The Healer’s Blade #1: PROLOGUE | Fantasy/Action Comic Book
Created by J. Michael Miller
What if an instrument of death was designed to heal instead?
(Sword in the Stone meets Wonder Woman)
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Easter Eggs in June?? (Update #7)
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 02:07:59 PM
New Add-on!
Due to demand, we have added SIX digital sketches from Mariateresa Susca in the add-on section! These will be available until the end of the campaign or until all of them have been claimed.
Backer Update
Thank you for continuing to share the campaign and show us support. We have reached 90 backers and 157% funding. I can't wait for us to reach our next stretch goal!
Easter egg or future king?
You may have seen page two in the campaign details, but I'd like to highlight the last panel. These two may seem to be innocuous farmers headed to town. The dialogue reveals this boy's name.
This is the story of Matilda and not a tale of a boy named Arthur. I've hinted at who he could become, but this is left ambiguous intentionally. Maybe this boy becomes King Arthur; maybe a different Arthur has already been king; or perhaps the legend of King Arthur is merely myth.
To quote Juliet, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet." This is not a legend of King Arthur, but the story of Matilda & the sojourn of her spirit.
One True Love is packed with genius art by J. Schiek, marvelous writing from Mario Candelaria, and is printed in a lovely landscape format that enhances the story's atmosphere!
After pulling off the score of a lifetime, two East Coast mobsters named Peter and Paul try to lay low at their childhood friend Matthew's home in the Hollywood Hills until the heat dies down. Paranoia and mistrust quickly ramp up when Matthew's daughter Amber unexpectedly returns home, adding a chaotic element to their plan that fractures the crew.
Two hundred years after their world was devastated by a magical war, the heroes of a new age seek to recover the forgotten legacies of their lost home. Thrown together by fate, this ragtag band of adventurers are charged with an impossible mission: survive a thousand miles of haunted dungeons, bizarre monsters, ruined castles, and magical traps -- or see their world die!
Slicing in (Update #6)
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 10:11:54 AM
I almost don't know what to say in these anymore. You've already broken records and unlocked the originally announced stretch goals. Now, we are only ONE backer away from reaching 90 backers and you just broke my record for most raised in a single campaign! We are, also, currently 147% funded. It means so much to me, to see you all so excited about this story. We might not have gotten the badge that we're a "Project We Love" from Kickstarter, but you have all helped me feel like this is a project you love.
While creating The Healer's Blade...
We play card/board games, read, draw, paint, play hide & seek, etc. with both of my daughters before their bedtime. One night, my oldest picked to draw and color. That's when I came up with the first words you see in page one of The Healer's Blade! The art for this and the next paragraph's image inspired the ending of our prologue.
A week or two later, she decided we should paint. As you can tell, there's a reason I'm the writer and not the artist, but I think it's important to show others some of the process that goes into making projects like this.
Next Stretch Goals
At $2,100, every physical backer will receive a copy of Kid Cretaceous #1!
At $2,500, we'll take a look inside the pages of Matilda's journal and share a poem, while we see some of her past!
106 pages from the students of Scott Snyder's comic writing class!
Volume 2 marks the return of the multi-genre anthology, filled with 18 short comics that are sure to bring the thrills, chills, and feels, by students of Scott Snyder's comics writing class!
Bookmarks and Bundle Announcements! (Update #5)
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 07:50:53 PM
First off, I'm sorry it's been a couple of days since the last update. I had a few family things to take care of and a power outage for a while. I'm happy to share some news with you!
FREE BOOKMARKS!
As people have shuffled around their pledges in the beginning of the campaign, all 84 of you backers have come together and helped us reach 136% funding. This means we've passed $1,500 and unlocked free bookmarks for all backers who pledge at any physical level!
Indie Comic Bundle Reveal
Backers at every single level get the indie bundle full of 20+ digital comics. It's time to reveal the next six comics!
Raze Comics #1 by Samuel Willis & Tremayne Primm
Tokyo Blade Detectives Vol. 1, by Todd Black, which features the first four issues!
Bullproof Chicken #1 by Jon Westhoff
New Reward Tier and New Add-on!
Introducing a new tier available only this week:
featuring the holo-chrome variant AND a digital sketch - $19 (LIMIT of 7)
And a new add-on:
Kid Cretaceous retailer bundle - $30 (10 copies of Kid Cretaceous - any cover)
She came to Vermont to find a missing person. Something else found her instead.
Cassie Aubert searches for all kinds of missing people. Driven by her brother's disappearance, Cassie has spent her life tracking runaways, kidnappees, and truants. But until now, Cassie's never been on the trail of a pagan cultist - or been hunted by one of their gods.
Slow and steady (Update #4)
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 08:52:37 AM
We are currently 130% FUNDED
We've received a few more new and updated pledges. We are sitting at 78 backers and only $53 away from unlocking our next stretch goal!
Next stretch goal!
As mentioned above, we are close to the next stretch goal. Once we read $1,500, all backers who have pledged at a physical reward tier will receive a bookmark for free!
I appreciate all of the support you've shown us already, but don't forget to share the campaign! There are only two days left of early bird offers and every little bit of awareness helps. Stay tuned for the next update, where more stretch goals will be revealed! In the mean time, here are some...
Recommendations
In most updates, I plan to share another campaign currently running that deserves some support too. The first one I'd like to tell you all about is:
A contact tracer tries to clean up his city in this neo-noir comic for mature fans of Osmosis Jones and Blacksad!
From Chris Moses, the creator of The Saturn Effect and CTRL + Z, Soma City takes place in a world where people are anthropomorphized microbes. Follow Denton Dials as he traces a new disease spreading throughout Soma City! Follow the prelaunch page today!
Twelve BRAND NEW romance stories from the worlds of some of the most popular LGBTQ+ Webtoon Canvas titles!
Two New Add-ons! (Update #3)
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 03:54:25 PM
One of our backers made us aware that none of the variants were listed in the add-on section and only available in the tiers.
Quick Update
We have now reached 77 backers and raised 126% of our goal! As asked for, the new holo-chrome variant is now an add-on! The holo-chrome variant is available as it's own reward tier, in the Cosmic Collective reward tier, and the add-on section. There is also an add-on to choose from either B or C variants, if you need to customize your rewards beyond the available tiers.
Since this is the second update today, I don't want to take up too much of your time. I'm going to make it quick and only leave you with one...
LONE TALES is a 124 page graphic novel containing two stories expanding The Snow Universe; Odyssey & Whistleblower. Intended for mature readers who have an interest in thrillers, sci-fi and horror. Odyssey Chapter One was originally published in 2019, but this graphic novel marks the first time Chapter Two will be seen. Whistleblower Chapter One was also originally published in 2019 with Chapter Two released on Tapas in 2020, but this will mark it's first physical release.
