Description
The Asbury Stage
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Issue #0 opens in a place that does not behave like a place.
A boy wakes into awareness and immediately begins trying to understand what he is not inside of. Not where he is. What he is not is.
Rul is there. So are the others, though not. Something is missing.
Everything appears complete, yet there is no signature. No final mark from whatever made it. Though inside the boy, something begins to grow.
What This Is
This is not a traditional narrative with a clean arc and resolution.
The Gifted Craftsman is a serialized, layered work that builds over time. Each issue adds to a larger system of thought, memory, and experience. It moves more like realization than plot.
This first issue is the entry point.
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From the Author
Created by Philadelphia-based writer Your Mom, The Gifted Craftsman has been a story developing since the late 90's. It's heavily based in Philadelphia and uses real life as touchstones just as other historical-fictions such as Forest Gump, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel or Dr. Who. Series 1 is 40 issues (or, chapters) and integrates 3 of the storylines which make up The Gifted Craftsman universe.
About the Artist
The art from this first issue was commissioned from @Loddigex and colorized by Your Mom. Cover was done by Your Mom (digital collage).
Your Mom seeks artists (primarily from Philly) to illustrate for different issues. If you'd like to illustrate for an issue, reach out to Love@LiveCarePhilly.Org. He's a volunteer for our org and while preferring to stay more-or-less publically anonymous, would love to connect with Philly artists for this future issues!
Series Context
Series One contains Issues 1 through 40
"Issue #1" aligns with The Glow, Chapter 0
This marks the opening of Cycle 8
