Over the past year during CoVid, myself and a team of talented folk have been building up to this under the guidance of Reverie Publisher Gary Dellar.
Ric McClune as a loveletter to Reverie publisher/creator/writer Gary Dellar's late father.
Ric McClune is a Western style character based comic featuring enigmatic Ric in the main role.
Now all has come to fruition as Ric McClune "The Second Fastest Gun In The West" has started its KICKSTARTER campaign for release in March 2022.
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It's already begun strong by becoming fully funded within 3 1/2 hours of the campains release.
Unlike most comic Kickstarter campaigns where you pledge your money, wait a few months get a single issue and then hope in vain there may be a second issue to complement the "to be continued" first issue. Ric McClune is 5 full colour "single shot" story issues, each building on the character that is Ric McClune and with all issues complete, there is no waiting for funds to complete the the process/ pay the artists / whatever the usual pit falls are in this kind of fund raiser.
The list of writers and artists is a who's who of local new talent include Ben Sullivan, Dave Dye , Jeff Edis (colours) , Rob Lislr, Darren Close (letteres) James Broadhurst, Haydn Spurrell, Clovis Batebola, Don Ticchio with Erwin J. Arroza doing all covers. And of course me, writing the sciece/horror/Western that is The Badlands for Issue 3.
Reverie. Revitalizing the Western genre. GET ON BOARD.
Posing as a trio of young rock 'n roll musicians, The Impossibles were actually crime fighters, with
superpowers, dedicated to battling evil supervillains of all shapes and sizes. When
performing for their adoring fans,the lads would play their mod,
futuristic-looking guitars atop an equally futuristic bandstand (emblazoned
with their "Impossibles" logo on the side) that could convert into a
car (the "Impossi-Mobile"), or a jet (the "Impossi-Jet"), a
speedboat, or even a submarine. Their standard catch cry when called into
action was "Rally ho!"
Each member of the Impossibles had a
specific and visual superpower:
Coil-Man - Short, barrel-chested and
sporting a mod haircut, blond "Coily" could transform his arms and
legs into impossibly stretchable or coiled springs, allowing him to bounce to avoid attacks, deliver
long-range punches, or drill through walls. Coil-Man usually drove the
Impossi-jet, and his guitar contained a small TV receiver
through which "Big D" (voiced by Paul Frees, who also served as
the voice-over narrator in almost every episode) could contact the
group and deliver orders (Big D used Multi Man's guitar in "The Fiendish Dr Futuro,"
"Beamatron" and "The Diabolical Dauber"). Because of his
presumably metal coils, Coily could be held in place by a super magnet, but
could also conduct heat or electricity with his coils. He hid in a closet
disguised as a wire coat hanger, further implying that he was at least
partially made of metal. Coil-Man's costume was purple and blue and included a
purple mask and acowl crested by a triangular fin.
Fluid-Man - Dark-haired Fluid-Man,
a.k.a. "Fluey", could morph parts (or all) of his body into a liquid
form, allowing him to, for example, sneak up on an enemy though a water faucet.
He could also vaporize himself into a cloud or storm, but could be soaked up
and trapped by a sponge ("Televisatron" and "Return of the
Spinner"), or frozen solid inside a block of ice ("Not So Nice Mr.
Ice"). Fluid-Man's costume resembled a lime green wetsuit complete with diver's mask and swimfins.Fluey's speaking
style indicated that he was the beatnik of the group.
Multi-Man - Multi-Man, a.k.a.
"Multi", could create infinite duplicates of himself that were often
destroyed, leaving only the original behind. His duplicates rarely, if ever,
functioned independently, and were often used as camouflage, a bluff, for extra
strength or transportation (he could fly by continuously creating replicas
above himself). When duplicating himself, he could push tons of rocks out of
the way or crack a block of solid concrete (in which he and the others were
entombed). The character had shaggy orange hair that covered his eyes (his
eyes, in fact, are never seen) and he usually holds ashield for apparently decorative reasons. Multi showed the ability to
repel bullets with his bare hand ("Fero, the Fiendish Fiddler").
Multi-Man's angular, red and black costume resembled a stylized 'M', and
included a short, triangular red cape. Favorite saying:
"You got them all except the original."
