WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD BOOKS #1 & #2

A project in Worthing, UK by Mad Robot Comics
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BOOK ONE: SPECTRE OF A DYING PLANET & BOOK TWO: THE IMPOSSIBLE INVASION
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Funded: £15,345 of £15,000
Dates: Aug 29th -> Oct 3rd (35 days)
Project By: Mad Robot Comics
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September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi there,  Well, we've passed the £12,000 mark, which means every physical backer will receive a print of the Martian tripod report, designed by me (Rob) and featuring art by Kevin Castaniero! If you don't remember what that looks like, its here... (Read More)

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September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, This week saw the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Tripwire Awards. In front of an industry audience at London’s prestigious Cartoon Museum, Mad Robot picked up the award for Best UK Small Press / Independent publisher. Woooo! We... (Read More)

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September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
+++Crew wide alert!+++ We've spotted some new inks in the google drive folder to the starboard bow! Man the cannons, take aim and set your keen eyes to look over these fantastic snippets of pages which the monstrous Kevin Castaniero has produced for... (Read More)

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September 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The Thunder Child has sighted land and is closing in on that funding total -  but with just over 3 weeks to go - we are going to have to hold our nerve. Right - we wanted to give some love to Thunder Child #1’s variant covers - both front and... (Read More)

More commissions, more books.

September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
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September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
People started cheering... Come on, Thunder Child! Update the second. Here we are, almost a week in, and now with 300+ backers and nearly halfway to our target. Thank you all so very much for your support, trust and helping us to continue telling... (Read More)

Welcome to the War of the Worlds.

August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
So welcome to Thunder Child #2 (and welcome back to those who were here for issue #1). There won’t be a huge amount of these updates, just important stuff we think you’d want to know and art we want to share.  But before we get into that - a... (Read More)

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