UVI Student to Release First Comic Book, “The Mortal Pulse,” Set in the U.S. Virgin Islands

“The Mortal Pulse”, a comic book set in the U.S. Virgin Islands, will be available to the reading public in the coming months. The publication is the first for Devon Pelle, a second-year English and Fine Arts student at the University of the Virgin Islands. The comic book is written and illustrated by Mr. Pelle, under his nom de plume “Guzbez.”  “I loved drawing and art longer than I can remember,” Mr. Pelle told the Consortium on Thursday. “Growing up watching cartoons and reading comics, I had my own overactive imagination.” He always wanted to make stories himself,  he said. Now, he has.  “The Mortal Pulse” is a “21st-century narrative of the birth of a new kind of human with powerful mental abilities, but who lack proper guidance,” Mr. Pelle disclosed. “With time, they become disruptive — until a mute boy with telepathic abilities from the U.S. Virgin Islands strikes up an intense friendship in a girl’s dream.” The story continues to take shape after “a chance real-world encounte...