We’re happy to announce that we’re part of a very special live Q&A panel discussion in Los Angeles.

Here are the details:

Independent Voices in Comics: New Stories and How to Sell Them

David Accampo had the fortune to write a guest column for the Do Some Damage blog. He writes about the intersection of crime and horror, and how they come together in SPARROW & CROWE.

Here’s an excerpt:

My new comic book series, Sparrow & Crowe, co-written with Jeremy Rogers and illustrated by Jared Souza, is a mash-up of crime and horror. And it’s not unique in that category; the two get squished together quite often.

But as I’ve lived with this book, which I’ve described as “Chinatown meets The Exorcist,” I’ve put a lot of thought into the meaning of both the crime and the horror in the set-up.

I’ve asked myself, “Why do crime and horror fit together?”

Read the whole piece here.

Due out in the May Edition of Diamond’s PREVIEWS catalog, the first issue of our comic book now officially has an order code!

You can go to your local comic book retailer, and ask them to order Sparrow & Crowe from Diamond! The order code is: MAY121179, and the book is located in the HERMES PRESS section of Diamond’s catalog!

Check out our full page ad that will appear with the solicitation for the first issue!

Sample Art by Jared Souza, Adapting the audio series "Wormwood"

The Kickstarter campaign to raise money to cover creative expenses on the upcoming Sparrow and Crowe comic book met its goal of $4,000 last Sunday, and currently has six days remaining. It will be the first creator-owned comic book at Hermes Press when it launches in 2012.

“We’re thrilled by the response,” says Jeremy Rogers. “Fans of the audio show returned to show their support, as well as a lot of comics fans who saw our pitch and the art and want to get behind this new series.”

With a commitment to publish Sparrow and Crowe as a creator-owned comic book mini-series by Hermes Press, writers Accampo and Jeremy Rogers, and artist Jared Souza began the Kickstarter campaign as a way to cover further marketing and production expenses. Sparrow and Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles is a comics prequel to Accampo and Rogers’ successful Wormwood audio show, which ran as a podcast from 2007 to 2011. Many of the devoted Wormwood fanbase came to their rescue and donated money through buying exclusive CDs of the show’s soundtrack, signed copies of the upcoming first issue, bound copies of the first Wormwood script, and other Wormwood rarities.

Hermes Press had also donated several books for the team to sell at a discounted price and, with only a week left, they are hoping to sell off the remaining items:

• Two full sets of The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, featuring the first three volumes. With volume 1 currently out of print, they are still selling the set for only $100 (a cover price value of $150 each set)
• An entire set of Buck Rogers: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, volumes 1 through 5, being sold for $175 (from a $250 value)
• One copy of Buck Rogers: The Complete Newspaper Sundays-Volume One for only $50
• Both volumes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Complete Series for only $50 (half off from cover).

The books can be purchased with a pledge at the Kickstarter page, along with the other Sparrow and Crowe items, including original art pages from Jared Souza.

“We’re offering Jared’s original art for issue one as a series of tiered pledges-the more you pledge, the earlier you get to select from the pages of issue one,” says David Accampo. “On top of that, we’ve added something very special for our final week: for $75 each, you can buy Jared’s original ‘adapted’ pages of Wormwood art. These are scenes from the audio drama, adapted to comics by Jared that he used to approach us. Totally unique and very, very cool!”

With the first issue of Sparrow and Crowe set to debut in summer of 2012, the creative team are already in a better-than-expected position to comfortably deliver the caliber of comic book they feel worthy of the fanbase that are helping to make it possible.

“The Kickstarter has not only built up anticipation with Wormwood fans-it has the creators fired up,” says Jared Souza. “David and Jeremy are delivering script pages that, as both an artist and a Wormwood fan, are surprising, tightly paced and very fun to draw.”

“And we couldn’t be happier with Jared’s visualization of these characters – the perspective and atmosphere he creates has inspired our scripts as we progress,” adds Jeremy.

The Kickstarter page for Sparrow and Crowe can be found here. The campaign ends on Thursday, November 24th at 8:55 PM Eastern time.

For press inquiries, contact Chris Irving at chris@hermespress.com

Guest contributor Kristine Chester gave Wormwood and Sparrow & Crowe a wonderful write-up in her column at Fanboy Comics this week!

Kristine writes:

Many compare it to the television series Twin Peaks or The X-Files for its use of both supernatural and mystery elements.  Wormwood lasted for three seasons and has deservedly earned a lot of praise for its storytelling, memorable characters, and snappy dialogue.

And also mentions our Kickstarter campaign, as well as our recent Fuzzy Typewriter discussion:

 If you’ve listened to the show and are helplessly hooked, as I am, you can donate to the Sparrow & Crowe Kickstarter here, which contains more information on donation prizes and the project.  And, if you’d like to learn more from the creators about Wormwood, Sparrow & Crowe, or the road to creating the comic, you can check out Fuzzy Typewriter’s special Sparrow & Crowe episode.

Thanks for the wonderful praise, Kristine!

If you’re not familiar with Josh Christie’s fabulous Brewsandbooks.com website, you should be. Josh is a bookseller and beer aficionado — and he’s developed a great taste for both (and the pairing of the two).

Josh recently did a little write-up and call-to-action for Sparrow & Crowe:

Titled Sparrow & Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles, the series brings back two characters from the audio series Wormwood, which ran from 2007 to 2011. The drive for funding is taking place on Kickstarter, and it’d certainly be appreciated if you kicked a few bucks towards Dave and his crew. Given the quality of their last project, you can bet it will be money well spent. Almost any donation snags you a copy of the first issue, so it’d be foolish not to donate. Right? #math

Thanks, Josh! We can’t wait for you to pair The Demoniac of Los Angeles #1 with something dark and devilish!