June 16, 2021, (TAOS, NM) — Following the success of the celebrated Digital Lizards of Doom: Dizzy Doom Level 1, creator and Dizzy Doom Media founder, Gabriel Valentin, is excited to announce the long-awaited second graphic novel, Digital Lizards of Doom! Level 2: Commander E.K.O., is now available on Kickstarter! This unique graphic novel series, written by Gabriel Valentin with art and colors by Joe Kubert School graduates Armand Bodnar and Nick Nunez, will be a full-color 178 page, standard trade paperback that will feature exciting variant covers, and includes a foreword by Chris Killian (comicbook.com)!
It's a love letter to pop culture! A multimedia experience expressed through graphic novelization and music! In this world of sorcery and science, an evil robot (Commander E.K.O.) and an ancient witch (Warty Morda) attack the peaceful kingdom of Kragladon. It's up to our hero, Dizzy Doom, to retrieve a fabled weapon to bring peace back to not only Kragladon, BUT THE UNIVERSE! Follow the adventure inspired by action movies, Japanese storytelling, video games, and more. Oh, and there's a cyborg pirate cat!
“Digital Lizards of Doom! Level 2: Commander E.K.O. has been a dream to work on! Its an awesome mix of some great characters, amazing world building, and crazy fun adventure plots!” said Armand Bodnar. “Gabe has been so kind and supportive and I am glad that he trusted Armand and myself to bring his story to life.”
“My favorite part of working on DLoD has been the collaboration,” said Nick Nunez. “The creative freedom I have been such controlling in shaping the visuals of this weird and this massive wonderful world has given me the ability to stretch myself artistically and created an environment where I feel I have been able to thrive. I love what DLoD represents in its creativity and it is such a marvelous vision.”
“For me, Digital Lizards of Doom is more than just a passion project,” said Gabriel Valentin. “These characters have been taking up most of the space in my head since I was a teenager. Names may have changed here and there, but at it’s core it is still the same space-fantasy story that I have been trying to write my entire life. The level of talent that Armand and Nick have brought to the world of DLoD has exceeded all of my expectations. hope you all enjoy reading this wild adventure!
It’s Dizzy Doom Media’s mission to bring the exciting world of Digital Lizards of Doom to everyone, here and abroad, and to entertain and question our understanding of reality! Edited by Dan Brozo with layout and design by Jesse Sutton-Hough. Emoticons by Katelyn McCaigue.
Dizzy Doom Media is dedicated to publishing the works of driven creative minds who want to share their stories on a larger scale, without giving up the rights and control of their properties. Made for and by artists, Dizzy Doom Media will stay focused in helping creators all over the world, achieve true independent success.