COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS #1 ends on Kickstarter today
Our adult vampire series is wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign, but you can still get it today
Pat Shand here. We have about five hours to go for the COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS #1 Kickstarter, so I wanted to point you toward that and then talk a little about the ideas that actually become comics… and others that just stay in my head.
First, COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS.
COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS is an epic, NSFW vampire saga of love, lust, redemption, and revenge.
Centuries ago, the feared vampire Mabel was imprisoned in a tomb, buried by her enemies and sentenced to an eternity of solitude.
They could've never guessed that in modern day England, a construction worker would unearth the ancient monster.
However, when Mabel is unleashed, her plans of revenge are thrown into disarray when she discovers that this construction worker has a mysterious tie to a long-lost lover from her distant past.
Mabel enters into a submissive S&M relationship with this man, discovering that there is beauty left in this world.
However, one of her oldest enemies discovers that Mabel has returned, and now, she may lose everything again...
Countless Little Deaths #1 is a 44-page comic with 40 pages of story and beautiful, art-focused extras for our cheeky readers.
BACK COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS #1 HERE TONIGHT!
Countless Little Deaths #1 COVER OPTIONS
Our main cover is a haunting depiction of our lead character, Mabel. Explore our variant covers, which have Sweet and Spicy and even Super Spicy options as well.
COVER A by Manos Lagouvardos
COVER B (Sweet), C (Spicy), D (Super Spicy) by OthalaM
COVER E (Sweet) and F (Spicy) by KyuYongEom
Metal Cover by KyuYongEom (Sweet Alternate)
COVER G (Sweet) and H (Spicy) by Arman Akopian
COVER I (Sweet), J (Spicy), K (Super Spicy) by Kairunoburogu
We can't show Super Spicy covers here, but you can see it on Discord to determine if you'd like to purchase it. Be aware that Super Spicy covers contain explicit content!
ARTIST EDITION Cover by Manos Lagouvardos
We have unlocked our Artist Edition cover featuring Manos Lagouvardos' Cover A pencils/inks printed on premium, velvety matte.
BACK COUNTLESS LITTLE DEATHS #1 HERE TONIGHT!
Now, if you’ve been following me, you know that I like to keep busy. Back when I was a staff writer at Zenescope, I usually was writing 3-7 of their comics a month while juggling freelance work here and there.
When you’re writing full-time, your job begins with ideas. Kernels of stories or characters. Now, ideas are what young writers overvalue the most, by far — in fact, when I’m doing a panel, the top question that aspiring writers ask is “How can I submit my work to a publisher and be sure that the publisher won’t steal my idea?”
The answer is that to publishers, and to seasoned writers, ideas are just a starting point. A story is what happens next. Young writers don’t have to worry about ideas being stolen by professional publishers because the actual work is turning the idea into something real. Working writers will have ideas for stories multiple times per week, sometimes multiple times per day, so the more interesting question to me is this: how do writers choose which ideas to develop and which to let go?
Personally, I let ideas gestate in my head for a long time and simply see which ones take root in the most meaningful ways. By the time I put pen to paper, the idea has already grown into a rough version of an actual story. Sometimes this happens naturally, and other times it comes forth from a desire. When we’re looking at the Cheeky Comics line-up, each story came about in different ways.
Private Dance was a story I had the idea for when I was 21. I let that thing cook for over a decade before I formed it into the story it is today, now four issues deep and currently ongoing.
Amorini: Amateur Cupid was the opposite. I sat with Steve and Shannon with a desire: introduce a fantasy character to our line-up. We talked and talked until we had a core idea — Roman mythology, focus on a cupid, light and fun, comedy — and then, out of that, I started thinking about what kind of character would make me laugh and feel the most as I’m writing it. Amorini was born then, and then once again when Valeria Del Gatto drew her. I knew her voice as soon as I saw her face.
Countless Little Deaths is every bit the opposite of the above. Some stories come out of collaboration. Others, my Team Space Between members will look at the publishing schedule and I’ll get messages: “Wait, what is Countless Little Deaths?!”
I debuted Countless Little Deaths with a short in Cheeky Comics Annual 2024, and it was never supposed to be there. The idea was to do another fun, sexy comedy in the vein of Amorini in a fantasy setting.
Then, one day, I pictured a widower construction worker digging up a coffin and finding a vampire within. What was her story? How did she get there? Can I use this story as a way to express love and longing and sorrow and questions I have about life and death? Before I knew it, the core idea — this time, just an image — spun into a story that took root so quickly that, before even getting any art done, it appeared on our publishing schedule like a ghost in the night.
How about you? How do you choose which ideas to turn into stories?