Action, Ohio
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Detective Andrea Bruce doesn't believe in heroes. But when a teenager dies stopping a fire with amazing abilities and the coroner suspects foul play, Andrea discovers a secret town of superheroes while tracking his killer. In the sixties, men responsible for the birth of Silver Age comic book heroes found this town of proud citizens riddled with the fallout of the atomic age and invented fictional characters based on its residents to divert the world from their existence: If America thought super heroes were fictional beings, it wouldn't go looking for them. Andrea, supported by an aging group of heroes, tries to hide Action from the world but her desire to solve her case and inability to depend on anyone else blinds her as she searches for the killer — someone willing to reveal and destroy utopia. As a town founded on policies of non-involvement begins to crack – half for isolation, half for throwing open their doors – Andrea weeds out murder suspects, digs into the underbelly of a town that's imprisoned itself to save the world, and asks: if Action, Ohio is a town of comic book heroes, then where are the villains? Andrea, an outsider with no use for heroes, must choose between solving her case and opening a Pandora's Box of evil closed forty years ago, or putting aside her vendetta to help contain Action's existence and freedoms in order to ensure that the sleepy little town hiding from the citizens of the world doesn't reach out, ignite and destroy them.
I liked this book very much. I am new to this site - How do I show my support properly?
my lazyazz just read the synopsis, sounds like a great story in the works. Wondering if you got more of it posted elsewhere?
Was a great story, art and coloring fit well. Wish could'a of seen more of the town. But maybe some other time.
Great Palette of Colors, also. They , and the cool art style really helped the eerie? feel...Trippy, great stuff.
I've always liked authors like Bradbury, Serling, shows like Outer Limits,(the original), and Zone. Good writing is always fun. Reminded me of these classics. Great Job.
Love the concept behind this. The story read great and was a nice setup for more to come. The art is awesome as well! It perfectly captured the feel of the series and had the look of the comics which inspired it. Nice! Glad to see this is also continuing on elsewhere!
Good art, nice color..but i think you should do something with the lettering..
I dunno, its kinda hard to read.. but well, its just my opinion. Good luck!
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It was a good competition guys. There's absolutely no shame in 2nd BEST! If you guys decide to carry on with Action, Ohio,you definitely have to tell us on the blogs. Rantcomics.com or amalgamatedartists.com(that's where a good few of zudas best have gone with their titles)or any other site, I would want to see this cool story to continue!
Congratulations on a close second anyway. Should've gone for the golden age and you'd have won, but you went for the silver age so second place it was. Do you see what I did there? Look forward to seeing your work here, there and everywhere from now on.
you almost pulled it off, Neil... being so close has to hurt more than coming in last :)
Been a fun competition with you and I'll try and check out one of your other comics going on when i get the chance!
all the best
-steve
Is there going to be another invitational in the future?
And so it ends... but with a well deserved end - congratulations to Canaan! Looking forward to reading more Celadore! And a HUGE thanks to all the friends, family, co-workers and colleagues that came out to vote for us. This was a tough month and coming in second was no easy feat! Now Paul and I will have to sit back and figure out what to do with ACTION, OHIO...
This is quite the dead heat!
Shame the pair of you can't win. A great fight. Certainly better than the one going on downstairs.
Thanks, everyone! 3 hours to go and it's STILL anyone's game... so keep them voting fingers, er, voting!
Rudy - thanks for making it fun!
Canaan - if its you or me, everyone wins. Whether here or somewhere else, let's continue our comics no matter what!
Neil- this is great! You deserve the number #1 spot and I hope you stay there!
Woo! Hey Neil. Great stuff on the first position. If you win, I will be following your story for sure, and as for me? Well, you can't keep a good man down... ;o)
Knowledge of your strip has traveled quite a bit. I am only just finding out about this, but you have my support.
Fierce. Good luck, fellas, eye on the prize :)
you've got a good comic here! this is down to the wire! gah!! i can't decide! either way, i wish you guys the best!
Neil - You're a true gentleman.
Congratulations, Neil! Its projected to be either you or Caanan, so good luck - it was fun competing against you! thanks for being such a good sport all month, and this is my concession message - i like to get a jump on these things!
Troy, you've really impressed the hell out of me... I still dig on GOLDEN. 12 hours to go and I have a feeling Canaan is gonna come from behind, but I feel like we've ALL been rocking Zuda this month.
Thanks, Jim - I dig the Chemset cover!
I promised not to write on others spaces but I did want to wish you the best Neil. You have done a great job. Only about 12 hours to hold us all off.
Hey, I'm not too late, am I? Good luck dude!
Thanks,Maxx - it ain't over yet, tho, so get your friends to keep on voting until 12 tomorrow! I actually dug Indy 4 - i'll write a mini review about it on my blog this weekend
OH, Man, what a great day! I saw Indie 4...pretty good...weakest of the movies but worth seein'. Just finished watchin' the season finale of Lost...poor, poor Sun(and Jin, for that matter.). Where's the island...? And now...NOW, Action, Ohio takes the, greatly deserved, LEAD!!! Congradu-frickin'-lations guys! Not to jinx but can't wait for the next chapter!
Action, Ohio FTW!
good luck!
Also, I want to say that should the ranking reverse and Caanan take the top spot (or Crawdad, Brendan or any of the other top comics) I will be content knowing that a great comic has won. In the end, it's about giving a good comic to the Zuda readers and CELADORE, E, HANNIBAL (and, heck, even GOLDEN!) are excellent comics I would love to read here at Zuda should one of them win. It's been a great competition, guys, and I feel honored to have been among you, win or lose. And thanks to the Zuda staff for keeping us on target and level when we got out of hand... you guys put together some great talent this month - talent that's made me sweat and fret 'til the last minute! Here's to the photo finish...!
Congrats on taking back 1st! I hope you stay there until the end! Way to go Neil and Paul :)
Thanks, man, but it ain't over yet. And Canaan has serious chops so I'm gonna have a long, nervous night...!
Congrats on taking first....
Okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves - we still have several hours to go here so if you haven't yet voted, favorited or rated us with five stars KEEP ON GOING. The ranking could change at any moment! Keep voting ACTION, OHIO and thanks to all who have already voted and supported us!
I had voted for Mean Model, and I switched. If the rankings come out today (they will come out today, right?), hopefully you will be in first.
Wow! Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone. We're down to the final hours now... probably very close to the final ranking. So if you haven't voted for ACTION, OHIO yet - please vote for us, add us to your favorites and give us that five star rating! If you've voted for another comic, we'd appreciate if you reconsidered and voted for us... but if not, that's cool - all the comics up here deserve to win (but, um, vote for us?)
Awesome work; five stars. You got my vote! :D
This gets my vote, but only 4 stars, so far. Good luck.
you rule our World Neil Kleid :)
Well done.
One day to go, folks... thanks for all the nice comments and Paul and I appreciate the votes and favorites. It's anyone's game at this point and if we lose to Canaan and CELADORE, we're losing to a good comic and we can live with that! Here's wishing the best to all my fellow amazing creators... let's close this thing out with a bang, shall we?
I like the ending. Makes me wonder what is going to happen.
If that doesn't get you the win - nothing will! Best of luck.
Have you seen the Newsarama article yet?
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158374
Two more days! Get the vote out for ACTION, OHIO!
What an incredible concept. Well illustrated and written. Bravo!
You've got to tell me how it ends!!!! I'm a pal of your favorite social worker!
Way to go Neil! I loved it!!!
Okay... THIS close to the end, folks - and we're gonna push it this week! If you haven't voted or favorited us, please do so by thursday. There will be a new post on the production blog tonight about the Silver Age and tomorrow or Thursday, the Newsarama article should go up. Until then... GET THE WORLD OUT. Tell everyone you know to vote, favorite and love ACTION, OHIO so that we can continue the story here at Zuda!