48 Hours - with no Eddie Murphy

As I write this it’s 48 hours until the end of the Kickstarter campaign for Flux. We’ve managed to make our target and are currently sitting on 136%, thanks to our amazing 117 backers.

I don’t think we’ll make our 150% stretch goal, but I didn’t realise that our final days were on Thanksgiving and Black Friday when we launched!

If you haven’t backed the book yet and would like to there is still time. The issues is all done, PDFs are made for the digital rewards and we just need to give the printer final numbers, then we’re all go. So having copies in Dec/Jan is a certainty.

This is what our cover looks like in all its glory, with art by series artist Maysam Barza, Flux logo by Paul Nicholas, Atlas Stone logo by Zach F Evans and overall design by Sean Rinehart.

We have had a little bit more coverage too and you can hear what Come get Some thought of the issue on their YouTube indie comics special.

The Interactives artist heads to Marvel's Ironheart

I worked with artist Luciano Vecchio on fantasy mini-series The Interactives, which was published by Markosia. Since then he’s gone on to work on a number of titles for DC and Marvel.

It has just been announced that he will be joining the creative team on the first issue of Marvel’s Ironheart series, spinning out of Invincible Iron Man and continuing the adventures of RiRi Williams. The news was announced on Bleeding Cool earlier this week.

I absolutely loved working with Luciano on The Interactives and I’m pleased to see his career in comics go from strength to strength. If his schedule ever allows, I’d really like to get to work with him again. For now I’ll make sure I pick up Ironheart #1 from Marvel.

Azim Akberali original art for sale

I'm going to have original fully painted art by Azim Akberali to sell at Bristol Comic Expo next weekend including cover art and pin-ups. Art includes covers from the Ray Harryhausen Presents series, Tek War and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Also Azim's take on heroes and villains like Hellboy, Magneto and Margaret Thatcher. Azim has experienced some ongoing health issues which have limited how much art he can create, so he's asked me to sell some of his work on his behalf. 

I'll be taking pre-orders, the small pieces are £20 and the large £40 - but I will also be considering offers for the more obscure pieces if they don't sell. These are all original works and not prints, so you'll be owning a one-off piece of art for a fraction of what it should cost. 

You can scroll through the gallery above to see more (some have already been sold) and then cross reference with the list below (some have already been sold)  if you want to pre-order then email peter@peter-rogers.com with your selection.   I've been wrestling with the formatting of the list I have, but I can send you that too which we include publisher info and the size of the piece. 

COVER/PIN-UP

1.

Monarch of Manhattan

2.

Sonia Sotomayor

3.

Anne of Green Gables

4.

Hellboy

5.

Anthia Arrival

6.

Margaret Thatcher

7.

Battle Amongst the Stars

8.

FTL (Faster Than Light)

9.

Logan’s Run

10.

Elvis

11.

Logan’s Run 2

12.

Battle Amongst the Stars 2

13.

Female Force: Women in the Media

14.

Tek War

15.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

16.

Wrath of the Titans

17.

Black Scorpion

18.

Black Scorpion 2

19.

Black Scorpion 3

20.

Black Scorpion4

21.

PETA poster (featuring BWater characters)

22.

Jailbait

23.

Interagents (Dwight L. Macpherson)

24.

Black Scorpion 5

25.

Ernest Hemmingway

26.

Illustration (Bathroom)

27.

Illustration (Baseball)

28.

Illustration (Graveyard)

29.

40 Years

30.

Donna

31.

Ghost Town

32.

Stephanie Meyers

33.

Magneto

34.

Black Scorpion & Legend of Isis

35.

Legend of Isis

36.

Swords of Faith

37.

Don’t Blink

38.

Don’t Blink 2

39.

Illustration (Window)

40.

Eleventh Hour

41.

Eleventh Hour 2

42.

Slam Ridley

43.

Elementals – Fire

44.

Wrath of the Titans 2

45.

Bloodstain

46.

Danick and the Dragon

47.

Black Bat

48.

Crime Anthology

49.

Cover

50.

Cover

51.

Fast Reaction – (Card Game)

52.

Force of Will – (Card Game)

53.

Inventor – (Card Game)

54.

Wraparound cover

55.

Minion

56.

Hypergirl

57.

13th Zookeeper

58.

Alpha Gods

59.

Princess Aspira

60.

Cover

61.

Interactives “Scallywag”

62.

Back to Mysterious Island

63.

Project Raven

64.

Back to Mysterious Island 2

65.

Cover

66.

Elementals – Air

67.

Purgatory Blues

68.

Brothers in Arms

69.

Alpha Gods

70.

Abattoir

71.

Eye of the Storm

72.

Alpha Gods

73.

Eleventh Hour