Author: Dave Cook

Vessels #2 Comic Kickstarter Now Live!

Vessels #2 Comic Kickstarter Now Live!

Posted by | Feb 3, 2017 | |

Vessels #2, the new dark fantasy comic from Card Shark Comics has launched on Kickstarter – CHECK OUT THE CAMPAIGN HERE. The first issue was one of the best-rated indie debuts of 2016, and the follow up promises more trippy, mind-bending dreamscape action. Here’s the cover: Vessels is written and created by Dave Cook, and takes place during the final days of a dying Medieval world, where the realms of reality and dreams are starting to merge. Amidst the chaos, a gifted young woman named Wake steps up to save her world from total collapse. In Vessels #1, Wake teamed...

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Vessels #2: comic Kickstarter dated for February

Vessels #2: comic Kickstarter dated for February

Posted by | Jan 12, 2017 | |

Howdy Card Sharks, we’ve just announced the Kickstarter launch date for Vessels #2, the follow up to our critically acclaimed fantasy debut. It all kicks off on February 3rd at 1pm UK time and we have the old team back together. I’ve penned the script, Rafael Desquitado Jr. is on art, Dennis Lehmann on colours and lettering is Garrett Gunn. If you’re yet to check Vessels #1 out we’ve got a full plot over here, and you can pick up print copies at www.comichaus.com or download them to your iOS/Android phone via ComiXology. We’ve set up a Facebook event...

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Vessels #1: review round up – all the scores

Vessels #1: review round up – all the scores

Posted by | Dec 31, 2016 | |

It’s been a hell of  year for Card Shark Comics – on that saw us launch not one, but two new series (Vessels & Feather), while continuing our debut series Bust. We’ve rounded up all the Vessels #1 review scores and quotes from 2016 and compiled them into an accolades card. It really is humbling to see so many high scores and praise for our comic. We had no idea it would be received this way, so it really is amazing. Vessels #2 comes next, with a Kickstarter early 2017. Stay tuned for more details soon! Happy new year...

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Killtopia: Synopsis drops for our new 2017 series

Killtopia: Synopsis drops for our new 2017 series

Posted by | Dec 19, 2016 | , |

We’re proud to reveal the synopsis of our new series for 2017 – Killtopia. The sci-fi series will feature concepts and scripts by Dave Cook and art by Bust cover artist Craig Paton. The series was inspired by old school anime movies Akira and Ghost in the Shell, as well as the videogames of Platinum Games and Suda51, Killtopia takes readers into the neon scorched world of a Japanese metropolis, many years from now. Years before our story begins, a scientific cataclysm ravages Sector K, a district in Japan’s largest metropolis – known in the present as ‘Killtopia.’ The...

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Vessels #1 ranks in Comics Anonymous ‘Highlights of 2016’ list

Vessels #1 ranks in Comics Anonymous ‘Highlights of 2016’ list

Posted by | Dec 15, 2016 | |

The accolades for Card Shark Comics’ Dark Souls inspired release Vessels #1 continue to pile up, thanks to Comics Anonymous. The site has named the dark fantasy comic in its ‘Highlights of 2016’ honours list and had this to say about the issue: “It’s a weird and wonerful world of time periods, fantasy and a raw creativeness that is instantly infectious & likeable.” Check out the full write up through the link, and if you still haven’t picked the issue up, you can buy it in print from our friends at Comichaus: http://www.comichaus.com/comics/vessels/203200.htm Or digitally via ComiXology on iOS...

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