GRAPHIC ILLUSIONS STUDIOS

Founded by Andrew LoVuolo in 1993, Graphic Illusions Studios started out as a freelance graphic design business that has grown over a decade's time into a successful design studio and independent comic book publisher. After publishing their first comic The Rift in 2001 under the Dabel Brothers first banner Roaring Studios, Graphic Illusions Studios went on to publish Dion's Floyd's vampire detective comic Immortal Kiss and urban sci-fi epic Urban Sprawl and to produce Bill Tortoilini's Marshal for Dabel Brothers and Marvel Comics. Comic book legends Paul Gulacy (Catwoman, Punisher), Amanda Conner (Supergirl) and Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex) have all done covers for The Rift and up-and-coming artists such as Danimation (Spider-Man), Robert Atkins (G.I. Joe), Jack Purcell (Gotham Underground, 52), and Enrique Savory Jr. (Totem) have all got their start on this series.

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The Rift #1

The Rift #2

This is the first issue of a 6-issue mini series about four everyday humans caught up in a not-so-ordinary battle between two warring factions comprised of Vampires, Witches, Werewolves and their would-be despot.

Writer: Andrew LoVuolo (THUNDERagents)

Pencils: Richard Connelly

Colors: Danimation (Marvel Age Spider-man)

25 Pages - Color

Ja’Laar™ and his band of Kudarian™ conquerors have crossed through the Rift™ in search of the fourth and final Relic. The green moors of Ireland will never be the same! The truths of human myths such as Vampires, Witches and Werewolves are revealed! Our villains soon find out that much has changed on Earth since their last visit centuries ago.
Meanwhile our heroes are forced to deal with the surreal situations now enveloping them. As they do, we meet young Julie Ryan™, a young college student living an ordinary Bostonian's life, but it won't remain so ordinary for long. She soon will have her world torn apart by...The Rift™!

Writer: Andrew LoVuolo (THUNDERagents)

Pencils: John Nguyen

Colors: Danimation (Marvel Age Spider-man)

24 Pages - Color

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The Rift #3

The Rift #4

The story of three humans caught in a fantastical battle between the forces of good and evil continues! The Vampire army prepares for attack on U.S. soil. Meanwhile the stranger from the MBTA subway in Boston follows an unsuspecting Julie Ryan™ home. Will he finally reveal himself? Who are the men in black that drop in on our shape-shifting alien Silo’Ett™ and his newfound allies?

Writer: Andrew LoVuolo (THUNDERagents)

Pencils: Robert Atkins (IDW GI Joe)

Colors: M3th (The Punisher, Street Fighter)

27 Pages - Color

The cover by Paul Gulacy and Jimmy Palmiotti is a classic opener to this soon-to-be-classic tale! Y'Nett’s™ mysterious transformation from a lone munitions expert into something deadlier is fully realized at the cost of the diminishing vampire clan in Ireland. Meanwhile our human heroes and their newfound Kudarian friend, Silo’Ett, find out who those men in black really are. Battle tensions rise and the action is about to begin, but what are Julie Ryan™ and Nicky Nuzzo™ doing at the country’s first public beach?

Writer: Andrew LoVuolo (THUNDERagents)

Pencils: Robert Atkins & Brennan Rudd

Colors: Erik Korsgaard

25 Pages - Color

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The Rift #5

The distinction between friends and foes gets a little clearer after Julie and Nicky come face-to-face with there captors. Can there be such a thing as a “good” vampires and witches? Learn the true secret of the Celtic Triskele that’s been passed down from generation to generation of the Ryan family. Discover the magic hidden within it and within the holder of the pendant. Meanwhile our Kudarian hero Silo’Ett and his two human cohorts race through the sky and across the Atlantic ocean as they head toward a conflict like none the Earth has ever seen and will most likely never see again!
Writer: Andrew LoVuolo (THUNDERagents)

Pencils: Enrique Savory, Jr.

Colors: Erik Korsgaard

33 Pages - Color

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Marshal #1

Marshal #2

Earth’s first off-world colony, Tranquility, once thought to be the greatest human achievement, is in ruin. All contact with Earth has been lost and the supply chain stopped years ago. Civilization has degraded to something similar to the 'Old West'. Where there was once government, there now exists gangs and corruption. Only one corporation, the Merkaid™, remains in power and it has seized control of the population. Fear and hunger have overcome the colonists, but a glimmer of hope is on the horizon. Rumors of a man calling himself ‘Marshal’ are spreading across the frontier – a Marshal who just might bring justice back to the people.

Writer: Bill Tortolini & Andrew LoVuolo

Pencils: Abdul Rashid

25 Pages - Color

Earth’s first off-world colony, Tranquility, once thought to be the greatest human achievement, is in ruin. All contact with Earth has been lost and the supply chain stopped years ago. Civilization has degraded to something similar to the 'Old West'. Where there was once government, there now exists gangs and corruption. Only one corporation, the Merkaid™, remains in power and it has seized control of the population. Fear and hunger have overcome the colonists, but a glimmer of hope is on the horizon. Rumors of a man calling himself ‘Marshal’ are spreading across the frontier – a Marshal who just might bring justice back to the people.

Writer: Bill Tortolini & Andrew LoVuolo

Pencils: Abdul Rashid

25 Pages - Color

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