A GANGS OF LONDON STORY: GHOSTS

AWAKENING THE GHOSTS When we’re making Gangs of London I’m always conscious of walking a fine line that balances the grounded, emotional family crime saga and the more graphic-novelized, heightened or ‘Gothamized’, genre heavy look, feel & tone that we frequently mix together to create the world of our London on screen.

I felt like there was a place for a natural companion to the episodes in the show to tell a series of additional ‘Gangs Of London Stories’ in graphic novel form that will reveal further insights into our characters and what they get up to before, during and after the events of Season 2.

I hope you enjoy the first of these, which picks up just before we meet Elliot in the second season & helps us understand the consequences of the deal he made with the Investors at the end of the first Season, before he gets sent back to help out in London.

Huge thanks to the incredible work of writer Rowan Athale for helping capture Elliot’s volatile state of mind and to my talented storyboard artist Ferenc ‘Freddy’ Nothof whose brilliant kinetic visualisations have been such a key part of designing the show - both helped turn this around in record time, and to Sky for backing crazy ideas like this!

And so finally, welcome to the first Gangs Of London Story, entitled ‘GHOSTS.’ Corin Hardy 15.11.2022

Story by

Corin Hardy

Written by

Rowan Athale

Illustrated by

Ferenc Nothof

Based on characters created by Gareth Evans & Matt Flannery

What the fuck happened?

Where the fuck am I?

Story by

Corin Hardy

Written by

Rowan Athale

Illustrated by

Ferenc Nothof

Is this Hong Kong?

The microchip Sean gave me...

WHO SAID THAT?

WHO’S THERE?

Before I shot him in the face, nearly a year ago.

Tokyo...

No. Seoul.

I remember coming to Seoul.

What the fuck do I do with it all?

I’ve been killing for these people nearly a fucking year. I don’t remember their names.

There’s no one here...

Too many to count.

Don’t even remember how many I’ve killed.

But what am I doing here?

Am I coming or going?

Show your face? I’m not fucking around!

You know my face. You put bullets through it, made it look this way.

no cordite.

No blood

I must have just arrived.

You haven’t killed anybody yet.

I haven’t killed anybody.

You know mine too.

And mine.

And mine.

And mine, Elliot.

They forced me to do it... MS Kane.

The Investors. I didn’t have a choice.

There’s always a choice. You just never make it. You tell yourself you will. But you never do.

This isn’t your path Elliot.

When are you going to end this?

Get out!

And she says...

GET OUT!

You’re going to Prague. Name, location, and photograph incoming.

Stand by Elliot.

And you reply...

Every time you do it. You say you can’t do it again... But then She calls.

...

Understood.

It’s the same thing every time.

You hear her words.

Make the kill without question.

It’s like she’s the bell and you’re Pavlov’s dog.

CAIRO, EGYPT

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.

NEW YORK CITY, USA

ST PETERSBERG, RUSSIA

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

MIAMI, USA

BELMOPAM BEACH, BELIZE

TUSCANY, ITALY

If only I could use this to figure a way to save them.

For Shannon.

I do it for them.

And when an assassin shows up to kill them, they’ll say they did it to save their loved ones. And on it goes.

For danny.

For my dad.

I’m am proud of you Elliot.

I’ll

kill you!

You can’t escape your memories Elliot.

HUH?!?? ...

Wait.

Before you go.

How many people do you see in this room?

WHO ARE YOU?!

WHO SENT YOU?!

You...

You did!!

You ordered a bottle of Soju.

We were out, we had to send some one to get it. I knocked quiet at first but no one answered.

Just you sir. Are you expecting guests?

No...

No one else.

Thank you.

I’m sorry.

Take this and my apologies.

Can’t get rid of your memories?

Elliot. After this.

I’ll find a way for you to see your father.

His whole life amounting to this moment?

Is this Elliot Carter’s legacy?

Is this his destiny?

Understood?

Your father would be proud of you Elliot.

Seoul is off.

You fly to Istanbul in three hours. It appears one of our associates has been trading illegally with a financier in London.

Name, location and photograph to follow. Stand by.

Understood.

Season 2 | Concept art - 2022

CONCept art and Storyboards by Ferenc nothof / Roxolid Studio

Original sketches by Corin HARDY

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