Patient EV-136 is a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel that tells the story of a woman that wakes up in a morgue with no recollection of who or what she is , only a feeling that she has an inevitable destiny.
Patient EV-136 tell us the story of a woman that wakes up in a morgue with no memory. Her only clue? A code: EV-136. Between mysterious symptoms and flashes of lost memories she feels that she holds a bigger secret and that her destiny is inevitable!
This is the first part of a 50 pages Graphic Novel we are developing. It's already been approved by a publisher to be launch in Portugal and Brazil.
If we achieve 3000 copies it will be distributed in Spain, USA and UK. Patient EV-136 is a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel and an unique project! And we, as the geeks we are, want to see more of this genre on the shelves.
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About the author
MJ Lima was born in Oporto in 1983. After finshing high school, she auditioned for Balleteatro Escola Profissional at the age of 20, where she studied contemporary thearte. It was here that she also developed her life long passion for theatre, films and dance.
While studying Bellydance in 2006, she used her theatrical skills to creat a new "Bellyfusion" style which she would go on to use in many performances. In 2011 her passion for the Pin Up style took her to Lisbon to take workshops with the prestigious La Belle Bombshell - Cais Sodre Cabaret/ She took all those teachings to the stage and opened her own dance studio. She has also worked as a model after the huge success of her work with Lip Photography and Pedro Cabral.
In 2010 she was invited to be the Cinema/Dance editor at Amol Magazine where she interviewed people like Sharon Kihara and Eli Roth. She has also had the pleasure of meeting several Hollywood legends including the world famous zombie film director George Romero.
Her lifelong passion for film took her to London where she is now based. Writes as a columnist for the website/fanzine Coisas Da Interwebs with her Confessions Of a Geek Girl In London. She is currently working as a writer on her own graphic novel with artist Patrik Caetano , soon to be published.
Born in Switzerland at 12/07/1989 and raised in portugal. Frequented the Equipment design course in Daniel Sampaio and the Arquitecture course in UAL, studied Visual Arts and has graduated in Fine Arts school of Lisbon. Developed various works in categorys of Illustration, comics, concept Art and Portuguese Bagpipe. Had exhibited his works of drawing in group and individual exhibitions between 2007 and 2013, worked in Lusoartes from 2012 to 2014 and later began to create his first comic with M.J Lima as sriptwriter, called Patient Ev-136. Had win 3 prizes, between them, the Anselmo de Andrade prize in visual Arts 2008 and the "Pilar Moreno Diaz de Pena" prize, consessed by the spanish embassy in 2007.
M.J. and Patrik met at the social networks and have been working together in this project for a year now!
Budget and due dates
The agreement we made with the publisher is that it will be printed 500 copies of a first edition of Patient EV-136 but we need to invest part of the costs.
And it's here that we ask for your help! We have no conditions to pay the necessary amount to see our Graphic Novel on the shelves! If we manage to collect enough money ou Graphic Novel will go to a review and print in a space of 4 months then it will be distributed and available for sale!
