The new online animated fantasy series Loner began on 1st June 2009 and is already gaining quite a following. The CGI series is written, animated and directed by Robert James Wright and produced by John Pavlakos. The series also has an accompanying web comic with art by Dan Avenell (hello).

LONER is the story of DARLA KAY one of the last remaining humans of Earth after it was devastated by a virus created by a deadly maggot race, called the Dravall. Most humans were mutated by the Dravall into monstrous creatures, all devoted to serving their Dravall masters.

Most of the human survivors who were unaffected by the virus lost their faces as the virus began to eat away at their skin; leaving them to die slowly. The only hope is a genetically engineered face that has the power to not only destroy the Dravall, but also cure and return those changed back to normal. DARLA KAY must travel into the heart of darkness and retrieve the face that will save the world and destroy her enemy. However, with a full armada chasing her led by the villainous SA'CAR. DARLA will have to accept help from the only man who can take on an entire army and help her succeed. A man known only as The Loner...

To open the web-comic, click on The Loner logo above, then click on each page to reveal the next