Kickstarter: The Young Protectors

[julesjones]

I want to give some Kickstarter love to my favourite webcomic, The Young Protectors. The writer describes it thus:

As a gay kid growing up, I loved sci-fi, fantasy and action stories. But I never got to see what I really wanted to see and that’s kick-ass genre stories with gay heroes. Not just gay characters who were the comic relief or who committed suicide or got killed in the end so that the straight protagonist could wind up with the girl. But good stories with real, three-dimensional heroes who get a chance to save the day and who also just happens to like other guys.

With The Young Protectors, I've tried to create the kind of story I’ve always wanted to see.

It has a great storyline and stunning art. Also a superhero/supervillain m/m romance. And it now has a Kickstarter to fund the first print run of Volume 1. Said Kickstarter was funded within 18 hours of opening, which tells you something about the quality of Alex Woolfson's work, but there are plenty of interesting stretch goals. You can find out more about both the comic and the Kickstarter project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexwoolfson/the-young-protectors-vol-1-0

Comments

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Ooh thanks for the link. Artifice is a favourite and I chipped in for that one. The first chapter of this looks to be equal quality [though I reckon Winona's art has the edge - but that's just personal preference].

[julesjones]

I've been really enjoying the story on this one, although it's going to be much longer than Artifice, so it's slower going.

Did you know about the LJ feed for Young Protectors? It's a useful way to get a heads-up on when the new page is up. http://youngprotectors.livejournal.com/profile

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. Thank you. I saw the first few pages ages ago, but keep forgetting to go back. Plus side is that each time I do there's a batch of new pages but I don't really feel like a proper fan :)

I think this April/December story line is really unusual, but then so was cyborg/human. It'll be grand to see where he takes it.