EXCLUSIVE: World War Kaiju

For those that enjoy comics, as well as love independent comics, a new daikaiju graphic novel has recently surfaced called World War Kaiju. This a pretty interesting concept and story from what I have seen when researching the project. The story generally takes place after World War II and progresses towards a third world war, only this time against giant monsters.

We were contacted by the author himself, Josh Finney, and asked us to post his press release (seen below) and to help him spread the message on his project. So that’s what we at Planet X Control Room are going to do and to help out a daikaiju fan pursue his dream. So take the time to read the press release and see the trailer of World War Kaiju below, and hopefully contribute to this awesome, independent project.

Hopefully we can get in-touch w/ Josh Finney sometime this week and hopefully get him onto the podcast show.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

World War Kaiju is the story of an alternate history, one in which the atom bomb was never created and the ultimate weapon of mass destruction is the kaiju—fifty foot tall radioactive beasts spawned from the mysterious KAI-235 isotope. Follow the journey of one journalist as he teams up with a retired CIA operative to uncover the truth about the conspiracy behind the monsters and the men who plan to use them to dominate the world.

World War Kaiju is a tribute to the kaiju genre in all its forms (both high and low). The brainchild of sci-fi author Josh Finney, WWK is a love letter to the golden-age of kaiju cinema. It looks back to an era when the world loved atomic monsters, but feared the atomic bomb, and warps history in ways that only men in rubber suits can.

THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

World War Kaiju is currently seeking support on Kickstarter. The campaign will be running from June to August. Team Kaiju needs a total of $15,000 to complete production of the art, and then print the book at the best quality possible. Our ultimate goal is to supply fans with a 200+ page hardcover edition of book one.

TEAM KAIJU IS…

JOSH FINNEY — Author and occasional artist, Josh Finney is the mind behind the awarding winning graphic novels Titanium Rain, Utopiates, and soon to be released novella, OBJECTIVE: Terminus. He is best known for penning stories that are heavy on action, yet always reach deep into heady subjects involving science, politics, and philosophy. In another life, he was an illustrator for DC’s Batman/Catwoman, has done concept design for Star Trek: Enterprise, and created cover art for countless 90′s era industrial & techno bands.

PATRICK McEVOY — Patrick McEvoy is one of your favorite artists. Seriously. You just didn’t know it. You may not recognize his name, but you know his art. McEvoy has spent the better part of a decade illustrating some of the most loved and memorable art to come out of the H.P. Lovecraft mythos. Card games, novels, posters, t-shirts—you’ve seen and probably own at least one piece of McEvoy’s art. He’s best known for his work on Arkham Horror, Call of Cthulhu, and oh yeah…a little known title called Game of Thrones.

MICHAEL COLBERT — Michael Colbert comes from a film background. By day he’s worked as a gaffer on productions such as Babylon 5, Torchwood, Dragon Age 2, and True Blood. By night he writes comics. His latest title is the cyberpunk action tale, Crazy Mary.

For more information visit:
WWW.WORLDWARKAIJU.COM

Click here to support this project via Kickstarter.

Watch the trailer to the graphic novel below:

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