OCTOBRIANA WITH LOVE: 50th Anniversary Special

A project in Montreal, Canada by Stu Taylor
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New graphic novel, featuring Marguerite Sauvage, Stephanie Phillips, N. Steven Harris, Andy Belanger, Simon Fraser, Marc Laming & more!
Backers: 325
Average Pledge Per Backer: $35 CAD

Funded: $11,262 CAD of $6,000 CAD
Dates: Apr 28th -> May 26th (29 days)
Project By: Stu Taylor
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Latest News

The Final Hours! + Get yourself in the comic + Simon Fraser and Marc Laming original art commissions

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, and welcome to the final hours of the Octobriana With Love Kickstarter campaign. We finish at 8pm EST on Wednesday 26 May, but there's still time to spread the word.  Want Extra Covers? You Can Have Extra Covers! There have been some... (Read More)

Stretch Goal unlocked + Podcast appearance

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone.  A short update today, mainly to say that we broke the $10k funded mark earlier, so that means every backer will receive the digital Scrapbook magazine. This will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Octobriana With Love,... (Read More)

It's the final week! // Livestream! New artwork! Monstrous trading cards revealed!

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone. We're now in the final week of the campaign! Just seven days left to spread the word and notch up some more stretch goals. Livestream - Call For Questions! There's plans for an Octobriana With Love livestream Tuesday 25 May, 6pm EST /... (Read More)

New Artwork from Simon Fraser and Vincenzo Riccardi!

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! We're coming close to our final week on Kickstarter, so wanted to share with you some new artwork from Octobrana With Love that's come in over the last few days... Baba Yaga's Cruel Britannia Who doesn't love a giant radioactive walrus?... (Read More)

Read the preview now! Plus, updated retro-style cover variant

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Enough with the teasing already!  We've now uploaded a 7-page, full colour, lettered preview of Octobriana With Love.  You can now read a slice of the opening story from the book: 'Baba Yaga's Cruel Britannia' from Simon Fraser and Stu Taylor. Go... (Read More)

Surprise stretch goal! - and a closer look at backer rewards

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there.  We're perilously close to hitting the $9,000 CAD marker on our campaign so - surprise! - we're introducing a new stretch goal once we cross that line.  This Kickstarter exclusive, full colour print of the Octobriana 50th Anniversary... (Read More)

New Artwork Preview

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
New Art! - Night Witches of the Eastern Front Legendary artist Marc Laming has shared some new pencil concept artwork from his Octobriana strip, 'Night Witches of the Eastern Front'. The World War II set story appears in Octobriana With Love, is... (Read More)

First Stretch Goal Unlocked!

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
First Stretch Goal Unlocked! Thanks to having one of our biggest days since we launched, we smashed through our first stretch goal. Meaning that every backer will receive a set of digital desktop wallpapers, so that the Russian Devil-Woman will take... (Read More)

Andy Belanger's Octobriana prepares for war!

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I'm excited to share Andy Belanger's rendition of Octobriana, hot off the drawing board... This is a detail from the 10-page Octobriana origin story featured in Octobriana With Love. The story is based on some of the mythology... (Read More)

New artwork + free preview incoming

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone. Have been a bit quiet this week working on the book, but we're slowly edging towards our first stretch goal and we've given the Kickstarter page a refresh with some new artwork.  You can help us reach that stretch goal that little bit... (Read More)

New Digital Stretch Goal!

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, We're about to enter week two of the campaign, if you can believe that? There's still some ways to go before we reach the end and have added in a new digital stretch goal, which are digital wallpapers showcasing some cool art from... (Read More)

Stretch Goals revealed!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone.  Still on a high after last night's funding target success. This morning I've been pulling together a graphic for our stretch goal strategy for the rest of the campaign. The primary thinking is to give you, the backers, more of the... (Read More)

We're funded! + a look at some new pages

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We made it!  In a little over 2 days we made our funding target. Wow. This is amazing. Another massive big thanks to all of you who have shown faith in this crazy little bit of comic book history.  But this is just the beginning!  Tomorrow we will... (Read More)

Marc Laming & Andy Belanger original art commission tiers added!

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Second big update from us today... We've just added two art commission tiers. These are one-off opportunities to request an original piece of comic art from either Marc Laming or Andy Belanger.  You could ask them to render their pulse-pounding take... (Read More)

4x new rare collector bundles available!

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone. We're in the final hours of our "Early Bird" discounts for single issues and "All Covers" packs, so last chance to get any extra copies at that rate. I'm really happy to see retailers picking up on our special bundle offer for them,... (Read More)

Kickstarting Comics: ‘Octobriana With Love’ Brings Back The Hero Of The Russian People

April 30th - via: comicon.com
Octobriana, a name long spoken by comic fans, beloved by the likes of Bryan Talbot, David Bowie, and Billy Idol. And now, she’s being brought back to comics in Octobriana With Love, a new Kickstarter that launched this week. Octobriana With Love is a 64-page, full-colour softcover graphic novel with many different takes on this cult underground Russian superhero by an exciting mix of creative talent. (Read More)

What a first day! (and teasing Stretch Goals)

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there!  This is Stu. Thought that that a quick update was in order since we've had an amazing first day.  And that's thanks to your support! So take a bow. As I write, we've sailed past 60% of our initial funding target, which is amazing and... (Read More)

Kickstarter Alert: Octobriana with Love graphic novel

April 29th - via: aiptcomics.com
Octobriana and her underground take on a daring rescue mission above the skies of a near-future Britain to rescue Lucretia Hussain, a young vlogger destined to be a figurehead for a future revolution. (Read More)

Octobriana With Love – 50th Anniversary announcement

April 29th - via: firstcomicsnews.com
For centuries, immortal warrior woman Octobriana has been the champion of the oppressed. Leading a rag-tag group of freedom fighters, Octobriana travels the dimensional highways in her Wonder Machine, disrupting authoritarian regimes, overturning tyrants… and gate-crashing the best parties! The Kickstarter campaign for the book is now live, with each standard physical book pledge to include a temporary tattoo and random retro-style trading card... (Read More)

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