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“There is something to be said about a comic that manages to give you the chills as soon as you open to page one. That comic is Hexes written by Simon Birks. With its macabre art style and simplistic yet eerie storytelling, Hexes is sure to please anyone who enjoys dark, spine-tingling tales.”
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“Far too often, comics fall into a trap of being style over substance. A whole lot of pretty colors, tight costumes, flashy explosions, and ham-fisted dialogue; this is the type of comic that most of us grew up with. It is somewhat of a rarity that I get to read a comic that is outside of this realm. Simon Birks‘ Gone is indeed, far outside of that realm, and I loved every frame of it.”
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“A recent Kickstarter I supported was Sinners from writer Simon Birks & artist RHStewart and after successfully hitting their target I’m glad to say I received my copy a few weeks back
This is set to be a 12-part story following our main character Hope and in issue #1 she wakes up in the kind of mess that nightmares are made of. Strange surroundings, virtually no memories of how she got there and the overwhelming revelation that she may in fact be dead…”
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“All round creative type Simon Birks has penned a dreamy tale of Hope, a Hispanic woman who wakes up out of sorts and out of place, trying to piece together the fractured memory of the previous night. You quickly get the sense that she’s not a reliable narrator, but you’re more than happy to go along for the ride. Given the ambiguous ending to the first issue, it’ll be a series well worth sticking with.”
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On August 16th 2016, the Hexes Kickstarter campaign for Issues 1 & 2 ended successfully!
Not only did we manage to raise the £2000 funds for printing and additional rewards, we were also able to raise a further £900+ on top of that!
This additional money meant we were able to reach four additional stretch goals:
- two double sided, full colour postcards
- four additional pages in each comic
- pencil PDF version of Issue #2
- fabric patch
The link to the campaign is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonbirks/hexes-comics-1-and-2-one-shot-supernatural-horror
