Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books: Graphic Novelist Daniel Boyd

November 08, 2014
10:45am - 10:45am

Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books: Graphic Novelist Daniel Boyd

Author of Carbon (graphic novel)

What if there really was a Garden of Eden? A place with a history before the first people we know of, and a God before the one we now recognize? A civilization cursed and banished underground for breaking their own commandment – to live in balance with the Earth. When an evil coal operator discovers that the “sacred” carbon can burn forever, he will sacrifice the land and the people to extract the full deposit. After 30 years of failed attempts, covered up as fatal mining accidents, the coal baron has finally found a way to extract his riches. But in his final attempt he awakens and releases a hell the surface world cannot imagine. And the only thing that stands in the way of the end of the world as we know it, is a disgraced, ex-pro baseball pitcher and a community of courageous coal miners.

CARBON is a new take on Man, Earth, and the God we know. Or think we know. Fantasy? Maybe, maybe not. For certain, CARBON returns to life 2014!

Reflecting recent man-made human and environmental disasters, CARBON is sensationalism with “message.” Entertainment with “purpose.”

Daniel Boyd is an acclaimed filmmaker with dozens of films, including Chillers, Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers, and Paradise Park (aka, Heroes of the Heart) to his credit. A media studies professor at West Virginia State University since 1983, Boyd has also taught around the world including in Tanzania as a three-time Fulbright scholar. Producing nearly every genre of film, Boyd’s television work has earned 3 national Telly awards and 2 regional Emmy nominations. He has recently expanded into graphic novel creation with Chillers – The Graphic Novel (Transfuzion Publishing), which was the 2012 Shel Dorph nominee for Original Graphic Novel of the Year, and Ghastly nominee for Best Horror Anthology. Chillers 2 was released in 2013, and CARBON, is scheduled for release in May 2014. Boyd also serves as “Artist and Residence” at WV State University’s Economic Developments Center on Charleston’s west side.