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Kickstarter You Should Be Backing: PUNK TACO Vol. 2: Giant Problems! An All-Ages Graphic Novel

Kickstarter You Should Be Backing: PUNK TACO Vol. 2: Giant Problems! An All-Ages Graphic Novel

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Hey there PCS Fanatics. This is the latest edition of Kickstarter That You Should Be Backing!! From time to time we get wind of really interesting or worthy Kickstarter campaign, and we are just compelled to let you folks know about it.

We like to bring you projects that we find are in need of and worthy of our support. The project we are bringing you this week fits both those categories.

It is a project that will hit all the right notes. It is a solely creator owned project that is originating from a veteran comics creator, Adam Wallenta, and his son. Punk Taco has already had a Volume 1 release and this is the second attempt at Volume 2. It is almost there for a successful campaign.

PUNK TACO Vol. 2: Giant Problems! An All-Ages Graphic Novel

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Spotlight Interview with the Creators of The Underfoot (Emily Whitten, Ben Fisher, and Michelle Nguyen)

Spotlight Interview with the Creators of The Underfoot (Emily Whitten, Ben Fisher, and Michelle Nguyen)

Posted on by Bob Harrison

This month, Lion Forge will be releasing the first volume of The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep. It is the first of what will be at least a trilogy of graphic novels that are suitable for all ages of readers. It will be in comic shops on April 10, and everywhere else on April 23.

It is a post-apocalyptic story of intelligent hamsters and their struggles for survival in a world without humans. We have had the opportunity to read the book, and it is truly a wonderful and inspiring story. It is full of danger, clever concepts, and lots of humor. We certainly recommend reading it.

At C2E2 last month, we were able to get together with the creative team responsible for The Underfoot. It is co-written by Ben Fisher and Emily S. Whitten. Michelle Nguyen is the artist on the book.

PopCultureSquad: Where did the idea for The Underfoot come from?

Emily S. Whitten: So, I have tiny hamsters and other rodents as pets, and I was on Twitter managing an account as my tiny hamster, Izzy. Around the same time, I reviewed Ben’s comic Splitsville, for ComicMix. I guess that was seven years ago. I tweeted at him that I really liked it. Ben then found my hamster account and started tweeting at that account as well. After many real and hamster conversations, we decided that we should write a comic together about hamsters, and that is how it started.

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