Immortal Studios

[Drunk Monk]

Might as well start a thread here now.
Issue #1

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: THE ADEPT, GUTTERSPAWN, and 3 more campaigns we love
Plus, A MORE GRACEFUL SHABOOM.
By
 Josh Hilgenberg
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06/19/2020 1:00 pm
Welcome to The Beat’s crowdfunding round-up: a collection of some of our favorite campaigns from the week including one-shots, on-goings, anthologies and everything in-between! This week, we’re checking out the kung fu adventure, The Adept, a kids’ book featuring a non-binary main character, A More Graceful Shaboom, and more.
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[*][b]The Adept[/b]

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[b]Creators: Tasha Huo [/b](writer)[b], Charlie Stickney [/b](writer)[b], Yishan Li [/b](artist)[b], Gabriela Downie [/b](letterer) [b]Gene Ching [/b](Action Choreographer)[b], Conor Hughes [/b](Action Layouts)
[b]Goal: [/b]$10,000
[b]End date: [/b]July 15, 2020
[b]Goodies: [/b]A digital copy runs $5, physical editions are $17, while higher tiers include pins, variants, and unique swag.
A young woman with a broken past. The Shaolin Master that visits her dreams. A modern story of transformation and kung fu.
The Adept is the brainchild of Immortal Studios CEO & Founder, [b]Peter Shiao[/b], and adapted by Huo, Stickney, Li, and Downie, with Ching providing his knowledge of Kung Fu, and Hughes adding layout assistance. Over 42 pages, this first issue in what’s planned to be a limited series will introduce Amy, a young Chinese-American who’s lost her purpose and decides to come home – but is quickly swept into a Kung Fu story of the ages when she witnesses a kidnapping and is called to action. It’s an enticing story I can’t do justice – but fourteen preview pages of Li’s art will. Check those out on The Adept official campaign page.
Become a backer here.

[Drunk Monk]

We're in the homestretch for our Kickstarter. 

$32,481
pledged of $10,000 goal
1,108
backers
16 hours to go

We are all overjoyed with the support we've received. It's really incredible. We're in the top 0.09% for Kickstarter campaigns. 

And to think, I almost blew this off. If it wasn't for the pandemic, I probably wouldn't have got on board.

[King Bob]

Congrats!

[Drunk Monk]

Issue #2 kickstarter just launched.

We’ve already made our goal

$12,728
pledged of $10,000
429
backers
27days to go

[Drunk Monk]

Has Adept only printed one issue? Or are there multiple segments to the one issue?

Just one. This is issue #2.

There's another series - Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsmen - I'm not working on that one (and the chores SUX). There's only one issue of that too. 

Immortal plans to release like 8 this year. It's been a lot of infrastructure building over the pandemic. 

I still don't quite understand it all, but it's good PR and decent money considering my workload.

[Greg]

As long as there are benjamins. I thought they would be more productive than just the one issue.

[Drunk Monk]

It's so weird. I'm not even sure what the print run has been. These are only designed for Kickstarter, not distributed in comic stores yet. I'm told that's how indie comics work but wtf do I know? 

You met my boss, our founder Peter Shiao at the Shaolin Summit (the one where I was on a panel with Lucia Ryker, the MMA champ). He's got some major hustle. He had been trying to recruit me for some time but when he put down those Benjamins after KFTC folded, I was all in. And it's been great.

[Drunk Monk]

So Peter contacted me a few weeks ago to say he wants to take me to dinner in the Cruz. I say ‘sure!’ He says ‘name a place’. I say ‘crow’s nest’ because that my go to when someone else is paving.

Then my mom’s fall comes up and I almost have to cancel. But it worked out and it was great medicine. 

Peter is always engaging. He has such hustle and I admire that. Plus his well travelled and has incredible experiences. It was a wonderful evening. We put down two shots each of 12 year macallan, a dozen oysters, a bottle of Pinot, and entrees. It was the kind of insane conversation that I so love, philosophical, metaphysical, and martial. Such good medicine. immortal may be closing in on something extraordinary. Hoping for the best. Some things might explode here this year.

And it’s been a while since I’ve had a buzz on like this. Excuse me. Ima gonna pass out now…

[Drunk Monk]

The kickstarter for the latest issue - Fa Sheng: Origins - went live today. They already reached their $5K ask and are over 6K

Kickstarter is wild.

[Drunk Monk]

Hollywood bound…

[Greg]

Hollywood bound…

Is this some sort of BDSM code?

[Drunk Monk]

Hollywood bound…

Is this some sort of BDSM code?

If only


if only…

[Drunk Monk]

Flight tickets delivered

Hollywood here I come...

[Drunk Monk]

but LA & NY are a long commute...

I guess I'm eating my words on this...at least the LA part.

Once I was flown down to LA to do some narration for Shaolin Ulysses and flown back all in one day. And in the end, they didn't use it. They got Beau Bridges instead.

[Drunk Monk]

First e-meet with Zeda.