A Lovecraftian dark fantasy horror-comedy inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands and Cthulhu mythos but set in a Christian Apocalypse.
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This is it! Renzo and I been working on Ichabod on and off for 12 years, and the final volume is now on Kickstarter!
Ichabod Jones is about a mental patient that escapes an asylum and becomes a monster hunter during the Apocalypse, but doesn't know if he's killing monsters, humans, or if it's all in his head the whole time. It's a complete fantastical and psychological mindscrew.
Ichabod comes from a deep, almost primordial, place in my soul. It's the part that devours movies like In the Mouth of Madness, Event Horizon, and Jacob's Ladder, while still binging on Gravity Falls, Frankenweenie, and Army of Darkness. It's the part that read Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and laughed hysterically at every gruesome scene.
All four books have been completed, and book 4 has already been ordered. As of the campaign launch, book 4 is traveling across the ocean to me, and should be in port at the beginning of September. It might take months to get out of customs, but it has already not only been written and drawn, but also proofed and ordered, so you can be confident in your pledge.
Additionally, all four books are title locked and branded to feel like one complete story from the cover to the spine and even the back cover. They look so wonderful together, as you can see below.
It's become a tradition that I offer an exclusive pin for my Kickstarter campaigns, and this one is no exception. For the fourth volume Renzo designed an incredible pin of Lucifer, ruler of Hell, which we've already had produced as a 2" hard enamel beauty.
Plus, we have some awesome early bird perks.
Everyone that backs at the physical level by the 21st will get this awesome “Straight Outta Hell” bookmark featuring the dukes of Hell, and digital backers will receive a digital copy they can print if they choose.
Additionally, all early bird backers will receive digital copies of Monster Matador #1, Mister Guy: Zombie Hunter #1 Necropolitan #1, Beast King #1, Intreppid #1, Jember #1, and Modern Testament #1.
Hope to see you behind the backer wall once again :)
-Russell
Hi!
The final Godsverse Chronicles Kickstarter is about to end, and this is your last chance to pick up these awesome Kickstarter exclusive covers, including FOUR NEW NOVELS and a stand alone novella.
These new books slot into the universe before And Death Followed Behind Her, and each book leads closer and closer to the inevitable Apocalypse of 2020 with every new installment, from the events of Black Market Heroine in 1985, and novelized inside the pages of And Magic Followed Behind Her, through the Elysian Civil War of 2015 in And Heaven Followed Behind Them, until the eventual Apocalypse of 2020 in And Death Followed Behind Her.
These new books are tightly concentrated on building out the universe BEFORE the Apocalypse, with And Death Followed Behind Her being the waypoint where all the books pointed.
Here is the new, definitive reading order for the books. As you can see, these five new books slot in BEFORE And Death Followed Behind Her, and tell five stories leading up to the Apocalypse at the start of that book.
Since the early days of The Godsverse Chronicles, And Death Followed Behind Her has been book #1 of the series, but with the release of these final books, the reading order will change, and the new book #1 will be And Magic Followed Behind Her (with And Change Followed Behind Her being a book #0 prequel novella).
I love And Death Followed Behind Her, but it's a sweeping epic of a book that starts in the Apocalypse, then moves 10,000 years into the future, spanning multiple planets, universes, and galaxies.
People who've read that book love it, but it's hard to describe in one sentence, which makes finding new fans...a bit of a challenge. Some people who pick up the book think it's a horror book, while others think of it as space fantasy, and still others...well, it's all over the place.
I wanted people to know from the jump that this is a portal fantasy series filled with monsters, magic, and mythology. Hence, the reason I wrote these new books.
What I've learned is that you can get pretty crazy in a series, but you shouldn't start that way. The first Dresden Files book is a pretty normal urban fantasy book. It's not until much later in the series that he rides a dinosaur through downtown.
And Death Followed Behind Her is my Dead Beats (Dresden Files #7), where it gets really bonkers, while And Magic Followed Behind Her is my Storm Front (Dresden Files #1). They are both awesome books, but now you ease your way into the craziness a bit more.
Plus, every book is still a standalone adventure, so they CAN be read in any order, but this is the one I suggest.
Whether you've been a huge fan of the series since the beginning, or are just learning about The Godsverse Chronicles right now, there's something for you in these new books.
PLUS, everyone who pledges $100+ for physical books will receive a full-color, trifold pamphlet of the timeline and the planet chart. I never plan to offer these again and they are just so very pretty, designed by Milestone Initiative winner and Cthulhu is Hard to Spell contributor Andrea Rosales.
I hope you'll join me again behind the backer wall as we celebrate the end of the biggest series I've ever worked on.
-Russell
Hi!
The final Godsverse Chronicles Kickstarter is live right now, and we're rocking and rolling.
Katrina Hates the Dead, Pixie Dust, Black Market Heroine, and all of the book covers above are part of my epic Godsverse Chronicles portal fantasy universe.
I've been working on this series since 2011, and I love it so much. I can't believe it's ending this campaign, but I'm so proud of what we've done with this series.
Are you obsessed with mythology?
Are you gaga for monsters?
Do you love exploring new fictional worlds?
Then you'll love my twelve book portal fantasy series, The Godsverse Chronicles (covers and reading order listed in the image above).
Portal fantasy is my absolutely FAVORITE genre of fiction, whether it's The Wizard of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, The Magicians, His Dark Materials, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Hazel Wood, Caraval, Ten Thousand Doors of January, Peter Pan, Coraline, or literally any other book about characters traveling to different places, worlds, realities, they are my jam.
If it has portals, then I'm there, and the Godsverse Chronicles has just about every portal story you can imagine.
Across the twelve books of the series, the main characters of the Godsverse travel to Heaven, Hell, Mount Olympus, Valhalla, other dimensions, different planets, time, space, and reality on their adventures across Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, and Judeo-Christian mythology.
This campaign features FOUR new portal fantasy novels, including And Magic Followed Behind Her, And Evil Followed Behind Her, And Time Followed Behind Her, and And Heaven Followed Behind Them, and a prequel novella which comes included in every pledge.
PLUS, everyone who backs between May 19th and our original launch date of May 23rd will receive pre-early bird perks the likes of which you have never seen before.
All physical backers will receive a 5" x 7" print of Katrina, surrounded by zombies, scowling her trademark scowl, along with all digital rewards listed below.
All digital and physical backers will receive a digital wallpaper of the print, along with digital copies of Guild of Tokens by John Auerbach and Mark of the Breenan by Emma Shelford.
I hope you'll join me again behind the backer wall as we celebrate the end of the biggest series I've ever worked on.
-Russell
There are only a few days left to back the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell: Battle Royale Kickstarter campaign!
This is already our second most successful campaign EVER and we're gunning to make this #1 before it ends.
Cthulhu is back, and this time heroes of legends will team up to send him and the old gods back into the void of oblivion where they belong...but these immortal deities of chaos and disorder will not go easy.
The third and final volume, Cthulhu is Hard to Spell: Battle Royale. features stories by Trina Robbins (the first woman to draw Wonder Woman) David Pepose (Scout's Honor), Christian Gossett (The Red Star), and a fantastic cover by Aaron Alexovich (Invader Zim), among many fabulous writers and artists.
In total, over 75+ creators contributed 34 incredible stories to this third 180-page hardcover collection, and the results are pretty mind-blowing.
Plus, you get a metric ton of free digital books when you back the campaign right now.
I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever offered this many books in the final weeks of my campaign before, so if you've been sitting on the fence you can get the best bundle I've ever put together for the end weeks in any campaign.
Everyone who backs by 4/3 will receive digital copies of Lands of Toons #1-5 by Kevin Chilcoat, Andrew Morrice, and Hayley Russell, Soccer by Nathan Lueth and Russell Nohelty, Baby #1 by George O'Connor and Griffin Ess, Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter #1 by Russell Nohelty and Renzo Podesta, Voodoo Nations #1 by Travis Gibb, Brian Dawson, Luke Stone, Alan Emmanuel, Jerome Gagnon, Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, Heather Gibb, Sebastian Piccione, Elias Melendez, Ryan Shimek and Karl Moline, Katrina Hates the Dead #1 by Russell Nohelty, Juan Frigeri, Thomas Bacon, and Bernie Lee, Boston Metaphysical Society #1 by Madeleine Holly-Rosing, Emily Hu, Gloria Caelie, Fahriza Kamaputra, and Troy Peteri, Impure Blood #1 by Nadja Baer and Nathan Lueth, Goth Ghost Girl #1 by John Schlim Jr. Sergio Quijada, and Bernardo Brice, Ah Heck! #1 by Mary Bellamy, Night Wolf #1 by Robert Multari, Oscar Choquecota Ale, Carlos Herrara, and Ryan Rotuna, Surrounded by Death #1-#2 by Mark Elliott, Johnny C, Joe Martinez, Eugen Betivu, Brenton Barnes, and Mark Alvarado, Rancidville #1 by John Edingfield II, Conceptual Heist #1 by Jay D'Ici, Matt G. Gagnon, Ateliermuse, Shawn Baichoo, Kris Rix, and Kelly Tindall, Galaxafreaks: Dark Vibes #1 by Andrew Pawley, Gage and the Dragon's Tear #1 by Patrick Kellner, Donny Hadiwidjaja, Bruan Valenza, Ed Dukeshire, Marta Tanrikulu, and Randy Michaels, Gone by Simon Birks, Juan Fleites, and Lyndon White, Infinity Agents #1 by Schlim, Cotejar, Munake, and Jones, The Lonely Giant by Jana Hoffman, The Turners in Night Terrors: The Villains by Robert Krisch and Aleksandar Bozic Ske, Ungodly Champion #1 by Shane Morrison, Diego Vidal, Shaun Barbour, Michael Woods, and Chuck Pineau, The Wildcard Chronicles #1 by McAdams, McClaine, Tang, and Cakra, Woohooligan vol. 1 by Samuel Isaac Dealey, Xtreme Champion Tournament #1 by Shaun Paulet, Brendan Halyday, Jerry Gaylord, Alex Sollazzo, Optci Pop, Gabriel Cassatta, Jason Franks, Louie Joyce, and Chris Copeland, Death & Comics: Reincarnation #1 by Randy Stone, Gavid Guidry, Maddy Wahl, Christian Dibari, Jenn St. Onge, Matthew Dunn, Erin Kobo, Aditya Bidikar, Reilly Stone, Waylon Stone, Tayler Stauft, Maddy Wahl, Chris Piers, Elligh Wright, and D.C. Stuelpner, and a print by Claire Leslie.
Plus, for the first time ever we have an extra perk for all returning backers. Since you've backed one of our previous campaigns, you will receive one of these 3" Cthulhu stickers. We've never done this before, but we wanted to show how much we appreciate your support.
I hope to see you behind the backer wall once again. Thank you so much for all your support!
-Russell