Hey folks,
So right off the bat, I want to thank everyone who has given to this series. Juan and I are hard at work getting the book together. In the meantime, I want to give you a closer look at the colored art we're getting back:
Abby here is one of my favorite characters. Zacq created her initially and right off the bat, after just her first few lines of dialogue we were laughing our asses off:
Obviously, we're pulling from Bloodborne and Darksouls, and a large part of the way we find drama and humor is incongruity between reality and fantasy...or in Abby's case, between FANTASY and fantasy.
She's kinda perfect for this and though she took a back seat to Gwen's original party in the intro, she's one of our favorite characters to write and Juan has a blast drawing her so you'll see quite a bit of her as the series continues.
And ON that note, here's someone who we saw in the background of many of our trailer shots, I give you Dragonguy:
Dragonguy is every early game Skyrim sociopath: mismatched armor, low level weapons, and relying on petty larceny and desperately in search of a waifu:
Expect to see more of him as the series continues. Skyrim's potential for humor is matched only by the lengths the developers went to in crafting a game that's full of books no one reads.
I'll let you know how the series continues to develop and also let me know if you enjoy the character spotlight to whet your appetite.
Now, in the meantime:
If you're new to my work, you may not be aware of my flagship series. The fulfiment for the first graphic novel of which is in its final stretch, which means I'm going to be launching the NEXT installment, so while you wait on NPCs #1 Consider pre-following the campaign, because it's gonna be AMAZING
Adam Bryce Thomas of IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog and Samurai Jack (who did the Record of Price War's cover for NPCs) is beginning his run on the series, and he's basing it on Berserk:
For the fairytale this time, I'm pulling from The Saga of Hrolfr Kraki and His Twelve Berserkr Bodyguards and our antagonist is a literal Drauger:
And because it's me...yeah I couldn't resist turning this into an honest-to-god Dungeoncrawl:
Bottom line is: if you like NPCs you will LOVE Snow White Zombie Apocalypse So,Please click this link, then click "Notify me". even if you don't plan to get the book, the more pre-followers we have on the campaign, the better kickstarter's algorithm will treat us!
There's never been a better point to come onto the series and you 1000% don't want to miss this historic new issue. So what are you waiting for? Please click here to pre-follow SWZA #5:
Now, one last thing:
So, ONE of the people who is most responsible for SWZA being as good as it is, is my editor Andrea Molinari:
He has been a HUGE champion of my work, and has directly contributed to NPCs by being a trusted second set of eyes on everything I write, ensuring that whatever I'm creating has its maximum impact.
And the thing is, he's currently running a kickstarter for a series all his own:
It is decidedly NOT a comedy...it's a heavy and tragic story right from the beginning, but also humor and horror tend to pair well together.
The book is about the titular character: "The Shepherd" A recently deceased professor tasked with rescuing souls from hell...which in this imagining functions less like a prison, and more like a hospital. It's a shifting spiritual landscape where the souls of the restless dead join forces to battle against their own inner demons:
Isn't that an incredible premise? Andrea has created one of my favorite kind of storytelling: worlds where, like Dr. Who, the writer can go anywhere and do anything from moving beyond the siren song of Wrath and Vengeance (Vol. 1), to collective redemption (Vol. 2) to the more intimate & traditional ghost stories revolving around those The Shepherd has left behind (Vol. 3):
As I said, some of the stories are quite heavy (It's a horror book...and not a "funny" horror book like SWZA), but if you're intrigued or just want to help out, please pop over and pledge and/or share the campaign. A ton has gone into this and you'll be returning to Andrea all the mutual aid he's given to NPCs, SWZA & Durruti over the years.
