Cancer fighting hero is back again with an amazing fan response.
The Mighty Titan’s Third Kickstarter fully funded within 36 hours.
Comicbook writer/artist Joe Martino is no stranger to Kickstarter. In August, 2012, his Mini-Series The Mighty Titan was funded through the popular crowd-funding
site. This past May, Joe listed his second issue for the series on
Kickstarter with an amazing response. Now, while funding his 3rd issue, Within 36 hours the book was above the goal amount.
Issue 3 has an amazing cover by DC Comics artist Steve Lightle (Legion of Superheroes, X-Men)
with a variant cover by Good Girl artist Franchecso!. Joe is offering
some amazing stretch goals for participants of this third issue;
including prints as well as funding the 4th issue and giving it to everyone that pledges above the $20 level.
The Mighty Titan creator, Joe Martino’s (Arcana’s Shadowflame, Ripperman), explains that his newest creation,
“Essentially takes my cancer (and other experiences) and wraps them in a
superhero shell. This isn’t autobiographical (mostly because I don’t
have superpowers). I have researched and talked to other cancer
survivors to try and get the feeling of what other people have
experienced with their cancer.”
Issues #1 and #2 were critically acclaimed by many online comic news sites.
“This first issue is pretty close to perfect.” — Jess Kirby, expertcomics.com
“…I expect that this series will only get better as time goes on.” — Ashley Olien, floridageekscene.com
“…a very unique super hero story, one that’s worth seeing for yourself.” — Matt Johnson, panelsandpixels.com
Martino
initially developed the idea for Titan in 2004 as he was fighting his
first bout with kidney cancer. “It was a tough decision to take some of
my personal experiences and put them to paper in order to entertain and
possibly allow people a glimpse of what some of us go through while
battling this potentially deadly disease,” Joe explains.
Needless
to say, while the story certainly has serious aspects, Martino insists,
“This is still a cool, fun superhero book full of vile villains, giant
Mechas, and some really great mythological creatures.”
Joe recently joined forces with Dave Ryan (The War of the Independents) and is forming a newer, stronger Red Anvil Comics.
No comments:
Post a Comment