Geek Syndicate
EDITORIAL
It has to be said that autumn is definitely my favourite season. Nothing beats a long cold walk on a sunny Sunday morning, then coming home and chilling out on the sofa with a cup of your favourite hot beverage and a stack of comics to read. In honour of these autumnal months I decided to launch The Autumn of Indie, a campaign that would look at was going on the thriving indie scene on the Geek Syndicate Website. Since this issue of the digital magazine is due out in Autumn, it seemed appropriate to carry this theme on. So, in a even more packed than usual issue, we have handed an entire section of the magazine over to celebrate the magnificent work of the independent creators, with interviews and reviews. There’s also a look at the current jewel in the independent crown - the Thought Bubble Festival 2012. Of course that snarling beast that is the mainstream is not content to allow these independent upstarts to hog all the glory. We have the return of some of the biggest franchises of the gaming world. Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Halo and Call of Duty will all be with us before the year is out. December sees the return of Middle Earth to the big screen. Bets are still on as to whether Peter Jackson’s choice to turn the beloved and compact Tolkien novel The Hobbit into a sprawling trilogy will work. However given how the last trilogy turned out there is every reason to hope that Jackson won’t destroy the goodwill with fans he earned with The Lord of the Rings. Oh and speaking of trilogies there’s something about some small indipendent franchise called Lucasfilm getting picked by Disney and making some new films. Yeah I know what you’re think it’s not even worth mentioning right? I mean who cares about a galaxy that’s far far away anyway?
B
y arr
N
ent ug
To view more from the independant comic (and other media) scene, check out the Autumn of Indie tag on the Geek Syndicate Website. Or click on the banner below to go straight there.
4