A Preview for Issue #2...
12 months ago
– Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:09:12 AM
Hello and welcome to this, our latest update for First Men on Mars #1...
...Or what is, in actuality, a preview for issue #2! Whilst our artists are currently drawing their pages for issue #1, Ian Richardson has also finished the inks for what should have been our stretch goal wraparound cover. However, as the cover wasn't unlocked, we are now going to use it for issue #2. And can you blame us? After all why would we let this go to waste:
Is that not a thing of beauty...?
...And if you think it looks good now, wait until it's blessed with Yel Zamor's lavished with colours!
Of Surveys and Thumbnails
12 months ago
– Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:21:44 AM
Hello and welcome to our latest update.
By now a small number of you will have received your surveys for First Men on Mars #1. You lucky few have been selected by Backerkit as a test audience to ensure the survey and its settings are sound. It's been a valuable exercise, as it has identified what could be termed a 'rookie error' by Paul when setting up the survey. The issue has been rectified and Paul has been flogged. On Ebay. For a fiver. Including shipping.
In other news, our artists have already begun pencilling issue #1 of First Men on Mars. We'll be sharing their progress as they go through the various stages of their comicbook alchemy. Today we have these thumbnails from Mike Collins:
That's all for today, but we look forward to sharing more thumbnails and finished artwork with you soon.
Very best,
Paul
First Men on Mars: Lost Treasures and Other Gems Now Available for Pre-Order
12 months ago
– Fri, May 19, 2023 at 02:28:57 PM
So, it's almost 32 hours since the Kickstarter for First Men on Mars #1 ended and I haven't pestered you in a while. But fear not, for I have returned with more FMoM-related news...
...And the news is good. We had such a strong end to funding yesterday that we reached the £8,000 mark. In doing so this gem was unlocked:
Weighing in at 48-pages, First Men on Mars: Lost Treasures contains a cornucopia of concept art, masses of unused material and oodles of other objet d'art. Backers can add it to their pledges when the pledge manager opens for business within the next few days. A print of this amazing cover has now also been added to the Martian Treasury pledge, which now includes all of these goodies:
All that for only £100? Bargain!
The Martian Treasury pledge will be available once again once Backerkit approves and opens our late pledge portal. In the interim, selected items from the Kickstarter for First Men on Mars #1 are now available for pre-order via Backerkit.
Pledge Surveys from Backerkit
12 months ago
– Thu, May 18, 2023 at 06:08:10 PM
Hello and welcome to this latest update.
The pledge manager survey for First Men on Mars #1 has now been submitted to Backerkit and we are waiting for it to ab approved. Once it passes muster, we expect to send the surveys on 1st June.
Best,
Paul
Thank You
12 months ago
– Thu, May 18, 2023 at 02:49:54 PM
So, we did it. We're actually going to make First Men on Mars #1 is actually going to happen.
Or, more appropriately, you're going to make it happen. Without your funding, you encouragement and your sharing the Kickstarter with your friends, we'd be nowhere. Thank you all so much.
Now it's up to us. We owe you a comicbook and, by god, are we going to give you a comicbook! We promise First Men on Mars #1 will be the very best 48 pages of steampunk adventure you'll see this year. Or until we release First Men on Mars #2...
We want to get this book in your hands as soon as we can, so we're not waiting to receive the funds from Kickstarter; we'll commission the artwork just as soon as our artists are available. Please be assured we'll share the pages with you as we receive them.
That's all for today. All that remains is for to thank you all once again.
Very best,
Paul
