005 Inferno Girl Red - LAST DAY!
Plus, Ordinary Gods Announced! Radiant Black Orchestra! David Lafuente! And more!
Hey everyone! Happy Monday! Tuesday? Oh, it is actually Tuesday, isn’t it?
Apologies for the long wait between newsletters (or, you’re welcome!) — it’s been an insane few months. I’m going to try to keep this one short, but have been toying around with doing a longer process post in the coming weeks. Is there anything specific that you might be interested in seeing? Drop a comment below!
Let’s get to the news!
INFERNO GIRL RED - FINAL DAY!
INFERNO GIRL RED, the all-new original graphic novel that I’m editing, from Mat Groom, Erica D’Urso, Igor Monti, and Becca Carey is in its closing days. In fact, there’s only ONE DAY LEFT to join in and back a book that, I can confidently tell you, is going to be absolutely stunning.
A few closing-day updates:
We have a new original art tier!
Nicola Scott’s original art is available!
Plus, there's still helmets left!
So, if you haven’t pledged yet, or maybe you did but now you really want to add one of these limited, supremely epic (and wearable!) helmets from STARCHILD PROPS, click on the link and head over to the campaign NOW! You’ve only got one day left!
INFERNO GIRL RED: THE CAMPAIGN
RADIANT ORCHESTRA
A few weeks ago, we debuted a new RADIANT BLACK track, from the always amazing Sam Ewing. But this time, we decided to do something a bit… different.
Since issue 3 is about the exploration of the creative process, Sam and I wanted to reflect that same idea, musically. So, Sam wrote a “theme and variation” piece, that explores the development of a musical theme.
And then we recorded a 59 piece orchestra.
Yeah.
Also, since we’re going to be a few more of these (through issue 6!) Michael set up a new page on the RADIANT BLACK website, specifically for Sam’s music. You can head on over to http://radiant.black/music to listen to the whole piece (as well as the tracks for issues 1 and 2) in killer fidelity!
ALL ISSUES OF RADIANT BLACK SELL OUT
Speaking of a few weeks ago, Image put out a pretty nice press release on the sales status of RADIANT BLACK thus far. Spoiler alert: it’s been strong. Like, really strong. Like like, the strongest creator owned series I’ve ever been involved with.
Issues 1 and 2 have sold out of multiple printings, and issue 3 sold out of its first printing on release day.
So, along with issue 4 (which… is bananas. More on that in a bit), we’ve put together interlocking third printing covers for issues 1 and 2, thanks to Geraldo Borges and Marcelo!
(We’re also going to do some 1:10 black and white versions, too)
We’ve also got a ridiculously killer second printing for issue 3, from Cian Tormey and Matt Wilson!
Oh, and speaking of issue 4… I’m just going to leave this right here. To say it’s a Big Issue… well. I think it would be an understatement.
This one is going to sell out on release day, if not before. I definitely suggest snagging a copy early, if you can.
DAVID “DARKO” LAFUENTE AND CHERISH CHEN JOIN RADIANT BLACK!
Wrapping up all things RADIANT BLACK, I’m thrilled to finally be able to talk a little about issue 6! It’s a SPECIAL ISSUE that dives into all things RADIANT RED.
One of my all time favorite artists — David “Darko” Lafuente — will be joining us (just for issue 6 — don’t worry, Marcelo will be back for issue 7!) as well as Miquel Muerto on colors, and one of my new favorite writers, Cherish Chen, will be co-writing with me!
Literally every page is a spoiler, but I can show you the cover!
ORDINARY GODS
One final bit of news to leave you with — we just announced my next Image series, ORDINARY GODS. This one is a centuries-spanning action epic, which I’ve been working on for many, many years. Joining me is a murderers row of creative talent — Felipe Watanabe, Frank William, Clayton Cowles and Michael Busuttil.
Plus, the most epic wrap around jam cover I could have imagined, from Dan Panosian, Tula Lotay, Rod Reis, Felipe, Dave Johnson, Nicola Scott, Declan Shalvey and Matt Wilson.
And, here’s some more early info on the series! Don’t worry — we’ll be getting into more of it as FOC gets closer :)
All right, that feels like a pretty good place to leave things! Until next time—
Stay Radiant.
Kyle
Just saw Ordinary Gods in my LCS's catalog yesterday and subscribed! Looks awesome! Also, I love the "are you really sure you actually want to attempt to write this novel" variant cover for issue 3 of RB!
Woah. Those new covers look absolutely amazing!!! I can’t believe how great these books are, I’m so glad I’m here for it! Congrats on selling out on like, every issue too!