First campaign · 2016

The 1980s
Back in the 1980s, there was an age of heroes in the north, much smaller than the one in the States, when figures like Major Snow (the Canadian super-soldier) and his nemesis Lord Reign made life hard for each other, eventually going out in a spectacular blaze of glory that served as a cautionary tale ending that age of heroes and villains.
Current day: Toronto
Casey Van Allen, the offspring of the fallen legendary Major Snow, has inherited all of her father's fortune but none of his good sense. She is impatient, impetuous, and has learned that the monster responsible for her father's death (Lord Reign) is alive and well, and has been living the good life in retirement after effectively staging his own death years ago. Obsessed with her father's legacy and determined to bring his killer to justice, Casey suits up and uses her vast inheritance to con a team of unsuspecting outcasts into helping her on her mission, accidentally setting off the second age of heroes and villains in the north.
The Journey of North
The premise
In NORTH, superheroes are more an “American thing”. Canada hasn't had active superheroes or villains for decades.
South of the border, the American dream mentality has manifested in larger-than-life heroes and villains centered mostly in major cities around the States, while their humble cousins to the north had only a handful of masked heroes back in the eighties and that ended catastrophically…for all of them.
Since then, masked good and evil in the north and the tragedy that resulted has become a part of our history…
‘Best to keep things modest.’
Current day: Toronto
Casey Van Allen, the offspring of the fallen legendary hero (Major Snow), has learned that the monster responsible for her father's death (arch-villain Lord Reign) is alive and well, living the good life after effectively staging his death years ago. Determined to follow in her father's footsteps and bring in the man who killed a national treasure, the young woman suits up and unearths a team of gifted misfits to help her in her mission.
With special abilities that combined should be enough to apprehend the now elderly Lord Reign, Casey's team bites off more than they can chew and accidentally awakens a beast that has laid dormant for the last thirty years. The well-intended group accidentally triggers the country's second age of super-powered heroes and villains and only a mysterious flag-wearing mentor can keep them alive through the journey ahead.
From the pages
Kickstarter Campaigns
Two campaigns, 407 backers, and over CA $22,000 raised to bring NORTH to print.
The first campaign · 2016
The first Kickstarter campaign launched NORTH issues #1 and #2. Watch the original campaign video.
The results
First campaign · 2016
Second campaign · 2019
Order the issues
NORTH is currently four issues into its thirteen-issue, volume one story arc.

Casey suits up. The second age begins.

Lord Reign is alive.

The team takes shape.

Launched at Fan Expo 2022.
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Read digitally
NORTH is also available on Comixology, one of the world's biggest digital comic platforms, and as a free download of the first volume.
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Comics to Screen
Original indie comic series NORTH jumps mediums to team-up with original hero television series SPLIT CITY for a world-building opportunity on the small screen.
Slated for several seasons of adventure, Volume One of Scott Sawyer's indie original comic series NORTH boasts a multi-cast of new heroes and villains fit for any medium. And any company looking to start building a universe of their own (Marvel or DC style) would do well to consider the dynamic cast of characters in NORTH.
And if NORTH's heroes are the NOVEL universe's Avengers, then Sawyer's original dramatic action series SPLIT CITY is the answer to its X-Men, offering a dark and different genesis via a cast of heroes and villains whose stories help build to the crescendo of a crossover between the two series.
Practically raised by Stan Lee, Sawyer has studied the Marvel way his entire life… shares the love and knows the recipe.
Following in the footsteps of the giants that came before him, but with his own new twists.
On tour
Launches, signings and booths across Ontario since 2016.
Timeline
Booth A517 · Metro Toronto Convention Centre
NORTH issue #4 was launched at Fan Expo 2022.
Booth #802 · Silver Snail table
NORTH issue #3 was launched at Fan Expo 2017.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre · Artist Alley, table A97
Real success for NORTH #1! We were able to reach a larger readership and looked forward to #2.
Comixology, one of the world's biggest digital comic platforms, carries NORTH with an international readership!
NORTH had its official book launch and signing!
The Silver Snail table
NORTH issues #1 and #2 were launched.
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In the media
TV, radio, podcasts and articles featuring NORTH and its creator.
Alana Everson reports.
Interview with NORTH creator Scott Sawyer.
Doolin sits down with Scott Sawyer, the creator of NORTH, to discuss his inspiration behind the new superhero series.
About the artist
Writer. Filmmaker. Comic book creator. Toronto.
Scott is a Canadian-born writer, filmmaker, and comic book creator residing in Toronto. His devotion to the story is unwavering.
Sawyer's love affair with film and comic books that started as a child still burns brightly as ever. In the role of writer, director, author, and illustrator (even single father), Sawyer's goal is always to create that same sense of wonderment in his expectant audience. Whether you're reading his scripts, watching his films, or reading his comic series, by honoring beloved old conventions and pushing them aside to break new ground, Scott's stories will catch you by surprise and always leave you thinking.
Ask Scott his favourite film and the answer is ‘Yes.’
Sawyer is the writer/director of the feature film ONE GOOD REASON, distributed by Factory Film Studio, and has a second feature film (ENFORCER) currently in development with producers Alex Jordan and Michael Patrick Lilly. He wrote and created the short film SPLIT CITY and is the writer/illustrator of the published comic book NORTH by NOVEL Comics.
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