1stMan is a 64-page graphic novel! $25!

1stMan is a 64-page full-color, perfect bound, graphic novel!

Andy Smith here and I've been a professional comic book artist for almost three decades. Some of my clients include Marvel, DC, Image, Valiant, Cross Gen, and, Ominous Press. Check out some of my work at www.andysmithart.com. Go ahead, take a peek! I'll be here when you're done perusing my work.

1stMan is back better than ever!

I created 1stMan back when I was a kid in the 80s when I was still only dreaming of being a professional comic book artist. I grew up reading Marvel's Captain Marvel and DC's Shazam, those books are a huge part of what I love about comics, and I modeled my guy after them!

Harkening back to the silver-age of Marvel and DC Comics, this return of 1stMan is fast-paced, action-packed, character-driven fun!

1stMan is the story of Luke Henry a freshman in college that is chosen to carry on the last Essence of the 10. There are 10 powerful Essences scattered across the universe, each inhabiting a being on different planets. If the being dies, the Essence will search out another worthy vessel. If somehow, all 10 essences were collected into one single being, that being would become the most powerful force in the Universe, a virtually unstoppable force.

Once Luke gains that power, he can change into Apollo, the 1stMan!

What, you still need more? OK, fine...

Monarch, the larger-than-life, power-hungry villain of this story, has collected 9 of the essences of the 10 by destroying the worlds they inhabited. He now has his sights set on the last one. Monarch travels to the world inhabited by the 10th essence, only to see it escape his grasp and find a worthy being to protect it and contain its power: 1stMan!

But 1stMan isn't the only character in this tale. Penumbra is the last survivor of one of the worlds destroyed by Monarch. She's a femme fatale, not an ally of 1stMan so much as she is concerned with self-preservation. Her main goal is to stop Monarch from gaining the 10th Essence. Once he wields the power of the Ten, Monarch will be unstoppable.

The main cast of 1stMan!

Each character will get their own biography page!

Some of the interior art!

The Parody ad is back!

I grew up in a time where comic books were filled with your favorite heroes pitching products and I've created one for the book to take you back in time!

$35-Bart Sears' variant cover

Are you a fan of Bart Sears' art? I know I am so I asked my long-time pal if he'd contribute a variant cover to the project and he was thrilled to do so!

1stMan Program Book! $15!

This is an extra 40-page book that contains pin-ups of 1stMan by some of today's top superstar talents like Adam Hughes, Alan Davis, Bart Sears, J. Scott Campbell, and more! A making-of 1stMan showing unused layouts, model sheets, sketches, and more!

In our stay at home and no conventions world, I want to give you the chance to own a piece of my original art.

Pledge $100 and get a copy of the comic book a head sketch on the inside back cover of the book!

Pledge $200 and get a copy of the comic book and a single figure sketch on the inside back cover of the book!

 MY COLLABORATORS 

I created 1stMan when I was a kid and when I got the opportunity to do the book in 1997 through Image Comics I asked a good friend of mine Rob Snyder, who is also a cartoonist, to help me with some of the dialogue. He'll be returning to lend his writing talent again to the dialogue with me. The colorist is Periya Pillay, he colored my Jungle Lords/ Ultra comic-book and the lettering is done by Steve Dutro, a buddy of mine that I attended the Kubert School with. Steve has been lettering comics for almost 30 years, working for Marvel, DC, and more! He also did the logo design for 1stMan. Another buddy of mine, Keith Champagne, will again serve as an editor on the book.

What are the funds for?

Great question and I'll keep the answer simple. I've produced all of the new art to finish the story and will use the funds to pay myself, the colorist, the letterer, additional production costs, and printing.