Fund Me Friday: Vampires On Mars, SIGNA, and Scourge Of The Skull Digger
Homeless Comics, PUG-W & Triumph Comics
New crowdfunding comics projects including:
The beginning of a new series from Homeless Comics
A new publisher with a new universe with SIGNA.
Triumph Comics has a new saga beginning.
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Vampires On Mars #1
On Kickstarter, Homeless Comics has a new science fiction series with a vampiric twist!
When a billionaire wants to be the first to land on Mars, he realizes there's only way to do it successfully—by sending vampires
It’s an intergalactic confection composed of a force far beyond human ability—it’s VAMPIRES ON MARS #1, now live on Kickstarter!
Co-created by writer George O’Connor (Healed, Baby, Silent Knight for Homeless Comics), with art by Fernando Pinto (Rise of the Kung-Fu Dragon Master), through a mix of sci-fi, horror, and dark comedy, it’s a new series that begs the question, how much of your humanity—literally and figuratively—are you willing to give up to get what you want?
In a last-ditch effort to save his dream of being the first person to send a manned mission to and from Mars, a desperate billionaire realizes there’s only one way to do it successfully—he must turn his astronauts into vampires.
Hanna Von Fleischer looked up at the stars and dreamed of being among them since she was a girl. That was 300 years ago. Despite being a vampire for centuries and exploring every nook and cranny of Earth, her obsession with the night sky never waned. Decades ago, she figured out how to travel between the planets. She just needed technology to catch up to her ideas.
Billionaire Gary Laurie dreams of being the first person to successfully send a manned mission to Mars and back. Despite hiring the best engineers and scientists money can buy, they haven’t been able to come up with a viable solution. And with each failed attempt, Gary falls further down the billionaire’s list—a fate worse than death.
Each issue features an exclusive interview with astronomer and science writer Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer, How the Universe Works, Bill Nye Saves the World), discussing the current state of Mars missions, and what the reality of sending vampires into space would really be like, and more!
“You’re told to write what you know, and well, I’d totally become a vampire if it meant I’d see humans land on Mars,” said George O’Connor. “This story is about how much of your humanity you’re willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals, wrapped in the over-the-top perfection of Fernando Pinto’s art and the Ringo-nominated duo of Ellie Wright on colors and Justin Birch on letters. Relevant for today? Yes. Layered? Indeed. But more importantly, we threw freakin’ vampire astronauts into the vacuum of space to see how horrifically wrong it would go. The answer? Very, bloody wrong.”
“I could tell you about how awesome this story is,” said Fernando Pinto. “About how the comedy and horror elements of George's amazing scripts meld together in a perfect cocktail of fear and fun. I could tell you about how hard we've worked on it, pulling together all of our influences to make what we think is one of the most fun comics you'll read this year. But, honestly, if a title like "Vampires on Mars" doesn't make your brain stem salivate just picturing how awesome a comic about FREAKING VAMPIRES CAUSING HELL ON A SPACE EXPEDITION TO FREAKING MARS, I can't help you. You need to find Jesus.”
This all new exciting series mixes CHEW's over-the-top humor and action with the claustrophobic hunt of Aliens.
Edited by James Emmett. Colors by Ellie Wright (Red Sonja) and letters by Justin Birch, with variant covers by Alex Cormack (The Devil That Wears My Face) and Jacob Edgar (Death To the Army of Darkness).
Vampires on Mars #1 ends April 26, so don’t miss out!
A new graphic novel series from Pan-Universal Galactic Worldwide (PUG-W), the brainchild of former Marvel Comics publisher John Nee, Former IDW editor-in-chief John Barber, and former IDW business manager Nate Murray, has launched the Kickstarter for its first-ever OGN universe with SIGNA – a completely original post-apocalyptic survival tale from the mind of John Barber and longtime collaborator Andrew Lee Griffith.
The book’s kickstarter campaign showcases a 48-page exclusive hardcover edition of the first chapter of the SIGNA universe. Five unique cover variants are available (and seen in the press kit above), featuring covers by series artist and co-creator Andrew Lee Griffith, along with guest stars Chrissie Zullo, Tom Sciolli, Alex Milne, and Josh Perez (colors). Plus, don't miss out on the exclusive PAN UNIVERSAL GALACTIC VISION 3-D cover!
A hundred years after a war with renegade mining robots transformed the sun into a red giant, dooming the Earth, the grandchildren of that war struggle to survive off the ashes of the past. That is, until a scavenger named Ketna Vora and her crew find SIGNA—an old war mech that thinks it might know how to save the solar system. But the real question is: save it for who? Because after a century…the machines have returned.
“I’ve always loved science fiction—I was the kid that liked anything with lasers and spaceships. And if you’ve followed my work before, you know I like robots, and I really like using them to tell big-scale stories with my friend and collaborator Andrew Lee Griffith. That comes together in SIGNA,” John Barber said. “We’re trying to pull in some of the energy of Star Wars, Transformers, and Mechwarrior and mix with old school SF writers like Heinlien and Haldeman with contemporary influences like The Expanse, Martha Wells, and Becky Chambers. Andrew and I like to push our characters to the limit and see what they’re really made out of, and that’s what we’re doing here.”
“To me the heart of the book is the friendship between our lead, Ketna Vora, and the SIGNA mech,” said Andrew Lee Griffith. “Ketna’s got some baggage, and while capable and smart, tends to shoot from the hip and lacks the experience that a more seasoned adventurer or spacefarer might have. So it will be interesting to see her character bounce off of this mech that is basically a new unique form of artificial life that has essentially just opened its eyes to the world and has a fresh-eyed and naive, perhaps even pragmatic way of looking at things.”
Starting soon on Kickstarter from Triumph Comics is Scourge Of The Skull Digger.
It's G.I.JOE meets Game of Thrones! The Skull Digger wrestles to regain his lost mojo, while an ancient ominous threat looms.
The Triumph Universe expands as the villains from the SCOURGE OF THE SKULL DIGGER comic book rise to power!
The villains of Talon, the world’s peacekeeping organization, take center stage as they begin to hatch carefully contrived plans. Dominious Leader Ivan Vasilyevich lost big time to Talon at the Battle of New Zalos. Now, he’s dispatched his trusted general Skull Digger to round up some fresh recruits. But unbeknownst to Ivan, the Skull Digger is beholden to a far more sinister threat—an ancient being that controls the key to the Skull Diggerss incredible power.
Writer Steve Zinngrabe is particularly excited about the launch of SCOURGE OF THE SKULL DIGGER. “We’re starting this series with something rare in the world of comics—a story that focuses on the villains and their motivations.” Steve says. “After all, aren’t villains the heroes in their own narrative?”
SCOURGE OF THE SKULL DIGGER #1 (24 pages) is the first chapter in the SAGA OF TALON, a series of interconnected one-shots offered by Triumph Comics. All chapters are produced by the same creative team, which includes talented veteran comic book artist Rol Enriquez!
Be sure to join the Kickstarter pre-launch now to reserve your copy of SCOURGE OF THE SKULL DIGGER #1 when it goes live this June! Find out more about the superheroes from Triumph and many other great characters at:
