Jeremy Whitley presents a special double first issue 56-page comic!
On one side it's the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by Writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick and Letterer Taylor Esposito, and on the other-side the The Girlfriend Survives is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you've never seen before, written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.
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Flip Book Comic - Cover A
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Flip Book + Art Prints Bundle
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Slay! Art Print
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TGS Art Print
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Digital Commission by Luc Nakashoji
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Commission by Jamie Noguchi
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Jeremy Whitley editorial review
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Signed Strange Tales #1
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Signed Raven Pirate Princess Year Two #1
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Jeremy Whitley presents the first chapter of two brand new creator owned stories in a collector's edition flip book! No other release of these books will ever be like this!
On one side it's the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Letterer Taylor Esposito.
Leilah wants to be a monster hunter. She wants to do it so bad, she's pretending to be the notorious monster hunter known as The Scarred Rider in hopes she may meet the legend herself. But when her first hunt turns out to be way more dangerous than she can handle, Leilah may not live long enough to meet the Rider or, worse yet, she just might. This post-apocalyptic monster-hunting western is the first chapter of an epic about coming of age soaked in blood and monster guts and the dangers of meeting your heroes in the dark woods while you're impersonating them.
And on the other-side is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you've never seen before. Part super drama, part meta comedy, The Girlfriend Survives is Written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji, and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.
It follows the story of Delilah Dillon, a barista who wins the heart of local college professor Billy Bright. But what she can't possibly guess is that Billy is the civilian alter ego of the mighty superhero Brightstar! And when Brightstar's greatest foe discovers her connection, she finds herself headed down the same route as a hundred civilian love interests before her - right into the fridge. But Delilah has a secret of her own: she's a survivor and this superhero love story is about to get flipped on its head.
Jeremy Whitley is a writer from Durham, North Carolina. He broke into comics in 2010 with the Eisner-Nominated smash hit comic “Princeless” and subsequent spin-off, “Raven Pirate Princess”. He has written Marvel’s “Unstoppable Wasp”, “Future Foundation”, “Hulk Vs. Thor: Champions of the Universe” and a ground breaking coming out story for Marvel’s Gwenpool in their “Love Unlimited” series. He has also written “Sea of Thieves”, “Vampirella”, and over 50 issues of “My Little Pony”. His newest graphic novel is “Navigating with You” the hit queer YA romance from Maverick/Mad Cave.
Alex Smith (he/him) is an illustrator based in Southern New Mexico. He is the artist of The D-Ward from Keenspot Comics, Princeless: Make yourself issue 0 from Action Lab Comics, Out-Thinking the 7 Lies About School from Jantzi Test Prep, and album covers for Malibu Shark Attack, Tribe One, Fat Royale, and Tripping the Mechanism. In his free time, Alex enjoys drawing comics, spending time with his family, skateboarding, and playing as much disc golf as possible. Along with nearly 20 years of experience, Alex has a degree in commercial graphics and illustration.
Luc Nakashoji (they/them) is a Japanese/French-Canadian comic artist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are currently writing and drawing the upcoming webcomic Wielder’s Will, launching later in 2026. You can see their portfolio at http://www.nakashojiart.com
Jamie Noguchi is a DC area cartoonist and illustrator who got his start in comics as a colorist with UDON. He went on to self publish his slice-of-live webcomic Yellow Peril before co-creating the YA graphic novel series School for Extraterrestrial Girls with Jeremy Whitley in 2020. In 2024, he contributed several illustrations for Tsuburaya Production's Ultraman Card Game which he still can't believe was a thing that actually happened. In his spare time, he climbs at the local indoor climbing gym where he tries to convince his friends to watch tokusatsu shows with him (it doesn't work).
Over the past decade Kelly Fitzpatrick worked for almost every major comic publisher in North America, including Aftershock, Archie, Black Mask, Boom, Dark Horse, DC, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Marvel, Oni, Z2, as well as many other indie publishers totaling over 500 issues at this point! Kelly is best known for coloring work on Shade the Changing Girl, Bitch Planet, Supergirl: Being Super, and Gwenpool, but also draws and paints illustrations and self- publishes zines!
Taylor Esposito is multi-award winning comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios, and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Robin Lives!, and Harley Quinn The Eat KILL Bang Tour; Flash Gordon, The Phantom (Mad Cave Studios), Free Planet, Drawing Blood (Image); Babyteeth, Maniac of New York, Bunny Mask (Aftershock); No One Left to Fight and Survival Street (Dark Horse). Other publishers he has worked with include BOOM! Studios (Amory Wars, VR Troopers) Dynamite (Elvira, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, Green Hornet), and Oni Press (Nacelleverse, Invasive).
To be revealed as we approach funding!
Slay! is completely done and The Girlfriend Survives is inked, with coloring and lettering being finished up during the campaign and right after. We expect to be ready to go to print one to two months after the campaign ends. Printing and shipping should take around three months, so delivery of rewards is expected to be done around August '26.
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