Saturday, October 6, 2012

Kickstarting Manny Trembley's Latest Project

I don't normally do this.  In fact, it's the first time I've pledged to back anything on Kickstarter.  But here we go.

I first discovered Manny Trembley during my Digital Webbing days in 2005-2006.  He and Eric A. Anderson were just launching PX!, a whimsical, all-ages, insanely clever serialized comic that was eventually collected in two volumes by Image (A Girl and Her Panda, In the Service of the Queen).  Image further supported Trembley and Anderson by publishing Sam Noir.  Neither lit the comics world on fire.  But I remained a rabid fan.

I waited years for PX! (short for Panda Xpress, which closely resembles a certain Asian fast food franchise, hence the usual abbreviation) to continue.  It never did.  If you click that link for its website, you'll see the same thing I have for years.

So I read on Facebook today from Anderson that Trembley is still in the game.  (They're actually both gaming programmers by day, so small in-joke there.)  He's got a Kickstarter.

Wait, let me repeat that.  He's got a Kickstarter.  How could I not support it?  Trembley's art is distinctive.  Now that I think of it, it reminds me of Bill Watterson.  Y'know, the creator of Calvin + Hobbes, if Watterson didn't focus everything on a philosophical kid who can never stay out of trouble, even with his own stuffed tiger.  PX! did feature a girl and her panda, but it wasn't like that.  It also featured Wikkity Jones!  Weatherby!  Pollo the evil goat!

He and Anderson created some of my favorite comics of the past decade.  Heck yeah I want to see more, even if only half the team is around.  Maybe it'll bring the whole band back together!

But that's the true story of how I came to support Kickstarter.

1 comment:

  1. I want to start cyberbegging for no real reason. But maybe you should do a Kickstarter for some of your projects.

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