Do you like strange and bizarre tales of mystery that send your imagination soaring? Did you grow up loving Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone, Creepshow, Goosebumps, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark and stuff like that? Being a child of forts made of clamps and sheets, flashlights, and late night scary movies, I have always loved a good creepy story. I have always been good at telling stories. Well, quite frankly it’s due to having a very strange and crazy life. I was raised with a loving family and good friends, but sometimes things we grow up thinking are normal aren’t really that normal. Like seeing a ghost in your room but not understanding why the ghost looks like your younger cousin. Then finding out the next day that your cousin died in a horrible roadside accident around the time of night you were seeing her ghost? Or, the tall creepy figures that would stand over my bed and watch me sleep at night. They were so tall and grotesquely skinny they had to bend down to keep their shoulders from touching the ceiling. They would twitch and move in different ways but still somehow in unison with each other. I called them “the crooked people,” but we’ll save that story for Strange Stories For Strange People Volume 2.
I have quite a few stories to tell that will give you the best chills you’ve ever had. You will get to read my first 5 in this book!
Each one of these stories is based on elements of true events that I have directly seen or encountered personally in some way. My life has been a crazy one, but never boring!
– Dirk Strangely
Strange Stories for Strange People is an anthology of 5 beautifully written stories containing elements of fantasy, horror, psychological thriller, sci-fi, and drama. If Tales From the Crypt and The Twilight Zone had a strange little baby that grew into a graphic novel, it would be called Strange Stories For Strangely People.
You get 5 stories written by underground artist Dirk Strangely and illustrated by 5 talented master illustrators ranging in various creatively impressive styles. This 72 page Graphic Novel captures the essence of classic horror-style comics with a modern-day twist and new fresh stories that will captivate all lovers of horror and bizarre. I can’t wait for you to see the interior pages beautifully and masterfully illustrated in black and white with extreme attention to detail.
Dirk Strangely collaborated with four of his favorite illustrators in the comic industry. Miggy Aguilar, Mark Lyons, Jarrod Perez, and Hollywood storyboard icon Steve Werblun are undiscovered gems. The BEST part about this graphic novel is that not only are these stories well-written and take you to the wildest parts of my imagination, but this book also has FIVE different masterfully illustrated art styles YOU WILL LOVE!
Austin-native artist Miggy is a staple in the world of underground comic illustration. He is always producing new work, and the quality of his work is never compromised. He lives and breaths his art and this is reflected in his illustrations.
Miggy’s illustration style leads us through the outsider, grimy punk underworlds of imagination. Miggy is a master of his own rare style. He is influenced by the likes of Robert Crumb, classic cartoon illustrators such as Walt Disney, Tex Avery, and many more! His style is truly something you have to see for yourself!
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Houston-native artist, Mark is a master of the technical pen. You have never seen detail and style like his before. Mark is influenced by David Lynch and various other underground creatives that no one knows about but really should. Mark is one of the most creative and mind blowing talented illustrators that most will ever meet. When you get your book, grab a magnifying glass and check out all of the detail Mark puts into his work. It will blow your mind. His style and mood set the stage perfectly for, “In the Dead of Night.”
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Another Houston-native artist, Jarrod’s forte is the ability to whip out well thought out, lightning-fast, stylized illustrations. His photographic memory allows him to retain endless archives of images that he is able to remember and depict in his unique style. He is influenced by the likes of Bob Fingerman, Frank Zappa, and Matt Groening. He also enjoys kittens and playing bass.
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Residing in Houston, Texas, Dirk is an underground fine artist. He is a mixed media artist with a taste for the bizarre, dead trees, cats, old weird prohibition music, and exotic junkyards. He lives in a box made of wood, sheet rock, and miscellaneous junk amongst a hive of other human and animal-based creatures. Dirk was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and spent the majority of his childhood rebuilding old radios and communicating with aliens.
He is known for producing impressive stylized art using not only traditional media but other various materials such as incense, coffee, and blood oranges. He is influenced by the likes of Tom Waits, Edward Gorey, Caravaggio, Dave McKean, Dr. Suess, and Ralph Steadman.
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Residing in California, Steve is a Hollywood storyboard Rock Star. He has story boarded movies such as, Along came Polly, Equilibrium, The Day After Tomorrow, Batman & Robin, The Real Ghostbusters series, and he was also the Courtroom artist during the O.J. Simpson trials.
Although Steve has made a career of Story boarding movies and providing various Celebrity Court room art, he has never had the opportunity to do something he always wanted to do, illustrate a comic… Until now!
His art is intensely detailed and stylized in a way only a master illustrator could depict. Steve’s work is incredibly creative and detailed. His attention to detail in his illustrations may lead you to using a magnifying glass to give his work a closer look. Seriously!
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You lucky early birds not only get a copy of Strange Stories for Strange People but you get them signed by the author, Dirk Strangely! As if that wasn’t enough to flutter your hearts, Dirk is also sketching Original Art inside your book!!! You can’t beat this deal!
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You will receive a digital version of Strange Stories For Strange People via email. This is the entire book in digital form.
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You will receive a physical copy of the Strange Stories for Strange People graphic novel. (unsigned, retail version)
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Awesome Exclusive Limited Edition Goosebumps-style Cover featuring the art of MIGGY AGUILAR!
You will receive this rare Limited Edition copy of Strange Stories For Strange People. This is a great deal for all Miggy fans whether you are new to his work or a long time fan!
This exclusive cover is ONLY available through this campaign and will not be printed again. Get yours while you can!
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Awesome Exclusive Limited Edition Tales From the Crypt-style Cover featuring the art of MARK LYONS!
You will receive this rare Limited Edition copy of Strange Stories For Strange People. This is a great deal for all Mark Lyons fans whether you are new to his work or a long time fan!
This exclusive cover is ONLY available through this campaign and will not be printed again. Get yours while you can!
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Awesome Exclusive Limited Edition Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark-style Cover featuring the art of JARROD L. PEREZ!
You will receive this rare Limited Edition copy of Strange Stories For Strange People. This is a great deal for all Jarrod Perez fans whether you are new to his work or a long time fan!
This exclusive cover is ONLY available through this campaign and will not be printed again. Get yours while you can!
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Awesome Exclusive Limited Edition Stephen King-style variant Cover featuring the art of DIRK STRANGELY!
You will receive this rare Limited Edition copy of Strange Stories For Strange People. This is a great deal for all Dirk Strangely fans whether you are new to his work or a long time fan!
This exclusive cover is ONLY available through this campaign and will not be printed again. Get yours while you can!
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Awesome Exclusive Limited Edition The Twilight Zone-style Cover featuring the art of STEVE WERBLUN!
You will receive this rare Limited Edition copy of Strange Stories For Strange People. This is a great deal for all Werblun fans whether you are new to his work or a long time fan!
This exclusive cover is ONLY available through this campaign and will not be printed again. Get yours while you can!
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Dirk Strangely’s and Mark Lyons’ original cover art! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Miggy Aguilar’s exclusive cover for Song of the Dead! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Mark Lyons’ exclusive cover for In the Dead of Night! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Jarrod L. Perez’s exclusive cover for The Poplar Tree! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Dirk Strangely’s exclusive cover for Beth Anne! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and a T-Shirt featuring Steve Werblun’s exclusive cover for Cook and the Pusher! (All sizes available)
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You get a retail copy of Strange Stories for Strange People and limited edition Leggings featuring a uniquely sexy collage of pages pulled from the interior pages of the book featuring each artist. (All sizes are available)
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Why pick just one when you can have one of each!?! You will receive one copy of each exclusive variant cover and be the envy of your neighborhood!
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Retailers are the glue that hold our local communities together. This reward offers 5 copies of the retail cover as well as one of each variant cover. It is our hope that anyone who wasn’t able to get their copy through this Kickstarter Campaign might be able to find one at their local store and spread the support around!
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You get a signed copy of Strange Stories For Strange People + an Original page to Song of the Dead that Miggy Aguilar illustrated!
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You get a signed copy of Strange Stories For Strange People + an Original page to In the Dead of Night that Mark Lyons illustrated!
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You get a signed copy of Strange Stories For Strange People + an Original page to The Poplar Tree that Jarrod L. Perez illustrated!
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You get a signed copy of Strange Stories For Strange People + an Original page to Beth Anne that Dirk Strangely illustrated!
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You get a signed copy of Strange Stories For Strange People + an Original page to Cook and the Pusher that Steve Werblun illustrated!
BONUS: This is the first time Steve’s ORIGINAL art has ever been offered to the public and we are proud to also be the first to publish Steve’s debut into comic books! This is Strangely’s favorite page Werblun illustrated in this story loosely based on Strangely’s father. You can buy this amazing original published iconic page for yourself, a friend, family, loved one, or even Strangely! Seriously.
Original pages look good displayed in box frames next to the book the page is published in!
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I have already taken the risks myself. The art is done, compiled, and ready to be printed. My books have been in print for years and available through stores like Barnes & Noble and Hot Topic. The process is very familiar to me to get your books to you as quickly as possible.