Why You Should Be Buying NEGATIVE SPACE
by ryankl
NEGATIVE SPACE is a creator owned miniseries illustrated by Owen Gieni, written by me, with letters from Ryan Ferrier, edited by Daniel Chabon, being published by Dark Horse Comics this year.
Our story is about Guy Harris, a depressed gay American Indian man who sits down to pen his suicide note and gets writer’s block. From there, he goes for a walk to clear his head and stumbles across a large conspiracy where a megacorporation has been mining people for their emotions to give to an unknown and very scary underwater culture of monsters.
The first issue was released in July and below are some reasons why you should preorder/buy the entire series, or really wait to stock up on the trade, whatever floats your boat [shout out to my digital peeps on the Dark Horse App, where we are $2]
Reviews for #1 were through the roof, as we averaged a 9.0 on Comic Book Round Up [LINK] — and I catalogued a lot more reviews here [LINK] and here [LINK]
Most reviewers praised the book for Owen Gieni’s gorgeous and evocative artwork as well as our respectful and intriguing handling of depression and suicide issues.
Many readers drew comparisons from the book to LOST, THE TRUMAN SHOW, ALIENS, Spike Jonze, and Philip K Dick. Many also called it one of the strongest debuts of the year, hailing it an important read in the way the themes were woven into the narrative.
If you have enjoyed books such as GREEN WAKE, LOCKE + KEY, ASTERIOS POLYP, or even PHONOGRAM then you’ll dig this book or be able to sell it to a friend with a grand success rate.
#1 sold reasonably well and was also featured within the Comic Block service for July which means there are many thousands more readers now intrigued in the series and looking to continue. I would like to funnel them into comic stores to find the next issues, or the trade paperback collection when it prints.
#2 will be in stores in August, #3 will follow in September, and #4 in October, which will then close out our tale. And our tale does close.
We hope you consider preordering/buying the rest of NEGATIVE SPACE. It’s been fantastic to write something that means something and we want people to stick around to the very end. Tell your mates, tell your LCS, make the noise that you want/need all of this title.
And don’t forget: if you are suffering from depression, please hit THIS LINK to see the access you have to support. No one has to suffer alone. We are here to help you.
Without Fear 
Ryan,
I stumble across “Negative Space” yesterday at my favorite comic shop. Being an artists, I’m drawn to the visuals first, and Gieni’s are fantastic. Then I’m pleasantly amazed at the story. So imagine my disappointment to discover that it’s only a 4 issue story arc.
I hope and the rest of the team behind this comic will continue to produce more great stories. And I wish you continued success. I’ll be watching for me.
Cheers,
Michael
P.S. if you ever in Hawaii lunch is on me as a thank you.
P.S.S. There will two comic conventions here in 2016 so you might have a reason to come out (Comic Con Honolulu and Amazing Hawaii Comic Con)
Mate, thanks a mint for taking a chance. Super glad you dug it. It’s a shame to ‘only’ have 4 issues, but it also means we tightly pack everything into this narrative and I couldn’t be prouder.
And if Hawaii will ever have me, I’ll be there in a heartbeat :]
I know the contact for Comic Con Honolulu: Faisal Ahmed.
faisal j ahmed at gmail dot com. Remove the spaces and replace with symbols / punctuation where appropriate. You can tell him I told you about the convention. I do some of their promo art.