Short Resume:

•As Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Webmaster, Continuity Coordinator, Promoter, and Writer for the Omniverse Fan Fic Site, I oversaw the creative output, ensured the quality of the material, designed the presentation of the stories for online distribution, and advertised the website across the fan fic community. My duties required that I understood every character from five different publishers (DC, Marvel, VALIANT, Malibu, Image), which forced me to learn as much as I could about all of them.

•As Assistant Editor for Visionary Comics Studios, I assisted in the development of Halloween in Hero Town, a dark comedy created by Dan Rafter and Tony Rubino, and with the editing of Headlocked, the tale of one young man’s quest to break into the world of professional wrestling created by Michael Kingston.

•As Freelance Archivist for VALIANT Entertainment Inc, I helped assemble an online Encyclopedia-style reference guide called The Book of Geomancers, which catalogues the library of VALIANT comic books published by Voyager Communications, Acclaim Comics, and VALIANT Entertainment Inc. In addition, as a freelance consultant, I have gathered material for the production of adaptations of the VALIANT properties across other media.

Current Projects:

•Knights Legacy -- Inspired by the legend of King Arthur, Knights Legacy is a story rooted deep within the myth of Camelot that gives previously accepted facts a new interpretation, allowing it to stand on its own merits alongside other tales inspired by the same source material. Told in a contemporary setting, Knights Legacy is a story of heroism, sacrifice, responsibility, and birthright that takes its lead from the two best-known aspects of the Arthurianlegend, the sword in the stone and the romance between Lancelot and Guinevere.

•Knights Legacy: Burden of the Pendragon -- Burden of The Pendragon is a 48-page one-shot graphic novel story focused on Jessica Londo, the descendant of Arthur Pendragon and Guinevere, who upon discovering her birthright must fight against the machinations of those who would take advantage of it.

Knights Legacy: Burden of the Pendragon has been submitted to a handful of publishers at San Diego Comic-Con and I'm waiting to hear back from them.

Knights Legacy © Michael Sacal

•Witchfinder: Curse of The Poppet -- Inspired by the Salem Witch Trials, Witchfinder is a story rooted deep within the tragic history of the innocent men and women of Salem falsely accused of being witches and subsequently executed by hanging that gives previously accepted facts a new interpretation, allowing it to stand on its own merits alongside other tales inspired by the same source material. Told in a contemporary setting, Witchfinder is a story of alienation, maturation, and heritage that takes its lead from the Wiccan religious subculture.

Witchfinder: Curse of The Poppet will appear as a six-part, six-page serial in Faster Than Light, an anthology series published by Urang Utan Comics

Witchfinder: Curse of The Poppet © Michael Sacal, Greg J. Novak, Leeahd Goldberg, Chris Morrill, & Vanessa Beckmann.

•Along with Andrew Foley, I have set-up a property with Lee Nordling at The Pack that is currently being developed as a four-volume, full color, manga-trimmed set for book trade publishing.

Links of Interest:

•Book of Geomancer - Online VALIANT Encyclopedia (Archivist)
•Heroic Tendencies Studios - Knights Legacy (Creator, Writer); Witchfinder (Co-Creator, Co-Writer)
•Urang Utan Comics

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