About
amazon.com/author/pamharrison
Posted by Pam Harrison on Thursday, April 23, 2015
Pam Harrison is the artist and writer behind House of the Muses (2007-2012) and is counted among some of the first, best known, and most successful CGI artists in Independent Comics. In 2007 Pam took the fledgling Poser comic genre to new heights with the debut of her long-running graphic novel series, House of the Muses: The Latter Days of Sappho of Lesbos, told in first person by one of Sappho’s students, Mnasidika of Sparta, richly interwoven with history and poetry from ancient translations.
Her work with the world-wide acclaimed historical fiction series House of the Muses earned her the 2008 Prism Comics Queer Press Grant for Outstanding Series. The series won numerous reviews and mentions and was favorably reviewed in more than 27 countries in its heyday between 2007-2012. The tenth and final chapter was completed and the collection of ten issues were compiled into two 300 page graphic novel volumes in September 2019.
Harrison has been credited by Comic Book Resources’ Brian Cronin and veteran comic legend Sergio Aragonés as “THE best CGI comic artist EVER”. An accomplished penciller as well, her pencils can be found in House of the Muses #3 and a past episode of Roy Duncan’s Frankenstein Apocalypse.
She continues her storytelling in a gripping Sci-Fi space opera adventure, A Deviant Mind, finally published in 2010, that far transcends its original LGBT audience: Tara, a telepath of no small ability, awakens in a regeneration tube with no recollection of who she is and where she comes from. The insidious truth behind Tara’s amnesia is, she has a secret that makes her worth hunting–and it’s far more terrible than anyone could have ever imagined.
Tara is taken into Imperial custody. A hunt begins to find out who she was and what is going on. When Tara takes it on herself to discover the truth, the more she learns, the worse it gets and she is soon on the run again. Tara begins to realize she may not be one of the good guys after all.
Pam’s work has also appeared in ALPHABET Anthology, Dark Mischief horror anthology, Voices Against Bullying and more. In 2018 Pam became Chief Editor of ICC Magazine, the flagship publication of the Independent Creators Connection, a popular culture magazine that promotes other Independent comic artists, with resources for creating stories, along with the latest pop culture interests.
A compilation of her world-wide acclaimed House of the Muses in TWO 300 page full color paperback graphic novels is ON SALE NOW at IndyPlanet.com.
******************************************
Here is what some readers of House of the Muses have to say about the series:
“This is a series NOT to be missed!” — CURVE Magazine, June 2008
“A tale from ancient history, compiled from the writings of a Greek poet and her friend. And the poet is Sappho, so it’s no surprise that passion is as omnipresent as the power politics of slave ownership and family intrigues.” — T.E. Lyons, LEO Weekly Magazine
“All in all I have found House of Muses I and II to be an enjoyable straight forward read. I am looking forward to following the remainder of the online series and purchasing a complete set when they are published. I would urge Ms. Harrison to contact Dream Works or one of the other studios about the possibility of an animated feature film in the future.”
“Groundbreaking 3D/graphic novel illustration….”
“The art is absolutely remarkable. This is a book that demands your full attention.”
“3D graphics, lesbian romance and political intrigue all add up to make this projected nine volume historical graphic novel series really unique.”
“Fans of history, lesbian romance, or Sappho herself are sure to enjoy it…it’s DEFINITELY worth the read.” — Pink Kryptonite
SYNOPSIS OF
A DEVIANT MIND
Setting:
This 24 page per issue, ongoing comic series, is a science fiction adventure set in the Galactic Empire, near the Alpha Centauri system. It’s told in first person, from the heroine’s POV, with alternating storylines told in Supporting Characters’ POV in subsequent issues.
Storyline:
The female heroine, Akari, aka “T.A.R.A. 152” or simply, Tara, is approximately 25 years old, height 5’9″ and is one of the warrior race of Riyaki from the doomed world Attalla V in the RimWorld sector bordering the Confederation and the N’Anaxian Empire.
Tara, a telepath of no small ability, awakens in a regeneration tube with no
recollection of who she is and where she comes from. The insidious truth behind Tara’s amnesia is, she has a secret that makes her worth hunting–and it’s far more terrible than anyone could have ever imagined.
Wireheads have been turning up across various sectors of this quadrant for the past two years now, but this is the first time the Imperium has ever been able to recover one alive. A wirehead’s body, the doctors and agents of AlphaBase–where Tara has been in regeneration rehab ever since they found her–have discovered, is completely infiltrated by circuitry.
Tara is taken into Imperial custody. A hunt begins to find out who she was and what is going on. When Tara takes it on herself to discover the truth, the more she learns, the worse it gets and she is soon on the run again. Tara begins to realize she may not be one of the good guys after all.
Through the course of the series we are introduced to a large cast of characters, hero and villain alike: Adrian, Tara’s love interest, who is an expatriate Confed who escaped the Deviant Quarantine camps of the Confederation and made her way to a new life in the Imperium as an agent. Adrian also strikes a friendship with the princess-in-exile Najimi, who herself becomes embroiled in a struggle to regain her throne from her older half-sister Rak’Entha, who engineered to eliminate her younger siblings and seize the throne of Waniokai for herself. Leading them all is Shola, the Alpha Centaurian investigative agent with a talent for ferreting out the truth no matter how long it takes, and the twins Tayge and Lucky, two ex-Imperial military with tragic pasts who find themselves drawn into the growing conflict and forced to face down their losses in order to save lives.
The eclectic cast of characters soon finds itself embroiled in a chaotic Holy War with the Confederation, which has over the last five years pursued a covert takeover of its sector of the galaxy through capitalistic buyouts, insurrection and religious infiltration of the political sector.
Amid the plots and machinations of the wily capitalist villain Chess, and the shadowy movements of the faceless villainess Prym, it is finally revealed what role the mad warrior race, the Riyaki, who have already laid waste to numerous other worlds, have played in the Confederation’s plans of conquest. This revelation keeps Tara dancing on the razor’s edge of damnation and redemption.
Does Tara ever find out who she is and where she comes from? Follow the adventure here, and learn what haunting, dark secrets lie deep within…A DEVIANT MIND.
