The Graphic Novels have arrived, so if you missed the Kickstarter I ran back late last year, you can still order them through the Indiegogo: Indemand Program – which basically acts as a storefront and still provide some of the same options as the original Kickstarter had.
From Terminus Media
John McGuire – Writer
Sheldon Mitchell – Artist
António Brandão – Artist
Sean Hill – Artist
Rich Perotta – Inker
Tom Chu – Colors
Nimesh Morarji – Colors
Lavata O’Neal– Graphic Novel Cover Artist
Khari Sampson – Letterer/Copy Editor
The Story:
The Gilded Age is about a group of performers, the Branning Troupe. Half actors and half carnival folk, the group travels throughout the countries of Victorian Era Europe. For some it offers a direction to their lives, others get the adoration of the crowds, and the rest find simple refuge from a world which has cast them out.
Each story would be done-in-one. They would tell stories that could be enjoyed by anyone picking up a random issue. The issues would have overlapping characters, but by and large, each issue would focus on one or a pair of characters.
The key would be that I was slowly building up my world. And making the readers care about various characters by giving each the screen time they deserved. And by doing this I allowed for different types of stories within the same world. Whether that is Western or Horror or a Heist or something Fantastical, the hope has always been to build the world from the character’s eyes rather than try and hit you with one thousand years of history.