We have concluded the first Project: New Man story which was originally published in 1991 as a one shot independent black & white comic book. Instead of a second published issue we made the second PNM story a back up in Humants #1, which by the way is live on the web right now. The cover was done for PNM #2 but only saw publication on the back cover of Humants #1 and only in black & white. Why it was only in black & white when the front cover was full color is beyond my memory! But for this web debut I got the old b&w cover out and digitally colored it up just for you! It may not be as good as Nathan Massengill did on #1 but maybe it will do. You tell me.

Project: New Man #2 The Haunted Man debuts appropriately tonight at midnight.

Enjoy!

To the best of my recollection the sub-plot for these three pages had to do with current The Haunted Man story line. Dave (New Man) Davison had just learned of Fawn Wilfred’s capture by the mysterious Ebenezer Baal. So he was taking out his rage at that fact, and not knowing where to find her, on some gym equipment as members of the Thunder Hawks look on.Of course this means we never finished The Haunted Man story line.

I don’t know the future of these characters after we finish the web publishing of all we did of the Legacy Comics characters which was somewhere over 200 pages. I hope Freazie and I can at least tie up the loose ends for both series on this web site. Let us know what you think. We’d love to see your thoughts in the comments section.

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Have a wonderful Wednesday.

• Updates Online DAILY - Project: New Man #2! - The Full Length back-up feature from Legacy Comics 1991 Black and White 64 page Independent Comic Humants #1!

His actual identity is as much a mystery as what drives him. He calls himself Ebenezer Baal, and he is The Haunted Man but he intends for misery to have company as he in turn haunts Dave Davison a.k.a New Man. We find out in this origin tale Dave was not always a hero, and it seems his past is easily as shady as the criminals he now pursues! Co-Starring The Thunder Hawks!

Written by Freazie White, Jr. with art by Mark Poe, Allan Lewis, and Alan Baker. Lettering by Billy Leavell.

Project: New Man is a partly secret joint venture of the U.S. Government and the Fortress Foundation, a private sector non-profit philanthropic organization dedicated to public defense and scientific research. Dave has the dual role of being part of the research project and at the same time being groomed by the Government as a public protector in the Five Lakes Megalopolis area.

• Updates Online DAILY - Humants #1! - The lead story in Legacy Comics 1991 Black and White 64 page Independent Comic: Humants!

High crime rates, higher gas prices, inflation and garbage strikes, are one thing but the recent unnatural storms have the residents Five Lakes Megalopolis rattled. Then the appearance of unusual individuals wielding supernatural powers precede the coming of a walking, flying nightmare! His name is Megeddon, Dark Lord of the Hecati and his chief servant, the powerhouse called Devastax!

Crystal McCliston is an investigative reporter looking into these mysteries as she learns there are “Humants Among Us!”

Written, drawn and inked by Freazie White, Jr. With additional embellishment by Alan Lewis and Mark Poe. Featuring awesome lettering by Billy Leavell.

Coming Soon: Never before published material!

• Next Month! Short features from Legacy Comics, Magi Graphics (our small press label) and maybe a few surprises to boot! Solo adventures of The Cricket, The Herald, Bearcat, Capt. Testament and more! Including more never before published material!

Have a fantastic Friday!

• Updates Online DAILY - Humants #2! - The lead story in Legacy Comics 1992 Black and White 48 page Independent Comic: Humants!

Five Lakes Megalopolis: The appearance of unusual individuals wielding supernatural powers called Humants was nothing, it seems, compared to the arrival of their sworn enemy, the Dark Lord of the Hecati, Megeddon! With his chief servant, the powerhouse called Devastax, he plans not to rule the world, but rather to destroy it! First, however, they must get by The Herald, Magistar, and Man Ark! The Herald attempts to administer the judgment called The Experience which Omni Spawn told him last issue was his destiny to perform. His first guinea pig, Mageddon, is none to happy about it!

Meanwhile Krystal McCliston, investigative reporter for the TV show A Cyrstal View, tries to capture all of it on video which may be easier said than done amongst the falling debris.

We meet the family Rosebud of Rosebud Diversified Financial and in particular Janeta who will soon meet Omni Spawn.

Last but not least we meet a new villain: The Tower!

Written,  and drawn  by Freazie White, Jr., embellishment by Mark Poe and featuring awesome lettering by Billy Leavell.

Coming Soon Next: Never before published material in Humants #3!

• Updates Online DAILY - Project: New Man #2! - The Full Length back-up feature from Legacy Comics 1991 Black and White 64 page Independent Comic Humants #1!

His actual identity is as much a mystery as what drives him. He calls himself Ebenezer Baal, and he is The Haunted Man but he intends for misery to have company as he in turn haunts Dave Davison a.k.a New Man. We find out in this origin tale Dave was not always a hero, and it seems his past is easily as shady as the criminals he now pursues! Co-Starring The Thunder Hawks!

Written by Freazie White, Jr. with art by Mark Poe, Allan Lewis, and Alan Baker. Lettering by Billy Leavell.

Project: New Man is a partly secret joint venture of the U.S. Government and the Fortress Foundation, a private sector non-profit philanthropic organization dedicated to public defense and scientific research. Dave has the dual role of being part of the research project and at the same time being groomed by the Government as a public protector in the Five Lakes Megalopolis area.

• In just a few more weeks! Our third title starts out with a  short feature from Legacy Comics: Bearcat! This 8 page story is never before published material!

Click the title logos to go to Monday’s updates of Project: New Man and Humants’! Peace Out! CU2morrow

Overtime continues on my Day Job even on Sunday as we are in the heat of battle doing High School Football Program Books of 75-150 pages each. I’ve already put 2 down of 64 and 88 pages each. Time is a premium so I will have to keep it short.

Today we begin Project: New Man #3. The first part of this story was originally published in Humants #2. This cover was drawn by me, Mark Poe, embellished by Allan Lewis with colors by Freazie White, Jr. and a little digital enhancing by your humble publisher. Hope you enjoy our efforts.

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Be sure to check out Sunday’s comic book posts for Project: New Man and Humants’! Take it easy! CU2morrow

Hopefully this will be the last weekend, and especially Sunday, I have to work on High School Football Program Books this year. Whew! It’s really fun, but really hectic because of the short time they give us to do it.

These are ads we ran in 1992 for the Humants in the Comics Buyers Guide, which back then was a tabloid newspaper. Like the market CBG was so glutted they barely got noticed even though we ran them in several issues. We also bought ad space for several large comic strips as is mentioned in the bottom ad. I’ll post those soon. The originals for those were huge, double the width of a regular 11 x 17 art board size, so scanning them will be a trick!

The art on these were from Christopher Torres and some by me, Mark Poe. Of course on the bottom ad the cover art was by Freazie White, Jr. and myself.

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Be sure to check out Sunday’s comic book posts for Project: New Man and Humants’! Relax. CU2morrow

Well, we are past the midway point on working on High School Football Program Books. We’ve put 5 out to press now and have seen the light at the end of the tunnel with only 4 more to go. Those 4 are mostly complete in composition. Now we just have to proof them out and then make corrections. I’m hoping not to have to work on those Saturday, but just keeping my fingers crossed at this point.

WOW! The Democrats put on a great showing at their Convention last night in Denver, eh? It was good to see ol’ Senator Teddy Kennedy was doing so well after the major surgery he went through just a couple months ago. What an historic year we’ve seen, and it’s not over yet! The Republican Convention is next week. I can’t remember the two major parties having conventions back to back like this before. They usually have a few weeks between them.

Okay, today we have a little piece of art from 1987. This is the original concept art for Bearcat. Contrary to appearances, Bearcat was NOT inspired by Felix the Cat! He was really inspired by all those cool characters like the Sandman, the Guardian and the Manhunter by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby from the 1940’s. With a little Hanna Barbera Saturday Morning Cartoon flavor tossed in and a nod to Alex Toth as well. But he does have a pretty cool Bag of Tricks, just like Felix, accept a little more high tech! I always liked the idea of a gadget hero, like Batman and the original super-hero, Doc Savage! This art was done by me, Mark Poe, with Steven Shipley, one of our fellow Alpha-Omegans, handling the inks. Catch Bearcat in solo action over on Project: New Man #3 right now!

Have a great Tuesday!

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Be sure to check out Tuesday’s comic book posts for Project: New Man and Humants’! Live well! CU2morrow

• Updates Online DAILY - Project: New Man #3! - The Full Length back-up feature from Legacy Comics 1991 Black and White 48 page Independent Comic Humants #2 and never before published material!

The tale we call The Haunted Man began late one night in Project: New Man #1. While on patrol in the city of New Harbour, New Man overheard the aimless braggadocio conversation of congregated street hoods. The name Ebenezer Baal had been at the center of the conversation. It was an alias of one incredibly elusive crime lord, whose true identity remained a mystery.

New Man made his way to the warehouse and was met by an ambush. Better than a dozen heavily armed men had found New Man’s Unified Field to be more than a match for their armament, alas, Baal himself had managed to escape.

A young costumed adventurer called Bearcat arriving on the scene, spots Baal’s timely exit and follows Baal to his hideout. Being somewhat new to the heroing business, the ofttimes presumptuous Bearcat soon finds himself face to face with Cyber-Tech, a cybernetic lackey of Baal’s.  Cyber-Tech holds a grudge against the Thunderhawks (New Man’s trainers) and is intent on their destruction. No one, not even Bearcat or New Man, will stand in the way of the cyborg’s goals!

Written by Freazie White, Jr. with art by Nathan Massengill, Mark Poe & Christopher Torres. Expert lettering by Billy Leavell.

Project: New Man is a partly secret joint venture of the U.S. Government and the Fortress Foundation, a private sector, non-profit, philanthropic organization dedicated to public defense and scientific research. Dave has the dual role of being part of the research project and at the same time being groomed by the Government as a public protector in the Five Lakes Megalopolis area of New Harbour.

• Updates Online DAILY - Humants #2! - The lead story in Legacy Comics 1992 Black and White 48 page Independent Comic: Humants!

The Humants, The Herald, Magistar, and Man Ark are introduced to and must enter into deadly battle with Megeddon, the Dark Lord of the Hecati and his chief servant, the powerhouse called Devastax! Their goal: no less than total world destruction! The Herald is intent on stopping them as he administers the judgment called The Experience which he recently found out from Omni Spawn is his destiny to perform. Mageddon, is not very cooperative!

Krystal McCliston, investigative reporter for the TV show A Cyrstal View, tries to capture the action on video while dodging falling debris. This, it turns out, is good practice in survival when she later comfronts a new villain: The Tower!

Introducing also in this issue Janeta Rosebud of Rosebud Diversified Financial who will soon meet Omni Spawn and things will never again be the same!

Written,  and drawn  by Freazie White, Jr., embellishment by Mark Poe and featuring awesome lettering by Billy Leavell.

The Humants are by no means mutants by another name. The series, is about a loose-knit band of characters from diverse walks of life who have been summoned to partake of an incredible power called Khosmotic. This enigmatic force re-creates its chosen, not mutates, and gradually conforms them into its own image. Thus it’s chosen become Khosmotic Warriors. They are the appointed of the Khosmotic Conjunction. The team’s base of operations is in the in the Five Lakes Megalopolis area and more specifically Municipal City.

Click the title logos to go to Wednesday’s updates of Project: New Man and Humants’! Peace Out! CU2morrow

We got a lot done on the  High School Football Program Books today at Creative Printers. We sent one more to the Rip Processor for plates today and only one left to finish up typesetting and layout on. 2 others are proofed out and will return in a day or so for corrections. Not having to work Saturday looks very good at this point and we might even get off for Labor Day. We’ll still have some odds and ends to finish up next week but the worst is behind us. Whew!

Well, after a rousing start Monday with a lot of hope for the, better the Democrat Convention in Denver has quickly slid into mediocrity.  It was good to see Senator Teddy Kennedy Monday and he gave a great speech and the tribute to him was touching! He’s the real hero of this convention. The guy is in his 70’s and recovering  from brain cancer surgery, yet he fought his way through all kinds of pain to make it to the podium and speak! Wow!

Mrs. Obama did good but may have been coached a little too much. Hillary Clinton was… herself. But so far we have not heard much from the star of this one. What about Barack Obama? He’s the one I want to hear about, but not all his accomplishments, and not how everyone is united in the party for him, that’s a given these days. Let’s hear his plan. I know he wants change, more change, and even more change, but change to what? Oh well, here comes President Bill Clinton to the podium now, as I write this, maybe he’ll shed some light on the subject.

Okay, today’s art is from 1987 again. This is the original concept art for Amp, another member of the team Razor’s Edge! He has the power to channel sound and, you guessed it, amplify it to earth shattering levels. We’ll probably see him turn up soon in a story.

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Be sure to check out Thursday’s comic book posts for Project: New Man and Humants’! Focus! CU2morrow

Hurricane Gustav fortunately did not cause as much damage as Katrina, but I doubt that’s m