An Unlikely Adventuring Group Forms in Iron Circus’ Next Comic

We’ve all recognized an eclectic tabletop RPG get together or six—and possibly even been part of them in some unspecified time in the future in our dice-rolling lives, too. While there’s loads of tales of heroic, stern, ultimate, and noble heroes going out on fantasy adventures, Kendra Wells’ subsequent graphic novel desires to deal with these extra unlikely teams.

io9 has a glance inside Iron Circus Comics’ subsequent graphic novel challenge, Real Hero Shit, which launched on Kickstarter this week. Penned by Wells—whose work has been printed on the Nib, and beforehand tackled Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas—the 120-page OGN follows a ragtag group of fantasy adventurers. When the villagers of a small mountain city go lacking, Michel and his mates Ani and Hocus are employed to go on a mission to uncover simply what’s happening. The downside, nevertheless, is that they’re down a Fighter, and recruitment drives for secret missions, not to mention adventurers in search of somebody who can dole out all of the laborious hitters of fight, don’t precisely go properly. As you’ll see in our preview beneath although, a stunning face reveals themselves to Michel and his mates as… properly, let’s say an attention-grabbing addition to the group within the type of get together prince (and precise prince) Eugene.

“Real Hero Shit was inspired by the kind of media I love: fantasy featuring funny, raw characters that remind me of my friends and loved ones,” Wells mentioned in a press release offered to io9 over e mail. “The four main characters in particular feel like I’ve known them my whole life: Eugene is a well-meaning but ostentatious and arrogant brat, Ani is wickedly smart but abrasive and needs to work on knowing when to drop something (even when you’re right about it), Michel is incredibly hardworking and focused at the expense of his emotional health, and Hocus is kind and big-hearted but sometimes loses sight of the bigger picture while supporting loved ones. Writing and creating this book felt like therapy, but with considerably more dick jokes.”

“Kendra is just amazing at writing and drawing characters. They are so full of life! They have both great comedic timing and can show subtler emotions during their heavier scenes. I loved getting to know them,” Iron Circus Editor Kel McDonald added.

“Iron Circus’ purpose, its mission statement, is ‘Strange and Amazing.’ We look for underrepresented creators and subject matter, because we know the audience for them exists; heck, we ARE the audience for it,” Iron Circus’ writer, Spike Trotman, concluded. “And time and again, whether it’s with the Lackadaisy animated short, or the Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales collection of Indigenous folk stories, or even anthologies of sex-positive smut, we’ve been proven right in our instincts. We expect the same experience with Real Hero Shit.” Check out Eugene’s unorthodox job utility in our unique preview beneath!

Real Hero Shit is about to launch in February 2022—however if you would like in, you possibly can take a look at the already-funded Kickstarter campaign here, forward of its conclusion on October 29, to safe a replica.

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