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Issue 4 Launches on Kickstarter April 4th!

CLICK HERE to get notified when launch happens!

If we can hit our funding goal by Midnight, April 5th, all backers with physical rewards will get this exclusive wood bookmark as a bonus!

 

Kickstarters are a great opportunity to get collections of the story so far, plus there are all sorts of bonuses for backing! Treat yourself to some great urban fantasy comics and back The Canon of Vangel in April!

Page Transcript:

Panel 1 (The gang watches something in the distance, looking tense.)
Character 1: "Shiiiii…."

Panel 2 (A dramatic view of the city skyline at night, with a massive swirling vortex of energy emanating from deep within the city.)

Panel 3 (Vangel speaks to Rose, trying to persuade her.)
Vangel: "Rose. I’ve seen the way you look out for your people."
"You protect them. You care about them. Kai’s other friends need your help too right now."

Panel 4 (Kai speaks directly to Rose, making his case.)
Kai: "You’re always talkin’ ‘bout how our people are all we got."
Kai: "Well, right now I got people in trouble. I helped you take care of yours. You gonna help me take care of mine?"

Panel 5 (Rose looks conflicted, considering Kai’s words.)
Rose: "Fffff… If it was anyone else but you’n Aiga…"
Rose: "What’s this plan?"

The Canon of Vangel, Issue 2 is LIVE!!


This is it!

The Canon of Vangel, Issue 2 is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

CLICK HERE to go to the page!

I have some cool early-bird rewards for you, and I want to make sure you don’t miss out on things like…

The first 25 returning backers will get a signed, Kickstarter exclusive mini print of the cover art with any physical reward!!

The FIRST 50 BACKERS of ANY tier will get this bonus bundle of comics added to their reward!

And the FIRST 100 BACKERS of ANY tier will get this bonus bundle of comics added to their reward!

There’s a lot of comics goodness on the table and it’s all up for grabs! The only thing missing is you!

CLICK HERE to back The Canon of Vangel, Issue 2 on Kickstarter!

We’re off to the races and you best believe there will be more soon!

Till then, be good!

But not too good 😉

Canon of Vangel, Iss 2 Pre-Launch page is LIVE!

Ermagerd you gers!

The Canon of Vangel, Issue 2 prelaunch page is live! Official launch day is May 2nd!

You know how this works! CLICK HERE to get notified when we fire this turkey off!

And you know I got the bonus goodness for all my early and returning backers!

Including but not limited to a signed mini print of the cover art for the first 25 returning backers!


So click the things! Do the things! And get ready!

I can’t wait to get this thing in print!

PATREON PALS! See your commission come to life!

Heya Patreon Pals! 

Did you know that you will get to see yours and every other commission I get via the Mind Astray 2022 Kickstarter come to life in a speed drawing video? Just one of the exclusive perks of being awesome!  

It’s important to let people know how you feel about them, after all!

XXOO

https://bit.ly/MindAstray22

-Nathan


I’m nervous, you guys.

The day after tomorrow, Friday, February 3, my 2022 sketchbook Mind Astray launches on Kickstarter. And you know what? I don’t think I’ve been this nervous about a launch since my first one 3 years ago.

CLICK HERE and hit the button to get notified as soon as it launches, BTW.

Why am I nervous?

This is my eighth Kickstarter, after all. I should have this down to a process by now, right?

Well, perhaps you’ve heard of this little thing called A.I. Art? Kinda blew up the internet a couple months back. All the kids were talking about it. For just a couple bucks you can get a computer algorithm to make a piece of art for you that looks anywhere from pretty good to good enough. Not only that, but you can get it to mimic the style of your favorite artist as well. Quite frankly, it’s hard for a human artist to compete with.

Last year, when I launched the first Mind Astray, I envisioned it not only as a way to share my lesser seen artwork and processes with people, but also as my big commission drive for the year. Made especially special because commissions purchased through the Kickstarter would actually wind up in backers’ books! Thus each and every copy of Mind Astray would be unique to the backer!

But then, right as I was starting to think about the 2022 edition, BOOM! A.I. Art comes and blows up and the whole art community is on edge! Now I’m left wondering, is anyone even going to want a drawing from me when they can just go get a computer to poop something out for a couple bucks? Or even free? Is anyone going to want me to draw their TTRPG character anymore? Or give life to the funny little idea they have in their head?

So that’s it in a nutshell. It’s daunting having not just one’s career, but one’s very identity supplanted by a machine. The John Henry moment has finally come for the art world. The djinn is out of the bottle and it ain’t going back in.

Hence why the tagline for Mind Astray 2022 is “Rage Against the Machines”. It’s adapt or die time. Personally I choose the latter. Will we fly or will we fall? All I know is, I’m going down swinging.

So I hope you will follow along, share the campaign, and CLICK HERE to get notified when we launch.

A.I. Art is the new game in town. Now it’s time to see if town is big enough for the two of us.

Hope I see you Friday!

Till then, be good!

But not too good 😉

– Nathan