Hi everyone!
I would be remiss not to briefly mention that New Year, New Stories 2026 is still live on Kickstarter, with around two weeks to go. If you want to support indie creators, there is still time to do so. That said, this post is not really about that.
I want to talk about chapters in comics.
I’d like to talk about the end of chapters in comics. It’s not something that’s thought about quite so often as in other media. In my experience, you do get people who do a 14 issue run or something along those lines… but stories are often not broken up in the same way.
When I started the Empowered universe, I mapped out a broad scaffold of what the story would look like. I had to, because it was also tied to a roleplaying game. What I did not decide at the time was exactly how many issues each event would contain.
Even once I started making the comics, I ended up creating more stories than I originally planned. That is hardly a surprise – making comics is fun, especially when you get to work with incredible artists like Rahmad and others I have been honoured to collaborate with.
That said, we are now approaching the end of the first major chapter. With Cascade 3 and Fauna 2, my “Event Zero” is complete.
There will undoubtedly be more to do in this universe, but for now I am focusing on bringing Event Zero to a proper close. I have now finished lettering on both Cascade 3 and Fauna 2, and I expect to bring them to Kickstarter later this year.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. I look forward to delivering a worthy conclusion to this chapter of the story, and giving you a glimpse of what comes next.
– Ed