If you still want to get in on The Midnight Raider and learn how you can recieve the full 4 issue mini-series for FREE, the best way to do it is to donate here:  http://www.indiegogo.com/MIDNIGHT-RAIDER-COMIC-BOOK

Just a minimum $10 donation and you get the Exclusive Full Color special Edition of issue 1, which feature 24 pages of story & an additional 16 pages of content including art and information that will not be reprinted anywhere again. ON TOP of what ever incentives package you choose, ALL that donate, in any amount, will recieve the following 3 issues as they print for FREE! We'll mail them, signed, right to your door!

By Donating, you're helping us bring this story to our audience, and also ensuring that you wont miss a single exciting moment! Dont miss out, only 16 days remain to donate.

 

ISSUE 1 PREVIEW PAGES: These pages are penciled by ANTHONY HARY Owned & Copyright Carbon Hallway Graphics & Production/AHE - Created by: Kat Hary / Anthony Hary / Richard Evans

ANTHONY HARY anthony@carbonhallway.com ::UPDATE 06.21.11:: Via Carbon Hallway Graphics & Production: "We are pleased to announce the artists who will illustrate the cover for The Midnight Raider #1 IndieGOGO Exclusive book. The cover will be illustrated by the duo of Anthony "ANMPH" Hary & Alfredo Lopez Jr!!! If you have followed their work you know their tallent but we wanted to share with you a few images they have collaborated on in the past. Including the cover for WE'RE INDY: Rise of the Independents volume 1 through A.N.A. Comics. Be sure to reserve your copy of this exclusive book by donating at just $10 towards The Midnight Raider IndieGOGO.com fund raising campaign!!" "Special Thank You! To Alfredo Lopez Jr for supporting our book by coming on board!" note: ALL INCENTIVES WILL SHIP AFTER CAMPAIGN HAS COMPLETED. THANKS!

 

 

Our Story

THE MIDNIGHT RAIDER 4 Issue Mini-series. Created by: Kat Hary, Anthony Hary & Richard Evans. Story by: Kat Hary & Richard Evans. Script by: Kat Hary. Art by: Anthony Hary. Color & Lettering by: Meghan Wright.

The Midnight Raider is a 4 issue mini-series that we plan to complete production on in 2011. Work began on developing this property in the Fall of 2010 between Kat Hary, Anthony Hary and Richard Evans. Both Anthony & Richard are long time comic book fans with a long history with the genre. Both have self produced creator owned work, Richard as a Writer and Anthony as both Writer & Artist. Kat brings something special to the group with her history being firmly grounded in novels and not comic books. This blending of disciplines has lead to the creation of a very distinct level of storytelling.

An initial 3 issue treatment was written by Richard and then sent to Kat for revision and final scripting. It didnt take long for us to see we werent just telling a story. Instead we were building an entire world! The Midnight Raider is unique in that unlike most stories with a defined hero which are set up as Event plots, where we are introduced to the Hero, then to the Villain or problem and the story is composed of the Hero solving the problem, The Midnight Raider has a Character focused plot. Our story centers around a young man named Reid, 17 years old. At the opening of his story Reid is a confident, popular, captain of the football team, and enjoys the freedom of having his own part time job at a local steakhouse. This all begins to change when strange events begin happening around him and to him. As the story unfolds hidden truths about his familys past, their connection to the current state of the world scene and a threat on Reids life all come into focus and Reid is left to make what is to date the hardest choice of his young life.

The Impact

This is a completely Creator Owned project. All the resources used are our own, they come from us and we are limited to what we ourselves have. Thus far we have had to invest a substantial amount of time, money, and physical materials into producing The Midnight Raider. Receiving assistance from your support and donations will completely change the scope of the project for us.

After the cost of paying the Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colorist and Letterer (Creative Team) a combined modest amount of $300 per page, a 22 page book will at least cost $6,600 just to produce. Which is on the severe low end of the spectrum & that does not include any printing costs. For our team, no one is getting paid anything unless the book sells and makes money from sales. This however still leaves us the cost of production materials (paper, ink, pencils, erasers, computer programs/peripherals), and the cost to physically print the book. Most printers will do a minimum print run of 1500 to 2000. The cost per issue on a full color book can differ between printers, but the average we have found is around 80 cents per issue. Now this amount will go down the more you print, but at $0.80 per issue, a 2000 print run will cost $1,600 before the cost of shipping and distribution. After the cost of printing there is the cost of advertisement and the cost to take this book to the public via comic book conventions.

What We Need & What You Get

We are hoping to raise at least $500. This small amount isnt even half of what the print run would cost, and its barely enough to cover advertising/comic convention appearance charges. Nonetheless it will help.

Meeting our $500 goal will allow us to have the resources we need for materials involved in physical production of the Mini-Series. Thats right, Mini-Series. Not just one single issue. This means even at this small amount, we would be able to put it to great use.

Should we be able to surpass our initial goal to raise $1,000, or even our ultimate goal of $2,500 or more would put us in the position to secure physical printing of 1,500 to 2,000 copies of the book, along with having the resources to bring it out to the many comic book conventions across the United States.

Any amount we receive will in turn accomplish the primary goal of providing us options for printing, production, and more. These are options we simply wont have available to us without your donation.

To thank you for your donation we have set up a sweet array of incentives for you to select from depending on the amount of your donation. Everything from Posters to Buttons, Books to T-shirts and even Original Art from The Midnight Raider #1!

Every donation of $10 or more will receive The Midnight Raider #1 IndieGOGO.com Exclusive Edition. Its Full Color, 22 pages, with an Exclusive cover and comes signed by Kat, Anthony & Meghan. Also inside this special book will be character design sketches, and other artwork from the early production of The Midnight Raider that you cant find anywhere else.

At the $50 mark your book also comes with FOUR!! 11x17 full color mini-posters, a pack of The Midnight Raider Buttons, 2 bookmarks and a Midnight Raider Sketchcard drawn by Anthony Hary.

At $80 you can join The Midnight Squad! Youll get all the goodies already listed along with a Midnight Raider T-shirt. The T-shirt is durable white cotton shirt that says To Face His Future He Must Confront Their Past. On the front, and on the back has the logos for The Midnight Raider, The Osprey, Black Terrapin and The Expletives all characters/groups that you will get to know inside the pages of The Midnight Raider mini-series. Word is Anthony Hary will even draw The Midnight Raider character on your shirt if you like, making it truly one of a kind!

Thats not all. Take a moment to read through all the incentives listed on the campaign site before making your selection.  

Other Ways You Can Help

Please share this campaign with others! Your friend, family, co-workings, schoolmates anyone you know, and we thank you for it. Please let us know what you have done to help spread the word. We are working on a way to give a special thank you to EVERYONE who supports The Midnight Raider. Remember to follow us on http://themidnightraider.com and also on our Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Midnight-Raider/153721348025290    Stay Tuned, and Thank you!