And the winner is...
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 08:06:49 AM
Hi!
We have a winner in the Monster Warship giveaway! I won't give the name away, but it was backer #381, and I'm super excited for her. She'll get some awesome merch from my buddy Bobby Imperial!
I think you should all check out his awesome hat line. He never disappoints.
Website link
We didn't hit our $15,000 goal, but we DID go over 400 backers, so I'm going to unlock ONE additional book for everyone. So on top of the first four books in the bundle, you'll ALSO get Richard Fairgray's Black Sand Beach #1.
PLUS, I'll be starting a NEW bundle tomorrow, and you'll qualify for all of them as well just for being and remaining a backer :)
TWO awesome projects to check out that end this week
Edgar Allan Poe - The Horror Gamebook
Kickstarter link
From the author of The Necronomicon Gamebook comes a new interactive storygame which enables you to experience—firsthand— the horrors as described by the master of the American short story, Edgar Allan Poe. Through a faithful adaptation of some of his most famous tales (The Black Cat, The Masque of The Red Death, King Pest, The Fall of The House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum…), you will be granted a carefully narrated, interactive, full-immersion experience, complete with winding paths and complex puzzles, that will bring you face to face with human fears and desires, down dark streets, along mysterious tunnels, and through haunted mansions, allowing you to explore the nightmarish border that divides the dream world from madness.
Are you FRIGGING kidding me? This is AWESOME. I can't believe this has never existed before. It's brilliant. I mean just LOOOOOOK AT IT! You can play INSIDE of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous work? I absolutely LOOOOOOOOVE IT. Where has this been all my life!!!!!!
PROJECT: STARLESS DAYDREAM
Kickstarter link
THE YEAR IS 40XX. It is the dying days of the 10 Years War between Earth and space colony Saturn Sigma. With resources dwindling, the desperate Saturn Sigma forces press their advance against the weakening Earth Federation Alliance. Ace Ringer Fuku Basara has become disillusioned by this years long strife against the EFA. After defeating their rival Jester Rollins, Fuku steals away with their best friend and giant mech, BG-BY. They are tired of fighting in a war they didn't sign up for and want to fight for themself...but the wounds of war take long to heal and Fuku will not be able to outrun the ripple effect of their actions.
This book looks ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. Plus, what a cool idea. They are telling one cohesive story across thirty different artists and creators. I read a book called Warm Blood this year which did something similar and I absolutely adored it. I love when people break the form of comics and try new things.
Win some merch
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 08:06:02 AM
Hi,
As a thank you for backing our campaign before the halfway point, we are giving away some awesome merch by my buddy Bobby Imperial, owner of the Monster Warship apparel brand.
This Sunday I'll be drawing a name and, assuming you are a domestic US backer since shipping is CRAZY overseas, you'll win an awesome hat from Bobby.
You don't have to do anything except keep being awesome, and you already qualify just for backing.
Thank you so much :)
Russell
TWO AWESOME PROJECTS TO BACK
Aster of Pan
There's nothing I don't like about Mike Kennedy's Magnetic Press line. In fact, he was one of the first people to help me when I went about building Wannabe Press. This was YEARS before his company became part of Lion Forge, and it amazed me what one person could do.
War. Plague. Famine. Death. The metaphorical horsemen had a field day with humanity, driving civilization to ruin before we could even make it to the next century. The post-apocalyptic society of Pan now survives by growing rice and scavenging among the wreckage of their destroyed civilization. But their precarious existence comes under threat when the powerful, technologically advanced Federation of Fortuna forces them into a dangerous choice—submit to Fortuna’s rule or best them in a barbaric, ritualized game known as “Celestial Mechanics”. Pan’s only hope? A hot-headed outcast they’d rejected for being too “un-Pan”: a girl named Aster.
ASTER OF PAN is lushly watercolored original graphic novel by acclaimed writer/artist/animator MERWAN (“Blood and Gold”, “For the Empire”, and “Glory Days”). This 200-page hardcover is packed end-to-end with high-octane action sequences mixed with gripping character drama and a moving spirit of determination and hope. Like the best high-concept YA summer blockbusters, ASTER OF PAN will have you poised at the edge of your seat till the end credits roll.
This book looks so so so so so so so cool.
Is'nana the Were-Spider: Showtime
Greg Anderson Elysée makes awesome books. Period. End of sentence. If you love mythology, you have GOT to check out this book. He twists and turns African mythology in a beautiful and fun way.
A horror-fantasy, coming of age story, Is'nana the Were-Spider: Showtime (64 page one-shot) is the fourth release of an on-going series of graphic novels and one-shots. Is'nana the Were-Spider has won 7 Glyph Awards (2018 Fan Award, Rising Star Award, & Best Male Character Award; 2019 Best Male Character Award, 2019 Best Writer Award, & Story of the Year Award; 2020 Best Male Character Award).
Accidentally breaking a barrier between our world and theirs (called THE MOTHER KINGDOM), Is'nana (the son of Anansi the Spider God of Stories) accepts the responsibility for releasing creatures of horror into our reality, villains who want nothing more but to cause chaos and mayhem to achieve their own diabolical or selfish goals. With guidance from his father, Is'nana not only strives to live up to his father's name but to also reach his own potential while he seeks to discover his individuality and place in the world.
I just reread all of Is'nana for an interview that's coming out next week, and I can tell you that it is amazing. I'm a huge fan of how he used the anthology format to tell several stories over the course of the book.
