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A Dream Years In The Making

I'm the writer/director of Escape the Night  and the gaming showsTabletop, Spellslingers, and Sagas of Sundry. I've been dreaming up this story and wanting to bring it to life through comics for years, the place where my love for visual storytelling started and still lives.

THE EIGHTH is the epic story of three teenagers who unlock a piece of ancient Sumerian armor and end up committing murder. Before they know it, they find themselves on a terrifying journey to destroy the world, with no going back.

Math is the language David, our anti-hero, uses to command the living piece of armor to take different shapes, his true superpower. The armor once belonged to The Eighth Sage of the Sumerian world. The other seven were responsible for the flood that cleansed the earth four thousand years ago, an event some would like to see happen again.

David believes the armor can make the world change. However, his two friends share different thoughts. Emma sees the armor as a way to exact revenge, and Atticus wants to destroy it. They leave their hometown in ruins and scramble across the world searching for the missing pieces of the armor and themselves.

The series is hard-hitting, fantastical, and full of twists. All brought to life by the amazing art of JORIN EVERS, my longtime creative collaborator.

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We Need Your Help!!

For almost two years, Jorin and I have slaved away completing five of the eight issues. With your contributions, we can take this across the finish and deliver into your hands, in stunning glossy print, the 200-page story of David, The Eighth, and his misfit friends.

The Perks

There are four amazing perks you can claim. Each one thought-through and aimed at making the best audience experience. The water is warm so dive in as deep as you want.

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Monthly Digital Issues

Because we have five issues completed already…

Every backer, starting on July 8th, will get issue #1 digitally (PDF format) and the next month issue #2 and so on like you were collecting them at your local comic shop. This gives us enough lead time to finish the final three and by the time you have all eight issues, the print order will have been sent overseas.

Talk about satisfaction! No waiting. You get to jump into the story right away! Pretty damn cool, and may be the best email you’ll get for the next eight months.

Hardcover Special Edition + Digital Issues

This is for those who want to wrap their hands around the tactile pages like me. You get the 200-page story on 70lb glossy paper wrapped in a jaw-dropping hardcover. It comes with a detailed slipcover making this a collectible, a coffee table accessory, and a bragging rights badge of honor.

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T-Shirt + Hardcover Edition + Digital

Because you should rep THE EIGHTH, and rep it loud. We searched dozens of fabrics and styles and found the right one for the price. It’s not some stiff ugly t-shirt you drag out of Comic-Con. The fabric is soft and hangs well and the design is a custom Jorin created to make sure you don’t look like everyone else with a graphic tee. You will be asked for your size during the Backerkit survey.

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The Ultimate Edition

There is only one of these. You get the original commissioned sculpt of David in the full armor by legendary sculptor Greg Aronowitz, worth five times our campaign asking price. It's one of a kind. There were no molds made. You will be the only one on earth with it. It's twelve inches tall and a true masterpiece. This changes any room and gives ultimate bragging rights. Plus you get the hardcover, T-shirt, and digital issues.

Let's Get This Book Upgraded!

Check out the stretch goals. They will continue through INDEMAND. The first three are already unlocked. Now, let's get that 2nd mini-story!

*Note digital backers will get digital versions of the print and mini-story.

One amazing thing you can do...

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Risks and Challenges

I have delivered over a hundred episodes of television and am very familiar with what it takes to take something across the finish line and get it delivered. Though this is my first graphic novel, the pathway is very clear and the manufacturers and vendors we are using deliver the best in the business.  We are in a time of a worldwide pandemic so I won't say we can't get slowed down, but I can say nothing can stop us from getting it into your  hands.