Alright, it’s finally time to announce that I have a comic book to order physically! Digital comic pre-orders are only on CEX’s website: https://www.cexcomics.com/product/wire-fence/
Special thanks to the Creative Experience service and the artist Raquel Kusiak for this opportunity!
On the Diamond Previewsworld catalogue under CEX Publishing is my one-shot, The Wire Fence! In two covers! Although when I first saw them the cover by Raquel and the other one by Victor Alpi got mixed up.
Here they are for reference:
While I did bring this up with CEX to change this for the Lunar version, the printed Diamond stuff is going to stay like this… here are the links for what they are going to be: Cover A and Cover B. I hope this doesn’t cause confusion for Raquel Kusiak down the line. Especially that sticker on CEX’s page being Alpi’s design.
It’d be nice if people gave Raquel a commission; here’s her Behance account. You can even see an art-only four page preview of the Wire Fence while you’re there. Although I don’t remember ever going by Jhonny Craft; I wrote all of the text and have the paperwork to prove it. Maybe that was some CE middle man; Raquel Kusiak’s from Spain and I barely passed High School Spanish.
Overall a good learning experience with its ups and downs. The comic will be available in comic stores on October 25. But people have to order it first by July 25th. Which comes the hard part: convincing audiences that this is a worthwhile venture.
But I’m used to having the odds stacked against me.
What’s The Wire Fence All About?
The Wire Fence is an urban fantasy western story about people’s relationship with the American Frontier, the outlaws, and the stories surrounding them. We’ve all heard stories of cowboys like Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp. But how many of them were actually cattle herders? Okay, there was Buffalo Bill’s side hustle after hunting thousands of bison at first. But is that common knowledge?
Hence the Wire Fence, a story about a story about an outlaw (that I made up) who uses barbed wire as a weapon and bison herding tool. Because barbed wire, not the revolver is what conquered the west. And if it has the power to hinder bison, it can also protect them. But the way B.B.Q. uses it is so fantastic it’s unbelievable. Besides the outlaw’s raspy voice, dirty bandanna mask, and smoky quartz glasses gives the impression B.B.Q. prefers to keep everyone but a white buffalo at arm’s length.
So the storyteller is reluctant to reveal everything about the outlaw who changed his life as a boy. Because there are some things about B.B.Q.’s life he’s unsure the world will ever be ready for.
So yeah, more of an anti-Wild Western in the last quarter of the 19th century. I don’t mean bashing gun fighters or how many were colonizers, but the ideals of living free from societal norms.
Okay… Now What?
Now I have to market on a shoestring budget. Hopefully those videos on business and articles can help. As well as some interactive activities I’ll be leaving on other posts.
Thanks for coming and if you can, would you mind visiting Raquel Kusiak’s Instagram or Twitter accounts and following her? Maybe lead with a commission by gmail?