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 in that time, so I’m willing to forgive myself for being that amount of lazy!
When I started working on Cascade with my good friend Johnathan Lewis, we didn’t want to tell a story where the answer was just “hit it harder”. We wanted something that speaks to us as creators (and hopefully you as readers!).
I believe that the best superhero stories are about people. Not paragons and monsters, but about the messy bits: how we fail, grow, and face things we don’t understand.
I work as a project manager in my day job, and the idea of showing a team that doesn’t work due to every piece being dysfunctional appealed to me! The characters, like real people, don’t always say the right thing, don’t trust each other, and definitely don’t have life figured out.
That’s what Cascade is.
And with Cascade #2, we’ve hit the heart of the trilogy—our “everything falls apart” chapter.
What’s the story?
A mysterious artefact. A mistake. And a towering robot that only grows stronger when it’s attacked.
Penumbra thought she’d scored big when she stole the device. But when it merged with her friend, it became something new. Something terrifying.
Now, this giant robot is draining energy from the city, adapting, evolving, and building an army. And anything the heroes or the military do just makes Cascade more powerful.
But the bigger threat?
The heroes don’t know how to work together. They’re powerful, skilled, experienced alone… but they have to figure out how to stop Cascade or watch the world become encased in metal…
Why now?
This issue means a lot to me. It’s the downturn.
In the characters, that is, not the quality of story!
The cracks are showing. The mistakes are piling up. And while the robot may be terrifying, what really threatens them is what they’re hiding from themselves.
If you’re into superhero stories with emotional depth, complicated people, and real stakes, you’re going to love this.
Want to catch up?
If you’re new to Cascade, we’ve made it easy to jump in: you can grab all the issues so far – 8 for the main story or 15 if you want everything – as a discounted bundle on Kickstarter.
Whether you’re here for the action, the heart, or the disaster-team energy, we’d love to have you with us for this next chapter.
Back Cascade #2 on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8
Thanks so much for reading, and for supporting stories that try to dig a little deeper.
– Ed