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No Holds Bard: The First Folio Original Graphic Novel

Created by Eric Gladstone

A six-issue original graphic novel about the continuing superhero adventures of Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Comin' down to it!
about 3 years ago – Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 09:20:31 PM

Hey everybody! 

Got some fun and exciting news for you all. 


The art is locked, the book is compiled, and we're about a week away from printing. The finish line is in sight and I'm really proud of what we've been able to put together. We'll also be ordering from a domestic printer, so that will cut down pretty significantly on production time. Barring anything unforeseen, I think we could have the books starting to ship out in less than 2 months! 


We started getting some of the merch back as well, and so now is your chance to order any additional doodads or whathaveyous from your backerkit. If you've moved in the past... couple of years... now's a great time to update your address from your portal at https://firstfolio.backerkit.com/

Thanks again for all of your support and I'll share a few more updates for you before this thing is in the books. 

xoxo

Eric

A Behemoth Announcment!
about 3 years ago – Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 02:47:26 AM

Hey everybody, 

Thanks again for your continued patience. We have an incredibly exciting announcement to drop on all your heads: Behemoth Comics, purveyors of fine books and graphic novels such as Hotline Miami: Wildlife, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and Paranormal Hitmen, has picked up No Holds Bard for wide publication and distribution. Now, they won't be publishing floppies and the eventual trade paperback for a few months, maybe about a year. In the meantime, I'll be fulfilling the First Folio in the Super-Liminal Super-Limited "Bootleg" Deluxe Hardcover Edition. That'll be extra-rare, and you'll be the only ones getting it, ever. 


We're just about compiled, so that'll be going to the printers soon. 


All hands on deck! 

Love you all. 


Eric

The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst, ’Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!
about 3 years ago – Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:49:16 AM

Good day, good friends, and good Valentine's day too! 

The book is completed, and all the letters done. We have everything we need now to deliver the book that was promised all those years ago., and it is coming in the near future. Now we just have to wait for the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, and the printers will be open again. Then manufacturing can begin.  


I shall update you again shortly to let you know the deal, and in the meantime, if you'd like to read the issues digitally, let me know and I'll send you the link! 


Thanks again for your endless patience!

-Eric

Want to hear something cool?
over 3 years ago – Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 03:58:18 PM

The book is all but finished! The art is pretty much done, and Gabrielle is just working on the collection cover right now. The letterer has issue 6 in his possession, and the rest of the merch is being made.


What else... oh! We have a tentative offer from a publisher. So that's really exciting. I can't say too much else about it right now, but thanks for your patience, and I'll let you know more as soon as I hear it. 


Can't wait to tell you more! 


-Eric

Chugging along toward the goal!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 05:32:22 PM

Hey everybody, 

Quick update here. Issue #4 is in the books, #5 is at the letterer and #6 is about halfway done. We're hoping to get it to you by end of the year, give or take a month. We appreciate your unending patience through all the ups and downs of the book's production, and we know that when all is said and done we'll have a great book worth all of the effort. 

That's it for now.