E.X.O. - The Legend of Wale Williams Part One

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A superhero story about redemption, set in a futuristic 2025 Africa. E.X.O. part one is a 130 page full color graphic novel.
Backers: 228
Average Pledge Per Backer: $44

Funded: $10,037 of $3,500
Dates: Apr 5th -> May 5th (30 days)
Project By: Roye Okupe
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Latest News

Double BOOM!!! E.X.O. is Now Featured On FORBES.com!!!!

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all that have donated, tweeted, posted and shared! This is the result! E.X.O. is now featured on Forbes! I believe the sky s the limit for E.X.O. Check out the article below! ... (Read More)

Time to Give out Some More Awesome Goodies!

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
To celebrate blasting through our first stretch goal, I've added another surprise for you guys, should we reach $10,000. In addition to everyone getting a signed EXCLUSIVE Kickstarter ONLY alternate cover, I'll be giving a way these amazing... (Read More)

BOOM!!! We're Giving Out 20 Books to a Local Library!

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all you beautiful people, we reached our first goal ($8,000)! Now we can donate 20 free books to a local library to give out to kids! Awesome!  But why stop there? I'm confident we can reach our next stretch goal of $10,000 in the next 6... (Read More)

It's the Final Week!!! And now you have a Chance to get your Face/Likeness in the Book!

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Blasting through! To celebrate our final week, here's a fully colored page 38! Just like EXO, it's time for us to blast through our stretch goals. With just an extra $145 we can hit our first stretch goal! And who knows, maybe we can also hit 10K... (Read More)

200% in 2 WEEKS! To Celebrate, Here's a Sneak Peek!

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
E.X.O. - The Legend of Wale Williams Part 1 Page 29 This page perfectly describes my reaction when I found out we hit 200% in 2 WEEKS! We are only a few hundred dollars away from our first stretch goal! Lets donate some FREE books to a local... (Read More)

Help Get E.X.O. Into Local Libraries! With Your Help, Kids can get Free Copies!

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
E.X.O. Book Giveaway Due to the recent buzz from E.X.O. I have been invited to speak at the Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle, PA this August! They participate in a collaborative summer reading program and the theme for this year’s program is... (Read More)

E.X.O. Feature Now on Bleeding Cool! In this Article I talk About My Journey to Add Diversity to Superheroes!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! We are at 179% funded!!! And the guys at Bleeding Cool (one of the most awesome sites for comic book news) have noticed. Over the weekend thy asked me to share my journey so far. Check it out here:... (Read More)

139% In 5 DAYS. Lets Keep Moving Up!

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
You guys rock, the momentum from you shares, tweets and promotion have put us well over 100%. But we can't stop now! Please keep sharing, we want to try to give as many people a chance to support and become part of history!  To celebrate here's some... (Read More)

126% And Rising! You Guys Rock! Here's Some Stuff to Look Forward to

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
So to celebrate reaching our target in just 4 days I have added 2 stretch goals I'm hoping we can achieve soon (maybe another 4 days :) a guy can only dream right? ). So should we hit $8,000 (You guys got this!) everyone Hero Level 5 and up gets a... (Read More)

E.X.O. is Over 100% In 4 DAYS!!!!! We did it! now let's take it to another level!

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Look at what you did!! Thank you to every single backer. Because of you we have hit our goal in 4 days! You guys are awesome! We also got on the home page of Mashable . The work isn't over however, we still believe we can make history! So stay... (Read More)

WHOA!! Mashable.com has posted an article about E.X.O. !!!

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Now featured on MASHABLE.COM This is definitely the highest honor for me so far! Mashable, one of the largest blogs in the US has published an article about E.X.O. (It's even on their homepage). By sharing, retweeting and posting you guys made this... (Read More)

We are at 47%!!! In little over 2 days!

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Nigerian superhero puts a fresh face on graphic novels

April 7th - via: mashable.com
Artist Roye Okupe is setting out to create a mainstream Nigerian graphic novel hero. (Read More)

26% Funded Already! An Awesome First 24 Hours!!!

April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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