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Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors — keep telling your friends about us, because we are officially in the home stretch, with less than 24 hours to go before our Kickstarter campaign wraps up! With us being in the final hours of our campaign,... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! With just 48 hours left in our campaign, we wanted to thank you all again for your incredible enthusiasm and support for The O.Z. — we're pleased to let you know that you've officially unlocked our Death... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors — we're in the home stretch now, with just 72 hours left before The O.Z.'s campaign comes to a close on Wednesday at 7:30am PT/10:30am ET! We just want to thank you all for spreading the word and telling all... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! With exactly ONE WEEK LEFT in The O.Z.'s first campaign, we just wanted to send you all a special THANK YOU for bringing us past 1,000 readers last night! By smashing through our Backer Stretch Goal, you've... (Read More)

Hello, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! And for everyone who celebrated, I hope you all had a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend! First off, I wanted to thank each and every one of you for bringing The O.Z. past 600% funded this weekend! We couldn't be... (Read More)

Hello, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! There's been no mission too great for you all to conquer together, as you've smashed our third Stretch Goal — and as a result, ALL PHYSICAL BACKERS will now receive this incredible Winged Monkey Squadron sticker!... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors, and thank you to everyone who's built our Emerald Army strong!  Because of the incredible support we've gotten so far, we're officially throwing down the gauntlet for our first Backer Stretch Goal! If we hit... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! Thank you to everyone for continuing to spread the word about The O.Z. — as of this morning, our Emerald Army is officially 900 strong, as we march towards 1,000 backers!  And as a special token of our... (Read More)

Happy Friday, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! Thank you all again for being such incredible advocates for The O.Z. — and as such, we wanted to reveal our next stretch goal! If we cross our third stretch goal at $35,000, ALL PHYSICAL BACKERS will get... (Read More)

Hello, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! It's been a wild day over here, but we wanted to thank you for knocking out our SECOND Stretch Goal, bringing The O.Z. to a mind-blowing 800 backers and 500% funded! And as promised, that means that all physical... (Read More)

"But this axe won't swing itself..." I can't believe it — you've smashed through our first Social Stretch Goal in less than 24 hours! We couldn't be more grateful to have our Yellow Brick Road Warriors at our side — and with that said, I couldn't... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! Can you believe it's only been one week since we announced The O.Z. to the world? Just seven days ago, we were so nervous about how our first Kickstarter would launch — but thanks to your incredible... (Read More)

You did it, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! Thanks to your relentless support for The O.Z., we have officially cracked the $25,000 mark — which means we've unlocked our first stretch goal, the DIGITAL COMICS EXTRAVAGANZA! When I was growing up in the... (Read More)

You know about Oz - but do you know about The O.Z.? As in the Occupied Zone. Scheduled to debut this December, The O.Z. is a new three-issue series that follows up after Dorothy slew the Wicked Witch of the West and freed the land of Oz. (Read More)

Hello, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! We just want to start this update by saying THANK YOU to everyone who's backed, shared and retweeted The O.Z.'s campaign. We are so completely blown away by the tidal wave of support we've received for this book,... (Read More)

Good morning, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! I just wanted to give you all a HUGE thank-you for the astonishing response you've given to THE O.Z., which just blew past 300% FUNDED in just 24 hours! As an indie comics creator, you always hope for... (Read More)

Writer David Pepose launched his first Kickstarter campaign yesterday, for a new comic called The O.Z., which is essentially a combination of the world from The Wizard of Oz and the subject matter of The Hurt Locker. The O.Z. - on which Pepose is joined by artist Ruben Rojas, colorist Whitney Cogar, and letter D.C. Hopkins - is a giant success of an indie comic. (Read More)

Greetings, Yellow Brick Road Warriors! I am STUNNED at the incredible response you all have given THE O.Z. — to the point where we were literally funded in just TWO HOURS!  The success of this off-the-wall fantasy epic is all thanks to you — and... (Read More)

L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is one of our most sacred fantasy stories, but what if by defeating the Wicked Witch, Dorothy Gale created a power vacuum and triggered a decades-long civil war with countless casualties? And, what if Dorothy's granddaughter, an Iraq war veteran, gets pulled into the present day Oz, now dubbed the Occupied Zone? She'd have a big mess on her hands in trying to broker peace. That's what co-creators David Pepose and artist-on-the-rise Ruben Rojas will explore in their re-imagined sequel The O.Z. (Read More)

Spencer & Locke writer/co-creator David Pepose has launched a new Kickstarter for his next project, The O.Z., which features art by Ruben Rojas, colors by Whitney Cogar and letters by DC Hopkins. (Read More)

Teaming up with rising star artist Ruben Rojas, colorist of the Eisner-winning Giant Days Whitney Cogar, and veteran letterer DC Hopkins, THE O.Z. is an epic fantasy war story that reimagines the mythology of the Wizard of Oz. It remixes it through the battle-scarred lens of Mad Max: Fury Road, The Old Guard, and Fables. It's a comic about scars and redemption, about grappling with the morality of war even on the other side of the rainbow. (Read More)

In what may be the strangest pop culture reinvention since Scooby Apocalypse, The O.Z. is delivering a grim, emotionally charged take on The Wizard of Oz. Basically, picture L. Frank Baum's classic fantasy story by way of Mad Max: Fury Road and you'll have some idea of what to expect from this new limited series. The O.Z. is written by David Pepose, whom you may remember from Spencer & Locke, another bizarre yet fascinating pop culture mashup that mixes Calvin and Hobbes with a strong dose of Sin City-style noir. (Read More)