- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -

THOUGHTSCAPE COMICS 2024 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED

 
 

Date: November 30th, 2023
Contact: Matt Mair Lowery at mattmlpdx@gmail.com

PORTLAND, OR

Matt Mair Lowery, writer of the critically-acclaimed Dark Horse Comics YA sci-fi series Lifeformed, announced a new crowdfunding campaign to fund the continuation of ThoughtScape Comics, the science-fiction anthology series he launched in 2021. The campaign will run January 2nd through January 29th and include two brand new issues of the series, with back issues available for new readers. The coming soon page for the campaign can be found at ThoughtScape2024.com, where readers can sign up to receive an email notification when the campaign begins. 

About ThoughtScape Comics

ThoughtScape Comics, written by Mair Lowery, serves up sci-fi action, thrills and chills in the tradition of 2000 AD, Dark Horse Presents, Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone, and features art from a rotating roster of some of the most compelling artists in indie comics. The stories, including ongoing serials and standalone tales, explore the strange possibilities and unique horrors that present themselves when flawed humanity meets the unlimited possibilities of technology.

Artists contributing to the series include:

  • Dave Law (The Space Odditorium, Wolf Punks)

  • Tyrell Cannon (Beef Bros, ERIS)

  • Karl Slominski (Lady Mayhem, Evermore Falls, Cult of Ikarus)

  • Lisa Naffziger (Taking Back Toku)

  • Jacob Edgar (The Ones, Batman: Audio Adventures, Army of Darkness, Red Sonja)

  • Lesley Atlansky (Short Order Crooks, Amazing World of Gumball)

  • Jeremy Brooks (Radd Tuffman, S.L.A.M.M.E.R.S.)

  • Marcus Cripps (Tales to Enlighten: The New Testament)

  • Desolina Fletcher (Ghost Year, Vespers)

  • Luke Horsman (2000 AD, Judge Dredd, Oathbound)

  • Lane Lloyd (Sable, God-Puncher)

  • Carly A-F (Kingdoms Of Life, Something Spectacular, Bat's Moonlight Feast)

  • Rob Gaughran (Producing the End of the World)

Cover Artists include:

  • Issue #1: Jenna Cha (Black Stars Above, The Sickness)

  • Issue #2: Grim Wilkins (Mirenda, Quest, Prophet: Earth War)

  • Issue #3: Valentine Barker (The Airless Year)

  • Issue #4: Karl Slominski (Lady Mayhem, Evermore Falls, Cult of Ikarus)

  • Issue #5: VARIANTS! Covers from Paul Harrison Michael Davies, Jim Kersey and Dave Law

The ThoughtScape Comics 2024 Kickstarter Campaign Overview

The Goal: Fund TWO NEW 60-PAGE ISSUES of ThoughtScape Comics 

Campaign runs: 1/2/24 - 1/29/24

Kickstarter URL: ThoughtScape2024.com or https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattmlpdx/thoughtscape-comics-2024

Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/MbYN62SQ98Y

TSC #1 Flip-thru Video: https://youtu.be/Ya1N7G1h9qI

Additional Information: https://thoughtscapecomics.com/

Even more additional information on Substack: https://mattmlpdx.substack.com/

ThoughtScape Comics: Background

The Kickstarter campaign for the first issue of ThoughtScape Comics ran in 2021 and raised over $9,000. A second Kickstarter campaign to fund issues #2 and #3 launched in January of 2023 and raised $15,500. The series has been praised by comic creators and press alike:

"ThoughtScape is a sci-fi anthology series like no other... These stories are emotional, gritty, chilling, thought-provoking"
- You Promised Me Comics

"A beautifully designed high-concept cornucopia, full of playful layouts and innovative art."
- Liam Sharp: 2000 AD, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman

"[ThoughtScape Comics is] packed full of great ideas, fascinating world-building and enigmatic characters who we can’t wait to find out more about... a really rather superb read."
- Pipedream Comics

"ThoughtScape Comics is the quintessential, beautifully packaged and expertly made serialized sci-fi anthology that comics needs right now." 
- Liana Kangas: Trve Kvlt, She Said Destroy, Black AF: Devil's Dye 

“A kaleidoscopic mind fuck... It’s beautiful... This isn’t just a science fiction anthology; no, it’s a love affair with the genre."
- Blake’s Buzz

"ThoughtScape captures the dread of humanhood and the insidious nature of technocapitalism -- masterfully crafted as it is emotionally raw and daring."
- Shoshana Sachi: Producer/Writer, Doom Patrol (HBO Max)

"Think Promethea meets Black Mirror. For any lovers of high concept science fiction and masterful comics craft, this book is a must-read."
- The Comic Book Yeti

"Fantastic, artistically diverse and engaging stories of a cool far future world, all tied together with prodigious panache by writer Matt Mair Lowery." 
- Farel Dalrymple: THE OFTEN WRONG, Proxima Centauri, Pop Gun War, The Wrenchies

“A brilliant and beautiful distillation of the best things in both sci fi short stories and comics! ThoughtScape Comics is as captivating as it is haunting..."
- Ryan K Lindsay: Everfrost, Eternal, Deer Editor 

Contact: Matt Mair Lowery | mattmlpdx@gmail.com | twitter.com/mattmlpdx | thoughtscapecomics.com | ThoughtScape2024.com