With many of the Kickstarter projects, you are never entirely sure that the thing (comic, game, etc.) is actually going to see the light of day. So it is always nice to see a Kickstarter you supported for issue one get an issue 2. It’s those comics that we should be celebrating.
I wrote about the first Kickstarter here.
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Mine to Avenge: Book of Layla #2
Creator/Writer – Robert Jeffrey II
Artist -Matteo Illuminati
Colorist/Letterer – Loris Ravina
Kickstarter Campaign ends on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 2:00 PM EDT.
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The Pitch:
The history books call it a house of horrors. A testament to the true depravity that inhabits the souls of man.
The Story:
The little girl who escaped the demonic forces which occupied the LaLaurie New Orleans mansion on a sunny day in 1833, though, called it something else: the site of a rebirth. The little girl swore on that day that she would never be anyone else’s victim, and so began a centuries long campaign of bloody revenge. The Retribution Cabal (RC) was born, protecting only those descendants of America’s original sin.
Now on a cyberpunk stage where technological wonders leave no place for creatures of legend, the LaLauries and their denizens reappear, continuing their blood-soaked quest for obtaining ultimate power. Time will tell if the remaining members of the fractured Cabal can stand as the bulwark between humanity and the rising hordes of darkness.
John’s Thoughts:
Robert Jeffrey II was a regular contributor to TesseraGuild, where he talked about comics and sci-fi and Sliders (he and I actually did a Sliders panel at a local convention this year!). I know that he eats, breathes, and everything else comics.
Mine to Avenge is letting him really stretch his legs and prove over and over his talent as a writer.
The Rewards:
If you supported the first issue, it is a minor thing to either get the digital copy of Issue 2 ($5) or a print copy ($10). However, if you are catching up then digital for both issues is $8 and print for both is $15. There are different artists covers and $90 gets you everything. But if you’d like to have a custom cover, for $250 you can get one where you design it (an option I’m not sure I’ve seen before).
The Verdict:
Ancient evil… a family’s quest and burden… and now, in the future, the evil returns, but is there anyone left to fight it?
Heck, I don’t know, but I’m certainly going to find out!
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To find out more about Mine to Avenge: Book of Layla #2, check out the Kickstarter Page here.
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John McGuire is the creator/author of the steampunk comic The Gilded Age. The Trade paperback collecting the first 4 issues is finally back from the printers! If you would like to purchase a copy, go here!
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His other prose appears in The Dark That Follows, Hollow Empire, Beyond the Gate, and Machina Obscurum – A Collection of Small Shadows.
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