SURVEYS GOING OUT!!!
6 days ago
– Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:50:40 AM
Hey all,
I just wanted to give you a heads up that backerkit surveys will be going out today and tomorrow. If you missed anything when checking out via kickstarter... if you want to add an extra variant, an art piece... if you want to pick up full signed runs of Aberrant, or Banjax, Suicide Jockeys, The Peacekeepers, or The Jump, you'll have your chance here.
I wanted to highlight a few cool items for you, before you head in.
RARE CON VARIANTS
I am down to my last few copies of some UBER rare/limited Aberrant, Banjax, and Jump con variants... some of these had runs as low as 30 copies, were only sold for two days at a specific con (like SDCC) years back and aren't available anywhere else. I expect to sell completely out of these this go round, so grab them early. Everything will come signed if you so desire.
ORIGINAL ART
I just got a peak at the Original art pieces from Fabio and man, are they stunning. He hand-drew and hand-inked these... I LOVED these so much that I wrote him immediately and demanded that he do a set for me.
We have a very limited number of these still available. They'll be right up top in the shop. You can also still get "anything goes" commissions from Fabio... original BREACH stories staring you... and we can draw you into the book.
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OUR OTHER BOOKS!
While you're filling out your surveys, be sure to take a hard look at some of my other Award-winning Half Evil Comics books:
THE JUMP
After a series of crippling personal tragedies, Thomas Northrope retreats from his everyday life and finds comfort in an online community dedicated to the art of astral projection. When he demonstrates a unique aptitude for the practice, Thomas becomes the target of a mysterious corporate/political machine – known as Horizon – bent on using promising young practitioners to win a centuries-old war on the astral plane.
The Jump is another smart, sexy high-concept sci-fi thriller. It is Inception meets The Bourne Identity… if it were dripping with macabre and directed by David Fincher.
“Out of this world. Grant delivers another cinematic thrill-ride. THE JUMP is a beautiful medley of fascination and wonder, filled with engaging characters, sprinkled with humor and heart, a healthy dose of intrigue, all wrapped up with a compelling premise.” (Jason Bennet - PopCultHQ)
“THE JUMP is a massive good time. The pacing is phenomenal. The line work is superb. The color work is brilliant. The is fresh, new, and unique. This is why we love comics.” (Steve Leitman - Reading with a Flight Ring)
ISSUES 1-3 OF THE JUMP ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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THE PEACEKEEPERS
All hell breaks loose in a quaint northern Michigan community when a team of in-over-their-heads bank robbers kills a beloved Sheriff’s Deputy. In a small town with BIG secrets, local detective Richard Holton races to peel back the layers of a depraved down home conspiracy before the bungling Federal Agents assigned to the case send everyone involved to ground.
The Peacekeepers is a dark, quirky crime drama in the vein of Fargo or No Country for Old Men. It’s a love letter to case-a-season police dramas like True Detective and The Wire, to Elmore Leonard novels, and to comic masterpieces like Criminal and 100 Bullets.
"THE PEACEKEEPERS is going to make everyone on the indie scene step up their game. This is some next-level s*** that is destined to be snagged by Hollywood. The theatrical feel, the brilliant delivery, the character development, and the remarkable comic book experience you’ll get – THE PEACEKEEPERS is going to make a lot of new fans, impress current fans, and is destined for a lot more than we can possibly know. You want greatness, look no further." (Jason Bennett - PopCultHQ)
ISSUES 1-4 OF THE PEACEKEEPERS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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BANJAX
A wholly original and delightfully twisted deconstruction of the superhero genre. A disgraced, terminally ill former superhero launches a violent and misguided Death Wish-like campaign to purge the city of supervillains before he dies. His former protégé – currently the public’s point-and-wink superhero ideal – is tasked with bringing him in. The Rub? He isn’t remotely up to it.
BANJAX made over a dozen ten-best lists in 2019, it was nominated for FOUR Mike Weiringo Comic Book Industry Awards (including BEST SERIES) and the critics raved:
“This is the most amazingly well done first issue of a series I have ever seen. Point blank. Period… You cannot read this and come out if the same way you went into it… So effin’ good.” (Steven Leitman, Reading with a Flight Ring)
“Holy crap this is good. This book hits all the right notes. It’s marvelously done, such a compelling story. It’s the best comic I’ve read in a long time. Honestly? Bendis could take some notes here.” (ComicCast Podcast)
SEASON 1 (ISSUES 1-4) OF BANJAX IS AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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ABERRANT
A U.S. Army Special Operations Commander, distraught after losing his entire unit to a superhuman attack, wages an absolutely brutal one-man war on the eccentric billionaire and former superhero, Lance Cordrey, whom he believes is ultimately responsible.
ABERRANT won a prestigious Mike Wieringo Comic Book Award ("Ringo Award") in 2019 for BEST VILLAIN and was nominated for two others... BEST SINGLE ISSUE and BEST WRITER (alongside Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, Brian K. Vaughn, and Brian Michael Bendis). And here's what the critics had to say:
“Aberrant flat-out works. You have visceral action scenes. Personalities practically ooze out of the page. Honestly, this is the kind of storytelling that the big publishers are missing.” (Big Comic Page)
“ABERRANT #1 is a game-changer at Action Lab: Danger Zone. You’ll become captivated almost immediately… The creative team put together one of the most seamless, cohesive, and dynamic collaborations I’ve seen this year on the indie scene.” (PopCultHQ)
SEASONS 1 & 2 (ISSUES 1-10) OF ABERRANT ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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SUICIDE JOCKEYS
Ten years after a catastrophic mission gone awry, Denver Wallace, leader of the Suicide Jockeys - a poor, usually drunken, almost certainly mentally ill crew of monster-fighting, tank-and-aircraft-piloting suckers - must pick himself up off the proverbial and literal floors, slap his estranged, desperately-fractured team back together and right what once went wrong.
"Suicide Jockeys is the Marlboro Red smoking result of a drunken, passionate night of lovemaking between Pacific Rim and the Power Rangers. It sucked the socks right off of my gross feet and made me spontaneously combust in a fiery cloud of awesome. It's fresh. It's epic. It's tragic. If you're not reading this, then you're a big dummy." (Blake Morgan - Blake's Buzz)
SEASON 1 (ISSUES 1-4) OF SUICIDE JOCKEYS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much again for backing!
Rylend
AND WE'RE FUNDED!!!
22 days ago
– Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 04:46:54 PM
Hey all,
I just wanted to thank you very sincerely for all the love this past month. There is such an active and enthusiastic fanbase here on Kickstarter... you guys have made this a uniquely great time... I've said it before and I'll say it again here... this is so much more fun than is putting books in comic shops.
I'm going to take a short respite for the weekend, but I'll be back early next week with more news. I'm told that your payments should be processed very soon, so make sure all your credit card info is current with Kickstarter. Once we're over that hump, I'll start contacting folks for commision and draw-me-in references. The backer surveys will come soon after that.
If you have questions or concerns in the meantime, please don't hesitate to flip me a message. You might also want to follow me on social media for more info/hi jinx:
RYLEND GRANT ON THE INSTAGRAMS
RYLEND GRANT ON THE TWITTERS
Thanks so much again for everything. Talk soon. Stay safe.
Rylend
P.S. Here are some other really great campaigns from friends you should make sure to check out:
Exilium is a sci-fi action series set in the late 21st century. It is continuingwith its second season following a highly successful six-issue first season(which, if you missed it, is available as part of this campaign), as well as a new spin-off series, Exilium: Vanguard.
The first series saw the first official contact with an advanced extraterrestrial race. On the run from a superior force, they sought refuge on Earth, deeply dividing humanity.
Unknowingly leading their oppressors to Earth, the aliens, along with the human faction they had allied themselves with, struggled to mount an effective defence.
Humanity's only hope rested with a mysterious group known as the Exilium. There, a shocking truth awaited, leaving the heroic trio of Nia, Tr'u, and Ken, and indeed all of Earth, in absolutely dire straits.
The second series continues right where we left off in season one and is sure to be another wild ride as the trio of Nia, Tr'u and Ken are called upon in aid of the very foe they had spent most of their lives fighting against.
Meanwhile, Exilium: Vanguard follows a new team tasked with an impossible mission as they pursue an interstellar visitor that may well hold the key to the survival of life on Earth as we know it.
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PROCTOR's protagonist, Samantha Hale, can't seem to get out of her own way, but what is a girl with an Art History degree and a fondness for binge drinking to do when all she's ever been good at is stage diving and making trouble? When her mother, one of the most powerful witches in the North East, stumbles upon the ancient Staff of Kings that Sam's father hid before he died, Sam finds herself on a globetrotting, dimension-jumping adventure in an attempt to keep the staff safe. From finding foreign help in the streets of Verona to welcoming assistance from one of the strongest Voodoo clans in history, the fate of Sam's journey rests in her ability to swallow her pride, make new friends, and fight off the teams of supernatural assassins hot on her trail.
PROCTOR is a 6-issue supernatural adventure miniseries for fans of things that go bump in the night who find themselves periodically wrestling with a few demons of their own.
If your favorite demon hunter had an unhealthy relationship with her mother, a slight drinking problem, and a story that challenged conventional ideas of love and loss, then PROCTOR would be the end result. With a diverse cast of characters reflective of the communities and people surrounding contemporary readers, fans of the supernatural action-adventure will appreciate Sam’s world and the friends she meets on her journey.
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$10K! Stretch goal print unlocked! 30 hours to go!
24 days ago
– Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 03:30:21 PM
Hey Breachers!
A CALL TO ACTION before some GREAT NEWS!
CALL TO ACTION
We have just about 30 hours left to go in the campaign and we'd love to supercharge the Kickstarter algorithm, get more eyes on the campaign before it closes.
How can you help?
If you would do us the simple favor of leaving a comment on the main page of the campaign, that would really grease the wheels for us. I know it sounds crazy, but it'll really help. So, if you don't mind doing it right now, we'd be really grateful.
And now...
GREAT NEWS!
The great news is... we have just crossed that $10K line, unlocking STRETCH GOAL #2!
So, you are already getting our BONUS DIGITAL EXTRAVAGANZA, featuring a dozen or so comic issues from some of the best creators in comics. With the 5 bonus issues we give you here - Rylend Grant's #1s - that means you're walking away with 18+ comic issues for a single pledge.
STRETCH GOAL 2!
And now that we've cracked $10K, everyone gets this delightfully nostalgic print from artist R.E. Nelson! It reminds me of misspent youth in the best way and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PLATFORM...
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Be sure to check out these wonderful books from our friends:
Frankenstein the Unconquered #5 is a 40-page comic about violence,revenge, and pride. It's a love letter to pulpy adventure comics and films like Conan the Barbarian and Mad Max as well as Universal Horror Monsters and the books that inspired them.
500 years in the future, the arctic thaws and the Beast awakens to a bombed out post-apocalypse as hideous and hostile as he is. Wanting a simple life, he attempts blend in, but when soldiers come to collect their due, The Beast answers with the violence he'd hoped to leave behind.
Having followed his war path to its bloody conclusion, the Beast was exiled to the stars. For thirty years, the world has known an uneasy peace. Now, on the dawn of the 200th year, the sky explodes and the Beast, bathed in the cosmic blood of stars and comets, has returned. God help anyone who stands in his way.
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MAGIC POWDER is a fantasy-crime comic that takes place in the free city of THESZ, an ancient elf metropolis that is beholden to no elvish law. This is where all the dwarves, orcs, goblins, elves, gorgons, minotaurs, and everyone else comes to make a living in the MAGIC POWDER business, selling faerie dust to tourists and addicts.
Our story starts during a power play by The Dwarvfather, who is tired of being under the thumb of his elf supplier, DuShane. Things go awry when Zjah The Librarian decides he wants to get into the business, himself.
Issue 6 concludes the first arc of MAGIC POWDER, so be prepared for a finale unlike any other you've seen in comics before!
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Someone has just murdered Death! And now no one else can die.
The apocalypse has happened. For thirty minutes, demons spewed forth from the ground and it seemed like the world was coming to an end. And then suddenly, without warning...it just stopped.
It's a premature apocalypse, I'm told it happens to everybody.
Three years later: Sheila Garcia is a Chicago detective who has a streak of being reckless. Like she has some kind of death wish. No one wants to partner with her. So she's assigned Horace Nightengale as her new partner - the first demon detective.
Just as they're starting to get along, they catch their first case. Which is the last homicide that will ever happen.
Why would someone kill Death? And what kind of hell breaks loose now that he's dead?
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52 HOURS TO GO!
25 days ago
– Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 04:10:59 PM
Hey Breachers,
We are inching closer and closer to that $10K mark and that next amazing stretch goal! Tell a friend and help us over the hump, huh?
As the campaign draws to a close, I just wanted to point your towards a couple of stellar add-ons still available via Kickstarter's interface...
ORIGINAL ART?
Our artist - Fabio Alves - is very good. He was nominated for a Ringo Award for Best cover Artist a few years back. He is very busy and RARELY does commissions. He RARELY sells original art. He's doing that here/for you for about 52 more hours. Do not miss your chance to grab a piece before the clock runs out
ORIGINAL ART - HAND-DRAWN/INKED/COLORED CHARACTERS FROM THE BREACH
Score a one-of-a kind piece of original hand-drawn/inked/ art from Fabio Alves. These are A5 format (1 drawing, roughly 6x8 inches) and feature characters from THE JUMP or THE BREACH.
***NOTE: Get this as part of a pledge tier or as an add-on! Order as many as you like!
ORIGINAL ART - B&W COMMISSION FROM FABIO ALVES
Got something you want drawn? Well, then why not commission THE JUMP/THE BREACH artist Fabio Alves to draw you an original B&W pin up? You pick the subject matter.
***NOTE: Get this as part of a pledge tier or as an add-on! Order as many as you like!
ORIGINAL ART - FULL COLOR COMMISSION
Got something you want drawn? Fabio will still do it, but why not go the extra mile and have your piece rendered in full, beautiful color by BREACH colorist Iwan Joko Triyono? Again, you pick the subject matter.
***NOTE: Get this as part of a pledge tier or as an add-on! Order as many as you like!
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WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PLATFORM...
Be sure to check out these wonderful books from our friends:
Welcome to White Ash, a small smudge of a mining community in Western Pennsylvania, where the secrets are buried even deeper than the coal under the mountain. If you’re a fan of Supernatural, Twin Peaks or Lord of the Rings, you’re going to love getting to know our mysterious town.
White Ash is an ongoing, urban fantasy comic book series written by Charlie Stickney, with art by Conor Hughes, Julian Shaw, Tango and colors by Fin Cramb.
First launched on Kickstarter in 2017, White Ash is one of the longest running and most popular series on the platform. With over 500 pages of story so far, now is the perfect time to join us.
Creator Charlie is a dear friend and one of the very best guys I know... his campaigns are always first day backs for me and WHITE ASH is unequivocally one of the best books on Kickstarter. You do not want to miss out on this one.
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Tales of the Frog Knight is a low-fantasy medieval adventure series that follows the exploits of the Frog Knight, a small and silent hero adrift in a world that tries to kill him at every turn. In the wake of a climactic war that tore his kingdom to pieces, the Frog Knight is the last of a fallen order of chivalry. He wanders the lands as a knight errant, endeavoring to bring justice and compassion to those he meets, all while evading the ruthless forces of the rival Order of Talon.
Presented as a collection of standalone short stories, each issue and tale can be read independently, with no need for knowledge of the existing material.
"Armand Bodnar and Digby May-Porazinski have really created something special with their incredibly charming Tales of the Frog Knight series. A fantastic fantasy adventure series just oozing heart, and not just because someone was stabbed in it. Although, that happens too! Their passion for the craft is apparent on each and every page and panel as Armand and Digby have poured everything into this project. A comic that should not be missed!"-Derek Laufman (Crimson Fall, RuinWorld, The Witch of Wickerson)
THREE DAYS TO GO! Creeping towards $10K!
26 days ago
– Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 05:02:38 PM
Hey Breachers!
We've had quite the 4th quarter surge here and we are getting oh-so-close to that $10,000 mark. That'll trigger our 2nd stretch goal, of course, and you will all receive an extremely cool print... I can't wait to reveal it. Tell a friend and help us get over the hump, huh?
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MORE FROM THE HALF EVIL LIBRARY!
As I said before, I'm really excited to see so many new names on that backer report. If you're new to the Half Evil Comics/Rylend Grant table, be sure to check out our award-winning comic shop classics (see below)! Right here on Kickstarter is the ONLY place to get these books signed by me! And the ONLY place to get many of the rare con variants available in our Add-on section.
BANJAX
A wholly original and delightfully twisted deconstruction of the superhero genre. A disgraced, terminally ill former superhero launches a violent and misguided Death Wish-like campaign to purge the city of supervillains before he dies. His former protégé – currently the public’s point-and-wink superhero ideal – is tasked with bringing him in. The Rub? He isn’t remotely up to it.
BANJAX made over a dozen ten-best lists in 2019, it was nominated for FOUR Mike Weiringo Comic Book Industry Awards (including BEST SERIES) and the critics raved:
“This is the most amazingly well done first issue of a series I have ever seen. Point blank. Period… You cannot read this and come out if the same way you went into it… So effin’ good.” (Steven Leitman, Reading with a Flight Ring)
“Holy crap this is good. This book hits all the right notes. It’s marvelously done, such a compelling story. It’s the best comic I’ve read in a long time. Honestly? Bendis could take some notes here.” (ComicCast Podcast)
SEASON 1 (ISSUES 1-4) OF BANJAX IS AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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ABERRANT
A U.S. Army Special Operations Commander, distraught after losing his entire unit to a superhuman attack, wages an absolutely brutal one-man war on the eccentric billionaire and former superhero, Lance Cordrey, whom he believes is ultimately responsible.
ABERRANT won a prestigious Mike Wieringo Comic Book Award ("Ringo Award") in 2019 for BEST VILLAIN and was nominated for two others... BEST SINGLE ISSUE and BEST WRITER (alongside Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, Brian K. Vaughn, and Brian Michael Bendis). And here's what the critics had to say:
“Aberrant flat-out works. You have visceral action scenes. Personalities practically ooze out of the page. Honestly, this is the kind of storytelling that the big publishers are missing.” (Big Comic Page)
“ABERRANT #1 is a game-changer at Action Lab: Danger Zone. You’ll become captivated almost immediately… The creative team put together one of the most seamless, cohesive, and dynamic collaborations I’ve seen this year on the indie scene.” (PopCultHQ)
And ABERRANT was quickly optioned for television by 24 & FELICITY Executive Producer Tony Krantz!
SEASONS 1 & 2 (ISSUES 1-10) OF ABERRANT ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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SUICIDE JOCKEYS
Ten years after a catastrophic mission gone awry, Denver Wallace, leader of the Suicide Jockeys - a poor, usually drunken, almost certainly mentally ill crew of monster-fighting, tank-and-aircraft-piloting suckers - must pick himself up off the proverbial and literal floors, slap his estranged, desperately-fractured team back together and right what once went wrong.
"Suicide Jockeys is the Marlboro Red smoking result of a drunken, passionate night of lovemaking between Pacific Rim and the Power Rangers. It sucked the socks right off of my gross feet and made me spontaneously combust in a fiery cloud of awesome. It's fresh. It's epic. It's tragic. If you're not reading this, then you're a big dummy." (Blake Morgan - Blake's Buzz)
SEASON 1 (ISSUES 1-4) OF SUICIDE JOCKEYS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE ADD-ONS INTERFACE!
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WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PLATFORM...
Be sure to check out these stellar books from our friends:.
Born into the outcast breed of werewolves known as the Monoki, eighteen-year-old Rodney Marcelli is reluctantly pulled into an ancient war between good and evil, during a modern time where the line has blurred.
With the help of Snow Paw, the Pureblood Monoki, and the supernatural evil slayer, Night Hunter, Rod must learn to master his newly found lycanthropy and mysterious kinetic energy power that only he possesses. Rod must fight the Dark Covenant in order to avenge his friends and family, and to save the girl he loves from the master vampire, Lord Malice.
Rodney Marcelli is Night Wolf!
Creator Rob Multari is a great guy who makes great books... and his campaign are always first day backs for me. Don't miss out on this one.
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TERRITORY is a post-apocalyptic epic kaiju mini series where people worship the kaiju as gods! From the ashes of civilization rose the Behemoths, and now the surviving people live in tribes who follow and worship them. Join Alkia, Neebo and the rest of the Greathorn tribe as their faith is tested and in this epic saga of self discovery, disillusionment and kaiju action!
The complete mini series features 5 issues of post-apocalyptic kaiju action, including a behemoth sized 32 page finale! TERRITORY is 120 pages of beautifully colored comic story telling written by Blake McCarthy with dynamic art by Chris Sassman (issues 1-3) and Donny Hadiwidjaja (issues 4-5), colors by Ichsan Ansori, letters by Marco Della Verde and edited by Nicole D’Andria.
TERRITORY is great for fans of:
- Kaiju! - Godzilla, King Kong, Gamera, Pacific Rim
- Post Apocalyptic Worlds - Fallout, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Mad Max
- Coming of Age/Disillusionment Stories - Invincible, Paper Girls
- ...and more!
