If You Weren't a Martian-Lover Before...

by Glen Downey, Comics in Education, www.comicsineducation.com

If you're wondering what the next Kickstarter project you should fund is, I've already found it for you. It brings together Sequart founder, Julian Darius, and Kevin Thurman, and puts a Darrick Robertson cover on the front for good measure. Here's the promotional video with a quote from the authors below:

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Martian Comics is an ambitious new sci-fi comic that’s the brainchild of Sequart’s Julian Darius and Kevin Thurman. It features a Darick Robertson cover and interior art by Sergio Tarquini. Interior colors are by R.L. Campos, cover colors by Diego Rodriguez, and lettering by Colin Bell.

The comic’s main story, entitled “The Girl from Mars,” stars Izzy Montoya. In life, she’s a disaffected college student. In her dreams, she’s a four-armed, blue-skinned Martian, living in a utopian paradise of technology and personal freedom -- except that she’s used to it and is also disaffected. As Izzy's dreams continue, she witnesses her other self using technology to possess a human… and realizes she’s that human. She’s being possessed. For no better reason than this Martian wants a vacation.

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FROM THE OPENING OF MARTIAN COMICS #1, BY JULIAN DARIUS AND KEVIN THURMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY SERGIO TARQUINI

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The project has a modest initial goal, with stretch goals that will simply mean greater rewards for those who support it. It's quite possible that those who donate a mere $3 might have a whole whack of issues to show for it should the project make some of its stretch goals.

I know the Kickstarter landscape can be pretty busy these days, but that's why it's important to identify something worth supporting and then make sure it gets the funding it needs...

...something like Martian Comics!

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