Doc Hanover turns her enemies into corpses, but during the siege she turned one into a friend. He’s just made a really bad mistake ...
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Less than $50 from the stretch goal! NEW HUGE CROSS PROMOTION!! GET TONS OF FREE SHIT!
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, May 07, 2021 at 03:21:41 PM
Guys, we're SO CLOSE to unlocking the Rogers metal bookmark for all physical tier backers!! Just $50 short!! We also have a SUPER SPECIAL CROSS PROMO announcement:
First of all, if you back BOTHTHIS CAMPAIGN and HEIRS OF ISILDUR at a physical tier, from UHS you'll be getting this comic-size UV-coated print of Smithy and Murk by Michael Watson (soon to be colored by Veronica Smith) - THEN message Heirs of Isildur on Kickstarter and they will enter you into a drawing for some really cool shit!!
SECOND, if BOTH campaigns reach $9,000, those backing the Surgeon at a physical tier will get a METAL trading card of this print, and those backing Heirs of Isildur at a physical tier will get a HOLOFOIL trading card version of it! SO...BACK BOTH CAMPAIGNS, GET LOTS OF COOL SHIT!!
We also have ONE MORE THING:
Our good friend and fellow creator, FELIPE CAGNO, creator of The Few and Cursed - is currently running a new campaign with Charles Borg called DARE. Felipe's work is beyond compare and we always back and recommend his campaigns!!! They'reJUST SHY of their goal right now, so head on over and back it here:
DARE will change your life. It won't... but it's gonna make you laugh and that should count for something.DARE #1 is the first in a two-part story about super cop Lucious Daren and his not so politically correct lifestyle.
He's got his heart in the right place even if most times his head doesn't follow. The first book starts at 32 pages and feature gorgeous, fun and colorful art by Marvel and DC Comics artists Zé Carlos & Natália Marques with script adaptation by Felipe Cagno based on an original animation pilot by Michael Seltzer & Charles Borg.
10 DAYS LEFT!!
almost 3 years ago
– Sun, May 02, 2021 at 03:01:21 AM
Holy crap, we just jumped thanks to a REALLY generous backer and we're just $500 under an awesome stretch goal at $8,000!! WOOO!!
Catch Mike Watson, Laurie Foster, Matt Knowles, and Steph Cannon on CHAT AND DRAW (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkH10tQdLvHnTz5tNY6Kw3A) on Monday, May 3rd, at 8 PM EST and find out what kind of REALLY cool cross-promo print we're crafting and offering to people who back both campaigns at a shipped tier!
Matt and Steph's book is HEIRS of ISILDUR vs. TALES FROM NOCTURNIA. Steampunk, comics, medieval fantasy, and METAL all collide. This campaign brings both universes into the metal music world, and lets them duke it out with 5 songs each on an album that will be available as MP3s, on CD, and on collectible colored vinyl!
SPIDER-SQUIRREL #1 is a 40-page, Teen+ rated comic book produced with a light-hearted script, incredibly dynamic art, and some really fun characters. It’s classic superhero comics and even some of the stereotypical tropes that comes with them.
AND...WE'VE FUNDED!! Holy crap! :) THANK YOU!!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 01:15:35 PM
I was just crafting an update and a few new backers came in (THANKS KURT, WENDY, AND FALAGAR!!) and bumped us over the goal!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! The first stretch goal is coming up soon and it's THIS AWESOME METAL BOOKMARK! for all physical backers!
In case you missed it, today we had a LIVESTREAM (CLICK HERE TO WATCH) with the wonderful and hilarious FELIPE CAGNO about survival in the post-apocalypse and his book, THE FEW AND CURSED. He is currently running a project for his other series, ONE-EYED JACK: A thrilling graphic novel about the Las Vegas shooting in 2017 written by CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker. We heavily recommend any and all books by Felipe, so it's an obvious YES from us!
A NEW PRINT available to all backers! And a Demolition Dinosaur!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 11:50:17 AM
Hey all!! Woke up to 220 backers, not too shabby!! As a reward for hitting the goal, we're adding in a freshly-finished art print by Don Walker (pencils), Laurie Foster (inks), and Kate Colors (colors)!
It's the first and ONLY time you'll ever see cheesecake Hanover as she attempts to distract a man and gain the tactical advantage, a scene straight out of the current issue. Find out what happens next in The Surgeon Chapter 4! We've added this option in as a regular and metal print addon, AND anyone backing tiers with "all three art prints" will now be receiving this one as well!
Second, we have a really cool promotion for you guys.
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BART BARTSON & DEMOLITION DINOSAUR has two weeks left to go and looks absolutely phenomenal. THE TITLE ALONE...
The Amazing Adventures of Bart Bartson and Demolition Dinosaur is the story of Bart Bartson, a recently orphaned 9-year-old boy who lands in an abusive foster situation. Tormented by the other boys at the home, Bart escapes into his imagination where he finds companionship in the form of a 20-foot-tall t-rex named Demolition Dinosaur. Together, the two adventure, swashbuckle, and defend a Venusian Queen from an army of toad monsters. The confidence acquired through these adventures provides Bart with a foothold from which he regains a modicum of control in a world torn apart by loss. This is a story of overcoming trauma through imagination. And dinosaurs. And ray guns. Think Calvin and Hobbes meets Pan’s Labyrinth.
With story by Don Borgmeyer, art by Kelsi Jo Silva, and letters by Toben Racicot...this is a really unique book that we ALL need to own! :)
ALMOST 200 BACKERS!! DOUBLE FEATURE and NEW WEBCOMIC!
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:46:18 AM
First of all, THANKYOUALL , you amazing, beautiful freaks for pushing this book toward its funding goal, and for earning us the attention of the KS comix-demigods and subsequent initiation into the order of Kickstarter's "Project We Love" secret society. That's some Skull 'n Bones-level shit, right there. We love you and appreciate you. At 200 backers we're thinking a giveaway. Which other UHS title have you always wanted to read? Let us know in the comments.
Today, we're also featuring TWO really cool Kickstarter projects!!
Madeleine Holly-Rosing is absolutely CRUSHING it with her steampunk series The Boston Metaphysical Society! She's into some really cool stretch goals, so check it out RIGHT NOW!
The second is a wonderful dude who we're planning a very exciting future cross-promo cosplay campaign with...Ted Sikora!! His campaign for Bloom 1 & 2 is currently running. I own Bloom 1 and it's just a cool, beautiful, hippy-dippy in a perfect way, colorful book that you need to get!
Related news, but also entirely unrelated, the mad Siberian artist Maxim Mel and I (your Surgeon writer, Johnny P) will be launching a new biweekly adventure/comedy/noir comic that is ONLY available through Unlikely Heroes Studios' Patreon OR by free subscription to GlobalComix indie comix online store.
"The Jonesey and Dr. Long Adventures," volume one, "Enough Dough to Buy More Bullets" launches its first biweekly episode this Friday...
...for very reasonable support, along with lots of other digital access at UHStudios' Patreon.
It's everything that made the Sunday papers great back in the old days -- '40s tough guys, crazy plots, genres crashing head-on at 100 mph, equal parts gags and action, cigarettes, booze, bad guys with Lugers, good guys with Colts, and everybody gets konked with a blackjack sap sooner or later. I personally promise a wild ride at high speed through a postwar world of adventure, danger, and thrills.
Clicky the linkies above to sign up for the action.
I don't think ink comes in a color any more "noir" than this. Art by the absolutely incomparable Maxim Mel!
