ANCIENT FUTURES

STORY SUMMARY

Ancient Futures is a sci-fi fantasy graphic novel series with a dark noir quality. A story about humankind at an inflection point told through the eyes of afro-cyberpunk assassins, Ancient Futures is an epic tale told on multiple levels - a dark global organization waging a war on science, a rogue professor with an unbelievable technology, angels sacrificing heavenly status, and the super-dimensional force coming to oppose them...and one dude caught up in it all, just trying to lead a Dope Life.

Informed by creator & author Seven's curiosity and design research background and illustrated by Aaron McConnell (illustrator of New York Times Best Seller The Comic Book Story of Beer), Ancient Futures takes readers on a mind-bending journey through conspiracy theories, global conflict, quantum physics, ancient mysticism, afropunk, jungian psychology, and metacognition.

Ancient Futures 1 cover

What’s Next?

Building upon the triumph of our initial Kickstarter campaign in early 2021, which enabled us to successfully launch the graphic novel series, we proceeded to create the inaugural issue: "Ancient Futures Episode One: The Rise of Valentino Cruz" in 2022.

Presently, we are gearing up for the launch and production of our second issue: "Ancient Futures Episode 2: Rise of the Young Gods" in 2024.

We appreciate your support as we continue this exciting journey.

Meet The Creators

Steven White Portrait
  • Steven White, aka Seven, is an Author, Creative, Musician, Entrepreneur, and a dabbler in standup comedy. For over 15 years, he has been helping organizations and individuals unlock their creative potential. He’s worked with well-known companies and organizations such as Allstate, LUMA Institute, USSOCOM (United States Special Operations Command), and started several technology startups. He holds a Masters in Design Methods from the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago, one of the top design thinking graduate programs in the world.

    Through his work as a Creativity instructor with USSOCOM, Steven has advised and trained over 1,000 elite members of the US military and international special forces - teams of Navy SEALs, Rangers, Green Berets, etc. - a rich mix of intelligence operatives, soldiers, pilots, medics.

    In the years before the world changed in 2020, Steven was pursuing a glamorous international career - with a freshly minted advanced degree, consorting with the global elite and the enforcers that serve them ”hunting dangerous people for large sums of money.” Then during the global pandemic, when the glamor ended, Steven began to reflect on his own journey and develop it into the Ancient Futures graphic novel series, an epic tale told on multiple levels - a dark global organization waging a war on Science, a rogue professor with an unbelievable technology, angels sacrificing heavenly status, and the meta-dimensional forces coming to oppose them, and one dude caught up in it all, just trying to lead a Dope Life.

Aaron McConnell portrait
  • Aaron McConnell illustrated the New York Times Best Seller The Comic Book Story of Beer (Ten Speed Press, 2015), The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation (William Morrow, 2013) and The U.S. Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation (Hill and Wang, 2008).

    In addition to his nonfiction and historical fiction comics, he is also recognized for his fantasy illustrations and cover art on such titles as 13th Age RPG Core Book (Pelgrane Press, 2013) and Elder Scrolls Online: Tales of Tamriel (Titan Books, 2015) as well as comic illustration for DC, Marvel, Boom! Studios and Dark Horse

Talks

ETHOS with Creative Mornings Chicago

Dope Your Life: Creating Ancient Futures conversation with Chicago Graphic Design Club

Choose To Challenge with Lawanna Bradford

Storytelling with Steven White: Chicago Graphic Design Club’s podcast Underscore