“So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.”
― Flannery O'Connor
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A short story collection from Comicsgate Idiot Savant NARWHAL
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The NARWHAL SHORTS COMPENDIUM
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INCLUDES:
- The 3 Naked Samurai Shorts collected, remastered and colored.
- 4 Earthbound Shorts, never before seen
- A horror short that utilizes Midjourney AI art for backgrounds (see below).
- PICKLE, a story about how a man survived at sea with nothing, no food or water, for two weeks. How did he do it?
-MASQUE of RED DEATH, a modern horror adaptation of Poe's classic. Narwhal's only Political comic.
AND MORE
TWO BOOKS
The collection spans two volumes, The NARWHAL SHORTS COMPENDIUM and the B-SIDES, a black and white, more experimental collection, including a pixel art comic.
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120 pages each totalling 240 pages. 18 short stories total.
Of the 240 pages, 80 pages is recollected from other Narwhal publications such as the Sketch Books. 160 pages are original content.
*Note: The B-Sides includes 2 of the 4 Earthbound shorts and explains what happened to Blowgart, so don't miss it if you love Blowgart.
COLLABS and PRESENTATIONS
Narwhal worked with a talented group of artists on the various shorts in different combinations of collaboration.
Nicholas Hunter (artist)
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Jared Jewell (artist, writer, colorist)
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Mistress Mantoe (artist)
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Von Klaus (writer)
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Donal Delay (artist)
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Daniccat (artist)
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Aidan Mcdonah (artist)
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Ben Lunato (writer)
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Facundo Ezekiel (artist)
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HIGH PROFILE ONE-SHOTS
The Narwhal Shorts Compendium features two full never-before-seen 20 page one-shots.
CAVE SLAVE, written by Von Klaus, art by Donal Delay and Narwhal.
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EARTHBOUND: 1st ROUND DRAFT PICK, written by Narwhal, art by Fresherluke
ADAPTATIONS
Two of the shorts in the Narwhal Shorts Compendium are adaptations of already legendary short stories, with Narwhal's spin on them.
-Occurence on Owl Creek Bridge
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-The Masque of Red Death
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THE NAKED SAMURAI Colored
The compendium also includes colored versions of all three Naked Samurai short stories.
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ROBOZAN Remaster
Robozan was inluded in the first sketchbook, but did not have a satisfactory conclusion. I plan on reworking it slightly to work as a one-off short rather than a incomplete beginning.
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ADD -ONS
For the first time, all previous Narwhal works will be available as add-ons, making this a true catch-up campaign.
-Earthbound parts 1 and 2
-Foreign Agent, featuring a NEW COVER, a second printing with more room in the spine and remastered grey tones to celebrate the fact it was SNUBBED by the Eisners.
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-Nosferatu
-Interactivity, Narwhal's non-fiction book on storytelling.
THE NARWHAL COMPLETIONIST TIER
Get All 7 of Narwhal's books at an average of less than $20 each. Even if you double up on a few copies, it's still a good deal. Give the extra copies to your friends and let them know about The Kid From Fred Meyer.
FULFILLMENT
Narwhal will be fulfilling this campaign himself, and has a good track record.
STRETCH GOALS TBA
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THANK YOU
(And special thanks to Ethan Van Sciver for hosting the launch!)