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Cover Art by Graham Nolan (Batman) and Brett R. Smith (Jawbreakers: Lost Souls):
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The Ember War Graphic Novel
The Story:
The Earth is doomed. Humanity has a chance.
In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission—determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada.
The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor, who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival.
Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation.
The Ember War is the comic book adaptation of Richard Fox's bestselling military sci-fi series. If you like A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you'll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from cover to cover.
Creative Team:
Creator: Richard Fox is a military veteran and bestselling author of more than 30 novels. His books have been read by more than a million people worldwide and he has won The Dragon Award for best military science fiction for his book Iron Dragoons, which is set in The Ember War universe.
Writer: Jon del Arroz is best known for his #1 bestselling Steampunk series, The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, and for his successful IndieGoGo Flying Sparks comic. He is an award winning author with proven experience in deep characterization and gripping science fiction stories.
Artist: Jethro Morales is an industry professional for over a decade, having produced graphic novels for Dynamite Entertainment and Image Comics, and hailed for his work on Green Hornet and Dejah Thoris.
Colorist: Emmanuel Torres has worked for Heavy Metal Magazine and Flying Sparks, a rising star in the coloring industry.
Cover: Graham Nolan is an industry veteran of nearly 40 years, best known for his work on Batman as the co-creator of the character Bane. He's joined by Brett R. Smith, a former Marvel Comics colorist and one of the creators of the mega-successful Jawbreakers: Lost Souls.
Publisher: Arkhaven Comics is known for publishing some of the top books in the industry. With more than 30 books already under their belts, Arkhaven is making waves in the industry like no company before. Arkhaven will be publishing the retail editions of The Ember War and delivering an incredible product to readers.
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What We Need & What You Get
The Ember War is a FULL graphic novel. Five issues clocking a total of 120-PAGES. It's one of the most ambitious storylines from our community to date, and by far the highest page count with the expert quality of a team that's already been successful with Flying Sparks. The Ember War will take comics to the next level, the first adaptation of an mainstream-popular independent novel. The story is tested and proven on hundreds of thousands of readers with 615 ratings on Amazon for an average of 4.5/5 Stars!
A project like The Ember War is extremely costly to produce to bring you top-tier artistic talent and writing talent in the industry as well as get a high-quality physical book into your hands. $15,000 covers the art costs for the book. Rewards will include:
- Digital PDF of The Ember War
- Softcover Trade Paperback
- Signed Limited Edition Hardcover
- T-shirt of Graham Nolan's Cover Art
- Poster of Graham Nolan's Cover Art
- Military-style "Challenge Coin"
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- The Potential To Be A "Red Shirt" in the epic climax battle scene - or to have your name written into one of Richard Fox's wildly successful novels!
Stretch Goals:
$20,000: Funded! The Ember War graphic novel becomes a reality! [Locked]
$35,000: An exclusive print of Elias fighting the Xaros by The Ember War novels cover artist Justin Adams! This print will be included for all backers of the book at trade paperback or above levels. [Locked]
$50,000: The book will be expanded to include a 24-Page one shot of "Iron Hearts" a coda short story to The Ember War. [Locked]
$100,000: ????? [Locked]
$250,000: ????? [Locked]
The Impact
This is the first comic of its kind. While we've had several superhero comics reach incredible success, this marks the first time a bestselling independent book will be adapted into comic with crowdfunding. If this becomes successful, it will change the industry as we'll start a craze of epic military science fiction for readers. By backing The Ember War, you create comic book history and change the industry!
Other Ways You Can Help
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