In the early morning hours after the witch is burned, a sole mourner comes to pay their respects to the smoldering stake, only to find that something is lurking in the nearby woods. Think The VVitch meets Annihilation.
Echoes is a 28 page black and white one shot comic about what happens the morning after the village burns the witch. It's an eerie puritan folk horror that reads like The VVitch meets Midnight Mass.
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In the small hours of a November morning, Mariah sneaks out to the still smoldering stake where her friend was burned as a witch the night before to place a bouquet of flowers at her feet. Soon, the whole village is covered in new growth as a miracle revitalizes the Earth. The town rejoices, but only Mariah seems to notice the water turning black and the strange sounds coming from the edge of the forest...
Echoes tells the terrifying story of a puritan town reaping exactly what they've sown, where the celebration at the feet of a charred corpse turns into blood curdling screams and the wilderness claims what belongs to it once again. It's a story about the reverberations of heinous acts and the guilt of being a bystander in a cruel system. It's a warning about why you should never, ever burn the witch.
A young woman from another village that was married off to the local preacher. She's generally unwelcomed by the residents of her new home, but was befriended by a kindly woman on the edge of town--until that woman was burned at the stake.
Thomas
Mariah's husband and the village preacher. Stern and preoccupied with tending to his flock, he shares a position of local and social power with the village Judge. It was on his insistence that Mariah's friend was burned as a witch.
The Echoes Team is collaborating with J Michael Miller's What Dwells Beneath the Heart and Meltdown Press's Moonspawn #1 to provide free connected prints for all backers! Backing any of our campaigns gets you the corresponding print by Brian Wolf and backing all three gets you the connecting set!
Echoes is a horror story, so keep that in mind before you jump in, but we think that if any of the following describe you, you'll probably really enjoy this one shot!
Readers who like slow burn folk horror like The VVitch, Somna, and The Village will love Echoes's puritan setting and eerie themes
Fans of psychological horror like Silent Hill and Heretic will appreciate the surreal environment and plotting of this comic
Lovers of cosmic horror like Annihilation and The Shadow Over Innsmouth will be gripped by the twists and turns of Echoes.
Fans of our previous horror comics like Frankenstein the Unconquered, Descent into Dread, and From the Static will find more of what they love about those books present here
People who want character driven narratives that trust the reader's intelligence and don't overdo the exposition.
Wells (he/him) is the writer of several Kickstarter comics including Frankenstein the Unconquered, Smut, By Appointment Only, and The Catskin and the Rose, as well as a contributor to anthologies like Bi-Visibility and From the Static. He's the former editor of Comic Book Yeti, a comic book review site specializing in indie comics and Kickstarter projects. You can keep up with his shenanigans on his newsletter, Comics, Cats, & Cocktails.
Olga Wieszczyk is a comic artist and illustrator based in Kraków, Poland. She studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, where she specialized in traditional printmaking, with a particular focus on copperplate engraving. Her work is heavily inspired by folklore, mythology, and dark fiction. She’s especially drawn to themes of transformation, dreams, and the uncanny - subjects that frequently surface in both her visual storytelling and standalone illustrations. You can find her work on Instagram!
Konner Knudsen is a freelance editor and writer from the Pacific Northwest, formerly of Dark Horse comics where they spent 7 years working on a wide variety of creator-owned comics and graphic novels, licensed comics, and manga. They love researching weird folklore, doodling, and hiding out in the forest like a queer cryptid.
Brenda Snellby (she/they) is a freelance designer currently living near Flint, Michigan who specializes in logo and brand design. When she isn't designing, she co-hosts her podcast, "Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries" and works on rug making, crocheting, and writing fanfiction. Follow their shenanigans on Twitter @batmanandsobbin
$8,000 - Spot Coloring Added! This is how we would like to present the story if possible, with splashes of color throughout the comic while maintaining the black and white aesthetic of the art as it's presented. Think Sin City.
$10,000 - All backers will get access to the digital horror short The Infant by Wells Thompson and Rachel Allen Everett
$12,000 - All physical backers will get a free bookmark with their copy of Echoes. In addition, the team will get a bonus!
$15,000 - We'll add an additional 8 page short story to the back of Echoes in both physical and digital format, (details TBA)
We keep our estimates conservative to try to account for hiccups in the process like illness that can't be prevented, so keep in mind that our presented timeline is flexible!
Campaign ends: End of September
Art completion: December 2025
Digital fulfillment: January 2026
Physical fulfillment: February 2026
We try to communicate at every juncture to make sure our backers are aware of where we are in the process of making the comic so if anything does change from our planned timeline, you'll know it well in advance!
We are charging for shipping POST campaign so we can prevent any unexpected price hikes in shipping costs on our end and make sure we're charging you fairly on the actual weight of your package rather than guessing on a per item basis.
We ship everywhere, but being based in the United States, you can expect packages to go out sooner and arrive faster if you live in the US. To compensate for the extra time and cost, International Backers will get their comics signed for free!
We estimate most domestic packages will cost between $6-8 to ship, where international packages will be somewhere in the range of $15-23 depending on weight.
We print our comics with Comics Impressions, our stickers with Stickerapp and Jukebox, our enamel pins with Galaxy Design Squad, and our prints with CatPrint and The Print Shop in Oak Park.
We bag and board our comics and ship them in Gemini mailers to ensure that they arrive at your door safely and in good condition.
Comics are printed at 6.625"X10.25" (American standard comic format) and are staple bound.
Unless otherwise stated, our prints are 5.5"x8.5" (American digest format) on light satin finished paper.
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