The Intergalactic Nemesis - Book One:
Target Earth
November 22nd
The Long Center for the Performing Arts
The Long Center presented
the world premiere of the Austin original, live action graphic
novel to an audience of thousands in 2010, helping to launch a
world tour to more than 30 cities. Now, the Zygonians and
their tongue-in-cheek sci-fi adventure are back in town for one
performance only as the cult hit serial radio play The Intergalactic Nemesis will once again be staged in its entirety at
The Long Center on Thursday, November 22nd.
Originally created in 1996
as a radio drama inspired by Star
Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and
the classic pulp serials, the premise for The Intergalactic Nemesis follows
Pulitzer-winning reporter Molly Sloan and her intrepid
assistant Timmy Mendez.
Set in 1933, the pair
have stumbled across a series of murders foiled by a mysterious
librarian from Flagstaff named Ben Wilcott. The three
heroes trek across Europe, North Africa, and beyond to thwart
world-famous mesmerist Mysterion the Magni?cent and what turns
out to be an invasion of sludge-monsters from the planet Zygon.
Written by Jason
Neulander, the story has been serialized in a set of graphic
novels, with artwork by Tim Doyle. Originally performed
on The Long Center stage in 2010, the show features actors Danu
Uribe, David Higgins and Christopher Lee Gibson recreating the
serial live - with live sound effects created by Buzz Moran the
original score performed by Graham Reynolds - while more than
1,250 hand-illustrated comic book artwork images project
panel-by-panel on a 42-foot by 24-foot screen.
Tickets range from $19 to
$49, with show time at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at
The Long Center's 3M Box Office - located at 701 West Riverside
Drive at South First Street - by calling (512) 474-LONG (5664)
and online www.TheLongCenter.org.
(Artwork by Tim Doyle)
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