Nocturnal Commissions: A macabre monster mystery!

Horror Business
about 4 years ago – Sun, Mar 01, 2020 at 06:58:15 PM

Ghouls!

I left my comic scriptwriting class last night exhausted and wheezing from this cold I have been wrestling with but was elated to discover we had the confidence of 354 adventurous comic lovers. From the bottom of my tiny black heart, thank you for supporting Nocturnal Commissions!  Making great comics is all Greg and I want to do with our lives and this campaign keeps us on the path. 

So, now that we are funded, what happens next? Kickstarter will start collecting the funds. If the card you have on file is stale or out of date, now is the time to update it. Greg is finishing up the colors and I'm preparing all of our rewards to go into production. The goal is to ship the physical rewards by June.

I'll be posting monthly updates on Nocturnal Commissions here. If you want daily updates on this and my other comic projects you can follow  @politestrangers on Instagram. It's going to be a busy year for Greg and I and none of it would have been possible without the Kickstarter community. 

Upwards, onwards!

-Jason

The Crypt is closing...
about 4 years ago – Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 12:47:10 AM

Purveyors of the macabre!

Has it been 28 days already? You guys made it go down easy, thank you for passionately supporting Greg and I on this creative journey. As we enter the final hours I want to show off some of the beautiful art our talented friends created just for this campaign. The best part of my job is opening an email and seeing new art, I  hope your pulse quickens as much as mine did when I first saw these. 

Thank you to Anke, Chris, Jim, Kirsten and Justin for joining the Nocturnal team on this case, we are humbled to be in such good company. 

Anke Gladnick Alt Cover art. INSTA @ankegladnick

Jim Mahofood Alt Cover. INSTA @jimmahfood

Kirsten Driggers Pin-Up. INSTA @kirsten_driggers

Chris Anderson Pin-Up. INSTA @cduck77

Justin Greenwood Pin-Up & Print (Colored by Greg Hinkle). INSTA @justingreenwoodart

Thank you for continuing to share and promote the project. Every click helps Greg and I bring this closer to an ongoing series. 

See you on the other side!

-Jason

Updated Add On List
about 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:20:38 PM

Backers,

We are entering the final 48 hours of the campaign and I want to thank you for making this campaign so enjoyable for us to be a part of. Seriously, this one has been fun from day one. 

I've had some folks ask about add ons. We still have a few Greg Hinkle sketches left to offer. The art is first come, first serve, so message me or comment here to claim. The books, however, I have multiple copies of.

A signed copy of the Cicada issue one (Greenwood cover). $7

Signed set of both SUCKER V1 & SUCKER V2. $20 

Carnage. Ink on layout bond. 5 x 5 inches. - $20 

HELLBOY. 6x8 inches. Ink and colored pencil on bristol board - $50

Lem. 5x7. Watercolor, ink & colored pencil on watercolor paper - $80

 Black Cloud panel. 5X10 inches. Ink on layout bond - $25

Full Page from The Rattler Graphic Novel. 14x17 ink on layout bond. $150 USA/$160 CANADA/$170 INTERNATIONAL (this will ship separately in a poster tube)

Trash Golem (full-sized comic page). 14x17 Ink on layout bond -$150 USA/$160 CANADA/$170 INTERNATIONAL (this will ship separately in a poster tube)

 Thanks for looking!

-Jason

The Rattler is coming for you!
about 4 years ago – Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 07:32:30 PM

Thank you, backers, for slaughtering the 200 backer stretch goal! I am very excited to be able to share the Rattler Graphic Novel with you. 

This 96 page black and white graphic novel was inspired by true events that happened to me on a road trip years ago. It was also my first long-form collaboration with Greg and it forever changed how I write, collaborate and publish my work. Although I have been writing and publishing comics since 2003, I don't think my career truly started until Greg and I co-created the Rattler and kickstarted it in 2014.

The success of that Kickstarter created new opportunities for us. Greg drew the Airboy and Black Cloud series for Image and I took on some high profile freelance assignments. It took four years for our schedules to line up again for Nocturnal Commissions. In that time Image Comics published a mass-market version of the Rattler and just recently, the publishing rights have reverted back to us. The last few hard copies we have are available at the $50 pledge level and when they're gone, that's it for The Rattler. 

It was a special book for us both and if you haven't read it before, I am very excited that you get it to read it now. Thank you for joining Greg and I on Nocturnal Commissions, the best is yet to come. 

-Jason

Live Q & A!
about 4 years ago – Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 06:21:05 PM

Tonight I will be a special guest on Quoth The Raven with Louis Bright-Raven. This will be a live Q & A where I discuss all things related to Nocturnal Commissions, my collaborations and career goals. Join us if you can! 5:30 PM / PST USA. 

Hope everyone is having a great week.

-Jason