"When he¡¯s not working as a concept designer during his day job at Weta Workshop, Greg Broadmore likes to concoct ray guns, rocket ships and steampunk fiction centered on a macho British blowhard known as Lord Cockswain.
The New Zealander visits Comic-Con International this week to hype new Cockswain escapes featured in the deliriously goofy graphic novel Triumph: Unnecessarily Violent Tales of Science Adventure for the Simple and Unfortunate. Presented by mysterious alter ego Dr. Grordbort, the hardcover volume includes the obscenity-laced ¡°Into the Lair of the Space
s,¡± wherein the brutish Cockswain discovers an alien planet that uses tears from children to brew Kuiper Cola, the solar system¡¯s most delicious beverage.
Check out the gallery above for an advance look at the adventurer¡¯s pulp-fiction escapades.
In ¡°The Psychiatrist¡± tale, emotionally repressed braggart Cockswain hints at a twisted childhood while channeling Ernest Hemingway by way of Flash Gordon to blow away a Gilded Grsitleback from outer space.
Triumph also packs faux catalog ads for a remote-control punching machine ¡ª the Punch-O-Tron ¡ª and Broadmore¡¯s signature assortment of steampunk weaponry and posters for imaginary movies like Devil Beasts From Venus, plus a cryptic double-spread titled ¡°Moon Maidens.¡±
Broadmore introduced his line of retro ray guns in 2006, then served as lead conceptual designer for Neill Blomkamp¡¯s breakthrough alien-invasion adventure District 9. He¡¯s reveled in the excesses of Victorian-era gadgetry in Dr. Grordbort¡¯s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory and 2009¡äs Victory: Scientific Adventure Violence for Young Men and Literate Women."
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