Today, Joe Mulvey, writer/artist of SCAM, launched a
Kickstarter campaign to print copies of the SCAM ULTIMATE COLLECTION. For the
first time ever, Mulvey and publisher ComixTribe will collect the entire
sold-out SCAM mini-series into a deluxe over-sized hardcover volume, featuring
the never-before-released SCAMthology - fifteen brand new SCAM stories written
and drawn by a handpicked crew of outstanding comic creators.
The SCAM Ultimate Collection will be an 256-page
over-sized hardcover that includes SCAM, Mulvey's recently completed
super-powered conman mini-series, as well as the SCAMthology, which features
more than 100-pages of unpublished stories by creators including Joe Eisma
(Morning Glories), Nick Pitarra (The Manhattan Projects), CP "Talent"
Wilson III (The Stuff of Legend, Wraith), Paul Allor (GI Joe, Strange Nation),
and many more.
"The SCAM Ultimate Collection is the biggest book,
and the biggest project ComixTribe has ever put together," said publisher
Tyler James. "The good news is, the hard part is over. The SCAM
mini-series and SCAMthology are complete. All the plans are in place. But like
any big heist, we need some help bankrolling the job...which is why we're
taking this product to Kickstarter."
The SCAM Mini-series
SCAM #1 first made waves in January 2012, when its first
print run of just 777 copies, made available in only 21 comic book stores,
sold-out. This initial DIY success helped ComixTribe achieve a Diamond
distribution deal, letting us roll out the SCAM series to hundreds of other
retailers around the world. Between August 2012 and December 2013, the rest of
the SCAM mini-series was released in serial format, with several issues selling
out at the distributor level.
The SCAMthology
"In the pages of SCAM, I created a vast universe of
colorful cons and crooks, with limitless storytelling potential," said
Mulvey. "For the Ultimate Collection, I put together the right crew for
the job, and assembled some of the most talented writers and artists making
waves in creator-owned comics today, and asked them to play in the SCAM
sandbox. The result is SCAMthology, and its tremendous."