they could have imagined in this first installment in the Apocalyptic comic book series from writer Shawn French and illustrator Mortimer Glum.
Clive Barker was kind enough to check out an advance copy of Episode 1 and had this to say:
“May I recommend a comic by writer Shawn French and artist Mortimer Glum. It’s called Escape From Jesus Island, and it has been created with immense love, commitment and vision. It’s almost like seeing a hyper-intense Italian movie for the first time: your mind will be blown.”
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Now you can find out for yourself what all the fuss is about. Pick up the special Phantom Variant edition of Episode 1 of Escape From Jesus Island TODAY at one of these Phantom retailers:
Hypno Comics
1803 E Main St
Ventura, CA 93001-3408
Pittsburgh Comics
113 E McMurray Rd
McMurray, PA 15317-2960
NewCastle Comics & Games
2294 McKelvey Rd
Maryland Heights, MO, 63043
314-392-9322
Graham Crackers
901C Lucinda Ave.
DeKalb, IL, 60115
(815) 748-3883
Graham Crackers
16030 S. Lincoln Highway
Plainfield, IL, 60586
(815) 254-3410
Graham Crackers
610 S. Randall Rd.
St. Charles, IL, 60174
(630) 584-0610
Graham Crackers
1271 Rickert Dr., Suite #135
Naperville, IL, 60540
(630) 355-4310
Graham Crackers
1207 E. Butterfield Rd.
Wheaton, IL, 60187
(630) 668-1350
Graham Crackers
1550 Ogden Ave.
Downers Grove, IL, 60515
(630) 852-1810
Graham Crackers
77 E. Madison St.
Chicago , IL, 60602
(312) 629-1810
Graham Crackers
3162 N. Broadway Chicago, IL, 60647
(773) 665-2010
Graham Crackers
5443 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL, 60640
(773) 561-5010
Dr. No’s Comics & Games Superstore
3428 Canton Rd
Blackwell Square Shopping Center
Marietta, GA, 30066
770-422-4642
Wonderworld Comics
22347 Ecorse Road
Taylor, MI, 48180
(313) 292-8697
A Comic Shop
114 South Semoran Blvd. #6
Winter Park, FL, 32792
407-332-9636
Third Eye Comics
78 SOLOMON’S ISLAND RD
SOUTHPRINCE
FREDERICK, MD, 20678
443-968-2385
Third Eye Comics
2027A WEST ST.Annapolis, MD, 21401
410-897-0322
Comickaze Comics Books and More
5517 AB Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA, 92117
(858) 278-0371
Phat Collectables
1201 South Euclid Street
Anaheim, CA, 92840
(714) 808-9355
Phat Collectables
16532 Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach, CA, 92647
(714) 841-3111
Friendly Neighborhood Comics
191 Mechanic Street Route 140
Bellingham, MA, 02019
508-966-2275
Larry’s Comics
66 Lakeview Ave.
Lowell, MA, 01850
978-459-5323
New England Comics
732 Washington St
Norwood, MA, 02062
781-769-4552
Magic Dragon Comics
307 Broadway
Arlington, MA, 02474
781-643-3530
New England Comics
Harvard Square 14A Eliot St
Cambridge, MA, 02138
617-354-5352
Chris’ Cards and Comics
341 S. Broadway
Salem, NH, 03079
603-898-4151
New England Comics
215B Harvard Ave
Allston, MA , 02134
617-566-3509
New England Comics
316 Harvard St
Brookline, MA, 02446
617-566-0115
New England Comics
95 Pleasant St
Malden, MA, 02148
781-322-2404
New England Comics
East Crossing Plaza 716A Crescent St
Brockton, MA, 02302
508-559-5068
New England Comics
2184 ACUSHNET AVE
New Bedford, MA, 02745
508-995-2693
New England Comics
1511 Hancock St
Quincy, MA, 02169
617-770-1848
Jetpack Comics
37 N. Main St
Rochester, NH, 03867
603-330-9636
Chris’ Cards and Comics
919 Lafayette Rd
Seabrook, NH, 03874
603-474-2283
Coast City Comics
634 Congress St
Portland, ME, 04101
207-899-1505
Forbidden Planet
92 Bold Street
Liverpool, L1 4HY
0151 707 1491
Forbidden Planet
59 Grainger Street
Newcastle, NE1 5JE
0191 261 9173
Forbidden Planet
38 Priory Queensway
Birmingham, B4 7LA
0121 236 3026
Forbidden Planet
Units 4&5 Clifton Heights
Bristol, BS8 1EJ
0117 929 7767
Forbidden Planet
31 Cross Cheaping
Coventry, CV1 1HF
024 7622 9672
Forbidden Planet
24 Hanover Buildings
Southhampton, SO14 1JU
023 8022 4761
Forbidden Planet
60 Burleigh Street
Cambridge, CB1 1DJ
01223 301666
Forbidden Planet
179 Shaftesbury Avenue
London, WC2H 8JR
0207 420 3666
Forbidden Planet
43 Church Street
London, CR0 1RH
020 8688 7190
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In April (release date to be announced soon), this special Phantom Variant edition of Episode 2 of Escape From Jesus Island will be available exclusively at Phantom stores for a special two-week advance preview. Our main version of EFJI #2 will then launch at the end of the month. Here’s Mortimer’s beautiful artwork for that one:
You may be sensing a theme with our Episode 2 covers, as we start digging into the meat of the story to find out what horrors await at the Malsum Island Testing Facility.
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