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WHORE OF BABYLON | A Horror/Grindhouse Graphic Novel

Created by Joseph Schmalke

Cherry Blackbird made a deal with the Devil for fame. The day she turns 27, she'll be dragged to Hell. But she's not one to go quietly.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Final day!
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 04:57:24 PM

Hi all, 

Just a friendly reminder that today is the final day to pledge to The Electric Black Presents on Kickstarter.  

We still have plenty of great rewards left including "live prints", The Electric Black Graphic novel, and two Kickstarter-exclusive covers that will not be avilable again when this campaign ends. 

I sincerely hope you are all safe and well. Today and through the rest of this weird time I'll be doing a live broadcast daily called Joe talks to people on facebook. I'll spend about a half hour talking to creatives or people involved in the creative world of art, movies, books, and music. Tune in and maybe you'll have a laugh. Talk to you all again soon and thank you to everyone for your support. 

Joe Schmalke

The Electric Black Presents is on Kickstarter.
about 4 years ago – Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:00:45 AM

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder to all of you that The Electric Black Presents campaign is running now on kickstarter. If you enjoyed Carpe Noctem and are a fan of horror you are going to love the four tales of terror we are offering through The Electric Black Presents. We are now 100% backed  and moving into stretch goals! For $20 you can get both issues #1 and #2 with Kickstarter-exclusive covers by Ben Bishop and C.P. Wilson III.  Please take a moment and check it out you won't be disappointed.

-Joe

http://kck.st/3ciBlRz

The Electric Black Presents
about 4 years ago – Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 08:37:25 AM

Hi all,

It's been a few years since I launched Whore of Babylon/Cherry Blackbird. Since finishing up Cherry Blackbird I have been working on my comic book series The Electric Black with co-creator Rich Woodall. Rich and I were able to release The Electric Black issue #1 a year ago through Scout Comics. It’s the tale of a cursed antique shop that travels through time and space delivering unholy relics to people it wants to corrupt or devour.  In this regular series Rich and I do all the interior art and writing, but we wanted to expand on this universe and to do so we needed to bring on some extra talent to help us produce the pages from the book.

The Eletric Black Presents 

We just launched a new Kickstarter The Electric Black Presents to help us produce this new series. This series will focus on the origin stories of some of our favorite characters and will helps up expand on our current Electric Black universe. Brace yourself for four tales of terror with two Kickstarter-exclusive covers that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. We have a bunch of great reward tiers including original artwork, limited edition pins, and the graphic novel of The Electric Black vol. 1 collecting the first four issues of the regular series. I hope you will come and check us out.

http://kck.st/3ciBlRz

Click here to view the kickstarter
The Electric Black Presents #2 cover by C.P. Wilson III
The Electric Black Presents #1 cover by Ben Bishop
Kickstarter-exclusive print by Joseph Schmalke and Rich Woodall

THE ELECTRIC BLACK PRESENTS COMING MARCH 2020
about 4 years ago – Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 11:58:57 AM

Hi all,

This March I will be launching a new Kickstarter for THE ELECTRIC BLACK PRESENTS.  This creator owned book is written by Me and Rich Woodall and will feature some of the best artistic talents in the comic book industry.  I'll have more information for you all as the project gets closer to launch.  I hope to see you all there.

Joe Schmalke

Carpe Noctem is now live!
about 5 years ago – Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 07:15:27 AM

Now live on Kickstarter.
Now live on Kickstarter.

Hi everyone,

I wanted you to be the first to know that I have launched a new Kickstarter campaign CARPE NOCTEM. For those that don’t know how Kickstarter works, it’s best to hit your projected goal early.  I would ask that if you are interested to please back it as soon as possible. You won’t be changed until the campaign ends and only if it reaches its goal. 

All physical backers for Cherry Blackbird received a copy of my 2017 Inktober sketchbook as part of your backer package.  This year, I’ve upped my game.  Instead of a simple sketchbook, this is an 11x17 32-page artbook.  Each page contains some of my favorite horror icons. All the work on this book is done. The minute this project ends, I’m ready to send it to the printers and have it turned around fast.  The book will be printed in the United States, and with full funding, should be ready to send you by April. Unfortunately, because of the high rate of shipping a book of this size, I will not be shipping any international rewards. Please check out my digital reward tiers instead, these will be sent as soon as the campaign ends. 

Thanks, as always, for your support. 


click image or link below to be directed to the campaign 

http://kck.st/2WAdSDy

Joe