Good journey! Fresh from exhibiting at San Diego Comic Con, pop culture podcast network and media company GEEKSCAPE is proud to enter the comic book ring with their upcoming crowdfunding campaign for PAUL LONDON: HERO OF THE PROPHECY #1, the first issue in a brand new fantasy comic book series!
Inspired by real-life professional wrestler, Paul London (WWE, Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground), Paul London: Hero of the Prophecy #1 is a 26-page pro-wrestling/sword & sorcery story written by Jonathan London (Miami Vice, Super Action Man) and based on an idea by Jonathan and his brother Paul.
As Jonathan describes, “Hero of the Prophecy started as me wanting to write a big love letter to my brother Paul. I started it to make him laugh, using the language of everything we love: pro wrestling, 80s fantasy movies, and comic books. And this ridiculous story about my brother just kept getting bigger and bigger. The love kept feeding it (even if Paul gets beat up, thrown around, and clowned on almost every page).”
The story revolves around washed-up, real-life pro wrestler Paul London who, at the lowest point in his life, is magically transported across the universe to a distant planet of sword and sorcery. Once there, he is mistaken to be the Hero of The Prophecy, destined to free a kingdom from the rule of Ramzaar, an evil sorcerer. Ultimately, Paul must learn to use his pro-wrestling skills and false bravado to not only survive the strange, magical world and its ferocious inhabitants but also Ramzaar’s dark forces. Along the way, he befriends an owl-like wizard and a beautiful, sword-wielding warrior, all in the hopes of becoming a true hero.
“I’m excited to bring both wrestling and comic book fans together on this epic adventure! I’ve never fought an evil Wizard or freed an entire kingdom before… but I’ve watched Krull, Masters of the Universe, and Beast Master about a thousand times so I think I can handle it!” says Paul.
The pre-launch Kickstarter page for PAUL LONDON: HERO OF THE PROPHECY #1 can be found at:
https://herooftheprophecy.com/
Paul London: Hero of the Prophecy #1 features art by newcomer Marcelo Sanchez with colors by Vittorio Astone (Dark Horse’s Canto series) and letters by Ringo Award nominee Micah Myers (Image, Dark Horse, the Eisner-winning anthology, Puerto Rico Strong). It is produced by Geekscape’s Georg Kallert.
PAUL LONDON: HERO OF THE PROPHECY #1
About Geekscape
Founded in 2006 by Georg Kallert and Jonathan London, Geekscape is now one of the internet’s premiere pop culture podcast networks and media companies. Their roster of over 30 popular podcasts includes Bingetown TV, Horror Movie Night, Two Dollar Late Fee, Territory Marks, Geekscape, and Superhero Stuff You Should Know. They have partnered with film and media companies to create original pop culture themed shows and films, including 2014’s SXSW premiere documentary Doc of the Dead for Epix.
About Paul London
Cosmic Ambassador Paul London has a nearly 25-year career as a professional wrestler, having been trained by wrestling legends such as Ivan “Polish Power” Putski, Terry and Dory Funk Jr, Rudy Gonzalez and “Hot Rod” Roddy Piper. He is a former, Ring of Honor wrestler, 3x WWE tag team champion & 1x WWE cruiserweight champion, and producer/wrestler for Lucha Underground on Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. A 2023 inductee of the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame, Paul now trains the next generation of wrestlers at his Paul London’s Kayfabe Academy. He also co-hosts the Territory Marks wrestling podcast on the Geekscape Network.
About Jonathan London
Writer, Filmmaker, and Host Jonathan London has telling stories professionally for almost 2 decades. In 2014, Jonathan co-produced and co-directed the zombie fan culture documentary ‘Doc of the Dead’ for Epix as well as wrote the comic book series based on the popular TV series ‘Miami Vice’ for Lionforge Comics and Universal. In 2015, Jonathan was one of 12 directors selected for the Warner Brothers TV Directing Workshop and in 2016 he was one of two PAGE Awards Fellows to the Stowe Story Labs for his feature script ‘Commitment’. That same year he co-wrote and co-produced the Brazilian feature film ‘Coração de Cowboy’ (released in 2018). In 2021, London released his award winning festival short film ‘Chasing Fletcher Allen’, starring Heidi Cox, Yuri Lowenthal and Phil LaMarr. He is the co-founder of the Geekscape Podcast Network and has been hosting the weekly show Geekscape since 2006.
