A fantasy story, wrapped in a sci-fi story, all told through a comedic graphic novel
A very brief update - we have received an estimated time of arrival for the copies of Griz Grobus, here in North America - late March! Which means that CRWN should be able to start shipping out copies soon thereafter!
Thank you all for your patience and support, and expect more updates as they come!
FIRST - the story I have in IMAGE! got bumped from last month to this month - so january 25th, in IMAGE! #10, my tale will finally be in print (barring further unforeseen developments, lol).
Secondly, I made a little post over on Patreon about the year ahead - the stories I have planned, including some stuff I'm getting quite excited about!
Happy new year, and more Griz Grobus specific updates later in the month!
A little micro-announcement - if you know someone who missed the kickstarter and wanted to hop on, the pre-order store is now open, thru backerkit!
Hey everyone! We had a couple hiccups getting everything assembled and ready for the printers this month, but next week I'll be sending out the Griz Grobus PDF through backerkit for everyone who pledged!
Thank you for your patience, and talk to you all soon,
Simon
I wanted to give you all a very breathless, exhausted, and teary-eyed thank-you after all the support. We all survived the campaign, and by god, it went incredibly.
So - NEXT STEPS:
Right now, along with Kathryn Renta, I'm wrapping up the print file for the book itself, aiming to send it off to the printers in the next week and a half. That's the biggest hurdle. Once the print file is ready, we'll also be sending out the PDF to all backers!
Next, I'm working on the imagery for the "guide to thinking machines" at this very moment. Here's one of the robots, a co-starring character from the short story "The Ansible", which will be on comic shelves in "IMAGE!" #9, in December, if you're thirsting for a taste of the grobus:
Lastly, the geniuses of PHIX systems are doing the final tweaks on the print design for our Stanley miniatures, so those will be heading into full production very soon as well.
I also wanted to sneak in one last cross-promotion - Nicole Goux, who provided this incredible pinup for the book...
...has a new book in an ongoing kickstarter put on by Avery Press, a cool tiny publisher who has put up all sorts of neat books already. I personally ordered Nicole's book, "Big Ugly", and Zoe Thorogood's "The impending Blindness of Billie Scott". So if your wallet and heart is still open, give it a shot here!
Thanks again, for your faith in the Grobus, and I'll have more updates soon.
-Simon