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HARDBOILED GRAPHIC NOVEL STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS
Do you like the animated Heavy Metal movie from 1981? How about Love, Death and Robots on Netflix? Or maybe the movie Creepshow from the 80s? Then this idea might be for you!
SIN IS IN - THREE NEW STORIES
Yesterday, Jex was telling me about an idea he had. It’s heavily inspired by heavy metal culture and would be a cool mixture of horror, mythical fantasy and metaphysical adventure. We’ll call it “TERROR DRONE” as a placeholder.
I was intrigued. I thought that it would make a great story, but it’s one I’d feel best handing off to another artist that we’d hire. Jex would write it, I’d do a cover image and maybe 1-2 pinups and let the other artist do the line-art. We figured the first issue would work as a 36-pager to introduce the characters and setting.
BUT, I thought that this would present an awesome opportunity to tell not ONE STORY BUT THREE; three separate 36-page stories of entirely unique characters and worlds.
I’m considering titling the complete, collected anthology GN “SIN IS IN, VOLUME 1” and the overall theme would be crazy, sexy action stories that delves into the darker aspects of human nature.
The second title would be MOXIE(placeholder title) about a drop-dead sexy and psychologically unhinged assassin in a brutal, cyberpunk world filled with drug-addicted killers that want her dead for a reason she doesn’t understand. I would likely draw this story.
The third title would be called KILLAH(placeholder title), a hyper-changed rollercoaster ride where a mysterious man awakens in a hospital and is told he’s been injected with something called “RAGE SERUM” and he only has an hour to reach the antidote which is deep in gang territory. The serum ramps up his adrenaline levels, turning him into a monster that goes on a rampage through the city to find the antidote.
THE CAMPAIGN
The campaign to fund this would offer options to get the THREE 36-PAGE COMICS separately as well as an option for a 108-PAGE ANTHOLOGY GRAPHIC NOVEL that would combine the three.
I would write/draw one of the titles(likely Moxie) and we’d hire two artists for drawing duties on the other titles.
These comics—despite their violence and certain adult aspects—would be the kind you could share with friends and family who happen to be comic fans. They won’t contain sexually explicit content but will certainly be for adults.
Think the level of violence and action in John Wick or the cyberpunk sci-fi movie, Elysium and that’s in the range we’re looking for.
WHY DO I WANT TO DO THIS PROJECT?
Jex and I have developed dozens of unpublished concepts over the last few years, and we’ve been looking for a way to package these concepts and get them onto the market. We also wanted to begin working with other artists to expand our network beyond what I personally have the time to illustrate.
This “SIN IS IN” project would act as a testbed to allow us to present brand-new independent concepts to you in bite-sized amounts to see what ideas are popular and deserve to be expanded upon further.
We want to build new franchises, and with our relatively limited operating budget, this seems the best way to get these growth potential into the public.
PRICE AND PAGE COUNT
I think we could offer the three 36-pagers(Terror Drone, Moxie and Killah) for $15 each and the 108-page anthology graphic novel for $25-30. If enough volume is pre-ordered, we can offer more merch in with the package.
Let me know what you think!
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