Lost raven features hiv-positive hero This October, Blue Water Productions and Alias Comics will release LOST
RAVEN. By writer/creator Darren G. Davis (10th Muse, Legend of Isis), and
artists Keu Cha, Renato Arlem & Mike Miller, LOST RAVEN focuses on a man
who finds out he has the HIV virus and is forced to make changes in his life.
Following a strong role-model, Zak Raven, whose recent diagnoses fails to slow
him down one bit, LOST RAVEN treats the issue with respect and sincerity, while
leading readers on an exciting adventure of man versus nature … and the
UN-natural!
After learning that he has contracted the HIV virus, attorney Zak Raven leaves
his practice behind to set forth on a mission of relaxation – until his peaceful trip goes wildly astray, leaving Zak
shipwrecked on what he thinks is a deserted island with only the words in his
own journal to keep him company.
Unknown to Zak, however, four-miles below the surface of this quiet island
secretly hides a government experimentation center where scientists play God by trying to artificially evolve a human-based species to
combat a coming Armageddon. Unfortunately, all they’ve created so far are
deadly monsters … and they’re about to meet their new neighbor, Zak Raven!
“This book is not about sexual relations, but about what it is like to live
with this disease day to day,” said creator, Darren G. Davis. “It is based on
the journal of a friend of mine who passed away. Before he died I asked him if
this would be okay to do – to let people know what it is like to live with HIV
on a daily basis. It touches on stigma, the pain of the drugs, and the mental
strain caused from this disease.”
Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the Evergreen
AIDS Foundation.
LOST RAVEN is a 96-page graphic novel published by Alias Comics for release
in October 2006, and will be available for readers to order in
Diamond Comics Previews catalog in August.
