Zip, a Bristol based independent comic book, which uses superheroes as an analogy for disability, is returning to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter this autumn. Their new issue tackles generative AI and the effect it is having on the arts and entertainment industry.
In the new instalment, a megacorporation has created a nanobot collective named The Hive. It is designed to analyse consumer goods by atomising them, and then rebuilding new products for the market with the training data they’ve amassed.
But in their rush to present The Hive to their investors, they neglected to address The Hive’s greatest flaw. It has escaped: and identified a prime target for cannibalisation – human beings!
Following the first two issues being successfully funded, Zip issue 3 is coming to Kickstarter on 6th November 2024.
The comic was written by Mike Scrase, with art by San Espina, and lettering by Ferran Delgado. The comic’s first cover by Francesco Tomaseli has already been revealed, with more variant covers to be announced later in the campaign.
• Zip issue 3 is coming to Kickstarter on 6th November 2024
• Check out the Zip comic project at zipcomic.co.uk
Zip found a publisher in Markosia Enterprises earlier this year, who have made the series so far available as a trade paperback, available through AmazonUK (Affiliate Link), Amazon US, and DriveThruComics. The Kickstarter campaign is the only way to get print versions of Zip’s single issues.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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