11 Jun, 2025

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The world ended. Then it got worse. Then Athena picked up a demon’s sword… and ended up with the demon in her head. Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce my...

08 Jun, 2025

The World of the Forbidden (Demon Sword)

Hi, everyone! I promised last week I was going to talk about the world of Era: Forbidden, so here we are! Imagine the modern world. Now imagine that angels and...

19 May, 2025

Why has Cascade #2 taken Two and a Half Years?

Hi everyone! This is an interesting situation. Honestly, I fell into a trap I usually try hard to avoid. Cascade has its roots all the way back in Lacuna, our...

10 May, 2025

How do I make a superhero real and compelling?

Hi everyone. The feedback about my comics has always been extremely positive, especially around characterisation. I'd like to believe it's deserved, when people say that the superheroes that I create...

13 Apr, 2025

What’s next for Empowered comics after Cascade Parts 2 and 3? The end of Phase 1, the start of Phase 2 and what sorts of stories we’re moving onto… And don’t forget Cascade, Part 2 on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=cm03si

Hi everyone! I suspect that it might have crossed the mind of you wonderful, clever people that the Cascade Event is a confluence of the stories that we have been...

06 Apr, 2025

Can I just read Cascade #2 and understand what’s happening? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=1e10wr

Hi everyone! Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm still talking about Cascade #2, which is about halfway through its Kickstarter run now. We're a small distance off "Funded", so if you didn't check...

30 Mar, 2025

Cascade, Part Two on Kickstarter now — Everything is falling apart for our heroes! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8)

Hi everyone! I'm incredibly pleased to tell you that I've launched Cascade, Part 2 on Kickstarter after 3 and a half years of perfecting it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8 A lot has happened...

12 Feb, 2025

SoV Comics “OFFCUTS” Project

Hi everyone! I've just launched a new anthology of comics called "Offcuts"! Over the last 10 years, while we've been publishing comics, not everything has been completed. I mean, obviously!...

05 Jan, 2024

New Year, New Stories 2024 – on Kickstarter now!

Hi everyone! We believe that less-known creators across the world should be supported in their attempts to bring new stories to the world. New Year, New Stories is back for...

02 Oct, 2023

Penumbra’s Latest Adventure – Available now https://tinyurl.com/pen-adv-3

Think Galaxy Quest meets Mission Impossible with a superhero twist - I guarantee you'll be trying to figure out whether the code to the door really was 1, 2, 3, 4 by the end!...

10 May, 2023

Our latest comic, Vigilance: Escape is on Kickstarter now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/vigilance-escape?ref=5gdgv7

Hi everyone! Claudette is the daughter of an extremely wealthy father, who has lived in privilege all her life... if slightly lonely. However, when her abilities manifested, she quickly found...

20 Feb, 2023

Our first short film – OCCUPIED – is on Kickstarter now!

Hi everyone! I'm pleased and proud to be able to tell you about our latest Kickstarter, which is a major new direction for Shades of Vengeance, Era: The Empowered and...

06 Jan, 2023

New Year, New Stories Kickstarter – FUNDED and growing!

Hi everyone! We're very grateful for everyone's support of New Year, New Stories 2023, but we're still hoping to grow further and give all of these amazing creators more money....

04 Jan, 2023

The amazing New Year, New Stories 2023 is on Kickstarter now!

Hi everyone! You can join our latest Kickstarter right here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/new-year-new-stories-2023?ref=8caxf0 New Year, New Stories is a celebration of indie creators, and all profits from it go to the creators who...

01 Aug, 2022

What are we delivering this year? Part 2: SoVComics (Comics)

Hi everyone! Today, we're continuing our series of posts about what's coming for the rest of this year. Today, I'm talking about each exciting comic that is on its way...

27 Jul, 2022

Drift: Heroism is on Kickstarter now! Join our latest #Empowered in her first comic: When your life is otherwise perfect, and wearing your mask often leads to humiliation, what keeps you being a hero? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/drift-heroism?ref=5m24nn

Hi everyone! Our latest comic brings a new hero to life, as we explore the life of Jessica in Drift: Heroism! This hero's journey is a little different to the...

12 Jan, 2022

New Year, New Stories 2022 has just launched on Kickstarter!

What is New Year, New Stories 2022? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/nyns2022?ref=31810s - It’s celebration of indie comics which are new for 2022! The project was conceived as a way to...

06 Oct, 2021

New Year, New Stories 2021 Kickstarter Launched!

Hi everyone! We just launched a new comic project which builds on one from earlier in the year, New Year, New Stories. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/new-year-new-stories-2021?ref=1cgfhg A lot of anthologies have a theme,...

08 Aug, 2021

A Cascade, Five Years in the Making!

Hi everyone! Cascade is finally here! This team-up comic is on Kickstarter now, and we're hoping you'll join us to make the dream of bringing our separate superheroes together a...

19 Apr, 2021

Penumbra: Tide on Kickstarter Now!

Hi everyone! Johnathan Lewis and I have been extremely busy recently! We have completed DISARMed and are now ready to bring out a comic I'm incredibly excited about, Penumbra: Tide...

03 Dec, 2020

Stretching Our Creativity, Learning New Things!

Hi everyone! Today, I wanted to take a moment out of your day to talk about something that I believe is very important. Sometimes, you need to extend beyond what...

28 Nov, 2020

Coming Soon: “Melqart: Unity”

I'm tremendously looking forward to this comic, which is the first I've ever written completely alone, coming out on Kickstarter. With the help of the amazing Robert Nix on artwork...

22 Oct, 2020

Loads of New Releases… SOON!

Hi everyone! We've been busy all through COVID-19, and various other factors have brought a number of projects together at the same time. This is both good and bad, but...

14 Feb, 2019

Blue-Shifting our way back onto your shelves!

A year ago, Blue-Shift launched on Kickstarter, speeding onto our shelves and into our hearts. Her adventure with Shira, Daniel, Cosh and the Necromancer has received critical acclaim from many...

24 Jan, 2019

Coming this year from SoV Comics…

Hi everyone! I wanted to give you a quick insight into what to expect from SoV Comics this year, now that Mobilisation: The Bug War #3's Kickstarter is over! We...

08 Nov, 2018

What’s Coming Next for Shades of Vengeance?

Hi everyone! Isn't the question of what's coming next from us what the Thursday posts are really all about? Well, AetherCon has asked the team (including me!) to do a...

29 Oct, 2018

Kazumi, Lobo and more from Johnathan Lewis!

Hi everyone! Johnathan Lewis, long-time writer and creator for SoV Comics, along with being one of the writers for Era: The Consortium and many others, has done an interview on...

25 Oct, 2018

MCM Comicon this Weekend!

Hi everyone! We've just finished setup for our latest MC Comicon - it's our 4th year doing that! Once again, we're doing both games (including demos) and also we have...

19 Oct, 2018

Violete: Unstoppable

Hi everyone! Today, a major milestone for Era: The Empowered comics: our fan faovurite, Violete: Unstoppable is now available on DriveThruComics: https://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/253603/Violete-Unstoppable Violete became a fast favourite earlier this year...

12 Oct, 2018

DriveThruComics Release – Infiltration: The Bug War #2

Hi everyone! Declaration: The Bug War #1 set some wheels in motion and now it's time to follow up with them. This enemy will not go away. Good news for...

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