A nice look back at DC StormWatch #25 Original Interior pages written by Jim Starlin with art by me, (just pencils) One or two of these might still be on sale (auction prices) Jim had me drawing super robot aliens and a bit of Lobo all over this series:
https://t.co/GP9pfwFJgp
Hah! Great news again!
Punchline & The Vaude-Villains vs Violante has reached its Kickstarter funding goal! Thank you LETS GOOO!!
But we're not done yet ppl, you have a whole 30 days left to pick up a bundle. Backers are continuing to come in, and every additional pledge helps make the project even stronger. If you've already backed the campaign, thank you.
Every new backer helps us push the project even further:
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A quick update on Punchline & The Vaude-Villains vs Violante from Hero Tomorrow Comics,
The Kickstarter campaign is off to a great start, and I want to thank everyone here who has already backed, shared, and helped spread the word. Your support means a lot to all of us involved with this project. Independent comics only happen because people choose to support them, and every one or two person pledges help every day.
Support the campaign here:
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Well it's live!! You've seen it on my page on FB and IG - But now the new KICKSTARTER just dropped for "Punchline & the Vaude-Villains vs Violante".
Please share it around and get in on the brawl yourself once and for all.
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STARR BLOG LORE #2 Entry: The Rae Twins & Coda Network -
Shipment reroutes.
Burn notices.
Broker circulation lists.
Distress channels.
The twins were never supposed to hear any of it.
New worldbuilding entry now live.
https://t.co/G1tsOs32j7
Remember, every post reveals another layer
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what to call my gn. So here's a follow up to last week's big FB post.
The working title has always been 'Evany Starr & Midnight Penn' ... that’s the duo, that’s the heart of it. But a graphic novel like what im planning also needs a name that stands on its own. Something that feels like an event, not just a character listing.
For a long time, I wasn’t sure what that name should be. Then I realized, the title is already inside the story.
In the world of Evany Starr & Midnight Penn STARFALL is the unofficial name for something that happened to New Verance City years ago. A meteor related catastrophe that left scars, not on its landscape, but on memory itself. Most people don’t remember it correctly. Some don’t remember it at all. But the evidence survives online, in fragments... corrupted footage, dead forums, contradictory witness accounts.
The name also carries a double meaning. In world, conspiracy communities often spell it STARRFALL (with two Rs), which happens to mirror Evany’s bat designation (S.T.A.R.R. I know I didnt tell you about that yet) lol. It's not destiny. It’s a pattern – one of many the characters uncover as they realize the city is built on top of something it tried to forget.
So STARFALL isn’t a “chosen one” title. It’s not a superhero identity. It happened to the city. It belongs to the event. To the unanswered questions that remain entangled in the present.
So listen, I’m leaning toward STARFALL (single R) as the graphic novels main title, because it’s cleaner. The in world spelling stays as a nod to the conspiracy culture.
I know some people might have other ideas and I’m open to hearing them. But this is where my instincts keep landing because the name already does what I need it to do. It feels like a scar. And it tells you without a single panel, that something went wrong in this city and nobody agrees on what.
Read some of my blog before you jump in with an opinion. I’d love to know what you think.
https://t.co/rPJitIgKRw
After years of developing this universe, designing characters, rewriting lore, building environments, and evolving the visual identity of the project…
I’m finally getting closer to locking in an official title for my graphic novel series, but i want some opinions first.
The world of this story blends:
-noir mystery
-grounded street-level characters
-hidden relic mythology
-underground networks
-memory distortions and reality anomalies
-forgotten sections of the city trapped in the visual traces of the 70s, 80s, and 90s
Centered around teen orphan twins Evany & Emm, Midnight Penn, and New Verance City, a place slowly realizing something meant to be kept secret is waking up and taking over
Ill end up with something that looks like "Evany Starr & Midnight Penn: (original, small lettering) over " OFFICIAL TITLE "
Right now I’m narrowing down title possibilities and I’d love to get real feedback from readers, artists, comic fans, and anyone who enjoys strong worldbuilding.
Current strong contenders include:
LATTICE
RED ALIGNMENT
STARRFALL
STARRCODE
STARRLOCK
STARRCORE
VEINCORE
MIDNIGHT PENN
BLOOD RELIC
THE NETWORK
ECHO
STARRFORGE
STARRRELIC
STARRFRAME
CONVERGENCE
THE SCATTERING
THE STARRFALL
STARR & PENN
STARRLINE
STARRWAKE
STARRBOUND
STARRLIGHT
STARRSHIFT
STARRRUN
STARRSONG
STARRSCAR
STARRSEEKER
STARRSHADE
STARRTRACE
STARRVEIL
You can also suggest completely new ones if something about the world inspires you.
Which title pulls you in the most?
Which sounds like a world you’d want to explore?
Which one sounds most like it encapsulates my world?
Issue 1 summary is readable now and I’ll be sharing more stuff such as:
logo explorations
character reveals
environmental concepts
lore fragments
and progress on Issue #2-5 soon.
https://t.co/uGcNieP6mp
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Im back to tell you all about my own comic book project and here's the first character intro.
Who is Midnight Penn?
My graphic novel Evany Starr & Midnight Penn starts here.
First character intro is up on my blog.
https://t.co/niE0eZcb93
Before New Verance, I had a notebook a name and sketchbook of characters that came right out of multiple dreams.
These are the earliest drawings of Evany Rae
https://t.co/pY7mqP65jn https://t.co/GhuSiLTvTO
The Rae twins discover a championship they truly won — but that no longer exists. They can relive it through unstable memory constructs, but they can’t bring it back with them.
Every story has a wound. This one belongs to the Rae twins.
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