Preview the horror sci-fi graphic novel TECH from CUBE director Vincenzo Natali
What would humans do if they got their hands on ALIEN TECHNOLOGY? They would exploit it for PROFIT.
Award-Winning filmmaker Vincenzo Natali releases debut graphic novel about the horrors of humans exploiting alien technology.
What would humans do if they got ahold of alien technology? In Vincenzo Natali’s upcoming graphic novel TECH, they’d exploit it for profit. Releasing September 22, 2023 from publisher Encyclopocalypse Publications, TECH furthers Natali’s passion for sci-fi horror into the realm of literary fiction.
After reading an advance copy of TECH, we interviewed Natali. The writer/artist told us that TECH revolves around “how technology is co-opted by the street and how it is often used in ways that it was not originally intended.”
We talked with the filmmaker about how his experiences with both film AND comics affected the work. To what extent was he pulling on the same artistic skills vs these are different art forms? He told us:
“The two mediums have always been closely related. And an important part of my process as a director of movies and TV is storyboarding, which is a kind of comic book of what you are going to shoot. At the end of the day, it’s all visual narrative storytelling.”
He says that part of what drove him to take a crack at a graphic novel is that with every film or TV episode he shoots, he personally draws every scene himself—and in a very short amount of time, because prep is always short.
“The drawings are very simple, but still the principle remains the same as drawing a comic book. Of course, I had a rude awaking as to how long it would actually take me to do a real comic. I have been working on TECH on and off for the past five years.”
Watch for our whole exclusive interview with Natali—which we’ll be running closer to the release of the book this fall.
Encyclopocalypse’s Managing Editor Sean Duregger says the staff at the publisher have been admirers of Vincenzo’s unique vision and imagination ever since the movie Cube blew their minds. “Working with him on TECH, which is a stunning and visionary piece of art, has been a dream.”
About the graphic novel
TECH explores a not-too-distant future in which mankind has cracked the code for alien engineering. Obtaining such insight carries a hefty price tag that Earth’s miscreants are willing to pay—and lowly courier Shel can deliver.
Business is booming, but it’s a dangerous occupation; one that she would’ve abandoned long ago if not for her daughter’s expensive medical treatments. Unbeknownst to Shel, however, is that the same secrets she’s peddling on the black market are the very key to living the life she so desperately yearns for.
About the creator
Vincenzo Natali is a wildly successful director and screenwriter, whose credits include the cult hits Cube and Splice. His talents have been displayed across multiple outlets, including helming episodes of 2020’s The Stand miniseries and, most recently, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Amazon Prime’s adaptation of William Gibson’s The Peripheral.
Natali says that TECH is the realization of a lifelong dream to write and illustrate his own graphic novel. “As someone who works in the film and television space, I reveled in the freedom of a form unrestricted by time, money, and the machinery of Hollywood. The result is the most direct and undiluted translation of my imagination to words and images.”
TECH will be available wherever books are sold on September 22, 2023. You can pre-order the graphic novel right now from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
About the publisher
Since its inception, Encyclopocalypse Publications has become a coveted publishing destination for independent authors and genre notables alike. Alongside producing audiobook renditions of literary classics, the imprint continually expands its catalog with new, original works and movie novelizations by the best dark fiction writers in the business today.
On why he chose Encyclopocalypse to help bring TECH out into the world, Natali says, “The good people at Encyclopocalypse understand the inherent value of genre and are connoisseurs of its strangest and darkest corners, which is where I thrive. I feel immensely fortunate to have fallen into their orbit.”
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