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Latest Updates from Our Project:
Bonus Books #4 & 5...
almost 2 years ago
– Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 03:00:09 PM
Hey there Dream Warriors -
I'm happy to say we've cleared up about a third of the failed credit cards, but we still have 20 cards left to fix. If that's you, please correct it soon, because you only have until Thursday to guarantee your rewards!
Meanwhile...
Let's unveil the final two books in our bonus bundle! For those who joined us late, a quick recap:
As part of our first stretch goal, everyone at the digital deluxe tier and up will receive a bundle of free digital comics.
When Mankind reaches for the stars...there will be stowaways.
In a future mining colony below the surface of Enceladus a clash of species is about to tear this tiny world apart. Vampire-kind reaches for the stars in this Underworld-meets-The Expanse adventure.
Written & drawn by Peter Taylor, with stunning colours by the legendary Falk Hänsel, Pioneers: Blood & Stars #1 is 32 pages of Sci-Fi horror...and it's a ton of fun. Our own Frank Pittarese did some editorial consulting on issue 2--which I also lettered!--and Peter is coming back to Kickstarter soon for issue 3. Once I have a pre-launch page, I'll be sure to share it here.
Bonus Book #5
Stake Presents: Jessamy #1
It started with a whisper…
In a mid-18th American tavern, a simple game of one-upmanship sends the rumor of monsters in the New World up the eastern seaboard and across the Atlantic. In a world where vampires are real, but still hidden, there is a global network in place to ensure the secret remains hidden.
Jessamy is an old vampire (don’t ask how old, it’s impolite) whose job is to keep the secret world of vampires hidden from humanity. When an ally in the New World sends word of rumors of a plantation with monsters eating their slaves, Jessamy is dispatched to investigate and, if necessary, eliminate the threat to the balance between man and vampire.
This issue features 24 pages of story set in the Stake universe, from Writer David A. Byrne and Artist Francesca Fantini, with letters by Joel Rodriguez.
And if that whets your appetite for more blood, David is currently back on Kickstarter with a collection of the whole series:
Stake Presents: Jessamy Vol 1 a hardcover collection
The full collected story of Stake Presents: Jessamy "Château de Sang et des Fleurs" in hardcover and softcover with a brand new 12 page story!
This new collected edition will feature at least 100 pages printed on 80lb glossy pages and be presented in Softcover, Hardcover with a beautiful jacket, and the limited Leather Edition.
David and co. always put out great books, so if that pitch, uh, sucked you in...
That's all for now. You'll be getting all five of these books with your digital rewards, and we're thrilled to be able to share them with you.
I'll see you on the other side of the Kickstarter funding guantlet to tell you where we go from here.
Thanks again for the support!
Clay
P.S. If you're looking for more Lovecraft...
Cthulhu FhCon: Short Stories Starring Cthulhu, Fans & Frenzy brings together eighteen popular, bestselling, and award-winning authors to deliver stories of a convention experience that only the old gods will make you forget.
Among the authors, I see some familiar names like Russell Nohelty and Frank Martin, so I feel confident backers will be in good hands creatively. If you like prose anthologies with a Lovecraftian bent...
Thank you! + Next Steps (IMPORTANT)
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, May 30, 2024 at 01:32:05 PM
Hey there Dream Warriors--
On behalf of the whole team: THANK YOU!
I'll be back soon to run down everything you unlocked on our way to more than 200% funded (!), but right now, I'm celebrating my son's 15th birthday by taking him to spend the night in a haunted hotel. And the ghost tour waits for no man!
So for now: thank you.
You just made a really awesome comic.
What happens now:
Kickstarter has already charged the card you have on file. We'll send out backer surveys at a later date to get everyone's addresses.
If you got a message from Kickstarter asking you to update your payment information, pretty please do it fast! You only have one week to correct it, and we want you to get your rewards.
Otherwise, your work here is done.
As always, I promise not to bombard you with messages, but I WILL keep you updated on our progress so you know what to expect.
Thanks again!
Friends of Fried
MONSTER MATADOR: ONCE UPON SOME MONSTERS IN MEXICO #1-3
Monster Matador is about exactly what it sounds like: a matador who fights monsters! And it's a grand ol' time. Writer Steven Prince has come up with the kind of high concept I wish I'd thought of, and artist Fabio Alves beautifully brings it to life with the help of our own Alex Zief on colors.
Born from out love of Mad-Max, Kaiju and Santo and... telenovelas?! The Monster Matador is an action-packed mash-up of all those things, with more than a few laughs to spare. (Just don't laugh at the Matador. He does not like to be laughed at.)
Thrilling Tales of Vistas Unknown #1 - by Craig A. Taillefer
Craig Taillefer's WAHOO MORRIS is one of my favorite books I've ever backed on Kickstarter. So I'm thrilled to see him back with this latest. Thrilling Tales Of Vistas Unknown #1 is a 48 page black and white comic book anthology collecting Weird Science & Fantasy short stories written and drawn by Craig (Wahoo Morris, Elfquest, Books of Magic, Dead Boy Detectives) and also featuring a special story "Generations" written by Marv Wolfman (Teen Titans, Tomb of Dracula).
Also as part of the campaign, you can pick up Beauties & Beasts: The Art of Craig A. Taillefer, a 10x7 Paperback with Colour Covers and 96 pages of Black & White interiors, Collecting pin-ups, Illustrations, and Drawings from the entire span of Craig’s comic illustration career.
So, if you're an EC Comics fan or just plain dig Dinosaurs, Monsters, Water Nymphs, Wizards, Space faring Chimps and more...
That's all for now! Back soon to tell you more about our last Bonus Books...
...if I survive my haunted sleepover!
Clay
Bonus Book # 3 is...
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, May 27, 2024 at 02:21:41 PM
Hey there Dream Warriors -
It's time to unveil the third book in our bonus bundle, but for those who just joined us, a quick recap:
You recently unlocked our first Stretch Goal, which means everyone at the digital deluxe tier and up will receive a bundle of free digital comics.
How many books depends on YOU, because we're giving away 1 free book per every 50 backers. As of this writing, that means you're getting at least 4... but we are close to adding a fifth!
That gorgoues piece of work is the cover by Guilherme Raffide (line art) and Damir Rošić (colors) for the upcoming CTHULHU INVADES GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES—CONVENTION PREVIEW!
I wrote the cover story (“Snow White and the Old God”), which may be the Clay Adams-iest piece I’ve written in a while.
Constant pain in my ass Mick Beyers provided the art, with colors by Gab Contreras and letters by Jerome Gagnon.
The full book will be coming to Kickstarter soon, with a ton more great stories, but if you’d like a sneak peek of mine, you can try to grab the preview at a con this summer…
…OR you could be a digital-deluxe-and-up backer and get it as part of our digital bundle!
I'm super happy with how this one turned out. Thanks to Travis Gibb for inviting me to be a part and allowing us to share the con preview with you.
Bonus Books #4 coming soon...
STRETCH GOAL #3
We are creeping up on Stretch Goal #2, so now is a good time to announce Stretch Goal #3!
If we reach $12,500, you will unlock an additional 2 story pages, making DREAMQUEST 2 a 52-page book!
This will give Mick and Alex a little more room to breathe on the action-packed big climax, so if you know anyone who would enjoy DREAMQUEST, please send them our way!
FRIENDS OF FRIED
ADAGIO: All you need to do is dream
Felipe Cagno is back on Kickstarter with his latest project, and it looks like a another winner. Fans of his series The Few and the Cursed know to expect quality, and this one is no different.
Here's the pitch:
"In the near future (closer every day) an app/social network called ADAGIO allows users to post their dreams online - either pre-recorded or in live streams watched by millions across the world.
It's the end of produced entertainment as we know it today. No more movies, no more TV shows, no more TikToks, no more streaming services, all people watch now are DREAMS.
And fame is within reach for those that can have lucid and serialized dreams. Think about it: no budget constraints, no locations out of reach, no actors, we are only limited by our own imagination.
Crazy Latte Thing Called Love ☕A Manic Romantic Thriller☕
In his latest campaign, writer Adriano Ariganello asks "How much can you really know about a person you've just met?"
Crazy Latte Thing Called Love is a 32-page full-colour one-shot where Liam, a lovelorn insurance adjuster, doesn't care to answer that question. He falls deeply in love with a barista, Ruby, who barely knows him. As his love falls deeper into obsession, he gets dragged into a world he was not prepared to enter.
Adriano is offering some pretty sweet variant covers by talented artists who have worked for DC, Marvel, IDW, Zenescope, Avatar and more - and bundle deals so you can collect them all.
The preview pages ooze quality, and personally, I love that Adriano's lettering looks top-notch too! This was a pretty quick back from me, so if this description hits you like a jolt of caffeine...
How to Get a Killer Crossover Print + A Sneak Peek
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, May 24, 2024 at 12:30:37 PM
Hey there, Dream Warriors!
Wanted to let you know how you can pick up a killer crossover print, but first...
Last time out, I promised you a sneak peek at Mick Beyers' linework for the interiors. It's tough to pick out spoiler-free pages to show (this is a pretty action-packed installment), but Mick and I narrowed it down to these two:
I think Mick is just getting better and better...so let's hit that next stretch goal and give this guy some room to breathe on the big action sequence, huh?
Meanwhile...
Sometimes I write things that aren’t Lovecraft related.
Friend of Fried Rob Multari just launched his latest campaign for NIGHT WOLF Volume 2, and he’s lined up a slew of great writers to contribute short stories:
Not bad company to be in!
Really proud of how my story turned out, and many thanks to Rob for inviting me to play in his sandbox.
Right now these extras are digital only, but Rob will be unlocking each story as part of the physical book as he hits certain stretch goals.
Here's how you can help that happen AND get a killer...
Crossover Print!
Okay. So, I'm live with DREAMQUEST.
Rob just launched NIGHT WOLF, which has a story by yours truly.
And besides being the artist on DREAMQUEST, Mick is also running a campaign for the collected edition of his series, A QUEEN OF MARS.
Since we're all live with a project right now, the three of us are offering this awesome exclusive 5x7" print drawn by Mick and colored by Gab Contreras that Rob has dubbed BEAUTIES AND THE BEAST!
Featuring Phaidor of QUEEN OF MARS, Winter from DREAMQUEST, and Night Wolf of, uh, NIGHT WOLF
Everyone who backs the NIGHT WOLF, A QUEEN OF MARS and DREAMQUEST campaigns will get this awesome print for FREE! Physical tier backers of all campaigns will get a physical copy of the print, and digital backers will receive a hi-res digital version.
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.
A Queen of Mars Vol 1 is a NSFW sword-and-planet adventure based on the public domain works of Edgar Rice Burroughs' world of Barsoom. As the life of Barsoomians are without natural limit, those that have not met their end by violence or misadventure are permitted 1000 years to live. At that time you are expected to make pilgrimage down the mysterious River Iss, to the Valley of Dor and the Martian after life. So has Kahr Kagut, a Jedwar of Thark made his way to heaven, where he hopes to die...
But Kahr Kagut is not alone! The Princess Phaidor, daughter of the late Matai Shang, Holy Hakkador of the Therns, and presumed dead herself has returned to land of her birth, not to die, but to conquer...As fate has brought them together, Phaidor recruits the Thark to her own goals, wresting control of her people, the Therns, from the False Hekkador Eretor Thraug. All before they rescue Isdar, Princess of the first born and a prisoner in the ancient and deadly city of Zalah.
Okay, that's all for now. I owe you the big reveal on the next couple of bonus books. And if you subscribe to my newsletter, you might have gotten a sneak preview of #3 yesterday.
More to come...
As always, thanks for the support!
Clay
Bonus Book #2 is...
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, May 16, 2024 at 06:32:03 PM
Hey there Dream Warriors -
It's time to unveil the second book in our bonus bundle, but for those who just joined us, a quick recap:
You recently unlocked our first Stretch Goal, which means everyone at the digital deluxe tier and up will receive a bundle of free digital comics.
How many books depends on YOU, because we're giving away 1 free book per every 50 backers. Right now, that means you're getting at least 4.
Writer Frank Martin describes PIPE CREEPERS as "quirky Lovecraft 'blue collar' horror, but here's what I said about it when the book came out:
"Frank Martin is a creator to watch. PIPE CREEPERS grabs you from page one and slowly reels you in with a great modern twist on an old genre. Lovecraftian horror has never been this much fun."
Here's the official pitch: Plumbers enter the basement of a creepy mansion and discover horrifying secrets on a cosmic scale. Featuring art by JC Grande and Eugen Betivu, PIPE CREEPERS is Super Mario Bros. vs Cthulhu!
We are thrilled that Frank is allowing us to share the first issue with you. As our way of saying thanks, we wanted to let you know that he's back on Kickstarter with his latest:
Grimm Space is a sci-fi/fantasy mashup series that takes classic fairy and folk tales and re-imagines them in a Star Wars-esque universe.
After trading their P1-Nocchio robot for a mysterious NAV unit, the crew of the Beanstalk traveled to uncharted space, where they discovered a giant alien ship. Their mechanic, Jack, snuck onboard and stole a large golden egg, which they hoped would come with a big payday. The crew celebrated the unexpected score over a meal when the egg began to crack.
This 60-page trade paperback picks up where the story left off as a golden creature hatches from the egg and attacks the Beanstalk crew in a panic, causing the ship to crash on a backwater planet. Now stranded, the crew makes a deal with a local king to track down the creature so that they can repair their ship and continue on their way.
