Sami Makkonen Archives

Tolkien to write The Lord of the Rings and is considered a foundational epic of the fantasy genre, is getting a graphic novel adaptation by Sami Makkonen from ABLAZE. The saga's influence on Tolkien is immense, the lodestone of modern fantasy fiction. "Kalevala: The Graphic Novel" cover art: ABLAZE "…my attempt to write legends of my own to fit my private languages[...]

The story follows a group of post-apocalyptic survivors who now want to take the world back. The new series, Deadworld: Restoration will be done by Gary Reed (Baker Street) and Sami Makkonen (Hatter M) produced the Deadworld: War of the Dead series the first of the series to be published in color and Ghastly Award for best-mini-series. "I'm excited[...]