Richly illustrated stories, comics, paintings & songs - with the return of Mark Wheatley’s fan-favorite characters.
The NEWS is a set of printer's proofs of all four volumes of NUCLEUS X are in the house! These un-trimmed and un-bound proofs are the first look at what NUCLEUS X will be! A few minor corrections and printing will begin! And now that we have these physical proofs, the final details of the box design can be made!
I've been told many times in my career that I'm a good planner. But for NUCLEUS X I just had too much I wanted to include. So, I have added a FOURTH VOLUME at no additional cost to any of you. Although I will be increasing the on-sale price.
This means you are now getting well over 200 pages of NUCLEUS X!
That's pretty big news. But the more important news is:
That's right, the entire set of books, prints, posters, cards, stickers, bookmarks, music CDs, everything is now complete. In fact, much of it is already printed or manufactured and awaiting the final assembly into packages for shipping.
But there will be a delay. The additional volume and additional pages added to all the volumes extended production/creation time for the schedule. Also, I have the honor of having been tapped for jury duty for a week this month. And we have a family medical issue where I am the only possible caregiver. This means shipping will likely not begin until late in February. I know this is not a drastic delay, but I certainly would have preferred to hit the original schedule.
Printing of the books will begin this coming week. Once we get the books in house, we have one more element to add before shipping. And this is another upgrade; I'm designing and printing a custom box. My original plan was to use an off-the-shelf box. But I found a printer that could do a custom box for nearly the same cost. And I don't want to move forward with the box manufacturing until I have the actual books in hand to measure and confirm the exact size we need for the box.
I appreciate your support and patience. Because of you, NUCLEUS X is going to be "epic," as one beta reader described it! Thanks again!
Meanwhile, you might enjoy seeing the poster I painted for the US release of REBEL MOON. The movie is opening in select theaters across the US tomorrow. It hits NETFLIX on the 21st of this month.
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On the eve of Thanksgiving, here in the US, I am thankful for the incredible support all of you have shown my NUCLEUS X project. Thank you for making it possible and so very extra cool!
The first printed pieces are done and in transit to my studio.
And I have completed the epic new graphic story featuring MARS, RADICAL DREAMER and more. It has been an emotional experience to return to these characters after decades. Today I did a few touch-ups on the new REALTY KNIGHT story. This weekend I will put finishing touches on the FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER story. After that, I'll be doing a lot of layout and design on the other features. That work will go quickly.
Everything is going along quite well! I'll have more updates in a few weeks.
Be on the alert for a survey to anyone due an ink illustration reward - I'll be asking for requests next week.