We're inching ever closer to our crowdfund launch date, and I'm so thankful for your support so far. I wanted to take a moment to highlight two other projects current raising funds that might pique your interests. Both are comics that fall under the broad category of historical fiction (which I hope you have realized is what The New Amsterdam Game is)!
The first one is a collected volume of the long-running and well-received series by Madeleine Holly-Rosing, The Boston Metaphysical Society. Madeleine is a wonderful writer, a pillar of both the indie comics and historical fiction communities, and just a super nice person to boot. Her current Kickstarter is for the third volume of the series, subtitled Mystery at Pike's Peak. I'll let her own words describe the series and volume:
"[T]he original six issue mini-series is about an ex-Pinkerton detective, a spirit photographer, and a genius scientist who battle supernatural forces in late 1800’s Boston. They live in an alternate steampunk history where ghosts and demons are a normal part of life. Families known as the Great Houses control the economy of the Great States of America while the middle class and lower classes sole purpose are to serve the Great Houses.
Mystery at Pikes Peak is about the team (Samuel, Caitlin, Granville, and Alma), fearing arrest, flee Boston to arrive at the only safe haven they have--Tesla's Experimental Station in Colorado Springs. There they meet Tesla’s most unlikely partner, Meihui Zhou, a scientist from the Great House Zhou in California. Life gets more complicated when an attempt is made on Tesla’s life and Caitlin’s psychic abilities take a dangerous turn. Now, they must figure out who is trying to kill Tesla and what Caitlin’s visions are trying to tell her before anyone else dies."
Madeleine is well past her initial goal and is currently in the stretch goal phase with 15 days remaining as of this post. If you want a brilliantly spooky, steampunky story by a master of the craft (in a high-quality hardcover edition or otherwise), please take a moment to go over and support her!
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Next is another volume of a series I love: Athena Voltaire, by Steve Bryant. Steve is a extremely talented writer who I had the pleasure of meeting at HeroesCon last summer (after sort of being ships passing in the night for years). This series is extremely well-reviewed (having garnered multiple nominations of major awards), and so chock-full of pulpy Nazi-punching goodness that you cannot miss it. If you like The Rocketeer (I do) or The Mummy (I do) or Indiana Jones (who doesn't), you absolutely must pick up Volume 1 of Athena Voltaire: The Complete Adventures.
As Steve describes Athena Voltaire: "In the knuckle-dusting style of classic pulp adventure comes Athena Voltaire, the globetrotting aviatrix who takes on Nazis, secret societies, mythical beasts, and unspeakable occult creatures! From sunken galleons to haunted mountain-top lairs to hidden jungle temples, our heroine faces peril at every turn as she races to save the world!"
If that cover doesn't do it for you, I can't help you. Steve is also well into the stretch goals of his campaign, so you can get yourself a 256-page, five-story, hardcover-bound collection! Don't miss it!
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So please take a moment to check out two very different but both very excellent and engaging reads! I'll try to update this post with more project as they come to my attention,
Again, thank you for your support and I hope you are all getting excited for The New Amsterdam Game!
