HUMBOLDT 鈥� Humboldt鈥檚 own Auroraman comic series has received an $8,000 Independent Artists grant from Saskatchewan Arts Board that is going to a 48-page graphic novel.
The Adventures of Auroraman: Good Times in the Badlands, which will serve as issue 8 in the series, will follow Auroraman taking a group of students on a field trip to Drumheller, only to have a prehistoric threat emerge.
鈥淚t will integrate some fun with dinosaurs, which has been a huge favourite of mine since I was a child,鈥� said Jeff Burton, writer and team lead.
鈥淭his issue was co-scripted, friend of mine from Saskatoon鈥� He approached me with this idea about, 鈥榃hat if we did a story based out of Drumheller?鈥欌��
The story will take up 37 pages of the novel, with the other pages featuring four different short stories.
According to Burton, the $8,000 will be used entirely for creation expenses.
鈥淭he arts grants are designed to pay for the artist鈥檚 work, they won鈥檛 cover anything printing related, but they will cover artist fees 鈥� because they want to make sure artists are supported,鈥� Burton said.
鈥淪o that鈥檚 a huge contribution to the overall cost of producing this issue.鈥�
Illustrations for the main story are done by Derrick Burns, who also did art for issue 7 of the comic. Three of the short stories are illustrated by Sharon Gauthier, with the other being done by James Zintel.
The Adventures of Auroraman: Good Times in the Badlands is planned for release by early May.
Copies can be purchased from Reel Attractions.
