Award-winning brothers unveil new futuristic comic book inspired by Luton’s Deadpool
Two award-winning Luton filmmakers have released their first comic book, telling the story of how a superhero makes his way back to the town after being sent into the future.
Jaspal and Jasbir Nangla, who won an Bute Street Film Festival award for their documentary, worked with Luton’s Deadpool on a special story.
Jaspal said: “Red Man gets himself into this situation because he ends up helping too many people. He helps people, even if it is a detriment to himself.
“This is the lesson that he needs to learn by the end of the story: to help himself and go back to his daughter.”
The project was commissioned by X-4RCE, a mental health community interest company founded by Luton’s Deadpool, and is loosely based on the well-known cosplayer.
The mystery man said: “It's all about trying to get people to see that they can be the hero, relate to this character, and want to grow alongside him. This is a story about his mental health and how he’s going to deal with that in this situation.”
Aleesah Miah, a freelance graphic designer and mum, helped to create the cover. She said: “If people read it they will learn to value themselves more and realise that you need to look after yourself too.”
The comic includes some iconic Luton landmarks, which Luton Deadpool hopes will be something that “people look back on and are proud of”.
The team unveiled ‘All On Red’ at Luton Comic Comic last month, and have fans already waiting for volume two.
Jaspal said: “These little kids, even though, they have no idea who I am, have now picked up my work and are, you could say, fans. No matter what, if those two kids were the only two we sold it to, I think it was a success.”
Aleesah thanked the team: “I never in a million years thought I'd ever have the opportunity to do anything like this. It’s just such a positive environment, and they made me believe that I can actually do things that I never thought I'd be able to do.”
The brothers say this will be a continuing project, so keep your eyes peeled for more Red Man comics coming soon.
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