Dark Planet Comics Debuts PALOMINO Cover And All New Preview Pages by Stephan Franck

Kickstarter Campaign Ends Wednesday, May 13th at 9:10 AM PT

Dark Planet Comics has debuted the cover and an all new preview sequence from Stephan Frank“s highly anticipated PALOMINO, the first part of a planned four-part graphic novel series that captures Los Angeles“ spirit, with hardboiled dialogue, honkytonk music, and details from the city’s weird and forgotten history. Dark Planet Comics is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund PALOMINO, which ends this Wednesday at 9:10 AM PT.

The year is 1981. The American Century is running on fumes, but the end isn’t anywhere in sight. The cowboy is still America’s most central symbol””and from movies, to music, to the President himself, it all hails from Southern California. Welcome to PALOMINO, cartoonist Stephan Franck“s all new neo noir graphic novel series, set in the lost culture of Los Angeles“ country music clubs.

The age of urban cowboys is in full swing. Cowboy hats and rhinestone suits are all the rage. Kenny Rogers “Lady”“ is Billboard“s number three song of the year. Dolly Parton is a national icon. And across LA, six nights a week, working musicians, TV actors, stuntmen, cops, hustlers, and broken souls all play their part in the cultural myth making. Most of them are just trying to survive””on the B-side of the City of Angels.

This is PALOMINO ”” where Farrah Fawcett hair reigns supreme, where Ronald Reagan is beginning his first term as President, and where LA“s hottest music spot is North Hollywood’s historic Palomino Club.

Stephan Franck is an award-nominated animator, writer, and director who has worked on some of the most beloved animated films of all time, including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Iron Giant. For the last five years, Franck has been writing, illustrating and publishing SILVER, a graphic novel series that mashes up the world of Bram Stoker“s classic novel Dracula with action, adventure, humor, pulp storytelling, and modern sensibilities.

If funded through Kickstarter, pledges will be delivered to backers this summer. The PALOMINO Kickstarter campaign is live as of Monday, April 13th and runs for 30 days, here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkplanetcomics/stephan-francks-palomino

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ABOUT STEPHAN FRANCK:

Stephan Franck is an award-nominated animator/writer/director/comic book creator. He was a supervising animator on the cult classic THE IRON GIANT, and contributed story to DESPICABLE ME. He co-created the animated TV series CORNEIL & BERNIE (Nicktoons – Hub Network), received an Annie Award nomination for Best Director In a TV Program for the featurette SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW. Stephan has closely collaborated with talent as diverse as George Lucas and Adam Sandler, and in 2013, founded comic-book publishing and production company DARK PLANET. SILVER, his graphic novel debut under the Dark Planet Imprint, earned a nomination for the prestigious Russ Manning Award at San Diego Comic Con 2014, and a 2015 Geekie Award nomination for Best Comic/Graphic Novel. SILVER also landed on ComiXology Submit“s ESSENTIAL READS list and is now distributed around the world.

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