FLYING GLORY Extras

Here you will find a select group of shorts, texts stories, and other things which give a hint more into the world of FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY. We will add to this as we go along. We may even show some of our earlier, attempts on the story, abandoned for various reasons.

2011 marked FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY's 10th year on the web. However, as mentioned elsewhere, the concept has been around since 1997, and under a slightly different name, but after meeting another gentleman marketing another concept at Comic-Con 1997 we decided to change the name of the backing band to avoid brand confusion with his pitch - an idea further reinforced by the fact there was a band we found out about that actually used the orignal name. HOUNDS OF GLORY sounds much better and frankly is less commonly used. In cleaning up recently, the original pitch art from 1997 was rediscovered. It's been scanned and placed here for you to see! Especially of note - the bottom panels of page 3 with early versions of Cassie on the left and Elsie on the right, and that Nate is very much absent at this point with John/Concerto featured more prominently as the love interest and main male character of the original pitch (the drawings tell it all!). It's also an amazing testament as to how much Kevin Paul Shaw Broden's art skills have continued to blossom and improve. Enjoy!

In 2004, we wondered how Flying Glory and the Hounds of Glory might translate to an animated series. If you're curious what we were trying, you can look at a draft of the pilot here - enough has fundamentally changed that we couldn't do anything remotely close to this now, primarily current characters now assuming some of the roles that were in this script in the comic, which it would then also make sense for them to be doing the same in the series. In addition, see how we changed the storyline of Issue 3 to fit the half-hour animation format. We very much would still like to bring this project to life in alternate media someday! Please note: this is a 2MB file.

"Skipping a Beat" - is a short prose story that shows events of Issue 6 from Cassie Sanderson's perspective before she comes running up to Flying Glory with her cell phone on page 2 of the issue. It's also an introduction and revelation to another key player in Cassie's life.

In the very beginning, we wanted to do a simple black and white 'ashcan' for FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY but later discarded the idea because we felt it wasn't the best introducton to the character due to size limitations. Clike HERE to see the original ashcan script we developed.

Click here to download an audio sample of what it might have sounded like to hear coverage of Flying Glory and the Hounds of Glory's first OUTDOOR PERFOMANCE.

"Suite for Strings" - is a short prose story that gives us a glimpse into the lives of one of our more obscure supporting characters, Cassie Sanderson.

Lucy Alvarez -- also known as guitarist and band lyricist Shroud -- has a quiet, brooding mind.
Catch Glimpses Behind the Shroud to see excerpts fromher personal diary.

SECRET SONGBOOK - Just like for any music album, songs have been written for FLYING GLORY AND THE GLORY HOUNDS that have been cut due to plot changes or changes in mood and direction. Take a glimpse in our SECRET SONGBOOK and see what (for now) has been left unused.

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