

Driniel and Alleyar are part of a dysfunctional family.

Talk about the themes you explore in Primordia.This story to me is all about love - not just romantic love, but also the love that should hold a family together but is too often absent. The book focuses a lot on love, famiy and war. Primordia is a story about fully realized characters who happen to inhabit a fantastical world, and all the attendant drama and conflict inherent in a primeval environment filled with strange creatures and mysterious forces. The problem with most fantasies these days is that they rely on the old formula of a young innocent who must learn to become a hero to defeat a clone of Tolkien's Dark Lord, or something along those lines.

My characters hopefully come across as three-dimensional beings who are capable of either good or evil. evil cliche that we've seen a million times. It's also my attempt at telling a fantasy saga without relying on the old good vs. It has elements of my own favorite fantasies, including The Silmarillion, Tarzan, Quest For Fire, Tales From The Flat Earth, The First Kingdom, Conan, The Odyssey, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Paleolove. It's also an incredibly gorgeous book thanks to the artistic genius of Roel Wielinga, and our colorist Joel Chua (who also colors Robotika). Introduce us to Primordia.It's my attempt to tell the perfect fantasy story using the comics medium. With the second issue of the Archaia Studios Press title out this week, CBR News caught up with Fultz to learn more about the fantastic world of Primordia. Outside of a self-published book called Necromancy, which Fultz drew and illustrated himself from 1999 to 2002, Primordia is his first national comics release. Primarily a fantasy and horror writer, Fultz teaches English Arts in San Jose, CA, and writer for magazines including Weird Tales, Black Gate, Dark Wisdom and others. The conflict spills out of the wood into the savage world of Men and other realms, where the Gods are oblivious to the struggles of Men.įor Fultz, Primordia is a labor of love.
