A look at our JUMP #1 Foil Mignola Homage Cover
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 04:37:02 PM
Hey all,
A few of you had some questions about/asked to get a better look at the bad ass foil Mike Mignola Tribute cover we did as a special stretch goal dealio for the previous JUMP KS campaign, so I dug through the vault and came up with some photos/video (see below).
For those in the dark on this... we did an UBER scarce foil Mike Mignola of variant of THE JUMP #1. It was limited to just 30 copies... by far the most rare JUMP comic out there... and definitely the most wicked. I have just a HANDFUL of these left here in the add-on shop... personal stock. I expect them to sell out before campaigns end. So, run over and claim one if you dig stuff that is wildly collectable and decidedly doesn't suck (LOL). $30 and oh, so pretty...
Let me know if you have other questions!
Rylend
OTHER CAMPAIGNS TO CHECK OUT:
MechaTon is a story about fighting for your community against selfishness and authoritarianism, getting by with clever thinking and teamwork, and trying to out-pun your little sister and her strange, witchy significant other—also, trash robots punching giant monsters. Think Scott Pilgrim meets Pacific Rim.
Siblings Derek and Leah don't really have a plan, and all they know is that video games are fantastic and that you should always look out for your neighbor. When giant mutant insects terrorize the neighborhood, they'll have to get off the couch and do something about it.
Luckily, everything they need just fell out of the sky: the MechaTon glove, a machine that converts anything it punches into a real-life Gundam, whether it's a hotdog stand or the entire planet. They aren't the only ones who want to take advantage of this power. If they're going to save their neighborhood, they'll have to battle corporations, the military, and actual space fascists. Here's hoping they look cool doing it!
LESS THAN 48 HOURS LEFT TO BACK THIS ONE! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Our pals Etan Comics just launched their hit sci-fi adaptation of the 1896 Battle of Adwa between Ethiopia and Italy! Their books are made by an all-African team & have been featured on BBC, ComicsBeat, Financial Times & more! Join +200 Early Bird backers now to get their African comics bundle with FREE shipping. They even got a Star Wars Issue 1 Variant!
THIS IS A GREAT ONE! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
The darkest nights of Fimbulwinter are upon us, Ragnarok isn't far behind, and the Nine Realms are falling... welcome to Fractured Realms, the new anthology from Limit Break Comics. Norse mythology meets contemporary horror in this 24-story collection from Irish and international creators, totalling 96 pages.
Fractured Realms serves as the end of our first trilogy of anthologies exploring mythology through comics. This book is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. Win or lose, we'll see it through to the end.
FUN! FUN! FUN! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Midlife Vices
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:35:44 AM
Hey all,
I'm still working to get you print previews (while trying my best to heal up). I just wanted to pop back in here quickly to thank you all again, very sincerely, for giving us a truly stellar launch and point you to my recent appearance on MIDLIFE VICES with Jim and Steve, where I talked all things JUMP, of course... and we also put together a wicked '80s/'90s inpirational movie list... well worth a view or two.
GO CHECK IT OUT:
Talk soon!
RG
OTHER GREAT CAMPAIGNS TO CHECK OUT WHILE YOU'RE HERE ON KICKSTARTER:
What if Wonder Woman fell in love with Jimmy Olsen?
Lady Olympus is one of the world's premiere superheroes. She has the powers of the gods, she's a former model, and she's known and loved around the globe. When she encounters an alien device that shows her the future, she's shocked to find out that she's destined to spend her life with Lucas Wilder, an unassuming average joe who works at a comic book store and plays in a garage band. The problem is, Lucas isn't sure he's ready to date one of the world's most famous and powerful women just yet!
It's Notting Hill meets Wonder Woman with a dash of Love, Actually and a hint of Guardians of the Galaxy!
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
With 80% of homo sapiens migrating to one spot on the globe, a failing med student hits the road to save, or maybe destroy, humanity. Written by an emergency doctor, By the Time I Get to Dallas is a medical coming-of-age story wrapped in an epic, apocalyptic adventure that is dark, funny, thrilling and unlike anything you’ve seen in a comic book before.
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Elodie hates unicorns. They trampled her husband. They destroyed her life. They're impossible to find.
For nearly a year Elodie's dedicated every waking moment to tracking down unicorns and exacting bloody revenge. But when she gets exiled from her home village for neglecting her duties, she travels across the continent with her wolf/deer companion, Sajen, to make one last attempt at finding the elusive creatures.
On the road, they soon discover that four ancient wind wizards are abducting mystical creatures and stealing their magic. Elodie means to go through them at any cost to make unicorns extinct, but she’ll need to rely on an increasingly reluctant Sajen, trust a floating-eyeball guide named Evelyn, and fake an alliance with two unicorn prisoners – Zoso and Rigby – who grant her the ability to rip off their horns and combine them to form wizard-slaying weapons. Will she decide to use those gifts to save magic in the world? Or kill all the unicorns left alive?
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
A giant leap for backerkind...
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 09:24:02 PM
Hey gang,
We made a HUGE leap forward monetarily this evening... we're currently sitting near $14,500... and that blasts us well past stretch goals 2 and 3... so, that means that every backer will now receive our Bonus Digital Extravaganza (tons great comics from some of the best/hottest creators in the game), a beautiful JUMP-themed print, AND the series 3 Rylendgrantverse trading card set...
So much goodness for one pledge!
This leap admittedly kind of took me by surprise here... AND I'm very sick (I caught a cold from my 6 year old)... AND I'm having all the network meetings on my TV show right now... so, it might take me a few days to get you the reveals on all of this stuff... but trust that they are coming and that they will be glorious.
I'll check back in here soon with more good news. We hit our next stretch goal at $16,000. At this rate, it won't be long.
Talk soon!
Rylend
P.S... While you're here on Kickstarter, be sure to check out Newton Lilavois' latest and greatest:
Ancient African demon king, Kishi, has hundreds of demon sons, but one day he fathers his first and only daughter- Kisha. Kishi distains his daughter. But Demon Kisha seeks the approval of her father, so she starts devouring her demon brothers to gain his attention and love. Angered by her actions, Kishi imprisons Demon Kisha to prevent her from consuming his sons.
Centuries later, sixteen-year-old Louisiana native Kisha Beaumont accidentally releases Demon Kisha from her prison and becomes possessed. Things get worse when she becomes the target of a demon hunter. In desperation, Kisha is sent to an estranged aunt in Kansas who has the power to exorcise Demon Kisha. But when Kisha gets to Kansas, she discovers her aunt's town carries dangerous secrets. Kisha needs Demon Kisha to survive.
LESS THAT A DAY LEFT TO BACK! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Cheers to THE JUMP!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 04:54:41 PM
Hey all,
As I type this we are quickly approaching $10K/that 2nd stretch goal. I'll be sure to check in properly when we do... but I wanted to pop in today to point you toward my recent appearance on Brian Wayne's CHEERS TO COMICS Podcast. He and I talked all things JUMP, of course, and I also dished pretty gleefully on the uglier side of the comic book industry. It was a hell of a discussion and you should really take a minute and give it a listen:
Brian's show is a lot of fun every week, so go ahead and smash that subscribe button for him.
SOME OTHER GREAT CAMPAIGNS TO LOOK AT WHILE YOU'RE HERE:
Welcome to the world of Sister Mercy, where a schizophrenic nun hears the voice of God while trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Like Joan of Arc re-imagined for a much different, more desperate time, Mercy is a sexy, fast paced trip to the final days of humanity. A nightmarish future born of God’s darkest dreams.
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
The mature readers Horror Pulp comic returns with chapter 3 of I EAT MONSTERS and chapter one of BLUE GEISHA! If you're looking for escapist pulpy horror with action, adventure, samurai swordplay, humor, sex, monster eating, and tongue in cheek cheesecake covers you might like Bleeding Pulp.
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
A Sci-Fi retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic!
Captain Alice Carroll, USAF scientist is finally bringing her lifelong endeavor to existence. Project Looking Glass is meant to change the world forever but when it doesn’t go as planned Alice’s world is changed in ways she never expected. She finds herself in an alternate reality not too different from her own. Except for the fact that it’s a technocratic empire ruled by the Red Queen and her Hart Foundation. Now Alice must team up with an underground resistance to defeat the Queen and find her way home.
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
FUNDED IN 36 HOURS!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 02:26:09 PM
Hey Jumpers!
I wanted to drop in today and give you all a good and proper THANK YOU for the truly STELLAR launch. We funded in just 36 hours. I honestly couldn't be happier.
HERE COME THE STRETCH GOALS!
We're off to the races/on to stretch goals now. I'm really hoping to load you up with TONS more goodies before this thing ends in 29 days.
At $7K we unlocked our BONUS DIGITAL EXTRAVAGANZA... that means you'll all now receive a big/bad bundle of books from some of the best and brightest creators in comics.
And at $10K you'll all receive a beautiful, limited edition print... Fabio's been cooking up something GRAND for this one and I can't wait to show it to you.
IN THE MEDIA...
I had the good fortune to appear on the BEARED COMIC BRO YouTube show this week where we talked film biz, Karate Tournaments, COBRA KAI, and of course, all things THE JUMP. This is one of the absolute best comic-slanted shows out there - a personal favorite of mine - so, check it out and then SUBSCRIBE for weekly goodness.
ADD-ON FUN
I wanted to highlight just a few things available (for now) in the add-on section of the campaign. If you scrolled down through the STORY section of the KS page, you saw that I have available a handful of extremely rare con/award show variants of my previous/comic shop-released books. These are uber scarce issues - from my personal stock - that were only available at a single con/on a single weekend a few years ago... some with runs as little as 10 or 20 or 50. They'll never be printed again... and you can essentially only get them from me now.
Well, for two of those variants - perhaps the two most popular/well known variants I've done - I only have ONE copy left. Once that's gone, I'll never have them again. These are BANJAX variants... BANJAX, of course, was my dark superhero noir that was nominated four four RIngo Awards included BEST SERIES (along side BITTER ROOT and SOMETHING'S KILLING THE CHILDREN).
These will come SIGNED (by me) if you like.
Here's the skinny:
BANJAX #1 SDCC '19 EXCLUSIVE "GREMLINS" VARIANT
Edition of just 50 (ONLY ONE LEFT). Only available at San Diego Comic Con back in 2019.
PRICE: $20
BANJAX #1 - BALTIMORE COMIC CON/RINGO AWARDS EXCLUSIVE "ROCKY IV" VARIANT
Edition of just 50 (ONLY ONE LEFT). Only available at Baltimore Comic Con/the Ringo Awards back in 2019.
PRICE: $20
I also have just TWO copies left of the shortest run variant I've ever done... we did a tiny, TEN-copy run of a PORTUGUESE version of our popular PopCultHQ-exclusive Aberrant #1 Weekend at Bernie's Variant. Our artist on the project - Davi Leon Dias - is from Brazil and when he told me the film was called "Um Morto Muito Louco" or "The Crazy Dead Guy" in his country, I just HAD to commemorate that truly sublime title properly.
Aberrant, of course, is my Ringo Award-winning political action thriller.
I believe these were never even available for sale. PopCultHQ just gave them away as contest rewards and the like. Here's our chance to grab one.
ABERRANT #1 - WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S PORTUGUESE VARIANT
Edition of just 10 (JUST 2 LEFT). Was available only as a contest reward from PopCultHQ.
Price $30
Anyway, these will surely sell out before campaign's end (if not before the end of the day), so if you're interested, GRAB THEM WHILE YOU CAN in the add-on section!
Much more fun to come here, folks!
Talk soon!
Rylend
P.S. HERE ARE SOME OTHER CAMPAIGNS I'M BACKING! CHECK THEM OUT:
Kat Calamia, Phil Falco (Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Anthology) and Jamila Rowser (Wash Day Diaries) unite to bring you a brand-new comic book anthology: HAIROLOGY! With a foreword from the legendary, Gail Simone (Batgirl, Birds of Prey).
There are 20+ involved creators, with the likes of Sterling Gates (Supergirl, The Flash), Sarah Leuver (Teen Titans Go!), Kenan Halilović (WEBTOON’s Witch Creek Road), Tilly & Susan Bridges (Monster High, Star Trek Adventures), Mary Crispies (WEBTOON’s Angel's Quest), Erin O'Neill Jones (Reject Squad), Brant Fowler (Last Ember Press), Salomée Luce-Antoinette (Nubia), and many more!
Everybody has their own unique and deeply personal relationship with their hair, so we wanted to create a platform for creators to tell their diverse stories.
Collecting twelve (12) original stories, Hairology tackles diverse topics including naturalhair, cancer, transitioning, body hair, dye, balding, and locs across a wide spectrum of genres which includes: action, slice of life, sci-fi, modern fantasy, autobiography, dystopia, and even werewolves!
Kat and Phil always generate such entertaining and meaningful content. You really don't want to miss this one!
JUST 28 HOURS LEFT TO BACK THIS ONE! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
The mercenary Kenzo is tasked with an unusual mission: kidnap a baby! Not just any baby, though, one whose existence can shift the seat of power in the sprawling metropolis.
In the Land of the Dragon is a cyberpunk comic book set in a world not unlike our own, except that magic exists as an equal force with science and is used to start - or finish - wars that devastate this world.
Mercenaries like Kenzo work for various corporations as guns for hire to carry out their dreadful will. The most powerful of these corporations, "The Dreamless," has commissioned Kenzo to take this child from their arch-enemies, "The Children of the Kingdom of Heaven."
As the secret this child bears comes to light, Kenzo will have to choose whether to follow the code of the mercenaries or put the child first to save her from the "destiny" these corporations have laid upon her.
Throughout this series, Kenzo and his allies will battle the likes of soldiers, cybernetic wizards, alien-like warriors and monsters born from the fusion of magic and science.
