Hey Written Sins! I just launched issue 1 of Trespass, my very first indie comic book series, on Kickstarter last week. The series follows Dante Rhodes, an anti-hero of sorts who begins his journey as a devoted husband who makes a careless bargain with the seven deadly sins. Issue 1 begins after a terrible car accident. Dante’s wife is barely clinging to life in a blood-soaked hospital bed. After the doctors explain that she will not make it through the night, Dante begs in vain to a silent God, demanding he spare her and take him instead. The silence is short-lived as Pride, Wrath, Greed, Envy, Lust, Sloth, and Gluttony appear for the first time as eerie voices in his head.Trespass
“No God here.” – Pride
“You do however have something we… Want.” – Envy
“We can save your… Mmmm… Beautiful wife.” – Lust
“…Anything… Just don’t let her die.” – Dante
He agrees to surrender his own life to the deadly demons and everything goes black. Suddenly Dante is awakened by the stench of a not-so-private toilet. He is in prison, scared and confused, but his state of shock doesn’t end there. The voices are back, screaming and bickering in his head.
“There are 7 of us inside you.” – Greed
“And not the good kind of inside you either.” – Lust
“I want to talk!” – Envy
“I’m hungry….” – Gluttony
“WILL YOU ALL SHUT THE *** UP!” – Wrath
“Geez Wrath calm down man…” – Sloth
“Oh god… I’ve gone completely insane…” – Dante
Dante learns quickly about the dangers of prison life, but also just how dangerous the demons are. Each demon has their own special brand of demonic power which Dante can harness, for a price. In order to use their powers, Dante must temporarily give the Demons possession of his body. Prison, chaos, confusion, demonic powers; but, Dante has only one question burning question in his head… Where is his wife?
As serious as this comic is, it is balanced by a dark sense of humor throughout the series. You’ll find yourself laughing ruefully as you listen to the voices in Dante’s head bicker and joke while Dante slips further into a state of mind dangerously close to insanity. Think Deadpool has a tree-way with Spawn and Evil Dead, with a dash of love story for good measure (Okay don’t actually picture that… Awkward). Pure insanity and a hell of a lot of fun to read!
This is just issue one of a (hopefully) long series which involves many sickening demons who are possessing desperate and vulnerable people while spreading violence and chaos, awaiting the return of Lucifer and the impending apocalypse. Dante, with the “help” of the seven deadly sins, will track down these demons and search for answers in order to find his beloved wife Allyson.
The campaign is going well so far, we managed to gain about $500 in the first two days! However, the momentum is difficult to keep up so we need all the fans we can get in order to reach our $3500 goal and get our artists the pay they deserve!
I would love to be listed among on your Kickstarter cheat sheet and/or do a personal interview!
Here is the Kickstarter link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2030539941/trespass-1
Blake Dean