The Team
Simon Forrester-Concept/Producer
I'm also the leading director of Engine1991CreationsLtd.
After working for a few years "part-time" in the independent TV/Film scene in and around Scotland and England, doing shorts, a documentary, and live sports coverage of American Football.
I decided to do something creative for myself and try my hand at developing my very own stories as a writer. However, I was at a very low point at this time in my life and didn't have enough confidence in transforming one of my concepts into a full story. That is when I met Colin MacGregor through the help of social media and I commissioned him to write "Caged Rats" as a feature-length movie script. After it was completed, I soon realized that Caged Rats was too ambitious to become a live-action feature film. So I thought it would be better to be developed into a comic instead. Then, after connecting with an illustrator called Nico Toran through an online freelance marketplace, my confidence has only grown stronger from there into new exciting heights.
Now, working in tandem with the indispensable talent of Colin and Nico on the Caged Rats comic, I'm also shaping the next project "Demons Amongst Us" as a co-writer with Colin, which I hope becomes adapted into a comic as well!
Feel free to contact me via social media or my email!
Colin MacGregor-Story/Writer
Colin has a BA degree in Creative Industries from the UWS Ayr, where he excelled in writing scripts for Film & Theatre. He was a professional singer in cabaret shows for 28 years and went on to become a performer & Cruise Director on cruise ships
Colin has written two comedy musical plays, one of which was a commission by Motherwell Civic theatre & North Lanarkshire Council. He also co-wrote ‘Two On The Roof’ which played at the Britannia Panopticon. A treasured moment for Colin was when he became the written voice of the iconic Puffin in Puffin Books Magazine and also the writer for the mags center page comic.
Colin was approached by myself at Engine 1991 Creations where he was commissioned to write a feature-length film, this film we called ‘Caged Rats’.
On delivery of the script I then made the decision to convert the fantastic story into a thrilling and engaging comic book.
Nico Torán-Artist
Nico Torán is a London-based, freelance illustrator who has significantly developed his style and method whilst working on Caged Rats, drawing from the inspirations of such artists as Frank Quitely and Junji Ito. Nico enjoys the use of textured line-work and high-contrast shadows, with a focus on character's faces to propel a story.
Besides his art career, Nico has a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is an amateur practitioner of Judo, Kyokushin Karate. Tomiki Aikido, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Looking to the future, he hopes to contribute to mathematical academia as a fluid dynamicist and to the world of martial arts as a dorky journeyman, but will be satisfied even if he only manages to draw a really really good comic.