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Evil Inc After Dark... the graphic novel!
🕑 Added 2017-02-08 16:57:51 +0000 UTC I'm prepping my first Kickstarter of 2017, and it revolves around the first print collection of Evil Inc After Dark! And I need your thoughts!Title
So... my favorite title is "10/10 Would Thwart Again." But there's something about how that interacts with the image that makes me... uncomfortable. I can't put my finger on it, but it's hitting me weird.My second favorite is "The Gloves Are Off.""Graphic Novel" is cute, but it makes the cover look generic. And I guess I could make the first book "After Dark," but once I change the logo, that's going to look repetative.I'm, of course, open to suggestions, if anything happend to come to mind!
Image
Hands down, I think this was some of the most gorgeous coloring Alex has ever done. We're going to have to re-work it. We're going to cover up her nipples and put some pants on her, but the cover I'm planning right now uses that commission as a wrap-around image that will continue on the back cover.
Logo
I'm going to have to be very careful about how I brand this. I don't want this to look like another Evil Inc graphic novel. So far, my favorite is the one I used on a ouple pf the test covers above.
Tell me what you think!
Comments
Insatiabear
I am partial to the suggested "No Rest for the Wicked" as the title, with "The Gloves are Off" second. The "Thwart" titles just don't really do anything for me, I'm afraid. Regarding the logo, I actually really like the variation on the purple logo that someone on your Facebook page suggested -- that is, the one using the purple logo but reworked to show the crescent moon on the left side. I think that's an excellent idea.
Brad Guigar
Ha! That's very creative!
Alpha Minor
"Lonely Thwarts Club: Banned" Then you need to come up with a bird-themed "Sgt. Pecker" narrator character to tie all the story-lines together.
Ed Smallwood
This I like!
Brad Guigar
I kinda love that one. :)
Brad Guigar
HA! You're on fire! Those are good!
Ste Beresford
Thwart me, hero, one more time?
Ste Beresford
...and I forgot how to spell thwart. Sorry about that.
Ste Beresford
The VILF who Thwarted me
Ste Beresford
VILF twarts Come Twart with me/Come Twart me Twarts to Twarts
Taylan
''Explicitly Evil''
Tora Productions
I definitely like "Live Fast, Thwart Hard" the best, and I LOVE the purple logo.
Michael
50 Shades of Thwart (sorry everyone, I know it's terrible but I couldn't resist)
James K
Sorry. It slipped out. But seriously, "No Rest For The Wicked" is a winner, as is the purple logo.
James K
"Episode 4: A New Grope"
James K
"Episode 4: A New Grope"
Brad Guigar
When I saw how many of you liked the purple logo, I realized that I missed a pretty obvious variation... and it looks really good. Download — Purple logo.png — to have a look.
Michael Obert
Ooh, one that just hit me: Evil Inc. After Dark; Thwarts And All. A bit punny but I like it.
Brad Guigar
Well, you guys overwhelm me once again. I've gone from not having enough ideas to having an embarrassment of riches! Keep 'em coming!
Brad Guigar
Sooooo, the hardcover version... :) I gotta tell you, it is waaaay more expensive to print those than I expected! I haven't made up my mind one way for the other yet. It may end up being a stretch goal. On the other hand, if the response is through-the-roof, it may be something I can just automatically upgrade everyone above a certain level to. I'm waiting on a quote from one more printer, and then I'll have a better idea of what I'm grappling with.
Rene Gobeyn
really like the logo you used on the two small covers on the left, with the glove are off title . Any chance for a hard cover version?
Michael Obert
The purple logo is my favorite. I also think the stars over her nips is a solid idea. For a title I'd go with Stripped Down and Ready to Thwart.
Kenneth G Smith
I like the logo you used on the "Live Fast" cover, but I like "No Rest for the Wicked" title.
Rick Greene
I like the logo that has the shadowing at the bottom of the "Evil Inc" and the top of the "After Dark" Definitely a great choice in cover pic, but instead of adjusting her costume to cover the nipples, how about just some stars like they use for online photos when they (news sites) report on leaked photos from hacked phones...that way the viewer can see the line of the zipper will show something is visible if the stars aren't there. For the nethers, putting the pants back on works, or you could just add panties...racy, but doesn't violate publication rules (look at catalogues for Victoria's Secret and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue)
Josh Stevenson
Brad, I liked the comment you made in the Surviving Creativity episode with Erica Moen, where you said After Dark was getting through 11 years of foreplay. Wonder if there's a nostalgic kind of element you can play into? "12 years in the making" (which I don't like) or "The waiting is over" (which is better, but doesn't pop). Anyhow, might be a different line of thinking to play with.
Brad Guigar
I like "No Rest For The Wicked" a lot!
Pens
and I dig the purple logo, makes it instantly distinct from the SFW version but keeps it related.
Pens
Lovely colors, those eyes!. "No rest for the Wicked" or "Evil never sleeps" "Long nights, dark deeds"
BlackDove
I'm not sure "the gloves are off" really works when the most you can see of her gloves being off is on the back cover not the front
Chuck W
I like 'The Gloves Are Off' -- Sex -and- violence !!! LOL LOL
Brad Guigar
No worries. I'm gonna give her pant for the cover. :) But in the original, my thought was she removed her boots, then her pants, then put her boots back on. :)
Brad Guigar
And what's that?
Clell Harmon
Stupid messaging system. That question is, how did she get her pants off and keep the boots? Yeah, I'm a geek, and I've never really gotten the 'keeping the shoes on' kink so prevalent in porn.
Clell Harmon
I'm not sure I see it as 'rape-y' but the engineer in me is asking an important question.
Clell Harmon
I'm not sure I see it as 'rape-y' but the engineer in me is asking an important question.
Brad Guigar
Yyyyyup. I think you just put your finger on it.
Harley Dennis
it may not feel weird with modified pic. right now it kinda got a rapey vibe to it with her pose, look & clothes.
Brad Guigar
If you'd like to see how it looks on the cover, I added Live Fast Thwart Hard.png to the post.
Michael
Full credit to Rick Veitch and his Brat Pack graphic novel tag line from 1992. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die with Your Mask On
Brad Guigar
LIVE FAST, THWART HARD! That's freaking amazing!!
Michael
EiAD: Live Fast, Thwart Hard...Or some variation. I kinda like the purple logo.
Thomas Quinn
I'm partial to the bottom one
