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JOAN: Help Steven Yu Unleash Infinite Violent Holy Retribution This Year For His New Graphic Novel
A quick pivot here as we take a gander at some graphic novel assets with a new campaign by author Steven Yu for Joan. Yu doled out a taste for fans several years ago with a small digital preview, and now he’s following up with the completion of his pulpy, action-packed four part epic, with efforts to make Joan a reality now underway at Indiegogo. When the growing authoritarian might of her nemesis, the self-righteous English monarch, King Henry and his magic-wielding dark lords, The Burgundians, spread like wildfire across the medieval hellscape, God resurrects Joan of Arc to stop them. Enchanted with immortality and blessed with infinite ammo, Joan will stop at nothing until these villains are vanquished and peace is restored across France. JOAN is a 4-part graphic novel series set in an alternative 1430’s medieval France. It is a hodgepodge of genres, put together in one unique […]
JOAN: Steven Yu’s Digital Action Adventure Comic Answers Your Prayers This Week
Even after fifteen years it still feels like just yesterday actor and stunt performer Steven Yu was doing parking lot and dojo practice fight sequences with his fellas over at The Stunt People. To say the least, he still trains, but he’s gone much more in the direction of comic book artistry for as long as I’ve been following him a little closer through social media for about seven years. 2016 at one point saw Yu promoting one particular genre-hybridized comic called Neo Eras. He’s stayed afloat since and he’s out now with a brand new experimental comic thriller called Joan, a project which, in a more ideal world where fresh ideas aren’t unencumbered by industry politics and the personal preferences of corporate tastemakers, would probably bloom much faster and more prominently to the appeal of consumers and geeks alike. History tells us that Joan of Arc was burned alive […]
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: An Interview With Steven Yu
You might recognize the video above if you follow independent martial arts movies. Videos like these are a culmination of years of fandom and the hard work it takes to keep that fandom alive, and there’s no question that actor, martial artist and stunt fighter Steven Yu has contributed his fair share, and with any luck, still is. As it is, Yu is one of the dozens and dozens of people I’ve been following in the world of online independent film since 2004 when I first started watching Bilang.com tricking videos and Zero Gravity practice fights for my own evening enjoyment. (Sometimes my Quicktime player [I owned a PC, not a Mac] would crash, whereas my Windows Media Player would save the day. Fun times). Jump over to 2005 and short films like Stephen Reedy’s award-winning kung fu ninja comedy, Undercut would propel me into the workload of the San […]
San Francisco Artist’s OSU Tribute Delivers Kinetic Meaning
Growing up, I was a pencil artist, which is something that plays deeply into my own creative roots and adherance toward supporting creatives. I say this with no allusions in mind when I bring attention to the latest inspired work surrounding filmmaker and action director Vlad Rimburg’s shortfilm endeavors with Osu since 2014, and some newly viral artwork surrounding the latest release of Osu 2. For this, we look to Steven Yu, an actor and stunt performer currently living in San Francisco where he can also be found dabbling seriously into his craft as an artist since 2012. His latest erection is now online with several pieces of inspired artwork for Rimburg’s new shortfilm which aired online a few days ago as another poetic tribute to Shotokan forberarer, Funakoshi Gichin, with Brendon Huor, Tony Vittorioso, Nate Hitpas and Micah Karns. I spoke to to Yu on Tuesday to help provide […]