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Here's an approximation of what it will be like to pick up a physical copy of Sons of Comtec and turn the first few pages... minus some of the miscellaneous front matter that adds to that magical sense of anticipation.
The big title page is actually the right-hand side of a two-page spread, with the little business heads extending all the way across the bottom.
Crowdfunding begins very soon! Tell your colleagues and subordinates!
You've seen bits of this before, but here's the complete-ish version of the conversation me and Ben Hutchings had about SONS OF COMTEC in Tokyo last year. (If co-authors interview each other, is that called an 'intraview'?)
After you've watched that and given up trying to make sense of it, don't forget to order SONS OF COMTEC on Kickstarter! It will be available after the crowdfund, but not for a while, and never as cheaply and conveniently as right now. (Especially if you want multiple copies of the book, or to be in the book.)
(To be clear, everyone who backs the project gets their name in the book as a 'Valued Customer'; you don't have to upgrade to the levels of 'Sponsor' or 'Partner' — although obviously if you do, you're a better person.)
🚂 TOOT TOOT, ALL ABOARD THE SUCCESS EXPRESS 🚂
It's time to watch a funny video and then go and order a book! "The funniest and most surreal comic I’ve read in a long time," says Eisner Award winner Michael Kupperman. Ryan Estrada, co-author of Banned Book Club, calls it a "masterwork" and me and Ben Hutchings "goddamn weirdos".
This is indie micro-publishing, so if you're interested in Sons of Comtec, the best time to order it, in terms of availability, benefits, and a positive effect on the product itself and its authors' lives, is RIGHT NOW. I'm not trying to FOMO anyone; just letting you know how it is.
AT LAST, a graphic novel to celebrate society's invisible heroes: extremely well-paid corporate executives!
☝️☝️ That was it! That's where you order it! Go back! ☝️☝️
At this point, the book is definitely going to be printed, so THANK YOU to all our supporters so far, all of whom are regarded highly by their peers and found intriguing by attractive strangers.
But there are still SPECIAL REWARDS to be claimed (they are going faster than I expected), and the print quality of the book can still be TRIVIALLY IMPROVED in a way that matters to me. So do kindly rush to support the project and spruik it to literally everyone you encounter for the next 29 days.
Don't want a printed book? Postage too expensive? Obviously you can just get the digital PDF version, OBVIOUSLY.
Stop hesitating! WINNERS JUMP IN. Why's the water so hot, is this even water, what's that smell 🚨 FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES, "IN A VAT" IS THE BEGINNING OF "IN-A-VATION" 🚨
AT LAST, a graphic novel to celebrate society's invisible heroes: extremely well-paid corporate executives!
Ooooooh I just bet you thought I was done with Tumblr. But actually... I'm done with everything! Everything except publishing a NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL and promoting it, that is.
Behold the 'pre-launch' page for SONS OF COMTEC, a comic by me and my friend Ben Hutchings. Hey, that's two of the three funniest cartoonists in the world! And what about the third one, Michael Kupperman, creator of Snake 'N' Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle; what does he think about all this?
Sons of Comtec is a very silly comic about businessmen, because that's what the subject deserves. Me and Ben, SEPARATED BY EARTH'S MOST VAST OCEAN, made it together, somehow, over the course of more than a decade. Was that a deliberate "Up yours!" to the poisoned, capitalist notion of 'efficiency'? YES, if that will encourage you to order the book.
It's a series of overlapping vignettes about day-to-day corporate life, featuring a small cast of weird, serious idiots, most of whom are still alive at the end of it. There are two leprechauns in the book but they aren't important. Listen... I can't really describe this book, OK? Can any of my comics, that you love, be 'described', exactly? Come on now.
Oh, you know what else? If you click through to that pre-launch page and scroll down, you can watch a video with some voice-acted excerpts from the comic, and some character profiles, followed by me painting the whole cover illustration and discussing the process! Yes, I also have a YouTube channel. KEEP UP, will you.
This is an exciting time for you. I'll leave you to it.
...FOR NOW. 😎
Me and Ben (mostly Ben) made another trailer for SONS... OF COMTEC!!!
This one's less than a minute long! Yet packed with exciting feelings!
Other videos about Sons of Comtec can be watched here, here, and here. Or you can skip all that and just order the damn thing on Kickstarter already!
Sons of Comtec: It's a silly comic that will make you laugh. You can literally buy happiness! "What about lifelong contentment, though, Patrick?" Man I don't fucking know, time will tell I guess.
