Back in September, a 12-page preview issue of Bloodworth hit ComiXology, and it seems as though everyone has been loving it so far, with fans noting that:
– “Daniel Corey’s incredible knack for world-building is on full display in BLOODWORTH. The sights, sounds, and characters are vibrant and intricate, and the story is brimming with possibilities!”
and
– “It’s good fun, and thought-provoking for those who enjoy some modern tech-dystopian drama.”
Now, it’s time to turn Daniel’s dream alive, with a Kickstarter campaign to fund the book’s first full issue! The story sounds pretty damned cool, creepy, and surprisingly not too far fetched:
In the near future, people can upload their memories as a form of social networking, called “Thoughtshare.” Special Agent Brenda Bloodworth leads an FBI task force that can enter the memories that people don’t want to share, in order to solve crimes.
When Bloodworth falsely turns up in a memory that frames her for murder, she must leap the Chain of Thoughts that will lead her to a conspiracy that threatens to control minds on a worldwide scale.
Corey has previously written Image’s Moriarty and Red City, while Bloodworth will be drawn by Red City and Orphan Black‘s Chris Fenoglio. Design and lettering comes from Eisner nominated Dave Lanphear, and The Boys and Transmetropolitan‘s Darick Robertson will draw a variant cover for this first issue.
Instead of a huge goal, Corey and company have four smaller Kickstarter campaigns planned over the course of 2016, one for each of Bloodworth‘s planned four issues. Where will most of the funds be going? Well, that’s simple:
The majority of money raised by this campaign will be used to pay the artists. The artists have to put in many long hours of work: it can take as much as 1-2 days to finish the pencils, inks, colors and letters of 1 page of a comic book. The remaining monies raised will cover the print costs of reward tiers that include print copies.
We’re huge fans of Corey’s work here at Geekscape, and as such we’d love to see each issue of Bloodworth come to light. With 29 days to go in Bloodworth #1’s campaign, the book has already raised $1,555 of its $4,800 goal.
As always, there are some fantastic rewards available to backers, including digital and printed copies, metal trading cards, variant covers, USB drives, and much much more.
So take a look at the campaign video below, head here to back the project, and be sure to share so that we can help Bloodworth happen!