About this item
Evil can be seductive... Kyle--a closeted, teen superhero who can control fire--has finally summoned up the courage to enter a local gay bar. It's his very first step towards accepting himself. Unfortunately for him, his very next step out of the bar places him face-to-face with The Annihilator, "the most dangerous supervillain in the world." And the price that The Annihilator demands to keep Kyle's secret will lead Kyle down a path fraught with danger, adventure and unexpected romance. It's a path that will force Kyle to question what it really means to be a hero and will ultimately thrust him and his young teammates into an epic conflict against vastly superior foes. The Young Protectors: Engaging the Enemy is a multi-chapter superhero comic with explosive action, sly comedy, tender romance and powerful drama that both women and men will enjoy.
About the Author
Alex Woolfson grew up loving science-fiction and action movies, but never got to see what he really wanted to see -- kick-ass genre stories with real heroes who just happened to be gay. After starting a successful career as a filmmaker in the Bay Area, he soon realized the best way to create the "big-budget" adventure stories he craved would be as full-color comics. He teamed up with illustrator Winona Nelson to create the science-fiction graphic novel, Artifice, and in 2011, started posting pages from it on his Web site, Yaoi 911 Webcomics. In under a year, the webcomic had over 5,000 unique visitors a day, and a Kickstarter campaign, formed to raise money for a print version, blew past its $7000 goal in less than 48 hours. The campaign ultimately took in $36,551 by the end of its 30 day deadline.
In addition to writing and publishing comics, Alex enjoys eating other people's cooking, talking to strangers in the far parts of the world and spending weeks at a time on silent meditation retreat. He currently lives in the Bay Area where he is writing scripts for his latest story with gay action heroes, the superhero webcomic The Young Protectors.
