Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam: The Battle for America begins!
Created by Scott Harris-King
When cultists attempt to summon Cthulhu at the height of World War II to sway the balance of power, it's up to Uncle Sam and his friends to save America!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The new Cthulhu vs Uncle Sam Kickstarter is LIVE! 😮
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 08:35:05 AM
This is a special edition of the first issue with a completely blank cover, allowing you to draw your own cover, or have one of your favorite artists draw a cover for you!
I'm also offering sketch cover options where I will draw a cover for you of your choice.
Here's a secret: one of the reasons I really wanted to do this was so I could draw some covers with the old National Comics logo on it. 😁 Both Uncle Sam and Granny Gumshoe appeared in the title National Comics back in the 1940s. But since DC sometimes still uses that name and logo occasionally even today, for legal reasons I wasn't able to do a National Comics variant cover.
However, it's fair game to sketch one on a blank! So I'm excited to get my hands on some of these blanks and do some old school National Comics covers on them -- unofficially, of course!
For those who aren't familiar with blank variants, this will have the same interior as Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #1, but the cover will be completely blank white on a special thick paper stock designed to allow artists to draw on it. This means that you can draw your own cover, or have one of your favorite artists draw a new customized cover for you!
Over the last couple of Crimebusters campaigns I've had a few people select the sketch cover reward, which is where I personally hand-draw characters or scenes of your choice on a blank variant of The Crimebusters #1. It's a lot of fun to do, as people come up with some crazy stuff 😂 and people seem to enjoy it, so I thought it was time to do some blanks for Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #1 as well so fans of this series can get some blanks and sketches as well!
Since the interior is already done and we're just reprinting it with a new blank cover, turnaround time should be short, and also the goal is really low -- I just need $300 to print and ship the minimum print order.
And I will also be offering sketch covers drawn by me on the new blanks! 🙂
This one will be launching on Monday and I think will run for 2 or 3 weeks only. So if this sounds like something fun, consider checking it out here!
Thanks everyone!! Adventure awaits!
Shipped! 😀
about 1 year ago
– Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 09:03:14 PM
Hello, fellow adventurers!
I'm excited to let you know that I have finished packing up everyone's rewards, and those that have not already been mailed out will be shipped tomorrow!*
I really appreciate everyone's support with this project, and I hope you all enjoy the story!
I also wanted to announce that sometime in the spring, I'll be doing a small Kickstarter to raise the money to print an artist's blank edition of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #1! I've had a couple people order sketch covers from me recently over on my Crimebusters campaigns, and it occurred to me that some of you might like to have blank variants of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam that you can have either me (or your favorite artist other than me 😄) draw a sketch on. Once I have the campaign page up and ready I'll share more information with you!
Thank you all again for your support, and I can't wait to bring you more stories!
* - note: there are two people who haven't yet answered the survey that I do not have mailing addresses for. I will reach out to you directly through Kickstarter! Thank you!
Fulfillment update!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 04:49:33 PM
Hello, fellow adventurers!
I'm excited to announce that the first big batch of comics is going out in the mail! Take a look:
Yes, tomorrow morning I'll be dropping 46 packages in the mail! That's more than half the physical orders for Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2, so there's a decent chance that your comics will be arriving soon!
I'm still plugging away at getting the rest mailed out as well. I'm not sure if they will all be out before the end of February, but that's my goal, to get them all out earlier than th eoriginal March fulfillment window! 🙂
I also wanted to let you know that there's just one week left in the campaign for The Crimebusters #1-5. The exciting news is that we are now fully funded and close to unlocking our first stretch goal, so it's the perfect time to jump in, as you're guaranteed to get the comic now, and hopefully much more with it! 😁
As I mentioned before, this is a perfect jumping on point, with new artist Mac Radwanski helping me set the table for the epic that is starting to play out. We're really excited for people to read it -- in fact, as soon as we hit our funding goal for this issue, Mac started work on issue #6, which includes Granny Gumshoe in a story called "Whatever Happened to Uncle Sam" is a tale that takes place a decade after the events of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam.
Here's Mac's line art for the cover of issue #6 (which will be colored soon) -- whatever has happened to Uncle Sam since the end of the war, it's not looking good!!
Thank you all again so much for your support, I really appreciate it very much, and I'm really excited to be mailing out your copies of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam! I can't wait for you to read the story Jay and I put together for you, and I'm really grateful that you have given us this opportunity.
Thank you!
BIG NEWS!!
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:01:55 PM
Hello, fellow cultists!
I've got TWO bits of BIG NEWS for you today, and I'm going to explode if I don't share them with you, so here they are!
But before I get to that, let me tell you about the second bit of news, which is the one you've been waiting for: Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2 is HERE! 😃
Yes, it just arrived a few minutes ago, and I didn't waste any time ripping open those boxes. Here's an unboxing video I made to show you all the comics!
I'm so stoked to finally get these comics in hand, and I can't wait to get them all out to you!
Here's the current plan for fulfillment. As you probably know, I'm a one man operation here, so I handle all the fulfillment myself, personally packing every comic and every box myself by hand and mailing them all out myself. This can take a while!
So my current plan is to try and get 5-10 packed each day and ship them as I go. The original fulfillment date was supposed to be March, but by sending out a few every day I think I can get everyone their rewards early. Barring anything unexpected -- like another round of COVID and pneumonia 😄 -- I hope to have everyone's rewards shipped out by the end of February!
I want to thank you all again for your amazing support, I appreciate it so much, and I really hope you enjoy the comic as much as I enjoyed making it! 🤗
The Crimebusters is a supernatural mystery adventure series in the tradition of Scooby-Doo and the Three Investigators, which features the Golden Age hero Crimebuster and takes place in the same world as Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam. In this issue, Crimebuster and his partner Trixie Trouble investigate the source of the eldritch horrors that have been plaguing their school. But they find more than they bargained for when Count Orloff and his Knights in Yellow (yep, those jerks again!) show up to summon their dread queen from Hastur: The Queen in Yellow!
The Crimebusters is my homage to everything I love about both teen detective mysteries and Golden Age comics, as it continues the continuity from Crimebuster's strip in the Golden Age series Boy Comics, picking up right where that title left off in 1956 with issue #119. In fact, every issue I also do a limited edition Boy Comics variant cover featuring the original title's logo and numbering. Here's this issue's cover, showcasing the return of Crimebuster's Golden Age sidekick Squeeks the Monkey!
While I strive very hard to make sure that each issue of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Same is a satisfying, stand alone, complete story, I am bringing in elements of the Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam mythos into The Crimebusters to form a broader epic that will play out in the pages of that title. So if you enjoy Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, this is a perfect jumping on point, especially since the next issue, #6, is going to be a little story I like to call "Whatever Happened to Uncle Sam?" 👀
If this sounds like something you might enjoy, please consider checking out the new Kickstarter, where you can catch up on any previous issues you might have missed, and read a 6-page preview of the new issue. And if it's not your thing, that's fine too. This isn't a hard sell, but I do think and hope some of you might enjoy The Crimebusters, so I wanted to tell you all about it. 🙂
Thanks so much for all the continued support, and I can't wait to get these stories out to you -- and tell the next ones too!
