Three world-hopping adventurers - a flippant magic scavenger, curious tinkerer, and zealous paladin - solving the weird magic problems they find and the ones they create! An all-ages fun fantasy graphic novel series!
The Sombulus Book 1+2 will be one big, fully illustrated graphic novel containing the stories from the original first two books, with revisions and bonus scenes never seen anywhere in print or online before!
Pages: About 200 Size: 6.625 X 10.25 inches Paperback ACT 1 of Sombulus introduces Astyr, a world-hopping scavenger from the winged, magic-based Demshul culture, where the essence they draw from objects/creatures in the Myriad Worlds is used as currency. Flippant and carefree, he's hit the jackpot this time: an immortal king who can't seem to get the hang of dying asks Astyr to take his immortality. It's a tough task, but if he can pull it off, he'll have it made!
Astyr takes his job... very seriously, as you can see.
Sydney, the zealous paladin sworn to fight the Demshul, is not so lucky. Her pursuit of Astyr quickly lands her in the royal prison and under the scrutiny of the stern princess, who is convinced she's sent to end her father's immortal life and won't take "no" for an answer.
Their mutual friend Rana is also caught in the middle of the kingdom's troubled past, though Rana's curious inventions, kind nature, and strange ability to talk to any machine might just come in handy when both Sydney and Astyr's situations take a sharp left turn.
Daring escapes, magic gone wrong, and desperate royals collide as the world bursts into color and they all must find a way to work together to save the kingdom!
ACT 2 of Sombulus shows us a day in the life of Sydney, Rana, Astyr, and Astyr's uptight brother Tenge, a gifted crafter of essence rubrics. The quiet Demshul outpost they call home is a quick stop for travelers to rest their wings before jumping to a new world. But when a film crew kidnaps Astyr, Rana builds a vehicle powered by non-sequiturs, and Sydney challenges black market merchants to drinking contests, things won't stay restful for long.
$5 - Digital PDF - A digital PDF copy of Sombulus Book 1+2 $15 - Digital Comic Bundle - Digital PDF collection of Sombulus Books 1+2 and two bonus short comics - The Knight and the Knave and The Captain's Pack! $35 - The Book! - A physical AND digital copy of Sombulus Book 1+2 $55 - Sombulus Book 1+2 Stationery Bundle - Physical AND digital copies of Sombulus Book 1+2, two notepads, pen, and two rolls of washi tape $125 - Rana Mega Bundle - Everything in the previous bundles PLUS an exclusive "I talk to inanimate objects" mug, "Powered by Non Sequiturs" keychain, and a screwdriver engraved with a quote from the book!
IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFO: Per Backerkit's crowdfund system, shipping is not collected at the time of your pledge, so it's a little different than some platforms. Shipping will be charged separately when the books are ready to send in 2025, so it can be accurate to current prices.
At the time of this campaign, single book shipments will cost $8 for the US and $25 all other countries, but will be tailored to your specific address.
As part of Backerkit's BOOKTOPIA event, my partner project is another amazing graphic novel project funding right now called American Geniuses!Â
If you back both graphic novels for physical rewards and they both fund, you'll these EXCLUSIVE cross-collaboration reward patches! This patch is only available in this set, and it is an exclusive reward only available to people who back BOTH campaigns, so be sure to pledge your support for this and American Geniuses!
Collectable Oracle Card Deck
Have a peek around the Booktopia catalog for other projects participating in our collectable Oracle Card deck, and look for these three Sombulus designs to be added when this campaign funds!
A magical world-hopping scavenger is thrown together with a curious tinkerer who talks to machines and a paladin on a god-given mission to thwart evil. They portal across the strange Myriad Worlds, and have to rely on each other to solve the problems they find... and the ones they create.
Sombulus is a webcomic series that started in 2010, and still updates over at sombulus.com. It's been almost ten years since I ran my first Kickstarter campaigns and brought Sombulus Books 1 and 2 to print for the first time. And, well! After many conventions and online support from you all, I sold out of pretty much all of them! 😊
Booktopia is a great opportunity to make something new and exciting for folks wanting to get into Sombulus for the very first time, to help me get ready for the next installment of the printed story, and also to offer a little something new.
This remastered edition will combine Sombulus Book 1 and Sombulus Book 2 into a single book omnibus volume (a Somnibus, if you will). It will feature cleaned-up art, a few all-new scenes, and more emphasis on our favorite world-hopping chaos trio. I'm going to see about incorporating more color; something that was much more expensive 10 years ago but is easier now! And a couple of other upgrades too!
📚 Welcome to Booktopia — a celebration of creativity and collaboration from a vibrant collective of writers, authors and artists collectively running crowdfunding projects from September 5th -September 26th.
🔥 Limited Cross-Collaboration Freebies — All 50+ Booktopia creators have paired up with a fellow participant to create two unique and limited freebies together. If BOTH projects successfully fund, backers who support BOTH will get the TWO [2] cross-collab freebies listed on their campaign page, one will ship from each creator. The more pairs of Booktopia creators you support, the more freebies you will earn ✨
