Comic Book AFIN 083
XCT: Breakout
Written by Shaun Keenan
AFIN 2020 Winner
- 2020
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Australia - English
- Sci-fi
- Action
- Fantasy
Winner
Best Comic Book
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Synopsis
Histories greatest figures of myth and legends have been brought back to life - to fight and die!
In the year 2069 the Xtreme Champion Tournament (XCT) has cloned some of the pasts greatest heroes, villains and monsters. Caged and forced to comply, they have only one choice - to compete in the most brutal sport in the world as a part of the XCT.
After an explosion rocks the XCT arena Spartacus and his team find themselves the only barrier between the bloodthirsty monsters and villains, and the world outside of the arena.
Can they stop the fiends from escaping, or will the villainous cloned warriors be free to once again wreak havoc on the world?
From the Judges
From the Judges
A superhero story that folds prehistoric spectacle together with figures drawn from history, this is a comic with a premise the panel found genuinely inventive. The artwork drew real admiration, and the characters landed as compelling and distinctive, each one carrying the story forward with momentum. It struck them as the kind of high-quality hero storytelling worth celebrating right now.
Writer's Biography
Shaun Keenan Writer
Shaun Keenan is inspiring minds through moral and historic stories, by using the visual medium of graphic novels. Having had trouble reading as a child it wasn’t until Shaun was much older that he realized he was a visual learner. Knowing this Shaun created a publishing company COMICS2MOVIES and now invests time in using visual mediums to help educate others about moral and social issues. Shaun and his wife have an amazing daughter and live in Gisborne a small regional town outside of Melbourne, Victoria Australia close to their family and friends. Shaun Keenan (age 38) is a graphic novel writer, creator and publisher having created the successful Xtreme Champion Tournament and Terralympus graphic novel series. Shaun has a third graphic novel series Talos of Sparta scheduled for release in 2020. All Shaun’s graphic novels are available from all brick and mortar and online bookstores. Shaun has done over 100 comic conventions in four different countries running and speaking on panels form everything about creating comics, crowdfunding comics and diversity in comics to world building in comics. Through his convention appearances Shaun has built a large international following on social media channels using this as a way to further connect with fans. Shaun is an active promoter who proactively promotes each of his graphic novels nationally and internationally.
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XCT: Breakout was Winner of Best Comic Book at the AFIN International Film Festival 2020, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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