Campaign to Print Graveyard Shift Graphic Novel Launches
Artist Jon Malin Announces Indiegogo Campaign to Fund Graveyard Shift,
his follow up to the record breaking crowdfunder, Jawbreakers: Lost
Souls.
Jon Malin (Cable, Thunderbolts) comes hot off the heels of
the hugely successful, Jawbreakers: Lost Souls, with the announcement
of his latest work, Graveyard Shift. Teaming with co-creator and writer,
Mark Poulton (Savage Hawkman, Avengelyne), Graveyard Shift asks the
question, what if The Universal Monsters were the X-Men. Horror meets
Superheroes, In the 46 page graphic novel, Professor Vladimir Blud, a
scientist working for the super secret Atlantis Corporation, and his
colleagues upon a great betray are murdered and forced into their own
experiments to become the monsters they were hired to create. Framed as
terrorists, the Graveyard Shift must go on the offensive to stop a
supernatural evil from dominating the race of Men and enslaving the
Earth.
The project has been a labor of love for Malin and Poulton. A homage to
all things Jon and Mark loved growing up (superheroes/sci-fi/horror),
the book was originally conceived in 2010 after Poulton reached out to
Malin. Since then the project has taken on several incarnations. In
2011, a Graveyard Shift preview book was released for Wizard World
Philadelphia. Along the way, the pages of Graveyard Shift earned Jon his
job on Youngblood as well getting him hired by Marvel Comics where he
was the artist on Cable/Deadpool, New Warriors, Thunderbolts, and most
recently Cable. Since originally starting Graveyard Shift, Mark Poulton
wrote Avengelyne for Image Comics and co-scripted Savage Hawkman during
the New 52 for DC Comics with Rob Liefeld. Most recently, he and his
son, Chase Poulton, wrote the Ringo Award nominee for Best Kids Graphic
Novel, Pizza Tree.
All 46 pages of Book 1 of a 2 book series have already been completed by
Malin and Poulton. The Indiegogo campaign is to raise funds to letter
and print Book 1 , as well as to produce a new 16 page ashcan written by
Poulton and art by newcomer, Nerd Wonder! In addition, copies of the
original 2011 Preview Book have been unearthed and will be offered as a
reward.
Graveyard Shift launches with an expected release date of February 2019.
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