Hi everyone!
This year has marked the start of a new era for me in comics. Pun very much intended.
Working on Demon Sword with Thinh has been unlike any comics project I have done before. With one issue complete and the second very nearly there, I find myself looking back not just on that project, but on everything SoV Comics has achieved this year, and I have every reason to be proud.
New Year, New Stories 2025 was record-breaking for us in several ways. It contained more stories than ever before and was our longest edition to date in terms of page count. It also received an amazing level of backing. I remain incredibly proud of this project and what it offers creators who might otherwise struggle to reach their target audience, or indeed any audience at all.
As the year progressed, I completed and delivered Cascade #2. Behind the scenes I have also completed Cascade #3, which is currently going through its final stages of lettering as I write this. This is particularly significant for me because I have been building toward Cascade for many years. Alongside Fauna 2: Rampage, it represents the conclusion of the empowered comics side of Event Zero. In total, that is over 400 pages of superhero comics delivered since we began. With that chapter complete, I am ready to draw a line under this part of the story and move on to what fans of the roleplaying game will know is a very different set of circumstances in Event One. In this area, as with others, I am genuinely excited to see what 2026 brings.
Looking ahead, the New Year, New Stories 2026 campaign has already been created and will launch on January 1st. Once again, I am working with an amazing team of artists and creators who have brought so many stories to life. In fact, this will be the first edition ever to fill completely before the submission deadline.
I have even already begun filling New Year, New Stories 2027, which is currently around 50 percent complete. Much of this is thanks to creators who narrowly missed the 2026 deadline, as well as new applications that are still coming in even now, at the end of the year. I firmly believe in helping bring indie comics to life, and I am proud to be able to continue doing that year after year.
I hope you will join us on January 1st as part of the Kickstarter Make 100 initiative to bring these stories to life.
Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support, and I wish you a very happy new year.
– Ed