Fibber is a wild, colorful, sci-fi space adventure brought to you by the eccentric mind of Joe Vallen and the lightning hands of Rob Powers. Being a huge fan of the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” as a kid, Joe always wanted to tell a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi romp somewhere in the vein of fan-favorite character “Spaceman Spiff”.
Although Fibber is much darker (and adult) in overall tone, and unique in it’s own right – Bill Watterson’s influence can certainly be felt.
This lovely story was born as a lighthearted “trust project” between writer Joe Vallen and artist Robert Powers. Rob then blew us away with full character designs finished the same night, and the rest is history. He blazed through the first 2 issues and is currently in production for #3 at the time of this Kickstarter!
Fibber follows an unlikely hero, Benny Zarlack III. He begins his journey as a complete nobody, stuck in a dead-end job and hating his miserable life, but in a moment of mistaken identity he finally gets the attention he’s been looking for. When Benny is mistaken for the famous space explorer “Jerv McLandis” by an attractive female, he lies by going along with it. Little does he know that this one small fib would have the potential to destroy his planet…
With Fibber, Vallen has succeeded at completing another story that is relatable yet far enough removed from reality to completely escape into. Benny is all of us – the child inside who just wanted a little recognition and made an honest mistake… or maybe not so honest. Like many of Joe’s stories, Fibber is a comedic, fast-paced, action packed adventure which, of course, could potentially end tragically for everyone.
Joe has been writing comics between novels for 5 years now and is always on the look out for the right artist to match one of his many pitches, but, like they say with any good relationship… it finds you when you’re least expecting it. Artist Rob Powers first reached out to us to promote his own comic “Penguino’s Revenge” on our podcast, The Mighty Pen. Before we knew it, he completed designs for several of the characters and nailed Joe’s vision right off the bat. Rob’s work ethic is unmatched and he’s shown he can knock out deadlines like nobody’s business. With the successful conclusion of this Kickstarter, he has agreed to tackle another 3 issues (and a graphic novel) within the Fibber universe. What started as a trust project between strangers has now turned into an epic story between friends…
We already have the first 2 issues of Fibber completed (with the 3rd soon to follow) so this Kickstarter is mainly for funding the release and printing of the complete graphic novel. As for the rewards…
And hopefully many more… as we reach new stretch goals we will add new available rewards!
Check out some pages from the book and progress sketches. The graphic novel will come with all 3 issues together plus extra content!
The risks and challenges of this project are minimal. The first two issues of Fibber are already completed at the launch of this Kickstarter, with the third slated for completion within 2-4 weeks after. As for the graphic novel, prints and other rewards, we mostly have to take into consideration printing times, possible printing errors, and shipping. We are honored to have an outstanding team dedicated to bringing you the best product we possibly can, so any issues with these things will be handled promptly and to the best of our ability. We’re honestly not too worried about it though ;) Please give us 2-4 months to ship out all rewards (potentially sooner). This gives us plenty of time to complete the set up of the graphic novel, send everything to the printers, get all our products back to us and ship everything out to you. You may contact us directly at any time if there’s a problem with your order and we will also be posting updates through Kickstarter (and our various social media pages) throughout the process. Thank you all in advance for making this dream a reality. Keep reading! – Vallen Comics