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Behold! The first printed copies of Footprints #1 have arrived today, and they look great! If you haven’t already, you can order your copy by Pre-Ordering to the left of this page (yes, where it says ‘donate’), or better yet, contributing to our Kickstarter Campaign!
And of course, if you’re headed to C2E2 this year, you can grab your copy at Artist’s Alley Table M4.
Feedback was great on our Footprints #1 Kickstarter Exclusive Variant Cover, but this will completely and utterly melt your ocular units. This Kickstarter Exclusive print is extremely limited — only 50 will ever be produced — and is obviously only available by pledging to our Kickstarter Campaign.
Enough with the hype, see for yourself:
That’s what I’m talking about. This gorgeous exclusive print is available at the $100 reward level, which also includes everything at the $50 level (Kickstarter Exclusive variant cover, signed trade paperback, signed issues #1-4, etc.), along with an original sketch by our artist Jonathan Moore inside the trade paperback.
We hope that you love these exclusives, because we sure as hell do.
And yes, there are indeed some hints and teasers sprinkled throughout the image. Enjoy! 🙂
I just wanted to give a special thanks to both Broken Frontier and Comics Vox, who were nice enough to give our Kickstarter Campaign some lovin’ these past couple of days!
Stay tuned for the debut of our art prints later this week!
So we promised that our Kickstarter Campaign would hold some really cool exclusive content, and we weren’t lying! I’m proud to debut the first of the two of our Kickstarter Exclusives, the variant cover to Footprints #1!
This awesome variant is again courtesy of Jonathan Moore, and is available at the $50 reward level in our Kickstarter Campaign. At that reward level, you’ll also get signed copies of issues #1-4 (so that’s two versions of issue #1, each with a different cover), a signed trade paperback, a special mention in the “Thank You” section of the trade, the regular Footprints art print (a colored, textless version of our awesome Page 9 splash), and electronic PDF copies of every issue. When’s the last time you got THAT much cool stuff at your local comics shop for $50?
And if you think that’s cool, just wait until I debut the Kickstarter Exclusive art print later this week.
I did a really fun interview with Geoff Arbuckle over at A Comic Book Blog this past weekend, which went live earlier today. You can find the entire interview here, but here’s an excerpt:
ACB: For the story element itself, you went with the noir genre. Are you a big fan of genre in particular, or was it this particular genre that you wanted to use for these characters?
Esposito: Oh yeah, I just love noir in general. But for these characters in particular, there is something in each of them that fits nicely with all of the classic noir archetypes. The hard-boiled detective, the femme fatale, etc. Each character in Footprints fills one of those roles, while adding in some extra stuff for the unique spin I think we found. There are plenty of stories with Bigfoot or Nessy out there, but I think finding the spin on their accepted representations in popular culture is what makes Footprints appealing.
ACB: I think it’s safe to say that the use of these particular characters and the genre will lead to a lot of people being hooked. I can say from personal experience that I’m looking forward to the rest of the story. Can you give us a little tease for what we will be seeing throughout the rest of the Footprints series?
Esposito: Well yeah, first, I hope people do get hooked. That’d be helpful. As far as teases… I can tell you that issue #2 opens the day that Japan signed the surrender documents ending World War II. Let’s just say that the whole mystery behind this series is much, much larger in scope than a simple murder. Or beheading, as the case may be. Yeti’s murder was small potatoes. There will be surprises and betrayals, and some light will be shed on the history between Foot and his brother. And that’s just for “Iced”, this four issue mini. With any luck, we’ll be going above and beyond that in the future.
We go on to talk about the comics industry, the importance of the Internet, and a whole lot more, so check it out! They also posted a review of Footprints #1, which if you haven’t read it, please do. It’s positively delightful.