FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chuck
Whelon, the creator of Pewfell has just launched a Kickstarter for
"Drain of Chaos", the latest graphic novel in his
long-running independent comic book series.
Chuck
describes Pewfell as a semi-autobiographical, epic fantasy sit-com.
It’s a domestic comedy about an incompetent wizard named Pewfell, his
wife Tina the warrior princess, and Gnoma, the small blue gnome who
squats in their basement and makes Pewfell’s life miserable.
As
"Drain of Chaos" opens, we find that Tina the warrior princess is
pregnant, and the irresponsible Pewfell is going to have to get up off
the couch and find a way to pay the bills. He takes a job with the city
sewer patrol, but soon ends up as chief henchman to the town's new
zombie-mad dictator. Then, as his wife starts to go into labor, the city
is attacked by a vast army of darkness, led by two very dapper (but
demented) Lords of Chaos. Meanwhile, Pewfell's lodger, Gnoma, is
mounting the greatest musical extravaganza the city of Spirekassle has
ever seen. And that's just the beginning. It's a truly epic tale, in
which the irresponsible Pewfell faces his greatest challenge yet:---
fatherhood!!
Pewfell
began as a webcomic serial back in the early 2000’s, and was picked up
as one of the charter strips on the late Joey Manley’s ModernTales.com,
the first professional webcomics portal. Since then it has appeared on
Drunk Duck and ComicFury and has been complied into a series of comic
books that are currently being released on comixOlogy.com
"Drain
of Chaos" is the culmination of Chuck's many years work on the
strip. It's the best written, best drawn and funniest of all the work
he's done on the strip to date. It’s a complete, and self-contained
tale, in full color, clocking-in at 162 pages. And it hasn't been put
out in an affordable, widely-distributed print edition until now!
When it originally appeared, "Drain of Chaos" was a black and white, newspaper-style, daily web strip. this
new print edition is fully colored, and has been extensively enhanced
and re-formatted, with many panels being re-drawn at a larger scale to
fit with the comic book format and to better depict the setting and epic
battle scenes.
There
are, of course, several Kickstarter pledge levels to choose
from, including eBook, trade paperback and hardcover versions of the
book itself. There’s also original art, copies of Chuck’s previous
Pewfell Books, and some of the many Boardgames Chuck has illustrated for
Minion Games (including “Those Pesky Humans”, “Legitimacy”, “Grave
Business”, and "Battle Merchants”. Plus there is a funny video of Chuck
making an ass of himself.
The project has already been highlighted as a ‘Staff Pick’ and ‘New & Notable’ on Kickstarter.
Check it out here:
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