Independent comic book companies sometimes have the same old ideas and usually lean into one genre when they start out. Not so for DM Double Comics. They have different books for different comic book fans. I was able to talk to Duane Moore with DM Double Games and Comics at Greater Austin Comic Con and get an inside look at their comics universe.
Welcome to a past, present, and future that is not quite yours.
In this world aliens and monsters exist.
DM Double Comics got it’s start in 2020 and have quite the array of genres for a small press company. From examining patriotism and love of country in the title Old Glory, to the underbelly of crime with a large dash of horror in Brand X, and cyborg-military relations in Power Corps.
Here’s the concept of their universe from the DM Double website:
Welcome to the DM universe.
The origins of the DMU begin in a time beyond human reckoning and a place beyond human scope. On a distant planet, a war of magic and technology was fought between two groups, the Elys and the Nastrond. A war that found its way here. After centuries of skirmishes in our world, they formed a truce. With the truce, these creatures faded into our legends, fantasies, and myths.
The rules to their truce were simple. Neither side can tell humans of their existence, they can not adversely affect the human race, and finally they can not guide or protect humans from themselves.
Over time, they integrated into our society. Creating secret societies that influenced our world from the shadows. Over the centuries, both sides gathered large amounts of wealth and power. The three fates have told of a time when this truce will end. When the creatures of myth will step out from the shadows into the light. Among the Elys and the Nastrond, this day is known as Ragnarok.