Earlier this 12 months, the Kickstarter marketing campaign for The Expanse: Dragon Tooth from comedian writer BOOM! Studios turned probably the most profitable Kickstarter campaigns for a comic book challenge ever, pulling in over $1 million from greater than 12,000 backers. Though it didn’t fairly surpass the quantity reached by the earlier BOOM! Kickstarter for Keanu Reeves‘s BRZRKR, it came darn close. So it won’t come as a shock that right this moment BOOM! Studios introduced the launch of its third crowdfunding marketing campaign (or, because the writer calls it, BOOM! Direct Reserve Campaign) of the 12 months, a comics adaptation of Hunt for the Skinwalker nonfiction e-book from author Zac Thompson and artist Valeria Burzo.
First revealed in 2005, the groundbreaking nonfiction e-book Hunt For The Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah by Dr. Colm A. Kelleher and veteran journalist George Knapp chronicled their investigation into the remoted Gorman Ranch and make clear its litany of weird and harmful anomalies to an enormous international viewers. Kelleher and Knapp’s e-book not solely led to a 2018 documentary but additionally to the creation of the biggest official UFO program in historical past, funded by the United States authorities.
According to the official BOOM! Studios press launch:
The reverberations of Kelleher and Knapp’s fascinating work have echoed throughout popular culture, influencing and provoking storytellers in tv, movie, comedian books, audio dramas, and different mediums leading to a few of the most critically-acclaimed and commercially profitable new items of fiction in recent times. Now, BOOM! Studios proudly presents the primary official fictional extension produced in direct collaboration with Kelleher and Knapp as a comic book e-book collection and graphic novel, visualizing the mind-blowing occurrences for the primary time. The BOOM! Direct Reserve Campaign additionally consists of an expanded, premium hardcover version of the groundbreaking e-book forward of its twentieth anniversary alongside an assortment of restricted version merchandise.
Dr. Kelleher expressed nice pleasure about returning to the challenge:
“George Knapp and I are delighted to be introducing and telling the true story of Hunt for the Skinwalker to a new audience of graphic novel readers. I am excited to delve into the bizarre and the weird and to acquaint readers with the terrifying world that exists on the periphery of our day-to-day realities. The authenticity of Hunt for the Skinwalker is what makes it so powerful and why I am so thrilled to be working with the BOOM! team in producing this new series.”
Co-author George Knapp elaborated:
“Our book detailed the first significant scientific study of the Utah Ranch. We had no idea it would directly inspire the creation of the largest government funded UFO-centric investigation in US history (AAWSAP) or the subsequent UFO investigations that followed and reignited the intense, still-growing public interest in UAPs and related mysteries. We are thrilled to work with the BOOM! team to bring the true story of the ranch to a new generation of readers via an exciting and colorful graphic novel platform,”
President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, added:
“Hunt For The Skinwalker is such a seminal work of nonfiction, we wanted this BOOM! Direct Reserve campaign to reflect the effort and dedication Colm, George, and the entire paranormal community has put into investigating Gorman Ranch as the epicenter of a seemingly limitless barrage of overlapping and interconnected supernatural occurrences. Zac and Valeria are creating a perfect companion to the original book, visualizing the unbelievable true events for the first time, which appeals equally to longtime students of the unexplainable and new readers just dipping their toes into the paranormal pool.”
The Kickstarter marketing campaign for Hunt for the Skinwalker Expanded Edition & Graphic Novel BOOM! Direct Reserve Campaign is reside now and can proceed for 30 days, with particular surprises, product reveals, and hidden stretch targets to be introduced all month lengthy.
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