Wow, TONS of great news coming out. 

First, for those of you who may not know, Josh and I had a previous series entitled Titanium Rain published by Archaia. Well, about a year ago the wonderful folks at the Audio Comics Company aproached us with the idea of adapting the drama. After lots of love and tons of hard work by all I am so happy to announce that the audio drama of Titanium Rain is now available on Amazon.com and iTunes. For more information and much longer sound clips you can go to TitaniumRainAudio.com

Second, we're getting all geared up for Anime Expo at the end of June! This is very exciting for us because (if all goes well) Utopiates will be on the table. If you are going to AX, please stop by. I'll let you know what table we'll be at as we get closer to the date. 

And last, but not least, the Utopiates graphic novel is at the printers!! So now is the time to pre-order your copy!

I gotta say it again, Utopiates is at the printers!!! 

The graphic novel will be 116pgs. when it comes out and it will be digest size. I'm so excited!!! So, for everybody who have already pre-ordered through Amazon.com, Thank you! I'm sorry about all the delays but it is at the printer and should be off to you on time. 

For those who haven't pre-ordered yet, now is the time to do it.

The files are being sent to the printer TODAY!!!! I'm so excited. The Utopiates graphic novel is being sent to the printers TODAY!!! That means we will have it on the table at Anime Expo at the end of June!! This is such wonderful news!!

So, If you haven't done so already, pre-order your copy through Amazon using the button at the top right.

I do have a question for you. If I was to offer the book here on the site for direct purchase AND we would sign it for you, would you guys like it better? Let me know because I may do that.

Thank you all for reading and supporting Utopiates.

Only 10 days left for the Crazy Mary give away!
 if you support Crazy Mary and tell me about it:

First 10 people who pledge $5+ will get a Utopiates Sticker

First 10 people who pledge $20+ will get Issue 1 of Utopiates

First 2 people who pledge $50 or more will get the Utopiates graphic novel when it comes out.

These are on top of the incentives that the Crazy Mary Kickstarter is offering.

Please consider supporting Crazy Mary. We wouldn't support it if it wasn't that good. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1164327580/crazy-mary-graphic-novel

there are sample pages in the "updates" tab.

Awesome News! The great guys at Comic Book of the Month Podcast interviewed Josh and I last Friday. We mostly talked about our other project, Titanium Rain and the audio comics adaptation that is coming out soon. But we do talk about Utopiates a bit.

So I highly encourage all of you to check these guys out. Not just our show, but the podcast in general. They were incredible hosts and gave us one of the best interviews we have ever had. This is quite a group.

http://comicbookofthemonth.blogspot.com/

Only 12 days left for the Crazy Mary give away!
 if you support Crazy Mary and tell me about it:

First 10 people who pledge $5+ will get a Utopiates Sticker

First 10 people who pledge $20+ will get Issue 1 of Utopiates

First 2 people who pledge $50 or more will get the Utopiates graphic novel when it comes out.

These are on top of the incentives that the Crazy Mary Kickstarter is offering.

Please consider supporting Crazy Mary. We wouldn't support it if it wasn't that good. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1164327580/crazy-mary-graphic-novel

there are sample pages in the "updates" tab.

Sorry about not having any blog last week. It's been really hectic here as we close in on summer… as you can see, Josh is preparing to do battle at the next convention we attend.

Ok, new survey time. If you like to read your books/graphic novels on a digital reader, what do you prefer?
Kindle, Nook, iPad, iBookstore, something else? Let me know.

And Don't Forget, if you support Crazy Mary and tell me about it:
First 10 people who pledge $5 will get a Utopiates Sticker
First 10 people who pledge $20 will get Issue 1 of Utopiates
First 2 people who pledge $50 or more will get the Utopiates graphic novel when it comes out.
Please consider supporting Crazy Mary. We wouldn't support it if it wasn't that good. 
 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1164327580/crazy-mary-graphic-novel there are sample pages in the "updates" tab.

And Last, anybody going to Anime Expo in Los Angeles in June? If so, look us up!
 

Hey everybody,

Though Josh and I won't be at C2E2 this year I encourage all of you to visit J.K. Woodward at the IDW and Archaia booths. Why? well, if you pledge $20 or more to the Crazy Mary Kickstarter he will give you a free head sketch of whatever you want. This is on top of my offer of a free copy of issue 1 of Utopiates and a sticker. I know I'm pushing this book hard, but this is a GREAT cyberpunk series that hasn't gotten the recognition it deserves. And I'm not just saying that because Josh co-wrote one of the stories in this graphic novel. Crazy Mary and Utopiates have been friends since 2006 when we discovered each other though MySpace.  

Bill Corbett aka. Crow T. Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000 pledged to this book.
Rick Remender pledged to this book.

Please take the time today to read the "Trail of Tears" story. If you pledge, leave a message here at Utopiates either publicly or privately and I'll immediately send you your copy of Utopiates Issue 1. If you go to C2E2, track down JK and tell him you pledged. If your name is on the Kickstarter list, he'll give you a free head sketch. Awesome swag for helping an awesome book.

Ok, on to the next subject. What awesome books, specifically cyberpunk books, are you reading? I love hearing reader feedback and the kinds of things you guys are into. We may be here to entertain, but that doesn't mean we don't want to hear from you. What is your favorite cyberpunk comic (web or print) and why? If you have none, how about a prose book?

If you are new to cyberpunk, then give me science fiction.

Remember our Facebook contest. We've got 80 likes now! Thank you all for supporting Utopiates. Just 20 more to go.

I always wanted a music cue at the end of this page. That dramatic sound you would always get in mysteries when something was revealed. Similar to what Brak keeps doing in Tales of Suspense.

But anyway,

Ok, the last few pages we've posted I've taken some time out to promote the Kickstarter to my friend Mike Colber's book, Crazy Mary. Well I'm going to make one more push, and then I'll be done… at least till the last week. Rick Remender, Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Tony Lee of Doctor Who and adult film star Kelly Shibari all support this book. If you haven't seen it yet, please take a moment to read the 12pg. story "Trail of Tears" on the Crazy Mary website. If you like it,  consider donating to Kickstarter. The first five fans of Utopiates that contribute $5 or more and come back here and leave message will get a sticker. The first two fans who contribute $20 or more will get a signed copy of the rare first issue of Utopiates along with the sticker. If ANY fan of Utopiates decides to pledge $50 or more to Crazy Mary, I will send you a signed copy of the upcoming Utopiates graphic novel along with a sticker. This all is MY own incentives. You will also receive all of the promised incentives on the Crazy Mary Kickstarter.

Also, becides Crazy Mary being created by a good friend of ours, Utopiates' very own Josh Finney co-wrote one of the stories that will be featured in the book.

So, If you decided to participate, please leave a comment below so we can applaud you publicly, then send me an email using the contact page.

As another Kickstarter shout out, Bill Corbett of MST 3K and Rifftrax has a Kickstarter of his own. I highly suggest you at least watch his video on it.

Ok, enough about other people, lets talk Utopiates!
As I mentioned before the graphic novel is well on it's way to being completed. Josh is putting the finishing touches on coloring issuing 4 and then it's off to the printer! 
With that said, Josh and I will be at Anime Expo in June debuting the graphic novel for all to see! I hope you can come to the show if you are in the LA area. We will also have copies of our last series, Titanium Rain along with previews of our next comics venture, World War Kaiju.

As always, thank you all for reading and supporting Utopiates!

-Kat

Just a little something I have to share. The gentleman who modeled for Eckart for us is getting married this weekend. I'm one of his grooms-men. I'm very excited for him and his new bride.

Reminders:

Support Crazy Mary (on the left) and get some awesome swag! There are plenty of original art pieces and sketches left, not to mention art books, shot glasses, and more.

Like Utopiates on Facebook and +1 us on Google!

Thank you for all of your support

-Kat