Link to Comic Book Bundle!
7 months ago
– Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:08:01 PM
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THE OMEGA ELEVEN #1 and MONSTROUS #2
Created by James Aquilone
Doctor Omega, the inspiration for Doctor Who, in his first comic book series! In THE MERLIN JOB — the first issue in the epic five-issue OMEGA ELEVEN series — Doctor Omega and his companion, 14-year-old Jack Dawkins, aka The Artful Dodger, travel to Camelot to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Merlin—and things go catastrophically wrong. MONSTROUS #2, a digest-size horror comic magazine, features an 18-page story called "Rise of the Morlocks" by James Aquilone and J.K. Woodward. It's about Morlocks living underneath the NYC subway system in the 1970s! The issue, featuring a cover by Russ Braun, also includes a new horror story by Exorcist's House author Nick Roberts and a reprint of H.G. Wells' first time travel story, "The Chronic Argonauts."
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Link to Comic Book Bundle!
The Omega Eleven Is Funded and We Ended Strong!
9 months ago
– Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 08:27:07 AM
It was an exciting Thursday night. We had a pretty strong ending, scoring 35 backers on the last day and nearly hitting our $12.5K stretch goal. Don't worry — we'll save Zac's webcomic collection for the next campaign and it will be even bigger.
A big thank-you to all of you for making this project happen! We can't do this without you. We're hard at work getting the issue out and will be sharing updates regularly. As a gift, here's another piece of art from Zac Atkinson. Excalibur — the mythical sword of King Arthur! What is its significance in the story? You'll have to read the first issue.
Surveys to get your addresses and info will go out in a few months.
A few backers' payments didn't go through. If that's the case, you have one week to fix it. I'll message the people who are affected.
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Campaign Ending Today! Last Stretch Goal Announced!
9 months ago
– Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 06:02:52 AM
It's the final day of the campaign! Thank you all for supporting our first creator-owned comic as well as the second issue of Monstrous. Zac and I are very excited about finishing work on THE OMEGA ELEVEN # 1 and getting it into your hands.
We have a final stretch goal if we hit $12.5K. If wedo, everyone will get a PDF containing all of Zac Atkinson's webcomics. It will be about 40 pages. Here's a look at it.
New Demons
Coming soon — Follow the New Demons campaign here.
My campaign is ending today, but I'm not done with Kickstarter. I'm managing the campaign for a very special anthology from editors Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick R. McDonough, and Keith Lansdale.
New Demons aims to be as groundbreaking as its predecessors: Harlan Ellison's 1967 Dangerous Visions, Kirby McCauley's 1980 Dark Forces, David J. Schow's 1988 SilverScreams, and John Skipp and Craig Spector's 1989 Book ofthe Dead.
The lineup includes the best of the best — Linda D. Addison, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy A. Collins, S.A. Cosby, Christopher Golden, Grady Hendrix, Joe Hill, Nancy Holder, Gabino Iglesias, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Brian Keene, Ronald Kelly, Owen King, Joe R. Lansdale, Keith Lansdale, Edward Lee, Robin Hobb, Jonathan Maberry, Josh Malerman, Patrick R. McDonough, David Morrell, Chuck Palahniuk, Tanya Pell, Cherie Priest, Gary Raisor, David J. Schow, and Chuck Wendig.
Worlds War Comics!
Our friend Kevin Garcia is also doing a comic book featuring a bunch of public domain characters. Heroes ripped from the public domain for a brand new Golden Age adventure! Worlds War Comics #1001 is a stand-alone 22-page story that leads into a larger story, in a fully fleshed-out world of superheroes. Back it here!
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$10K Stretch Goal Reached! Comic Book Bundle Revealed!
9 months ago
– Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 11:39:17 AM
We did — we hit our next stretch goal — and now all backers will get 5 digital comics for free. They are Claudia Christian's Dark Legacies #1, Rylend Grant's Peacekeepers #1, Hex Publishers' Unioverse Hero Collection, John Anthony Rodriguez's Mad Gasser of Mattoon #1, and Allen Ling's Genesis II.
NEXT STRETCH GOAL
Our next stretch goal comes when we hit $12.5K or 300 backers. Give us some ideas. What would you like to see for the stretch goal?
CAMPAIGN ENDING – LAST CHANCE ADD-ONS
We have just a little more than two days left in the campaign. This is your last chance to pick up a sketch cover or a commission from Zac Atkinson or signed books by Jerry Ordway, Rodney Barnes and Dan Brereton.
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New Add-Ons From the Monstrous Vault! Sneak Peek at Rise of the Morlocks
9 months ago
– Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 08:01:51 AM
FROM THE MONSTROUS VAULT
As we head into the final days of the campaign, I'm going to try someone new. I have some special rewards leftover from previous campaigns and I thought I'd offer them here. These rewards are very limited and hard to come by.
(Here are instructions on how to add an add-on to your pledge.)
VAULT: Signed Rodney Barnes Kolchak Paperback
VAULT: Signed Jerrry Ordway Kolchak Hardcover
(NOTE: The covers' front right corners are slightly smushed.)
VAULT: Signed Dan Brereton Kolchak One-Shot
VAULT: Signed Colton Worley Kolchak Paperback
RISE OF THE MORLOCKS SNEAK PEEK
Here's the first page of my "Rise of the Morlocks" comic, which will be in Monstrous #2. Art by J.K. Woodward and lettering by Tom Napolitano.
The 18-page story follows a reporter who discovers that Morlocks are living underneath the NYC subway systm in the 1970s.
KICKSTARTER SPOTLIGHT
True Believers #2: A Horror Cosplay Comic Book
The second issue of the slasher series by Stephen Graham Jones and Joshua Viola is coming to Kickstarter. Go here to get a notification on launch.
Tim Sale and Sarah Byam’s Acclaimed BILLI 99, Now in Color!
Tim Sale was one of the most celebrated and beloved comic book artists of his generation. Frequently collaborating with writer Jeph Loeb, Tim illustrated seminal stories featuring Batman, Catwoman, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Daredevil as well as the cult favorite TV series Heroes. Now Clover Press is publishing the first-ever hardcover edition of Sale’s first full-length comic book work, the Eisner Award-nominated BILLI 99, written by Sarah Byam. This new edition, which is launching soon on Kickstarter, features glorious colors by the award-winning and fan-favorite color artist José Villarrubia. Check it out!
VITA - Rise And Fall
VITA book 1 “Rise And Fall” is a 41 page cover-to-cover fully coloured book and follows the childhood adventures of Harry and Billy in the small rural settlement of Richwood. Life has grown hard in Vernandi, but the brothers, as the sons of the mighty Lord Neil, still find time for mischief. All that changes when a legion of zombie-like monsters infected by a creeping purple sludge begin pounding at the gates of Richwood... Check it out!
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