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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.
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