The First Two Pages Are Finished, And They Look Fantastic!
Shof, Funlola and I would like to say "thank you", to everyone who's backed us, commented, liked shared, and told friends about the Outcasts of Jupiter Kickstarter. We crested $2,000 a couple of days ago, which just about puts us on track to hit our goal of $9,500... just about! But we need your help...
Our Kickstarter Launches on Tuesday, 8th of April at 8am PDT!
First, an exciting announcement; we're officially launching the Outcasts of Jupiter Kickstarter tomorrow, on Tuesday, 8th of April at 8am PDT. We're absolutely going to need your support to get things off to a good start, so we hope you'll pick up a copy!
Shof, Funlola and I have worked hard to make sure all the Kickstarter rewards we offer are really high quality, and super duper cool. Apart from digital and print versions of the comic, we'll also have available things like handmade pins, T-shirts, posters, art prints, buttons, limited edition statues, a handmade bust, and more.
We're Launching a Kickstarter, and this is the Cover of Our Incredible Comic!
It feels great to finally be able to say that. Shof and I have been working on this for months and months. We've done a ton of research into how to get a really high quality book printed, and put even more work into writing the story, getting the art started and figuring out the inner workings of Kickstarter, fulfillment centers, printers and more.
Naming Things is Really, Really Hard
For a while now we've been referring to the comic we're working on as "Tales from the Jonahverse", a name that's not quite accurate. You see, the title Tales from the Jonahverse is intended as an umbrella name for the different stories, featuring different characters and different genres that take place in the universe we've dreamt up.
Meet Stein, Man of a Thousand Masks
Meet John Stein, the most recently minted, and youngest member of the think tank. A lover, a liar, a thief, and a rogue. A man of 1,000 faces, identities and aliases, carefully cultivated and maintained with great care across dozens of planets and hundreds of moons.
Meet Persio, the Smartest Man Alive. Probably.
Starting out, I had no idea what Persio should look like. Shof and I both knew we wanted to name him after our maternal great-grandfather; Persio Manuel Reis. I knew in some ways he was going to be the heart of the team - a doting father, difficult husband, and an unreliable teammate.