#ANDNEW...First Kickstarter in the Books

One of my goals for this year was to run a Kickstarter campaign. As of this week, I have completed the first step in that process with the successful funding of A REAL SLOBBERKNOCKER #1, a pro-wrestling comic book I've written and Dan Buksa is illustrating. Dan and I have been working on this for some time and it's been really exciting to get the ball rolling on this project.

A REAL SLOBBERKNOCKER follows Bret and Jake, two best friends and lifelong wrestling fans who come up through the indie circuit as a tag team called The New Kicks. Just when they get their big break, something tragic happens that drives them apart, sending them on two very different paths that ultimately lead to a confrontation with the biggest match of their lives...against each other.

This was originally conceived as a short story. Dan and I pitched it to an anthology and we were rejected. We liked the idea so much that we decided to do it anyway. Since then, it's blossomed from a 5 page short to a 45 page graphic novella. Then, I brought in editor James Powell to help with the script and it grew to a 90 page story which is being broken up into 3 chapters. The Kickstarter campaign raised funds to print and ship the first issue. We also got a great variant cover from Pete Collins.

Dan is working on the artwork for the rest of the issue and then we'll hand it over to Matt Krotzer to letter everything. Once that's set, we'll get this printed and in the hands of backers. The other two scripts are already written. I just have to go through some additional edits to finalize them. Once we have the first issue out on the world, we'll continue on with the second and third.

I've got a couple other projects on the way and I'll share some more info on those soon.