Chad Burdette
THE ART OF THE TOYS THAT MADE US
TRANSFORMERS! BARBIE! G.I JOE! AND MORE! Explore the iconic designs, art, and advertising featured on TV’s streaming toy sensation!
You know, you love them … and, above all else, you must collect them all!
It feels like only yesterday when director, producer, and Nacelle Company founder and CEO Brian Volk-Weiss had an idea that would finally bring his lifelong love of toys and collectibles rocketing off the shelf and onto television screens around the world.
What if there was a television series that, at last, could chronicle the untold stories behind some of the biggest and most beloved blockbuster toy lines ever made? The behind-the-scenes origin stories of the action figures, dolls, playsets and race cars that entertained millions … and the trials of the often-unsung creative visionaries that first brought them to life? The genesis of the now-iconic brands that first turned afternoon playtime into a lifelong obsession?
That show could only be called THE TOYS THAT MADE US – and, now, after three hit seasons on Netflix (with a fourth and fifth on the way), it’s a worldwide, global phenomenon that has finally immortalized the definitive histories of the toy industry’s biggest legends and earned near-universal acclaim from a whole new generation of collectors and toy aficionados:
Now, after partnering with groundbreaking graphic novel publisher Oni Press on its own best-selling line of NacelleVerse comics, Oni and Nacelle are proud to reveal a brand-new collaboration: THE ART OF THE TOYS THAT MADE US – a dazzling two-volume set of masterfully designed, deeply researched art books capturing the instantly recognizable designs, artwork, advertising, concept art, and more from the brands behind Nacelle’s instantly iconic streaming sensation in deluxe, oversized (10” x 12”) hardcover packages.
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Summit Comics Presents #1
The foundation of the Summit Universe continues with stories featuring Juna Marris and Killstrike!
When the time-displaced rebel, Dax Rigor a.k.a KILLSTRIKE tears through a black market weapons cache and discovers technology that shouldn’t exist, he pulls a thread that could unravel the reason as to why he was ripped from his timeline. The past has a way of following you, and for Killstrike, it just climbed out of a crate.
Summit Comics Presents is a 24-page comic anthology featuring various characters of the Summit Universe, allowing for accessible stories created by the various teams within Summit’s talent pool.
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LOVE LETTERS
A 100-page horror about turning yourself into something more loveable.
What if you read someone else’s love letter and realized nobody had ever loved you that much?
How far would you go to change yourself to be deserving of that kind of affection? A 100-page horror story about a turning yourself into someone else.
Like the other books in this line, LOVE LETTERS is written to press against the membrane, to find that hyper-specific but somehow universal dread that comes from being alive, feeling like life is too short but never quite knowing how to fill the time.
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CLOOTOPIA #1: Sci-fi for anyone who’s sworn off love
She built the perfect man to heal her broken heart. She succeeded…and broke the world.
We’ve all had someone we couldn’t get over.
Someone we replayed in our minds.
Someone we imagined saying the right thing, making the right choice, or walking back into our lives.
Every generation believes technology will solve bigger and bigger problems.
But what happens when it tries to solve the oldest problem of all: a broken heart?
That question became Clootopia.Heartbreak is supposed to fade with time.
For engineer Sidney Pierce, it never does
Read the opening pages and decide for yourself.
If these pages make you smile, laugh, think, or remind you of someone you’ve never quite gotten over, then welcome to CLOOTOPIA.
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Feral #2: The Colour of Blood
The second instalment of the Feral comic series, set in a world where werewolves and their rare pelts fuel the fur trade.
Set in the mid-18th century, following the golden age of piracy, Feral explores a version of the North American fur trade where werewolves and other creatures out of myth are not only real, but hunted, catalogued, traded, and exploited.
In Feral #1: The Beast Within, Captain William Grey and the ragtag crew of the Sea Wolf stumbled onto something that could change the balance of power in the New World: Sir Clancy Foxbottom’s Bestiary, a long-lost field guide to the creatures, legends, and supernatural forces that live beyond the edge of empire.
Now, in Feral #2: The Colour of Blood, Grey and his crew are reeling after a brutal Sea Bishop attack, battered, bloodied, and carrying a book the Crown Trading Co. (CTC) will stop at nothing to reclaim.
But this is no ordinary book. And the Crown Trading Co. doesn’t simply want it for knowledge. They want to use it to name, shackle, and control what should never be tamed.
Captain William Grey thought the Bestiary might be his way out.
A fortune. A bargaining chip. A path to safety for a crew that has spent too long running from enemies, debts, and the consequences of Grey’s decisions.
Instead, the book has made them fugitives.
After surviving the Sea Bishop, Grey and the crew of the Sea Wolf arrive in the New World and discover a fur trade already built on more than beaver, fox, and wolf. Creatures of myth are being trapped, caged, butchered, and sold. Pelts, claws, bile, bones and blood have all become currency.
For some, that means opportunity.
For Grey, it means a terrible question: Is survival worth the cost of his soul?
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Odysseus – In Defiance of the Gods. The Collection
The Odyssey brought to life as a graphic novel – The 156 page, collection of Odysseus – In Defiance of the Gods! Books One to Four.
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Classic Disney DuckTales Comic Book Adventures Return!
Long Out Of Print DuckTales Stories Collected In New Deluxe Graphic Novels for Kickstarter!
DuckTales is a beloved adventure franchise centered on the globetrotting exploits of Scrooge McDuck and his family and friends. Originally debuting as a television series in 1987, the stories blend action, comedy, mystery, and heartfelt family relationships as Scrooge, his grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and a colorful cast of friends explore ancient civilizations, uncover legendary treasures, and outwit devious villains.
DuckTales has a rich history in comics stretching back nearly four decades! Stories of the McDuck family have been beloved by generations of fans as they have stretched over five different publishers. Some of these stories have been out of print since the late 1980s making them nearly impossible to find. We’re thrilled to offer a new beautiful edition that brings these treasures to all of the DuckTales fans for the first time in years. Come with us as we discover the hidden treasures and return these family-friendly stories to their place with Disney comics collectors.
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Outlaw’s Apprentice: Broken Blade
Book one of the Appalachian-inspired swashbuckling fantasy graphic novel series
I’m so excited to get to share Outlaw’s Apprentice with fantasy and comics readers alike. It’s inspired in no small part by the history, culture, and geography of my own region (the Southeastern US, and more specifically greater Appalachia), and thrown in a pot with swashbucklers, chambara, westerns, kung fu movies, and, my favorite, the “helpful stranger comes to a town imperiled” stories of beloved episodic adventures like Wanted: Dead or Alive, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Usagi Yojimbo, and Leverage.
My name’s Chris Schweizer, and I’m a cartoonist living in the Western Coal Fields of rural Kentucky. Some of my graphic novels, including the Crogan Adventures historical fiction series, The Creeps kids’ horror series, and nonfiction books like The Roanoke Colony: America’s First Mystery have been Junior Library Guild selections, been placed on book lists including the YALSA “Great Graphic Novels for Teens”, been CYBILS finalists, and garnered three Eisner Award nominations
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Unsounded, Books 3 and 4
Ashley Cope’s legendary dark fantasy webcomic continues its jump to print, with volumes 3 and 4!
Welcome to Ashley Cope’s genre-defining webcomic, Unsounded.
Unsounded is a world of gray and complicated people. No one can be trusted, and baring your heart is inviting a knife.
Cope’s 15 years of legendary comics are being compiled into a complete and ultimate collection by Iron Circus Comics, boasting retouched art, extra pages, and print-exclusive bonus content. With volumes 1 and 2 already in the hands of backers and buyers, we’re continuing the journey with Unsounded volumes 3 and 4.
In Book Three: Thicker Than Water, Sette, daughter of the King of Thieves, and Duane, undead mage and manservant, face a brutal shared enemy that not only strains their loyalties and relationship, but seems to be supernaturally siphoning its strength from the conflict itself! After being taken captive by Stockyard, the very man Sette’s father sent her to find, Sette has to figure out a way to escape, save Duane, and rescue the whole damn town from the madman Delicieu and his terrifying, silver-enraged red eels. But when she finds out what her dad’s mission is really about, will Sette prove to her father that she’s just as despicable as him, and ready to inherit his criminal gang? Or will the sting of betraying Duane be too much for her to bear?
This volume is intense: mind-drinking man-snakes, living hurricanes of water and air elementals, tank-sized snapping turtles, and the ubiquitous red eels, hungry to cause and eat the pain of the living. Our heroes become embroiled in the fight of their lives, confronting the fact that our past unavoidably influences the present. Whether fleeing guilt or barreling headfirst into rage-filled action to ignore the pain: survive long enough, and there are friends to be made in the dark.
In Book Four: What We Do to Children, Lieutenant Elka and Captain Toma of the Crescian Peaceguard discover a conspiracy in their midst: a twisted plot involving the silver, the Peaceguard, and the destruction of the city of Ethelmik. But the Crescian Queen has an ace up her sleeve! A new Senet beast has slithered in, taking advantage of Lady Ilganyag’s silence, and usurping her Black Tongue followers.
The story threads through amazing characters, pulling it tightly together, as all are ensnared in the spinning web of fate. Mathis Quigley, his son Matty, and liberated ex-slave Jivi find temporary refuge with kind-but-stern Iori Ripa and her husband Rahm, and a lead on where they can fix Uaid, their loveable but childlike golemic construct. But after a visit from a mysterious man, Bastion Winalils, Rahm turns on them… And it was that same man who hired the Lord of Thieves, and put Sette and Duane on this dark path together.
…And all in a mad push to get Duane to the theocratic police state of Alderode: the one place he swore to never return to.
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Gul Volumes 1 and 2
The first two volumes of the hit webtoon by Atenmaru and NicolieDC!
This story follows a young Orc named Braba Gul. A very energetic Orc that loves running, running fast, and running away. After failing miserably at hunting, Gul meets Wran, a Dark Elf. Gul tries to save Wran from Demons who are chasing him. Calling help from the village of Bhubiz. The Orc villagers defend their territory. Even if it is Demons they are facing against.
After defeating the Demons, the Orc village of Bhubiz continues on helping the Dark-Elf assassin, Wran, with his mission. They pick Gul to accompany Wran out of the dense forest. From here on begins the real adventure of our bald and wild young Orc.
Join Gul and explore the vast and rich fantasy world where a lot of shit happening along the way. Literally and figuratively.
The goal of the Kickstarter is to get the comic formatted for print and into your hands as quickly as possible! The more we raise the more stretch goals we can offer, which will be revealed as the campaign progresses. We think everyone will be pleasantly surprised by each!
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The Cave Man – Volume 1 – A Claustrophobic Horror Manga
A group of friends entered for adventure… but found something else. A terrifying cave where something ancient hunts in the dark.
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Next week, we will return with new projects to spotlight and updates on the above projects, and come back tomorrow for some creator interviews
