In Memory of Steve Gerber - an unpublished script
Feb 15, 2008 20:19:04 GMT -5
Post by Quato on Feb 15, 2008 20:19:04 GMT -5
Borrowed from Steve Gerbers site in memory of his past work...
The Unpublished Sludge
In 1995, Malibu Comics' Ultraverse line was acquired by Marvel, after which the comics and their characters suffered a fate worse than Duckworld's. (Are we beginning to discern a pattern here?) Prior to that, editor Chris Ulm and I had decided it would be best to cancel the ongoing Sludge title and continue the character's appearances in a series of specials.
The first of those specials was Sludge: Red Christmas, illustrated by Mike Ploog.
The second was entitled Swamp of Souls. It was never completed. The script for the last ten pages contains complete scene descriptions, but no dialogue. To the best of my recollection, most of the story was never drawn. It was certainly never published.
"Swamp of Souls" is a sequel of sorts to an earlier Sludge tale in which the aphasic murk monster of the metropolitan sewers battled a considerably more articulate alligator named Veffer Voon Iyax. In this story, Veff's brother comes looking for revenge. Sludge is shanghaied into another dimension and becomes entangled in the political machinations of perhaps the most bizarre culture I've ever invented.
www.stevegerber.com/special/souls.zip
The Unpublished Sludge
In 1995, Malibu Comics' Ultraverse line was acquired by Marvel, after which the comics and their characters suffered a fate worse than Duckworld's. (Are we beginning to discern a pattern here?) Prior to that, editor Chris Ulm and I had decided it would be best to cancel the ongoing Sludge title and continue the character's appearances in a series of specials.
The first of those specials was Sludge: Red Christmas, illustrated by Mike Ploog.
The second was entitled Swamp of Souls. It was never completed. The script for the last ten pages contains complete scene descriptions, but no dialogue. To the best of my recollection, most of the story was never drawn. It was certainly never published.
"Swamp of Souls" is a sequel of sorts to an earlier Sludge tale in which the aphasic murk monster of the metropolitan sewers battled a considerably more articulate alligator named Veffer Voon Iyax. In this story, Veff's brother comes looking for revenge. Sludge is shanghaied into another dimension and becomes entangled in the political machinations of perhaps the most bizarre culture I've ever invented.
www.stevegerber.com/special/souls.zip
