Greetings,
As humans trying to live in what remains of our civilized society we associate a lot of things to numbers and what they represent. As the earth travels around the sun we count how many times our planet rotates as it completes that journey and have decided to call those “days” and then add them up for one complete journey around the star and those are “years”. As a person who considers himself to be logical … the relevance of those calculated and tallied numbers have never held any real significance. But it’s hard to deny that with a coming of a new year many people view that as a chance to start anew … and it would be foolish to ignore that. So as 2023 gives way to 2024 … it’s time to clean house a bit and focus up on what’s important and where I plan on taking Cosmic Times.
As I have discussed in previous Cosmic Updates … 2024 will mark the 15th Anniversary of Cosmic Times and our flagship series Arthur: The Legend Continues. So I have given much thought to what that means and how I should present that to the world. If you stick with me for the rest of the year … you’ll hopefully see some new and different things in 2024 … as well as some “tributes” to all that has come before.
But first some current business …
New to the Cosmic Shop
If you’re new to Cosmic Times we’ve put together a special “Cosmic Times Starter Pack”! This bundle features SIX Cosmic Times first issues for the low price of $20.00.
The pack includes …
Arthur: The Legend Continues Volume II - #1 / Rated T
Deep Space Tragedy #1 - Second Printing / Rated E
From Blood #1 / Rated T+
Giant Robot Warrior Maintenance Crew #1 / Rated T
Void of Heroes #1 / Rated T
What I.F. #1 - Special One-Shot / Rated E
We only have a limited amount of these starter packs available in our online store the Cosmic Shop, so act quickly to start 2024 with some cosmic comics!
Update on The Good, The Bad, and The Prehistoric
The files for The Good, The Bad, and The Prehistoric issue two are at the printer … and they are still there … sigh … there was a “problem” with the foil stamp on the variant cover … it might be more gold than orange by the time we get it back - that’s just the business of printing. If you were a Kickstarter backer or just want a copy, please rest assured that we will have the books in hand very soon … trust me no one is more excited to get these books in hand than I am. By the next Cosmic Update I hope that I will have a bit more information.
Getting Closer to the Void
Our FIRST Kickstarter of 2024 will be the second Void of Heroes volume - Descent of Despair. A 100+ graphic novel that continues the story of the dangers that lurk below the surface of a destroyed world. We are very close to this launch … I am planning on making this campaign fun and a little more “active” than the last few have been. I’m really trying to focus on making each Kickstarter campaign something fresh and exciting in 2024.
As mentioned previously there is a teaser trailer out there for Void of Heroes: Descent of Despair … it’s vertical because it was designed for TikTok as well as Facebook and Instagram … check it out …
That has to at least make you curious about Void of Heroes: Descent of Despair … right? So go on and head over to the Kickstarter pre-launch page and click the “notify me on launch” button so that you don’t miss out on being a “day-one-backer”.
Well that’s about it for this Cosmic Update … and for 2023 … I could sit an reminisce about how amazing this past year has been … and it has been. There will be time for that as we look back at the last FIFTEEN COSMIC YEARS … when we truly celebrate our anniversary. However Cosmic Times has always been about looking to the future … after all … isn’t that the destination for all of us? So let us embrace this turning of the clock with nothing but hope, love, an a positive attitude.
Have a Cosmic New Year,
Martin
Good stuff man. Now let's CRUSH it in 2024!