Its been a weird month for me in comics. My publisher SCOUT got yelled at by the internet, AI Art hit the indie scene hard with both TODD MCFARLANE and A LOCAL CON picking AI art over traditional. That is not counting all the personal stuff going on between various creators. Its been crazy. I am blessed to for the most part be not involved.
For, me personally things are good. I recently squashed a beef between a creator and myself who have been having issues for over 8 months. I have the opportunity to pitch to a bigger publisher and BAND OF BARDS launched the first KICKSTARTER of 2024 with my name on it. So, its been good and I am just keeping my head down and working on my books. That’s why i want to take a minute and tell you what is going on in the ORANGE CONE WORLD. Let you know about everything coming down the road
COINS OF JUDAS
We are currently live with the KICKSTARTER right now. If you have been waiting for the TRADE now is the time to order it. This book is really good and i am so excited that we are going to have this amazing HARDCOVER TRADE to share with people. We haven’t hit our goal yet but i know that I have tons of fans waiting to pick this book up. Please consider backing this project it needs your support and it will result in my team being paid for the work!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bandofbards/coins-of-judas-the-gambler-from-band-of-bards
Also, if you are a floppy hunter. Here is a link to the floppy at your comic store!!
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR241433
BROKE DOWN IN CANON CITY
We are returning to the BROKE DOWN UNIVERSE with BROKE DOWN IN CANON CITY. I am going to be honest this is a test drive to see if the fans have any interest in this series to continue. This was my first completed story and i still love it and the characters. i have more to give but i want to see what interest there is. If this Kickstarter goes well. We will do BROKE DOWN AND TAPPED OUT!! So, keep a eye on this because we are launching 3/19
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orangecone/broke-down-in-canon-city-crime-comic
These are short tales in this book featuring some great creators!!
Travis Gibb (Granite State Punk), Jonathan Hedrick (Recount), Jerome Gagnon (Assassins Creed), Chuck Pineau (Belial), James Burton (Damage Inc), C.R.Florence (Cthulhu Invades Neverland), Frank Martin (Grimm Space),Baggs Brothers (Expired), Heather Gibb (Pup Van Winkle), Felix Novara (Broke Down And Four Dead Bodies), Dan Schmidt (Worms Crawl Out). Christopher Rundt (Battle Monsters), Gilliard Goulart (Voodoo Nations), Jo Vasquez (Nightmare Theater 3)
GRANITE STATE PUNK
So, i recently wrote this line “ I used a tragedy for my selfish gain.” Its a powerful line and a big moment for me. This latest book GRANITE STATE PUNK: ONLY POSERS FALL IN LOVE is really scary to me because we are talking about NAZI PUNKS. Talking about NAZI is always a crazy and risky subject and i’m not even sure if my publisher SCOUT will even publish it. However, when you are talking about PUNK ROCK. I feel like you have to address those taboo subjects to create better stories. So, I did. We are in early development but hoping to launch in LATE APRIL.
THE FEDERALIST
I haven’t spoke about this in a bit but we are working on a ASH CAN as a bit of pre-release before the KICKSTARTER later in the year. So, i have some lettered pages from JEROME. We will get these edited but i assume it will be for sale next month on the website!! I know people are waiting.
VOODOON NATIONS - We just got back the letters. My wife will edit it ASAP and get that too you guys by the end of the month.
CTHULHU INAVADES NEVERLAND- Thats at the printer
HOLIDAY SPIRITS 3 - Waiting on last story
So, that’s it for updates!! I am going to ask again for you guys to nominate us for RINGO AWARDS!! We make good books let the people at the RINGO KNOW
Thats all for now!! Thanks for reading.
Travis Gibb