Description

22 Days Left / 93 Copies Left

A Southern Magical Realism comic by Pearl Crews done entirely in Woodburning.

Follow the life of a trans woman, Lucille Green, and her journey through the mystical, bitter, wrought landscape of the South-East U.S. The roads looking all too much like the Myth of Blood is Inescapable.

More updates and reveals on this page over the next 30 Days including special material from Pearl.

Stay Tuned!

Gravity Loop Presents: CARVED JESUS, AFLAME

We are all running this campaign to fully fund a paperback edition of Pearl Crews’ pyrography comic, CARVED JESUS, AFLAME as well as further financially support the artist and printers. This digest-sized edition recreates the wood burning to a nearly optical-illusion level. It also includes bonus concept art pages only found in the paperback edition.

Our current goal is to sell 100 print copies or close Print Run One by the 15th of June.
A digital version is also available for purchase to help with securing the ISBN as well as allowing more reader access and royalty payouts for Pearl’s deserved efforts conjuring this magnificent piece of literary comics.

We plan to begin print production during this campaign and currently expect fulfillment to only take a couple of months but probably no more than six months in the worst case scenario. We’ll keep folks informed each step of the way and can prioritize orders at email request.

Over a hundred pages across three chapters, elaborately charred wood that’s been photographed and carefully recreated on the page for your speculation.
A short graphic novel for Mature Audiences.

“One of the most exciting new voices in comics”
– Remy Boydell (920London)

“Pearl Crews is pushing the medium of comics forward with her unique visual style and raw surreal storytelling”
– Max Graves (What Happens Next)

“The comfort from the mundane and the intimidation from heavy weighted themes and the grotesque blended perfectly, peppered with familiar Southernisms, and burned into one gorgeous, striking piece of art”
– Varg (Mammal Friend)

 

Preview:

Pearl Crews Art Process Video

You can find more comics from Pearl in issues of GRAVITY LOOP The Speculative Fiction Anthology

 

Preorder Campaign Risk Statement
All the comics, art, and stories which will appear in this book are complete, having appeared in previous floppy comic releases. Our major potential obstacles are unreliable ink and paper prices during these turbulent times, but even in the event of such an inconvenience, our experience in fulfilling orders with our in-house printing equipment has shown Gravity Loop’s commitment to carrying out fulfillment against all odds. However, our audience is small and we’re as underground as comics get, so we’ll be relying heavily on friends, colleagues, and allies to spread the word of our campaign.