Future
By Tom Woodman and Rupert Smissen
A full-colour science fiction graphic novel about love, hope and the end of the Earth
Publication date: December 2020
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Murray Mielniczuk, the last astronaut, is dying. So is the Earth.
In a last-ditch attempt to save them both, Murray and her wife Kay are shot forward through time to find a cure and rewrite the future. But crash-landing in a barren future, they find themselves with no help, no ship, and no way home.
Future is a character-driven sci-fi story by an award-winning creative team, aimed at a 16+ audience. It is a single-volume book, in five chapters, totalling around 135 pages.
Future is generously supported by Arts Council England.
The first chapter has been reviewed by a range of outlets.
Praise for Future:
'About halfway through this first issue, I paused and thought, 'I want to read this forever.'[...] Future is poised to be the best crowdfunded comic of the year.'
The Comic Book Yeti
'If you only back one project this year, make the right choice, let it be this one!'
The Valkyries
'One of the Greatest Books that hasn't yet been made'
Nothing in the Rulebook
'Has all of the makings to be a classic'
Lyons Den
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Tom Woodman
Rupert Smissen
Tom Woodman
Tom is part of award-winning improvised comedy group 'Shoot From the Hip', garnering recommendations fromTime Out, The Metro and The Evening Standard, among others. By day, he works as a fiction editor.
Future is his first comic. His bookshelf just collapsed under the weight of exhaustive research.
Rupert Smissen
Rupert is an award-winning illustrator and visualiser. He has worked on projects for many leading brands and publications including Ray-Ban, Topman, Cannes Lions Festival, The Sunday Times and Little White Lies.
When not wielding a pencil (or stylus) there's a good chance he'll be riding his bikes, or brushing up on his bushcraft. Or attempting to combine the two. Future is his first comic.
Aditya Bidikar
Aditya Bidikar is constantly topping 'best letterer' lists and winning awards, including Broken Frontier's Best Letterer 2017.
Aditya has lettered books for Image, Vault, and Unbound, among others.
- A sneak peek at the interiors:Read more...
Tom Woodman and Rupert Smissen have written 7 private updates. You can pledge to get access to them all.
14th December 2020 A quick note to say... GREAT NEWS!FUTURE has arrived!
We're doing everything we can to get the books out as quickly as possible, so thank you for bearing with us.
If you are in the UK, the majority of orders have now been deposited with the Royal Mail, and they are working on getting books out to you.
Overseas and International orders will take a while longer, with the majority arriving with…
1st December 2020 Production NewsHello!
It’s the first of December – the month FUTURE will be released, finally, at long last, into the world!
We had hoped to be deep in the weeds of packing and sending parcels today, but due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control (the theme of the 2020) the books have been held up and are now due to arrive with us at Cast Iron Books HQ next week.We’ll be doing our very best to get the…
9th September 2020 Publication UpdateWe have brilliant news!
As you may know, Future is edited by Lizzie Kaye, who has brought her invaluable experience of the industry and craft to the book. This year, Lizzie has set up her own publishing house, Cast Iron Books, who will now be working in partnership with Unbound to bring you Future.
Is there anything you need to do? Nope!
What does this mean for you? We should have the book…4th November 2019 Thought Bubble!We're going to Thought Bubble this weekend - a HUGE comic festival/convention in Harrogate, with thousands of artists, writers, letterers, inkers, colourists - comic people, basically. We'd love to see some of you there, and in the meantime, perhaps check out some of our fellow crowdfunding books, as featured in the image below!
OR take this opportunity to get your copy of Future, or to up your…
29th July 2019 Arts Council FundingHello everyone,
Excellent news - we've received an Arts Council grant! Not only does this help with a lot of our behind-the-scenes costs, but it's official recognition of the quality of the project, which is a huge bonus.
We want to thank those of you who have backed Future before we even knew it was a culturally significant piece of art, back when it was just a fun book about Kay and Murray…
10th April 2019 Future’s Future looks bright!Hi everyone! Firstly, thanks for following Future’s progress, you’re delightful.
Everything’s going wonderfully. We’ve been featured by Broken Frontier, Sirens of Sequentials, been in Unbound’s newsletter, and have lots of other interviews and whatnot set up.
Moreover, the art for Chapter 1 is COMPLETE, and the crowdfund has hit 17%, meaning they’re keeping perfect pace! We’ll carry on working…
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