KICKSTARTER
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart that supported Tales From The Road Volume 3….from the folks that backed it to the folks that shared it. Headlocked has been such an incredible journey in so many ways and I'd never be able to operate at the level that I do without your continued support. You're going to love this book when you get it into your hands.
Post Mortem
Not gonna lie, this was the toughest campaign we've run to date. It was the shortest, for sure....which didn't help. It was half of what the shortest campaign we've ever done before. It also happened to be the 23 most newsworthy days in wrestling in forever....
...the day after we launched WWE/UFC merged and the last night of our campaign, Edge debuted with AEW. In between, Cena came back, Rock came back, WWE fired a bunch of talent, Jade jumped to WWE.
So it was tougher to get traction. Combine that with post-Elon twitter throttling everyone's engagement and it was hard to get the word out.
And my life got nuts, as it tends to do. My job was crazy in a traditionally slow time and my dog was really sick and I had 5 shows planned to support the Kickstarter. And we had to swap out two talents at the last minute due to some contractual stuff with their respective companies.
BUT....that being said, the 23 days of this campaign matched up with the 23 days of Volume 2 and we were pretty much at a dead head. So I feel good about that.
And you know I’m already laying the groundwork for some dope new collabs.
New York Comic Con
We step out of Kickstarter and directly into the gaping maw of one of the busiest conventions of the year. We always go all-out for NYCC and this year is no different.
But before NYCC, I have a little something else that you should check out!
Can’t make it to NYCC? The night before NYCC starts, I’ll be doing a signing at one of my favorite shops, Everyone Comics, in Brooklyn, NY from 6-8pm. If you’re around, come say hey…talk wrestling, comics, whatever.
Everyone Comics has been a huge supported of Headlocked since the jump and even if you don’t come and see me, you should definitely check out the shop!
Here’s the details below.
Now I know y’all be fiending for that NYCC lineup, so without further ado, here it is.
We’ll also have some exclusives for the show that we’ll be dropping right before showtime. Silverbax did an incredible Hobbs/Kingpin homage, Napalm did a dope KO/Sami print and Michel is working on two brand new prints for the show.
So unfortunately, I have to keep this one short because I have so much packing, planning, and writing to do. I’m going to try and pop in on Tuesday or Wednesday with a peek at the exclusives for the show and how you can get them.
Thanks for stopping in and I hope to see y’all next weekend!
PS: I heard there’s a 4 way on Rampage this Friday with 4 friends of Headlocked: Morrison, Penta, Lince, and Kommander that was really fun. Check it out!
-Mike