Crowdfund This: Fried Comics’ ‘Red Xmas’ #1!

Well, I know what I want for Christmas. Just listen to this synopsis:

Kris Kringle just lost his wife in a tragic toy accident, and now he’s out to make all those little brats pay! When Santa-skeptic FBI agent Ellie Tewksberry finds her son Byron among the missing, she must fight alongside her wannabe-elf former husband to save him – and Christmas!

It’s called Red Xmas, and it’s a five-issue limited comic series by the insane dudes over at Fried Comics. Yep, these are the guys that brought you Deadskins and Pregnant Bitches of War, the series that Y: The Last Man and Saga creator Brian K. Vaughan called “A comic as audacious as its title.” and our very own Jonathan London deemed “The most messed up comic you should be reading.”

Red Xmas #1 is well on its way to production, and Fried Comics’ has decided to go with the crowdfunding route for the series this time around. Backers will be able to get their hands on digital AND print editions of the book, as well as tons of other goodies like exclusive TPB’s of Pregnant Bitches of War and Deadskins. Crazy things like editor credits and having ‘Your Name Presents’ on the front of every issue are also available if you’re feeling very generous, but just remember that every single dollar that you can offer up counts towards their modest $3000 goal… which they’re already 2/3 of the way to with 9 days remaining.

Want to know where your money’s going? It’s pretty simple:

Glad you asked. FRIED Comics only seeks enough to pay our artists a decent wage for their hard work and deliver copies to our backers.

 

Of course, a portion of our funds will go towards Kickstarter fees and taxes (on the project. Not, like, our personal stuff).

 

And if we’re fortunate enough to raise more than our goal, all additional money will go towards production of future issues.

Not bad huh, they just want to pay their artists and get this insanely unique book in people’s hands.

Fried notes that “RED XMAS #1 is well-into production and on track for a Christmas release in digital form. We’ve picked out our printer and will have materials in the mail shortly thereafter.” So backers won’t even have to wait long to get their first taste of this new Santa.

You can head to the Kickstarter campaign page here, take a look at a couple of sample pages below, and look below that for the short and sweet Kickstarter video! Just remember that this Christmas, Santa must die, so join the execution!