A local comic book artist is getting ready to release the second issue of his horror-inspired graphic novel series, which features art and stories from comic enthusiasts all over Vancouver Island.

Nevin Arnold, a Chemainus-based comic book artist and editor, is trying to raise money through a campaign to help him release the second installment of Monsterella Origins, a prequel to his original Monsterella series.

Monsterella is a sci-fi horror story about a warden of a prison planet B次元官网网址渨here all of the worst of the worst criminals and monsters and stuff were kept.B次元官网网址� The series has been a hit, and his crowdfunding has been a success, raising more than 300 per cent of his goal in 24 hours.

Arnold has been publishing his own work and that of other artists for more than a decade under his publishing company Hangman Comics, and heB次元官网网址檚 been crowd-funding his work for five years. The first issue of Monsterella Origins sold between 800 and 1,000 copies solely through online distribution and local comic shops.

B次元官网网址淚 remember someone telling me they were working on their own book and trying to find a publisher. And then all of a sudden, one day, they had done a Kickstarter, and they raised something like $25,000. They just made a bunch of money, and they got their comic book out there,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e just doing it themselves and making more money than they probably would have through a publisher. I was just amazed, so I knew that I had to give it a try.B次元官网网址�

Along with his illustrations and story, Arnold invites other artists to collaborate with him and have their stories published in each issue as an anthology, instead of a single story.

Among the list of ArnoldB次元官网网址檚 team of Monsterella contributors are Sun Khamunaki, a cover artist who has illustrated for DCB次元官网网址檚 Wonder Woman and Batman, and Dan McKinnon who has worked on U.S. versions of Godzilla.

Arnold has been publishing his own comics since 2013, starting with his Calavera the Undead series, and heB次元官网网址檚 been a comic book enthusiast since he was around eight years old, after flipping through a Batman comic at a corner store.

B次元官网网址淚 was always drawing, but it wasnB次元官网网址檛 until I saw that comic book rack that I was like, B次元官网网址榦h, I can tell stories with pictures.B次元官网网址� That was just the coolest. So after that, I just bought every comic book that I could get my hands on,B次元官网网址� he said.

Once heB次元官网网址檚 finished his current project, Arnold plans to revive his decade-old Calavera the Undead series, and hopes to have his latest Monsterella issue available for purchase in October.

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