Alfredo James De Blas

James de Blas Psychiatric Superhero

It all began in the early nineties with the "˜Legend of Humopia' a healing story of how a planet parallel to the Earth begins to move down a path of insanity and how the spirits of nature work closely with humans to heal the brokenness of the ancient archetype, the madman. Then came the "˜Journey of the Madman', where the madman becomes the centre of a vortex of insanity on a planetary scale. The beings of the planet go in search of their holy grail, the ultimate medicine, Atruehum. If they can find the ingredients and make the most powerful healing medicine ever created, they can use it to heal the first man and save the planet. Yet Atruehum still remains undiscovered...

The "˜Madman' is the "˜Psychiatric Superhero'. My proposal for 2012-2013 is to create a superhero graphic novel. It will be an 80-100 page full colour graphic novel that brings the light warrior "˜Psychiatric Superhero's' deep inner struggles out into the open in a highly imaginative and haunting saga.

I am endeavouring to create a powerful series of art works that will visually display this archetypal journey, from a state of being cursed to one of liberation, and through the madman's trials and tribulations illu...