Throughout this Kickstarter campaign I’ve written a few posts on In Our Dreams Awake, so this post will put them into a more comprehensive guide so that you don’t have to go stumbling through the Tessera archives in order to locate things.
Kickstart the Comic – In Our Dreams Awake #1: A Cyberpunk/Fantasy Adventure
A breakdown of the actual Kickstarter campaign laying out the pitch and story as well as looking at the reward options. I normally try to be as unbiased when doing the Kickstart the Comic posts on other books, but that might be a little difficult when talking about your own work.
Behind the Comic: In Our Dreams Awake
This is a peek at the history of the comic book. How things began all those years ago with a series of emails between Egg Embry and myself. It has been a long journey to get to the point where the comic is nearing a real release.
Behind the Comic: – Anatomy of a Panel – In Our Dreams Awake #1
A breakdown of a pair of panels from my portion of In Our Dreams Awake. Consider it a behind-the-scenes or director’s commentary on some of the thought processes when looking at a comic page from the point of view of the writer. And then see how the artist takes that and makes it 1 million times better!
I tried to put the spotlight on a couple of my collaborators on this comic book through a pair of interviews to try and get into their minds a little bit about their process and history.
Behind the Artist – Interview with Rolands Kalnins
Behind the Artist – Interview with Alex Lugo
The interview with Sean Hill, who did a variant cover for In Our Dreams Awake, is from a couple of years ago, but has some nice insight.
Behind the Artist – Interview with Sean Hill, Part 1
Behind the Artist – Interview with Sean Hill, Part 2
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Please check out the current Kickstarter for In Our Dreams Awake!
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John McGuire is the writer of the sci-fi novel: The Echo Effect.
He is also the creator/author of the steampunk comic The Gilded Age. If you would like to purchase a copy, go here!
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