{"id":2878,"date":"2011-10-26T23:57:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T04:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2011-10-26T23:57:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T04:57:31","slug":"rub-the-blood-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypercastle.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/26\/rub-the-blood-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"RUB THE BLOOD Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of cartoonists, whether they end up drawing daily autobio strips or Fusion comics, read superhero comics when they’re kids. The last couple generations of alternative cartoonists grew up reading Jack Kirby or maybe Watchmen<\/em>. My peers and I grew up with the Image revolution.<\/p>\n

\"X-Force
X-Force<\/em> #9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To honor this influence, Pat Aulisio<\/a> and Ian Harker<\/a> have put together a 90’s Image comics tribute anthology called RUB THE BLOOD<\/em>. I’ve got a two-page story in there called “Lightbeam vs Bludwurld the Living Battle Planet” (I bought the above issue of X-Force<\/em> as research for my story) alongside comics and art by Pat, Ian, Josh Bayer<\/a>, Kramer’s Ergot contributor Victor Cayro<\/a>, Catch Up<\/a> contributor PB Kain<\/a>, Keenan Marshall Keller<\/a>, Peter Lazarski<\/a>, Benjamin Marra<\/a>, Jim Rugg<\/a>, Thomas Toye<\/a>, and Mickey Z<\/a> (P.S. Did y’all know that Benjamin Marra and Keenan Marshall Keller were in a show alongside Nathan Fox<\/a> and Zach Soto<\/a> at Domy Books in Houston? Check out the flickr for the show, called HARDBODIES<\/a>). You can see samples of artwork (including mine) in this dope, NSFW promo video that Pat and Ian made for the RUB THE BLOOD<\/em> Kickstarter:<\/p>\n