A while back, we covered a great sci-fi series that played on every bit of nostalgia we could muster for the heyday of professional wrestling, Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia. It is with great pleasure that I announce the makers behind that indie comics gem are back at with with a title called BicentenniKILL. The opening issue for the series is live and going strong on Kickstarter right now… along with a Wrestletopia collected edition as a mouthwatering bonus. Read on!
BicentenniKILL #1
“Vote as if your life depends on it” becomes reality for a small town police chief and his activist daughter when they are forced to defend it from power hungry animatronic historical figures brought to life by a mysterious comet.
July 3rd, 1976 — the eve of America’s bicentennial. Tensions between local politicians and counterculture “radicals” are at a boiling point when the town of Miniwaukan, Wisconsin, “the Sauerkraut Capital of the Midwest” votes to rebrand itself “Patriotism’s Front Porch” — a transformation led by its power-hungry mayor, Jack Peepgrass.
Things come to a head when a mysterious comet brings sentience to animatronic historical figures from the town’s a newly built Hall of Patriots, and the robots embark on a campaign of terror that culminates with a diabolical plan to fill an empty seat on the town council with an animatronic Grover Cleveland.
Standing in their way are activist Nina Harewood and her politically-neutral father, police chief Dennis Harewood, who clash over what it means to “protect and serve” when it’s the system itself that threatens the status quo.
Every dollar earned from this Kickstarter will go towards paying artists to work on the digital edition of the first issue of our next creator-owned mini-series, BicentenniKILL,and we’ve got some AWESOME rewards for our backers, including first edition print copies of the collected vollume of Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia —which are ready to ship the moment this Kickstarter funds!
Invasion From Planet Wrestletopia
When a disgruntled pro wrestler declares himself “galactic champion of the universe”, it sparks an invasion by a planet of aliens for whom wrestling isn’t just real, it’s their entire way of life!
Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia is an action/comedy that follows the trials of “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Rory Landell, a pro wrestler who declares himself “galactic champion of the universe” on live television to get revenge on an unscrupulous promoter, Dick Drasin.
Suspicious Behavior Productions is the comic book HQ of Matt Entin and Ed Kuehnel, two longtime friends and writers whose earliest collaborations hark back to the early 2000’s. Collectively, they have written on over ninety video games, as well as the comedy/horror film Lumberjack Manand the critically-acclaimed comic book mini-series, Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia — their first non work-for-hire (i.e. creator-owned) project.
