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Kickstarter Banned Me - Where Do We Go From Here?
2 months ago
– Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 12:59:16 PM
I have to admit I was really nervous after Kickstarter banned me. When The Hidden Emperor made over $51,000, being forced to change horses comes with a lot of question marks as to whether the backers and readers will also come over to a new platform like Fund My Comic. Well, you guys did, and our new book, The Emerald Array, is on track to do very well!
If you didn’t see the Kickstarter ban, I talked about it on my Substack here. It was a shocking situation because I’ve been a model creator on the platform, delivering more than 12 graphic novels in a timely fashion which the readers love. It’s why our Ayla Rin books have picked up so much traction with The Hidden Emperor.
The stats so far after 3 days of the Emerald Array is we’ve retained 90% of the backing we have from Kickstarter—which is a great sign because it shows people love this sci-fi universe and are loyal to the cause.
We’ve outdone ourselves on this book. Early readers tell me it’s everything they’ve ever been asking for from my comics: a full bad-ass male team, tons of action, a Jack Kirby 1970s-style aesthetic, and space marines! If you’ve not backed yet, join us today!
I know some are waiting for The Hidden Emperor to ship, which is understandable. As an update on that, files are with the printer, I went over the digital setup and approved it so we should be getting it going in the next couple of days.
Thank you so much for the support. I’ve adopted the mantra from Serenity, “Can’t stop the signal” for our movement because it’s poignant in the face of the relentless attempts to deplatform us that people have kept up—all because they don’t want me and my team to make a living making comics.
Another big win is 40,000 YouTube Subscribers. We'll be streaming tonight talking about the ban as well as celebrating a win:
Shame on Kickstarter for being bullies, cowards, and terrible people. But they can’t stop the signal, Mal. We’re winning anyway.
Our New Book Had An Amazing First 30 Days!
4 months ago
– Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 09:28:30 AM
Hey everyone! Our new campaign for the follow-up to our 2022 sci-fi epic, OVERMIND, The Hidden Emperor, just finished its first 30 days. Because of backers like you, we are on track to beat OVERMIND and have our best campaign ever.
At this point in the OVERMIND campaign, we were sitting around $20,000, and with The Hidden Emperor, we're closing in on $28,000. That's a 40% increase in backing from campaign to campaign and a testament to how much everyone loved OVERMIND and is in for this series!
The Hidden Emperor is open still and if you haven't, come in and back our book. OVERMIND had a very poignant sci-fi story for our times, and we've outdone it with the sequel in The Hidden Emperor, and as I'm working to build a full science fiction universe from here, we've brought in heavy hitters in science fiction to join us in this world:
Blaine Pardoe from Battletech gave us a short story that will be added to the novel Into The Black.
Mike Baron contributed a script that, if we hit $30,000, we'll have drawn into a backup comic for The Hidden Emperor. His script is amazing. It reminds me of the Nexus backups from his 1980s sci-fi comics, which were so much fun!
Have You Backed The Hidden Emperor Yet?
5 months ago
– Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 07:39:40 AM
We're SO close to hitting our stretch goal of adding Battletech legend Blaine Pardoe's short story to THE HIDDEN EMPEROR campaign. We can hit this today and even get further if FLYING SPARKS backers all come in and make it happen.
The sci-fi world we started in OVERMIND opens up in an incredible way in THE HIDDEN EMPEROR with an interstellar civil war on the horizon, a secretive alien species pulling the strings, betrayals, action, and more!
We're over 300 backers on the campaign, which puts us on track to even beat what we did on OVERMIND, which if you missed that, readers are saying is by far our best work we've produced. It's available on the campaign just grab one of the Ayla Rin Complete Stories tiers. You won't want to miss this.
For those who haven't come over yet, we launched our Ayla Rin: Agent of the Terran Imperium series with OVERMIND in 2022, which beat Flying Sparks volume 1 for our best-selling campaign ever. It's a science fiction blend of 1970s-80s European comics with 1950s golden age aesthetics to create a unique world with a lot of sense of wonder.
This series is meant as a replacement for people who love Star Wars or Warhammer 40,000 and have wanted something different than what those properties have done in recent years.
I come from a sci-fi writing background first, so bringing it to comics made for natural storytelling greatness as I've merged the two things I love the most: comics and sci-fi.
You can start with The Hidden Emperor or get both books (and the novels that accompany them) on the campaign for the full experience. We're just getting started in this universe and it's a great time to get in. Back here.
Our New Sci-Fi Graphic Novel The Hidden Emperor Lauching SOON!
7 months ago
– Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 01:28:50 PM
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great start to summer. Ms. Krimson and I have been hard at work in the Terran Imperium universe to bring you Ayla Rin's second comic and novel adventures. As soon as the final 8 pages are done, we'll be going live. (I like to have a finished book before starting a crowdfund so we can deliver to you quickly!). Kickstarter just approved the project, so you can sign up here.
My advance reader team says this is our best book yet, and I'm very excited to bring to you the beginnings of the galactic war which started brewing in OVERMIND.
The upcoming campaign will feature a comic in The Hidden Emperor as well as a sequel novel, Into The Black, much like OVERMIND had its sequel novel of The Immortal Edge. Into The Black introduces a new team of Space Marines, The Emerald Array, who are spinning out into their own comic book series down the line as well. Soon, we'll have a full universe for The Terran Imperium Chronicles to rival a big property like Star Wars.
Here's the main cover for THE HIDDEN EMPEROR:
If you want to support our art in the meantime, we are on Subscribe Star or Patreon where I'm posting exclusive comic content, work from upcoming novels, and more. The more people we have in the ranks of our Holy Legion there, the more we can produce. I put all of these funds right back into art and my goal is to get us to 300 subscribers so I can make monthly full-length comics. It's steadily growing and I appreciate the early adopters who are investing in our future! (Totally open to making more Flying Sparks-related content too!)
