About Nowhere (Original 1990s)
'Nowhere' began as a comic that Sygnin came up with as a teen in the 1990s. The original story was about Fenoril, Judas, Cheryl and a vampire character, and their adventures in Nowhere.
Nowhere was supposed to be a realm that existed between realms; a place where forgotten things went as they transitioned out of their own realities. By some magic, the characters accessed this liminal place, where they decided to hide out. Fenoril and Judas were elves who had stolen a important artifact called The Book of Answers, and they were trying to avoid being caught while also trying to open the book and use it for their own purposes. The other characters met up with them along the way, and they became a group that were all searching for answers.
As well as being a place, Nowhere was also an important concept for the original story - it reflected the state of being for all the major characters. Fenoril and Judas were on the run, Cheryl was displaced from her people and not much was known about the vampire.
The original Nowhere did not get developed much more than that, and after a couple of issues, the comic went dormant for decades. In 2020, Sygnin and Wayne decided to resurrect the comic, but with a different storyline and focus. The decision was made to keep the title as Nowhere, and the story still starts in that realm. But aside from that, the characters, motivation and plot are all quite different from what started out in the original Nowhere comic.
About Nowhere, Season 1 (2020-2023)
Fen, formerly known as Fenoril, Elven First Blade of the Black Guard, is now living a life of retirement in Nowhere, a not-quite-realm between all realms. His quiet existence revolves around his neighborhood, an intersection with a slum on Earth, and his kitten, a stray named Lucifer that he adopted one day.
But one day Lucifer leaves Fen’s home which should be impossible. Fen has taken every precaution—both physical and magical—to render his home unassailable. A kitten, however cute, should not be able to circumvent the defenses of a paranoid master assassin, retired or otherwise.
Fen sets out on a journey to reclaim his simple life and get his cat back. He calls on family he hasn’t seen in decades, like young Judas, an elven mage with a demon grafted to his soul. He also calls on old comrades in arms, like Cheryl the amazon. Both were critical in events of the past that led to his quiet life today.Now his quest to find his kitten, Lucifer, takes him to different worlds, different planes, and forces him to confront some the remnants of his past that he’s been hiding from.
The simple life of his retirement is forcefully pushed to the side and he’s reminded there was a time when things were very complicated, and the actions he once took to save the realms will be called on again as the truth behind his kitten and his past is laid bare.
About Nowhere, Season 2 (current)
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About the creators
Sygnin
Sygnin (she/they) is the pseudonym of illustrator Charlene Chua. Sygnin represents their interests in fantasy and comic art. Sygnin's illustration style features representations of fantasy and mythology done in a stylized digital ink and color finish.
Sygnin is also the illustrator of Nowhere. You can see her work at www.sygnin.com
Wayne Santos
Wayne Santos (he/him) has been an ad copywriter, a TV scriptwriter, a magazine contributor, an editor, and a freelance writer for too many things on the Internet to count. He grew up in Alberta, lived in Singapore, and settled down in Ontario with his wife and an ongoing rotation of two household cats. He is a multi-disciplinary geek with a double major in science-fiction and fantasy, specializations in novels, comics, anime, TV and film, and a minor in video games. Under no circumstances should he be approached to discuss 80s pop culture unless you are fully aware of the toll this will expend on your remaining lifespan.
His debut science fiction/fantasy novel, The Chimera Code was published by Solaris Books in July 2020. His website is www.waynesantos.com