Now you can have Marooned in your grubby little hands! The Ashcan minicomic issue #1 “Arrival” is now available for purchase. I’m very happy with the way it turned out, and I am very interested to hear what you guys think about it.
I had planned on doing a little sketch on the inside of all the first editions, but on the test book, it bled a little through the cover, so I can’t do that. However, instead for everyone who orders a first edition (of which there are probably 15 available) I will include a simple B&W inked character sketch on an artist’s card as a special thank you.
The cost is $3.99 + $1.35 shipping (note: I had to raise the shipping a bit to account for the cardboard backer) to anywhere in the continental U.S. If you are outside that zone, please e-mail me with your address and I will get you a priority mail shipping price. You can then decide if you want it or not. I’m hoping the envelopes I ordered this week come today. If they do, I can ship out any orders I get right away. Otherwise, I will ship them out as I get orders and as soon as I have the envelopes.
Now a couple pics:
You can order with the link below (it’s also in the store).
To Order (Inside the Continental U.S)
$3.99 + $1.35 shipping
Item Description
- Color front and back cover
- 20 pages of content, including strips #1-15
- Every strip has special creator commentary (kind of like special features in a DVD)
- Center spread has a BONUS brand new full size comic. A little scenario from Asimov and John’s training days. (See teaser image below)
- The “Marooned Vault” – two pages of development strips from before the comic was produced with commentary, and a sketch of an early John model with a slightly different uniform.
- The comic is 8.5″ x 5.5″ in size.
Teaser from Bonus Strip
Discuss it on the forums!
We haven’t made much use of the Marooned forums as of yet. In fact, I just had to prune the whole forum since it had become overrun with spam bots 
. However it’s clean now and I’d love to hear your thoughts there on the Ashcan.
So either now or after you’ve received yours, head over to the forum to discuss the Ashcan. (Registration required).
Looks like there’s pretty detailed commentary notes in these. I can’t wait to see it.
Looks very cool! Nice work.
tax?
No tax.
Tom-
Just bought your Ashcan. Excellent job. I can’t wait to read it.
Dan
It looks amazing. Excellent job, Major. I haven’t had a chance to read everything, but I did flip through and check out the bonus strip. Very cool. And I think the backing board was a good idea–the comic arrived in great shape.
Great – thanks for the report back Stormy – I’m really glad it got there in good shape, I was a bit worried about that. The board adds to the shipping cost a bit, but I think it’s worth it. Glad you like it! Did you get the artist card too?
I did! Soon I will have an Asimov in every room (and I’m okay with that)
I got mine! YAY!
It’s way cool, Major Tom. Super sexy and very professional looking.
Now you can add “publishing magnate” to your list of Great Accomplishments!
Cool, glad you like it – I’ll just add that title to my biz card