Stranger Comics presents 4 fantasy comics set in Asunda, including Niobe: She Tribe, co-written by Thuso Mbedu.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are an international backer, no shipping will be charged initially, as you will be billed for shipping afterward. Estimated shipping for multiple items tends to be estimated very high, which deters international buyers. We will contact you after with the exact amount for shipping to you so that you don't overpay estimated shipping.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
SHIPPING FINALE! HAPPY HALLOWEEN HOMAGE
21 days ago
– Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 05:17:40 PM
Happy Halloween!
Hey Kickstarter family. I wanted to share a quick update that we are in the final phase of shipping the balance of your orders! Apologies if you are still waiting on yours! We are hoping to be done within everything within the next two weeks. To those who have got theirs, thank you so much for the kind words. It really means a lot! If you haven't done your survey yet, please fill it out! :)
We have are also finished with all our cons, although we still doing our online events including a Stranger Halloween event this Thursday at 6pm PST/9pm EST on IG and YouTube Live! Painter Extraordinaire Richard Thornsberry will be a special guest, who rocked the Halloween Homage Exclusive below!!
This is for TALES OF ASUNDA: Confessions of a Demon, which I wrote with Loremaster Quincy Everidge. Art is by Alex Paterson and Blond (who did our Disciple title). Alex also did the amazing Akira homage. Darrell of course did layouts. Josh on editorial and lettering. This comic tale will be available on our next Kick next year, but I wanted to give you Kickstarter fiends a chance to be one of 66 people to have this extra rare edition as I figured it would be a fun Halloween celebration.
Attendees will have a chance to win a one-of-one metal and get the Virgin for Free. ONLY 66 COPIES of the TRADE DRESS. 25 SILVERS!
SHIPPING IS WELL UNDERWAY! + MUSIC IS OUT NOW! + STORES!
2 months ago
– Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 01:46:34 PM
Hey there Kickstarter Family! Happy Saturday!
Shipping update!
We are blasting through all the orders and getting these packages out! Lore Master Q aka Quincy is also our product manager and he’s been working tirelessly sorting out all shipping and making sure everything is handled with care! Please let us know when you receive your goodies! We are excited to hear your thoughts! We have heard from many of you and really appreciate the love and feedback. :)
Music Out Now
As many of you have the digital copy and/or a physical edition of Tales of Asunda V2 #1 NIOBE She Tribe you will see the QR code in the comic for the song DAWN OF LIGHT! You can watch the music video here!
Quincy is a gem. We love him and all he does for Stranger Comics. His knowledge for the world of Asunda is unparalleled and he’s constantly improving our tales, which is why he’s my coauthor for the new comic TALES OF ASUNDA: Confessions of a Demon, which will be on the next Kickstarter!!! More on that soon but here is a sneak peek page with art by Alex Paterson and Blond with Darrell on layouts!
COMIC SHOPS (Retail Editions x Kickstarter Editions)
Many of you would have seen by now we are back in stores for the new TALES OF ASUNDA Volume 2 series and you will see retail editions by Tehani Farr. These are different versions to your Kickstarter celestial variant where Niobe's chest is the galaxy. It is far more rare too! The retail edition has her robed. There is also the trade dress edition for Cover B by Jae Lee. The Jae Lee Kickstarter edition was virgin. And if you got the BLADE 2 homage on the kick, that was the virgin edition also. The Retail Edition is the Trade Dress homage by Caanan White for our partnership with Massive Select. Josh did amazing with the design!
We also have the retail editions of Defiant #1 with covers by Caanan. We had the Shaft homage virgin edition on the kick by Ray A. Height.
So can collect the allll the sets by PreOrdering now :) There is one week left!! Here are the order codes below!
The most important time for an indie when it comes to comic shops is PreOrder time as it supports a retailer and let’s them know we have a voice! It can also educate them on a new title which in turn they can share with their customers.
Stranger fam, if you have the time to PreOrder we are less than a week away from Final Order Cut Off.
LET THE SHIPPING COMMENCE!!! COMIC SHOPS!!! PULIDO!!!
3 months ago
– Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 02:41:42 PM
Hello Kickstarter Family!
LET THE SHIPPING COMMENCE!
We are back from DragonCon in the ATL which was a blast and where I celebrated my birthday! We are now getting everything assembled to start the shipping! Please bear with us as there’s a lot to get out. But the goal is to get everything out by end of September! :) Those with metals in the order will be towards the end of the month due to the process of making the metals. Thanks so much for your patience, can’t wait to get everything to you!
If you have have any questions please each out here and at [email protected]. We are committed to getting everything out to you. Thanks!
HERE WE ARE AT DRAGONCON MEETING DON MCGREGOR, THE CREATOR OF KILLMONGER!
MUSIC! The music links for TALES OF ASUNDA: NIOBE She Tribe will be available next week. All links will be sent :) Super excited for you to enjoy with your book!
STRANGER RETURNS TO COMIC SHOPS! You will see that some of the titles like TALES OF ASUNDA: NIOBE She Tribe is going to be at your local comic ship in November, then TALES OF ASUNDA: The Disciple in December. So you will be getting your Kickstarter edition first!
PREORDERS If you want to support your local comic shop, and keep spreading the word of Asunda, or you simply want to collect the sets please PreOrder this month! It is vital for the success of an indie comic. Here is the information:
IMPORTANCE OF PREORDERS: So many stores do not order indie comics unless people are asking about them. That’s where you come in to tell them we’re here! And make sure your store doesn’t miss out! Please call or pop by your local retailer, and ask them to place an order for you. The Diamond Order Codes are above under the covers. And if they have the Diamond Previews Catalog, Stranger is on pages 386 and 387 for September. If you don’t have a regular shop, you can find one near you at the link below.
PLEASE NOTE: The new comic starts Niobe, but it is a Tales of Asunda issue, so if you ask for Niobe, they may be confused. Ask for Tales of Asunda V2 #1 Niobe: She Tribe or give them the Diamond Code on the image above. AND REMEMBER TO PUT THIS VOLUME 2 ON YOUR PULL LIST. IF YOU HAD VOLUME 1 BEFORE IT WILL NOT CARRY OVER.
RARE RETAIL VARIANTS: The virgin covers are 1:10 meaning that for every 10 copies a retailer orders, they get to order one of those! If you’d like one of those variants, speak to your retailer about pricing and availability as retailers set their own prices on incentive variants. Also, you will see the Massive Select Exclusive Blade II Homage for Tales of Asunda V2 #1 Niobe: She Tribe. This classic Trade Dress homage version is limited to 500 copies and it is in Massive’s section of the Previews Catalog.
OUR NEXT KICKSTARTER is already in development. It will be: TALES OF ASUNDA Volume 1 Hardcover, NIOBE & DURA #3, MORKA MOA #5, TALES OF ASUNDA: Confessions of a Demon with artists Tehani Farr, David Mack, Richard Thornsberry, Sheldon Mitchell, and more!
LADY DEATH!
As you know we love to share our community. So this Update shares another legendary vampire by a legendary creator in the comic community. I can’t say enough about Brian Pulido and his rockstar company Coffin Comics. If you aren’t a fiend for Lady Death and everything he puts out, you’re missing out! It is vampire done at its Fanglorious best.
Coffin Comics' All-New Lady Death: Eternal Sabbath #1!!!!!
Free Bonus - 32-page Pin-Up Comic + 5" "Chaos" Sword Pin & More! Hellageddon Part 3 (of 4)! 56 pages of story & art!
I'll be sharing more Pals soon! Stay tuned and thank you Stranger Family!
Love Seb
EBOOK ISSUE FIXED!!! + NIOBE & DURA #3 SNEAK PEEK + PALS
3 months ago
– Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 06:32:26 PM
EBOOK ISSUE FIXED!!!
Hey Kickstarter family! Hope you are having a great weekend!
In case you missed the Stranger Comics newsletter (and please check the last Kickstarter Update for more fun stuff) you may have seen the eBooks are available through Backerkit now. There was a bit of a technical issue initially, but it has been resolved and you should be able to access them now! If not, please let me know :)
Multiple eBooks: You may have got a lot of eBooks of the same issue. Backerkit automatically sent extra copies of some things. If you took a Reward with ebooks AND add-ons that come with ebooks, Backerkit sent those out multiple times. Apparently when it does that, it just adds a number to the end of the file. Sorry if there was any confusion in just means you have more of the same - feel free to keep the extras or delete! Also Tales of Asunda #4 was somehow only missing from the Read Everything Digital Bundle (which was odd) but it is there now!
Print: In case you missed it, the print copies will ship in September (after we get back from DragonCon) as there was a delay with the shipping from overseas, so if you haven’t finished your survey, please rock it now! Our newest Kickstarter is coming soon and will be magical!
Much love and thank you so much for all your love and support!! If there is anything you want to know please don't hesitate to reach out here or at [email protected].
Love Seb
P.S Here is a sneak peek double spread of NIOBE & DURA #3 from the upcoming campaign - THIS BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL! Layouts by Darrell May and inks and colors by Sheldon Mitchell. Words by me ;) Josh just hasn't lettered them yet.
PALS!
One of the most hardworking friends I have in comics has a Kickstarter out right now. I had a hard week recently and he was so incredibly supportive. I appreciate him and his family. A kind man, a veteran, and an awesome comic creator. Please check out Quinn McGowan’s awesome campaign, I backed it earlier today! He is half way there, let’s help him get there!
Project: WILDFIRE Volume One Deluxe Collected Edition
The Learning Curve. An inexperienced hero is battling monsters on southern streets, powered by the same chemicals that created them!
EBOOKS ARE OUT!!! SHIPPING UPDATE + PALS :)
4 months ago
– Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 09:06:50 PM
Hello Kickstarter Family!
Hope you are having a wonderful summer!
Great news! Your eBooks are done and with you! So, you can start reading all the things!
You should have an email from Backerkit with links to download your eBooks. If you can’t find the email, please check your spam and promotions folders. If you still can’t find it please log in to your Backerkit account where you will find a digital download account to click on.
Remember all of the above are from Backerkit, not Kickstarter. If you still have trouble please message me here, and you can always email us at [email protected].
MUSIC – We have created music to read on all platforms to read with NIOBE: She Tribe! We were hoping to have ready by today, but it will be ready August 22! PLEASE MARK THE DATE AUGUST 22 and you will be able to get the music links here!
PRINTING – Some of the foils were done local and they’re in but we’ve been told by our international printer for the main bulk the books there have been a delay with the boats so we will be receiving them while we are at DragonCon end of August. We were hoping to have them this week, but the shipping Gods had other ideas! Just wanted to give you a heads up but the books should all be in amazing shape, and we will be focused on nothing but getting everything signed and sent as soon as we get back, which is first week of September!
SURVEYS - If anyone is having trouble please let me know via message here or at the email above. Thanks :)
PATREON – If you want to sign up, now is the time! The Summer Mystery Box has been extended to August, and there will be a Patreon only zoom this month as well as more Patreon only gooies!! JOIN HERE TO BE A STRANGER
SDCC RECAP – There are only a few copies left of each ComicCon exclusive, get to the STRANGER COMICS WEBSITE HERE and grab them before they are out! 🔥
Seb and Tehani with her original for Mother's Hands to honor my late mother Dawn <3
It was an amazing time, celebrating our 15-year anniversary. Here’s to 15 more years Stranger!
Thank you for all your love and support!
Much love to all!
Seb
P.S here is a WIP of some inks for our next Kickstarter that includes some amazing adventures for TALES OF ASUNDA: DURA by Felix Icarus Morales
PALS
As you may know we love to pay it forward here, so I wanted to share with you two of my dear pals who have kickstarters rocking right now.
Hawi: African Mythology Graphic Novel [Hardcover]
Wanna read a GREAT comic book with African mythology?! Award nominated graphic novel inspired by Ethiopian history & Queen Yodit Gudit. 120+ pages. Hardcover. Made by an all-African team! If you're reading this, you may still be able to grab your copy at 30% OFF plus FREE U.S. Shipping! ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT! LINK HERE!
OneNation: Stronghold #1-3
A death in the family takes Superhero Damian Strong, AKA Stronghold back to his roots and the ghosts of his past. Returning to his hometown of New Orleans to pay respects to his recently departed best friend, Damian Strong aka the hero Stronghold is haunted by memories of his past. Amidst the chaos, a new threat emerges that lurks close by to bring forth new trauma that could shatter the fragile peace he's fought so hard to maintain with his new partner Anthony and his found family: The Tenth Foundation. JUST STARTED SO GET THE EARLY BIRDS!LINK HERE!
