Riddle Verse Comics is a graphic novel label and aspiring production company created by published author Brandon Lund. The locus of this most ambitious project, Riddle Verse Comics, began shortly after Brandon’s honorable discharge from the Air Force, having served as a Security Policeman for four years. Throughout his time in the military, Brandon had ample time to dream and wonder about what was possible regarding the world of letters. After his service was complete, Brandon relocated to Arizona in order to pursue his B.A. in Literature from Arizona State University. This was a truly magical time for the young author, wherein he was introduced and inducted into the ancient discourse of language, letters, and Literature. During this time, Brandon jousted, learned from, and studied with many great scholars and professors who nourished and cultured his wild and volatile intellect into something that could wield words. Brandon’s ultimate ambition is to walk that fine line of art and entertainment, neither wanting to ostracize the casual reader nor the intellectual, but instead, choosing to write in a way neither will find condescending.
In addition to his literary vision, Riddle Verse Comics, Brandon has recently been added to the “RoseDog family of titles” with his book, to be released: “Observations, Book, Essay, and Material From Various Works.” More information to follow as the production of the book develops…Ta-da! Brandon’s book is now available here!
And keep an eye out for this one: “Two Plays, On Revenge and History.” This will be Brandon’s second book to have been published, this one is published by the very prestigious Page Publishing. Keep an eye out for the release date on this one, some time this fall, maybe winter. Boom.
To delight and illuminate through a community of words is the goal of Riddle Verse Comics.
“Two Plays on Revenge and History” compares the human spirit to feelings of nobility and despair in order to resolve the struggles within our character overtime. The developments found within these plays are sometimes lofty and sometimes treacherous and low. When Desmondo speaks of despair, he is not speaking to others. He is speaking to his enlightened purpose as a revenger. When Shaman tells his nephew the story of all he knows, he, in turn, reaches the very summits of nobility in a single story told outright. Ultimately, we come to learn that the human condition must be examined and that it is our nature to ascend to the greater heights of dignity but also to conceive of new problems, as is the case in the baser impulse of revenge!
“Observations, Book, Essay, and Material from Various Works,” is a Cosmopolitan Journal or a compendium of thought. The essay and the poetry collection follow the author’s journey through literature. The short observations, the journal, and the various works pull together the author’s inward journey to discovering a public voice. The book summarizes the author’s life, over a period of a years, which eventually included several pieces of writing that were drawn together by a journal kept online for nearly five years. The book was discovered by Dorrance Publishing Co., through a copyright, and Brandon was published through Rosedog Books.
Brandon Lund’s books on Goodreads
The Time Testing Tale Told
The Time Testing Tale Told The Time Testing Tale Told is a story about an ambitious man’s need for family and friends. The story revolves around Shaman, a troubled seer searching for answers to the many questions that have plagued him. Shaman is a wayward traveler, finding satisfaction in the open road of unbound experience. After clashing in distant lands, he returns home battered on many levels. In an attempt to connect with those he loves, Shaman begins with the most basic human impulse. He tells his nephew a story. In the meta-fictional form of “The Princess Bride” or “Interview With The Vampire,” the true story is the tale told. Through his eyes, the readers leap into a fantastic chain of events that will take them from ancient Greece to a sunken lost city. As the hero tells the tale, he begins to see answers to the questions that have haunted him, realizing that perhaps the darkest and most dangerous road to travel is one’s own heart.
The Sepulture’s Destruction!
The Sepulture’s Destruction! attempts to answer questions that surround the idea of a worthy foe. Through the prolonged metaphor of a heroes dispute, the book brings to light what prevails when our better nature is challenged by the baser nature of indifference and inequality. When forced to see the world as unequal, and therefore cruel, will Shaman have a superseding answer in the face of Merc-Zero’s gaudy wealth? The struggle between these two heroes is often beset by Merc-Zero’s well-meaning attempt to survive when faced with what is the universal flaw of mortality through his wicked invention, The Sepulture! Himloune proves himself to be the match of Merc-Zero through resolve that ultimately spans his entire life.
The Song of Lost Knowledge
As a coming of age story about a traveler, on the path to self-discovery, The Song of Lost Knowledge attempts to answer questions such as ‘who am I?’. The story begins when an oak-born elf leaves the safety of a maternal setting, an archipelago forest that raised him, in pursuit of answers to questions that have become too much to bear further. As a sickness, known to all simply as the Scourge, destroys the ancient forest, a dying oak named Sad Mother is forced to change her ways. Her half-breed son, often known simply as the Elf, coupled with his best-friend Myrtle the Turtle, sets out on a journey across dangerous landscapes while avoiding the many outcomes of risk. All of this while attempting to stop the destruction of his home and to save the elders who nurtured him. In the end, can he handle the shocking origins of the Scourge? The Chaucerian self-portrait that takes place along the way ties the entire piece together as a pictorial image of a face defined within the water of the islands.