We decided to create a GoFundMe for the Riserverse since not everybody can or wants to be involved with a Patreon. (We get it.)
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Hello everyone!
It is the day and the time, but I have a few things I want to say before I make the announcement itself:
This journey has been a long one. I started the bones of what would become the Riserverse when I was only about thirteen years old; that was almost twenty years ago now. The Riserverse, in that time, has changed tremendously. It has evolved and grown, expanded in ways I would never have imagined as a young teenager with a passion for writing and absolutely no confidence in said writing. The path we're on started about five years ago when I started really talking to Roysovitch and revisiting my then-shelved superhero setting for the Shadow Risers.
I owe Roy a lot for reigniting my love of superheroes and my passion for writing while I was in a major rut. The Riserverse evolved and expanded again when I added Gremlin, Immolation, and Flag to it and handed them over to Roy for use in Earth-27. It did so yet again when I decided to open up the world beyond Cedar Creek, aiming to tell stories about characters other than just the Risers; I ended up folding most of my freestanding stalled ideas into the Riserverse, each piece bringing something greater to the whole.
Then, in August 2019, we began the leg of the journey leading to where we are now. I was officially joined by KiboTheBeerNomad and my brother spidermonkey0609 as writers for the Riserverse, both of them bringing all of their characters with them. Within the next few weeks we were also joined by Kerrigan and my husband Mike and their characters. We began writing and posting stories. We started a website. We began the search for an artist, none of us wanting to rely on Phil Cho for the next phase...
And now, with no further ado, we are thrilled to announce to you today that we have started that next phase: We will be officially launching Riserverse Comics with Riserverse 1: The Fools' Gambit in early 2022! This will be preceeded by a Kickstarter campaign that we plan to launch this summer.
We are also open to Kickstarter reward suggestions (to be sent to kickstarter_rewards@riserverse.com) and we have also started a Riserverse merch store at https://teespring.com/stores/riserverse-merch!