Escape From Jesus Island

Somewhere on a remote island religion embraces science in order to create a clone of the original Jesus Christ. The experiment is an astounding success, but as Michael Crichton taught us in the good book (Jurassic Park) when you fuck with mother nature shits gonna go south quick; such is the story of writer Shawn French's gruesome Sci fi horror comic Escape From Jesus Island! Instead of dinosaurs throw in demonic entities, metaphysical beings, and enraged mutants straight from the deepest bowels of Hell itself.

Now while I have you picturing the badass visuals this idea creates imagine just for a second while flipping through this beautifully drawn gore rag you can't help but recognise the face of a demon or mutant charging into battle, maybe because that's the face you see in the mirror everyday! That's right, writer Shawn French and artist Mortimer Glum the respective God's creating this world have this exact perk ready for you when you throw your hard earned dough in the virtual collection plate that is EFJI kickstarter campaign. Tons of awesome perks await you after donation including many cast spots set aside to cement your legacy in horror history as members of the demonic army and I'm not talking about pawns either, these characters are royalty, these characters are mainstay villains of the series! These are pages you can share with your children and grand children and gloat to your friends about. A little less skrill? Not to worry go get yourself killed in gruesome detail! Because who doesn't want a picture of their own bloody torn up corpse?

The best part of this campaign might be that they've achieved their first goal, there is no risk in supporting this cause, you are guaranteed to see your investment rewards very soon!

With enough donations the world continues to grow, with enough success in and outside the campaign the sky is the limit to where you might see your face (action figures, playing cards, posters, T -Shirts, etc.)! So I invite you friends to get in on the most exciting and affordable Kickstarter I've ever laid eyes on, join me 1 face of Pariah, the beast with seven heads, become part of horror/comic book history! For more information on everything Jesus Island including the perk packages visit,
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1254797765/escape-from-jesus-island-comic-book-series

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Mars Attacks: the classics vol. 1

Mars Attacks, the title that swept the world with controversy in 1962 has been rejuvenated for a new era. Step back in time to 1962, schools and churches gathered the violent little pictures of the depraved race and burned them in bonfires across North America in a true display of sanity (sarcasm). Given the 50th anniversary of the martian invasion the original card collection was released for a limited time (If anyone has an extra #2 please I beg you to send it my way it's all I'm missing). Along with the cards a new comic book series was developed with a ton of merchandise I've been asking for since before Tim Burton came along to sour the Mars Attacks name. Don't get me wrong I love the Mars Attacks movie, it's endlessly hilarious, but it also made the martians appear much weaker than they were originally portrayed. This seems to have put the weakest of the martian species in the front of everyone's memory and wiped out the sinister beast that once was. The new series which has had spinoff one shots in which Mars takes on everything from the Ghostbusters to Transformers is a new low to the series, I flipped through them in the comic book store and the entire story was nearly void of anything other than the martians losing on every damn page they are printed on (and the art totally fucking sucks). Sadly the new series focuses way too much on the human characters. This had me completely defeated with disappointment until I flipped through another book butted up with those that don't belong,  Mars Attacks: the classics vol. 1!

In Mars Attacks: the classics volume one we witness the beginnings of the Martian invasion in great detail with amazing grotesque artwork that will froth the loins of every true fan of the little green people of Mars! While not the best written piece of work this issue is the key foundation to everything that happens in the better written volume 2 which I'm currently halfway through. Given I know what follows I can say that this story line although not the best at first really catches fire and is leading to an unforgettable and smart story that dare I say might have even been ahead of it's time. Act fast if you want this collection I had to order my #1 online after being informed by the comic book store that this mid 2012 release is already out of print.

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