An Exclusive Look At Fon Davis's MORAV Comic Book

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: Fon Davis / Avery Guerra

It has been well over a year since I last heard anything out of the MORAV camp. It is great to see that director Fon Davis is still pushing forward with his awesome looking giant robot project.

It was kind of Davis to send over two exclusive pieces of artwork from the comic book based on his unfinished project. The cover image above was created by the very talented artist, Emmanuel Shiu, however, this will not be the issues only cover. Artists Brian Matyas, Roel Robles, Lei Jin, Greg Knight and Paul Hamblin have also signed on to produce unique covers for the first issue as well.

Since it has been over a year since I last wrote about MORAV, let me catch everyone up.

This is courtesy of Fon Davis:

MORAV is an action/sci-fi story that features amazing technology and massive armored robots embroiled in a corporate war for control of the country of Tangri Island. A non-stop action adventure story, MORAV centers on its characters as they struggle for personal and political freedom.

While MORAV’s excitement comes from the massive 30-foot tall robots, it is a dark and gritty action-filled military drama seeped in sci-fi overtones. MORAV also captures the political and sociological undercurrents of what are going on today in places like the Middle East as well as capturing the dynamics of the China/Thailand situation. While keeping the sci-fi elements to the story exciting and realistic, MORAV is a non-stop action adventure that will excite for years to come.

The story begins with the robot pilots and their peers testing and training then follows them through their struggles with the hardships of war. The audience witnesses the start of a global arms race to build the greatest giant robot army in the world. MORAV covers many decades chronicling the characters through a coup de'tat followed by a civil war that eventually leads to World War Three. The viewer will actually get to see the entire historic saga of robot warfare through the eyes of the men and women immersed in this reality.

If you like robot science fiction, MORAV could be what you've always wanted to see but no one has done. This kind of gritty realism is uncommon in the robot science fiction genre. The show is heavily focused on keeping stories character based and making the environment tangible. There is an effort to bring the audience into a world where robots really walk the streets. The robots in this series do not jump, fly, and shoot lasers out of their eyes. They are designed the way giant robots would be if they were real.

The Nation of Kumala. Divided into two separate states, they have endured an uneasy peace for hundreds of years, but now they find themselves embroiled in a bloody conflict that pits East and West at each other’s throats for control of the entire country.

Across the Jilta Straits lies her sister country of Tangri Island. A peaceful nation with a rich blend of traditional Asian heritage and Western-influenced modernisms and, not unlike any other paradise on Earth, there are those who wish to exploit her and take what she has to offer, no matter what the cost.

As tensions evolve into all-out war, heroes from both Tangri and Kumala unite with a corporate peacekeeping detachment of the Joint Nations Defense force in an attempt to prevent the onslaught of genocide. If they fail, the conflict could destroy Kumala and threaten not only the stability of Tangri Island, but engulf the remainder of South-East Asia into a global war.

But even as Tangri’s King deploys his historic special forces team, The Dragon Army, in an attempt to help subdue the ethnic cleansing in Kumala, the JND is secretly testing a new and devastatingly powerful robotic super-weapon on their peaceful island, one that will ravage Tangri’s future before the King’s forces have time to react.

Lines will be drawn, friendships tested, alliances forged, and the balance of military might will be forever changed by a weapon the likes of which no one has ever seen or imagined.

Davis also wanted to let everyone know that if they want to contribute to his MORAV project they can purchase Coffee Mugs, Men's and Woman's t-shirts and more on Zazzle .

See Also: Interview - Fon Davis (SFX Wizard And Creator Of MORAV) / Giant Robot Fans Rejoice! MORAV Is Coming!