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New British Comic - 'Mary Boys'

Started by Karl Stephan, 06 August, 2019, 10:41:00 PM

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Karl Stephan

Hi everyone,

I'm starting my crowdfunding campaign in September and wanted to spread the word.








Mary Boys is about four teenage Knights Templar from a backwater English town at the fag-end of the 20th century. Their guardian and mentor is an old Catholic priest named Parrish who raised them in the ancient Templar traditions after an attempted robbery left him with a bullet in his skull and flashbacks to a past life when he was a member of the original Order of the Knights Templar from the 13th century.

The Mary Boys are quadruplets born with a genetic condition that enlarged hands and feet, distorted facial features  and prevents them from growing body hair. It also affects the way they metabolise alcohol. So, drinking beer endows them with almost superhuman strength and endurance (unlike the rest of us who just get plain old drunk).

Basham, the boys' home town, is a town riddled with many social problems thanks to a huge retail corporation driving out small businesses, cutting jobs and leaving large sections of the community at the mercy of criminals. Parrish believes that the town will suffer a great biblical apocalypse unless it is purged from its evils. So, the boys roam the streets at night with their
cricket bats, heavy boots and lager cans to bring in some needed salvation. The mysterious
image of the Blessed Virgin is ever-present, guiding them in their fight against all kinds of
gangsters, hooligans and wrong-uns, including the Basham's own police force.

This Indiegogo campaign will cover the first two issues, which contains their origin story and introduces the major characters and themes. 

Sound interesting? Please join the mailing list at https://maryboys.blogspot.com/

I'm on twitter too https://twitter.com/MaryBoys1

Bolt-01


Karl Stephan


Dark Jimbo

Lovelovelove your style... Very Eric Powell!
@jamesfeistdraws

Karl Stephan

Thanks mate. I really do rate his work.

Dark Jimbo

The influence is clear (without being derivative)!
@jamesfeistdraws

Greg M.

Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 07 August, 2019, 11:30:11 AM
Lovelovelove your style... Very Eric Powell!

Damn it, you beat me to it. Art looks superb - definitely a Powell-ish vibe, but since he's one of my favourite creators, that's no bad thing. Intrigued...

Karl Stephan

Quote from: Greg M. on 07 August, 2019, 11:46:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 07 August, 2019, 11:30:11 AM
Lovelovelove your style... Very Eric Powell!

Damn it, you beat me to it. Art looks superb - definitely a Powell-ish vibe, but since he's one of my favourite creators, that's no bad thing. Intrigued...

Cheers!

Bad City Blue

Writer of SENTINEL, the best little indie out there

Mardroid

Love the art style, and the concept is intriguing! Definitely interested.

Karl Stephan

Thanks for the kind words, everyone  :D For those interested here's a link to the teaser containing the first 7 pages https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZnqmJtsVXRLMtwkNrlIt2qE6FsSrFQNy/view

Karl Stephan

Hi everyone. Just to let you know that the crowdfunder is now live. You can back the project by following the link here: https://igg.me/at/maryboys


Karl Stephan

Quote from: Karl Stephan on 01 September, 2019, 05:27:22 PM
Hi everyone. Just to let you know that the crowdfunder is now live. You can back the project by following the link here: https://igg.me/at/maryboys



Sorry, the link above is broken. It should be https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mary-boys/x/22253895#/

Bolt-01

Backed - though I'm not a fan of Indiegogo as they take the money up front...

Sinx

Love the art, and the story is definitely intriguing. How many pages will the finished comic have? (my preference is print over digital) I don't think it's clear on the Indiegogo page.