MORIARTY: THE DARK CHAMBER is an upcoming graphic novel from DangerKatt Creative Studio, written by Daniel Corey, with art by Anthony Diecidue and letters and graphics by Dave Lanphear. The book is inspired by characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
MORIARTY is going to be a three-chapter trade publication. Chapter #1 is complete, but we need your help to fund Chapter #2. The money received from backers will aid in production, covering the cost of art, letters and final assembly. The individual chapters of MORIARTY will debut online, and will go to print when the entire book is complete.
MORIARTY follows the misadventures of Professor James Moriarty, arch nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, and poses the question: Can an outdated supervillain find new life?
It is the dawn of World War I, and Sherlock Holmes has been dead for twenty years. Professor James Moriarty is a lost man when he is approached by MI5 and blackmailed into finding Holmes' long-lost brother, Mycroft. What at first appears to be a routine case leads to a web of intrigue that involves a psychic box, a woman from his past, and a new villain that threatens to be greater than he ever was.
Will he unravel this complex mystery and reclaim his former glory as the world's greatest criminal mastermind, or will he fade into obscurity?
Project location: Los Angeles, CA
The UNDERLING Package: With your pledge of $10, your name will be published in the book as a supporter of the project.
The HENCHMAN Package: With your pledge of $20, your name will be published in the book as a supporter of the project, and you will receive free PDF downloads of the individual chapters as they become available.
The VILLAIN Package: For $40, you will receive all of the above, plus a signed copy of the MORIARTY: THE DARK CHAMBER graphic novel.
The SUPERVILLAIN Package: For $60, you will receive all of the above, plus a downloadable sketchbook featuring exclusive content.
The ARCH NEMESIS Package: For $80, you will receive all of the above, plus a signed MORIARTY poster.
The WORLD CONQUEROR Package: For $100, you will receive all of the above, plus a signed copy of DangerKatt's first graphic novel, PROPHET.
The TOTAL DOMINATION Package: For $200 or more, you will receive all of the above, plus an original sketch of a MORIARTY cast member of your choosing by artist Anthony Diecidue.
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Corey is a director, screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He has authored screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, two comic series, and a novel.
Daniel spent four years as writer in residence with the New York Acting Ensemble, where 10 of his plays were produced, several of which he directed. Titles included JOGGERS, PSYCHE IN A BOX, STAR OF INDIA, and THE WHITE ROOM.
Daniel has ranked in several distinguished competitions. The screenplay he penned based on his own novel, ELIZABETH KILBRIDE, was a quarterfinalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition. Also, his KING OF THE HILL spec script, titled THE YIDDISH CONNECTION, was a top 10 finalist in Creative Screenwriting’s AAA Teleplay Competition, as well as a Second Rounder at the 2006 Austin Film Festival Teleplay Competition. Most recently, the screenplay he wrote based on his comic MORIARTY: THE DARK CHAMBER was a quarterfinalist Coppola’s Screenwriting Competition, as well as a Second Rounder at the 2009 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
In 2007, Daniel created DANGERKATT CREATIVE STUDIO, a company that serves as an umbrella for all of his creative endeavors. DANGERKATT has since yielded the comic series PROPHET. PROPHET was made available online as a digital comic in September 2008, and garnered over 200,000 hits in its first quarter. The first volume graphic novel of PROPHET is now available. Current projects include the graphic novel MORIARTY: THE DARK CHAMBER.