Comics that help social causes are one in all my favourite issues. Combine comics for a trigger with Animal Cruelty Prevention Month, which takes place every April, and you’ve got publishers elevating funds to help U.S. animal rescue organizations and awareness concerning the plight of abused and uncared for animals. As an animal lover, I imagine elevating awareness this April about how comedian e-book followers can use the medium to save lots of fur infants’ lives is vital.
“Our (mostly) silent global roommates add vibrance, variety, and wonder to the world, and we’re always looking for ways to put them in the spotlight,” Magnetic Press stated in a press launch saying the launch of a Kickstarter marketing campaign for its newest graphic novel, My Friend Toby by triple-Eisner Award-nominee Grégory Panaccione.
Released to help the goals of Animal Cruelty Prevention Month, My Friend Toby is a 144-page, feature-length hardcover graphic novel that follows Toby, a mean, energetic Terrier dwelling in a small seaside village together with his artist buddy, Marcel. Once upon a time, Toby was a stray, however he’s been Marcel’s greatest buddy because the artist took him in. However, when Toby’s greatest buddy can now not pay the payments throughout a broken-hearted tough patch, the duo’s future grows unsure. It’s past the terrier’s comprehension, however a carefree Toby offers life all of the enjoyable and which means a loyal pet can present.
Told largely from Toby’s canine perspective (which means the graphic novel has no dialogue), readers will likely be handled to a peek between the ears of Man’s Best Friend, coping with such vital subjects as unusual cats, new neighbors, automotive rides, territory disputes, thunderstorms, being left alone, pet reminiscences, and oh, a lot extra.
“I was coming out of years of working in the cartoon industry, and while I learned a lot, I had accumulated a lot of creative frustration,” the creator stated about his first graphic novel in an interview with Magnetic Press. “This story was a way for me to let off steam: the life of a dog and his master, which is far from the marketing or commercial mindset that wore me out during my experience with the small screen.”
In addition to the e-book, supporters can choose up varied e-book bundles that includes Panaccione’s Eisner-nominated A Sea of Love in addition to a lot of Magnetic Press’s different celebrated books about animals, wildlife, and anti-cruelty. Each order will embrace an unique orange “Animal Ally” Anti-Cruelty awareness ribbon, with further campaign-exclusive bonuses supplied with completely different bundle pairings. For instance, the “Cats & Dogs Bundle” features a copy of Love: The Mastiff by multiple-Eisner Award-nominees Frederic Brremaud and Federico Bertolucci and CATS CATS CATS, a group of hilarious cat cartoons by Lapuss and Philippe Larbier, together with a bonus 3” foam rubber ball for your favourite fur buddy to take pleasure in.
Other bundles embrace a digital mega-bundle of 20 animal-centric graphic novels from Magnetic Press’s digital library, a lot of which have earned awards and nominations worldwide.
“We’ve been passionate animal allies since long before launching Magnetic Press nine years ago,” says Magnetic Press’s Publisher, Mike Kennedy. “There’s a reason we have so many animal-centric titles in our library. Any opportunity to help the Anti-Cruelty Society is a good one. We adopted our cat, Lando, from ACS, and we want to help them find homes for many, many more loving housemates this month.”
Independent of the funds raised on Kickstarter, Magnetic Press will donate to the Anti-Cruelty Society commensurate to the marketing campaign’s success. Founded in 1899, The Anti-Cruelty Society is devoted to putting homeless animals with caring households whereas combating cases of animal cruelty. Other on-line actions are deliberate all through the month to assist increase awareness of this valuable effort to help animals in want.
The restricted pre-order marketing campaign for My Friend Toby will run for 18 days on Kickstarter, ending Friday, April 14th at 5 pm CST. Books are anticipated to ship to supporters and bookstores in July 2023.
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