A huge THANK YOU for a great start!
11 months ago
– Wed, May 14, 2025 at 08:59:55 AM
Hey all,
First and foremost a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who showed up yesterday! You gave us our best single campaign day ever! We live in crazy, uncertain and unsettling times, and you giving us your attention and support is hugely appreciated!
If you follow me on social media, you may have noticed that we got some really incredible press yesterday! The coverage was wall to wall amazing, which I'll share in the coming days! To start, huge thanks and appreciation to Gareth Branwyn who wrote an incredible profile in the lead story on Boing Boing Premium! (and let me tell you, I am feeling quite seen!)
"Stephan Franck, an animator, writer, director, and cartoonist whose day-job credits include The Iron Giant, Despicable Me, and Marvel's What If…?, has quietly been building one of the most interesting catalogs in indie comics. Under his Dark Planet Comics imprint, Franck's created a kind of auteur's corner of stylish, story-rich books that feel like they've escaped from a parallel comics universe where the French bande dessinée scene cross-pollinated with gritty LA noir and post-sci-fi existentialism."
Click on the image for the full article.
CON & SUPERFAN PODCAST THIS WEEKEND!
I will be at the Dark Planet booth at Comic Con Revolution in Ontario, California this week end! I had the pleasure of drawing my version of the show's mascot character Jetpack Jules for the program's cover in collab with my dear friend Mike Kunkel!
During the show, I will also appear on a panel during which we will be taping an episode of the brand new SUPERFAN PODCAST with my also very dear friend Ray Anthony Heigh and hosts Christian Gossett and Mad Cave's executive editor Kristen Koerner Simon! You can subscribe to the Superfan Podcast substack to know when the show will air, and see. their incredible guest list!
A recommendation and AMA announcement!
If you follow indy comics, you might have noticed that yesterday was no ordinary tuesday on KS! Quite a few world-class indies dropped, and that included the incredible new volume from my pal Joe Benitez with a story from also my pal in the indy trenches, Madeleine Holly-Rosing. It's just fantastically fun!!! https://www.kickstarter.com/.../lady-mechanika-the...
Joe, Madeleine and I will appear together on a live creators' convo and AMA next Tuesday evening! Stay tuned for more details!
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