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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 04/03/2026

12 hours to go! At 111% funded we're about four pledges away from the stretch goal. Get it while it's hot! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 04/03/2026

Final 24 hours to back Smiling Damned: Yakuza before it's done, done, done like a dinner. Please and thank you. JAA! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 03/03/2026

About 48 hours remaining. 109% funded. Japanese noir just the way you like it. Get on board before it's too late.

Comicbook panels of a gangster in a suit holding an AR15 rifle, facing an elevator door that is splattered with blood. "Going up," he says. "109% and climbing."
Text beside the image says SMILING DAMNED 48h remaining".

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 02/03/2026

Last 3 days to get in on Smiling Damned Yakuza Stories. We are 104% funded and going strong. The first stretch goal--an additional story--is less that $400 away. Join us. It will blow your mind. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... #Kickstarter #indiecomics #noir #action

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 24/02/2026

Aaaand we're fully funded! Thank you to all the backers. Backslaps and vodka to the art team. We've hit the target. Now it's time to dismember the corpse and bury it.

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 17/02/2026

Smiling Damned: Yakuza is 80% funded and going strong. Hopefully I don't have to anything illegal to make the last 20%. kickstarter.com/projects/jas... #indiecomics #crime #noir #yakuza #kickstarter

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 15/02/2026

A new Smiling Damned video, courtesy of the family of artist Harry Purnell. Japanese noir, just the way you* like it. *Just the way I like it. Essay coming, if you're good. #indiecomics #crimenoir #yakuza #crowdfunding

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 10/02/2026

Launching tonight! Japanese noir, just the way you like it.

Two yakuza conversing in a karaoke bar, with a third singing in the background.
Singer: "Tomorrow, baaaaabyyy!"
Speaker: "Only one day til we're live on Kickstarter."

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 08/02/2026

Yakuza noir as you like it.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 06/02/2026

Smiling Damned: Yakuza is ready to rock. Launching next week. Four stories about the yakuza set in four different eras. Four brutal stories in the Japanese noir tradition. Count your fingers. Count the days. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 26/01/2026

Count your fingers. Count the days. SMILING DAMNED YAKUZA is launching soon on Kickstarter and I know you don't want to miss out. Sign up to be notified at www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 17/10/2025

Some art from my upcoming Smiling Damned: Yakuza comic. These pages are by Henry Pop and Cristian Roux, coloured by Graeme Jackson. The cover is Cristian Roux. Stories about the Japanese mob set in the 1890s, the 1990s, the 2010s, & a gonzo SF noir fantasy future. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 15/12/2024

Late in the year contributor's copies of these two fine anthologies. These two horror short stories, the Gourmand go graphic novella, and my non fiction piece for the Jewish Independent are the entirety of my published output for this year.

Two books.
Left: Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by Deborah Sheldon
Right: the Time Machine Australia Bound, edited by Steve Proposch and Christopher Sequeira.

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 17/07/2024

Wear ninja socks to the gym? Y/N

My feet. In purple tabi socks. With ninjas on them.

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 06/03/2024

I have the Gourmand go print run in had and it's delicious. Backers are in for a treat.

Photos of the Gourmand go graphic novel: the cover and spine, plus an interior spread. IN MY HOT LITTLE HAND.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 14/11/2023

My cannibal space opera graphic novel, Gourmand Go, is entering its final hours. 130% funded, one stretch goal unlocked. The next goal is a new story. Don't risk going hungry! kickstarter.jasonfranks.com

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 14/11/2023

24 hours to go. Cannibal Star Trek. 129% first stretch goal met, and a new one just announced! If we hit $6000 we'll add an illustrated prose short story to the book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 13/11/2023

I did some sketches. I had professional artists draw the book--this was just me horsing around on a Sunday night.

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 10/11/2023

Some kind words from Dillon Naylor. We are in the final days of this now and awfully close to our first stretch goal. Thanks to everyone who has backed, shared, or supported us so far. kickstarter.jasonfranks.com

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 09/11/2023

The face-punching conclusion of my Phantom story, "The Pinstripe Wizards", in Frew #1957. Art once again by the magnificent Kay, another debut Phantom creator.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 09/11/2023

Hey, you sickos. We are into the final week of my cannibal space opera graphic novel campaign now and closing in on that stretch goal: additional art by Harold Purnell and Dean Rankine. Probably 5 more backers will get us over the line. Cheers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 07/11/2023

My cannibal space opera graphic novel, Gourmand Go, is coming into its final week of crowdfunding. We have passed the target and are cruising for the first stretch goal. I'd love it if you checked it out. Kickstarter.jasonfranks.com

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 04/11/2023

Let's see how long it takes to hit 100. Kickstarter dead zone blues. @killeroo.bsky.social

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 04/11/2023

My cannibal space opera graphic novel is fully funded on Kickstarter and now it's stretch goal time! If we hit $5k I'll commission new pinup pages by co-creator Harry Purnell and by Dean Rankine, known for The Simpsons & I Hate Fairyland. You'll like this one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 02/11/2023

Going strong with 13 more days on the clock. Stretch goal announcements tomorrow.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 01/11/2023

Reskeet with an iconic fictional band.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 31/10/2023

Done did it. Thank you all!

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 30/10/2023

We are 95% funded and this is really starting to look like a real book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 30/10/2023

Cheers very much to @alanbaxter.bsky.social for his kind words about my ridiculous comic. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 29/10/2023

Eheheheheh. Eheheheheheh. Please feel free to ruin my cheap thrill: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 28/10/2023

Kickstarter has been going well. We are 85% funded already and I'm feeling pretty good about it already. Every link or share vastly appreciated. I'd much talk about it here than on the other platforms. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 26/10/2023

My first superhero comic, roughly 20 years after I made my photocopied minicomic zine. The Phantom #1956, which I think is in stores today. Part 1 of my story The Pinstripe Wizards, with art by the artist known only as Kay. (Except when he's called Boris Kay, or sometimes Kay Boris).

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 25/10/2023

Hey folks. I'm crowdfunding a new cannibal space opera graphic novel, Gourmand Go, I'm sure you hungry people would love to sink your teeth into it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 24/10/2023

Live tomorrow. I hope you folks are hungry.

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Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 19/10/2023

No black t-shirt=replaced by a lizard man.

Jason Franks @jasonfranks.com · 17/10/2023

Hey so, I'm kickstarting this cannibal space opera graphic novel pretty soon and would very much appreciate any leads on friendly reviewers or podcasters out there who can help get the word out. Who's out there that I should talk to?

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