San Diego Comic-Con is an ideal place to make announcements for new projects, but some people go so bold as to debut them there. Moras Productions is one such outfit that’s making this move, choosing to sell their upcoming adventure comic Ancient Explorers: The Lost City of Peru for the first time at SDCC.
Omar Mora, a writer, actor and producer, is behind the book, which he describes as “a novel – comic book hybrid.” We’re not sure how that works, but the plot is that two best friends and two archaeologists discover that they may know the location of Patiti, the lost city of Peru. What else can they do but journey there? Ah, but others are seeking to find it too, of course, and the four soon find themselves in the type of swashbuckling, death-defying adventure you typically get from chasing lost cities.
“I’m so proud of this book,” says Mora. “Ancient Explorers is a novel that I always wanted to produce as a comic book. When the pandemic hit, well the economy hit as well and I...