Forever and 40 Days: The Genesis of Phantacea GN (1990)

"Amemp Tut, the eighth patriarch of Golden Age Humankind, died in the same year as the Great Flood. He did not die in it, though, -- and his grandson, the tenth patriarch, did not mourn his passing." Jim McPherson's(writer) and Ian Fry's (artist) Panacea mythos is a highly imaginative, action oriented anheroic fantasy in graphic novel form consisting of 9 sequences treating the Genesis as mythology. A short story, entitled “Sister Grandmother”, written by Jim McPherson, is also included, and it features concepts, 6 illustrations and some characters from the PHANTACEA Mythos as originally presented in the 6-issue PHANTACEA comic book series from 1977-1980.

"Helios as history," thinks Ryne, "What a horrid concept!" Yet history is exactly what Kadmon Heliopolis, orphaned son of Second World War Greek Freedom Fighters, becomes. When the Devil came into existence, Helios acted. When the Devil was driven out of Weirsystem, Helios pursued. When the Devil fled through the heavens, Helios attacked. When the Devil came to Earth, Helios followed. But the Entity called Sophos the Wise could never rid the Cosmos of the Evil he helped create. That task fell to Xuthros Hor, the Tenth Patriarch of Golden Age Humankind. High atop Mt. Ararat, Hor summoned the Deluge. Sedon, the Eternal Antagonist called for a bar of soap. "Taking Genesis literally troubled me. Taking Genesis as Mythology --- like The Iliad or The Eddas --- was inspirational." JIM McPHERSON... from his introduction -- b

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