4 GALLERY: CHRISTOS ACHILLEOS 8 GALLERY: CORNELIUS COLE 12 GALLERY: BEFORE DEN
BY RICHARD CORBEN
16 CAPTAIN STERNN BY BERNI WRIGHTSON
25 SOFT LANDING BY DAN O'BANNON AND THOMAS WARKENTIN
29 DEN BY RICHARD CORBEN
49 SO BEAUTIFUL, SO DANGEROUS BY AGNUS MCKIE
EDITORIAL NOTE
By the time you read this, the HEAVY METAL animated movie will have made its return
to theatres. After fifteen years, this classic is louder and nastier than ever!
The length of its run will be decided by old and new fans, so check it out on
the big screen! The theatrical release will not include any new footage, but the
home video, which will be released June 4,1996 will feature a never-before-seen
five minute sequence entitled Neverwhere Land by master animator Cornelius Cole.
Although it will not shown in the originally intended sequence, the clip will
be shown at the end of the video, in its entirety, with a Pink Floyd score.
This issue One Step Beyond will take you even further back to the roots of the
movie. We'll revisit the original Soft Landing, Captain Sternn, and So Beautiful,
So Dangerous. We'll also feature the art of Chris Achilleos, who paired the original
Taarna, Richard Corben's classic The Arabian Nights, and of course, the art of
the great Corny Cole.
Special thanks to Corny and his daughter Dominque, Dominique, who helped restore
the missing Neverwhere Land to the film.
