If you haven't heard of illustrator Martin Emond you might've heard of the Illicit streetwear label that he co-founded here in Auckland, New Zealand. He also made album covers for metal doom god Danzig and delved in other high profile comics work like Accident Man, Lobo and Heavy Metal.

Sadly, Martin's death in 2004 means we won't see any new creations from his unique talent but Auckland-based developer Metia Interactive, creator of PSP game Cube, aims to keep his legend alive with new projects set in the world of his creation, the Rolling Red Knuckles.

The comic strip for Rolling Red Knuckles developed a cult following in Japan and was in the process of becoming an animated series at the time of Martin's death.

The animation embedded here was developed by Metia to promote the Rolling Red Knuckles property for a future gaming and possible film project. There's a lot of exciting potential for this project and I'm looking forward to hearing more about it in the weeks and months to come!