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Over 100 Pages of Classic, cosmic bronze-age inspired sci-fi, fantasy adventure!
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FREE InkSpots pinup for the FIRST 200 BACKERS
PLUS
FREE Preston Asevedo pinup for ALL RETURNING BACKERS from Book One's Campaign!
The first 200 backers will receive a fantastic recreation of an Arrow comics cover for the serialisation of Only Death Can Save Us by Russ Leach and InkSpots and ALL returning backers will receive the gorgeous pinup by Preston Asevedo. Both on heavy paper stock with beautiful painted colors.
Both prints are high quality on 250gsm paper stock sized @ 8.3 x 11.7 inches (210 x 297 mm - A4) Both prints are also available as Add-ons!
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Book 2 campaign has built on what made the first campaign so popular!
The backer tiers are made to be as straightforward as possible, with add-ons to make any combination of items, from just a single copy of Book 2 right the way through to original art and signed copies of the preview run from Arrow Comics of the soon-to-be serialised version of the books (check out the section further down the page to find out more about our partnership with Arrow Comics).
Once again we've kept it simple and focused on the books and the art - it is comics of course!
That said, there will be a set of neat stretch goals ;)
Lore Pinup Set
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Cosmic Pinup Set
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Stacks of original art and limited stocks of Issue 1 floppies!
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Addons include
- Preston Asevedo Pinup (Color)
- Inkspots pinup (Color)
- The Lore Pinup Set by Russ Leach (Color)
- The Cosmic Pinup Set by Russ Leach (Black and White)
- Arrow Comics issue 1 signed
- Character Ink drawing by Russ Leach (Black and White)
- Also the pinups and postcards from the first campaign
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In the campaign for book one, we gave away a limited number of "Dee" themed fridge magnets... and everyone LOVED them!
So this time, we thought, why not produce a new set of magnets with all four horsemen!
Not only that but we also wanted to set the stretch goals by numbers of backers
rather than a financial target.
In our first 60 days of book one's campaign we funded with 184 backers, eventually ending the "indemand" phase at 271. It seems fitting that we start our stretch goals at 185 backers to continue the success we had with book one.
So the stretch goals will work like this...
STRETCH GOAL 1. Set at 185 backers
50x50mm fridge magnet of War (a fan favourite!)
STRETCH GOAL 2. Set at 220 backers
50x50mm fridge magnet of Pestilence
STRETCH GOAL 3. Set at 250 backers
50x50mm fridge magnet of Famine
STRETCH GOAL 4. Set at 300 backers
50x50mm fridge magnet of Death (returning in a new format)
If we get more backer beyond this point...
1. Woohooo!!!
2. Be assured we will find something just as awesome to reward our backers with!
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A note about our partner Arrow Comics.
With the success of Book 1, Randy Zimmerman of Arrow Comics approached us to offer the option of the serialisation of the Only Death Can Save Us series through bi-monthly floppies, published by Arrow and distributed by Liberty Entertainment to comics stores and beyond.
Wanting to get as large an audience as possible for our creation we jumped at the chance.
What we kept in mind as a primary condition is that our crowdfunding backers should get priority. This means that although we are excited to see the series reach a larger audience, our backers will receive the VIP version of the story - in one place - in one stand-alone presentation and as the creators meant it to be consumed!
Of course along with that wish comes some lovely extras just for the backers!!
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Potential backers can follow the production of the book on Russ's youtube channel - ComicBookBlackBelt.
Russ live streams regularly on a Monday evening showing the production process as it happens!
Status at 1st October launch - 25% complete! We are well on track to hit our schedule of a March 2022 fulfilment!
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Art and story by Russ Leach
Russ has a wealth of production experience stretching back over 30 years and has been drawing his whole life. Returning to comic book publishing in 2010 he has since drawn for Marvel, Panini, BBC Worldwide, Hachette, Cartoon Network, Markosia and Aces Weekly. His work includes runs on characters including Dr Who and Ben 10 as well as two graphic novels for Markosia. "Only Death Can Save Us" is the culmination of a life loving comics!
Story, Plot and Scripting by Rik Hoskin
The Dragon Award winner 2018 for Best Graphic Novel, Rik Hoskin is a New York Times bestselling graphic novelist who has written for various popular properties including Superman, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Shrek and Dean Koontz's Frankenstein. He's also written animated stories for BBC television, and over 30 novels. Rik has taken an even greater role for the second book, working with Russ in a writers room setup and making the core concepts and story threads sing in spectacular unison!
Edited by Tim Quinn
Editor Supreme on "Only Death Can Save Us", Tim Quinn, has been a scriptwriter, illustrator and editor on such noted titles as The Beano, The Dandy, Sparky, The Topper, Buster, Whoopee!, Bunty, Jackie, Dr Who Magazine, and Whizzer & Chips before heading Stateside to work for the mighty Marvel Comics Group on the world famous Spider-Man, X-Men and the Incredible Hulk. This is just a fraction of his resume and he is a vital part of making the book feel like comics should feel!
Additionally for book 2 we have the uber talents of Eric Weathers on letters and Matthew Seaborne on additional inking duties!
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Our readers are everything... there are no toxic fans!
If you love comics the way they used to be... a fun, action orientated, hero's journey, then you are in the right place! And while you guys are hungry for stories and lend your support, we'll keep making books!
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Other Ways You Can Help
It's hard out there and we know not everyone can afford to contribute financially. But that doesn't mean you can't help with the project. If you like this campaign please consider making some noise about it! Share/Tweet/Shout about it and get it in front of as many people as possible! Social Media is a great place to share!
Also use the Indiegogo share tools!
That's all there is to it. To all those people that help us out in this way - THANK YOU!
