Desperado Books and series curator Joe Pruett today announced plans to revive the Eisner, Harvey, Gem, and Eagle Award-nominated Negative Burn on comics crowdfunding platform Zoop. First launched in 1993, Negative Burn describes itself as “a creative proving ground where legends and emerging voices collided: an experimental, creator-driven laboratory that challenged norms and pushed the medium forward.”
This new iteration of Negative Burn comes loaded with big-name talent, including Mike Allred, Marguerite Bennett, Brian Bolland, Mike Carey, J.M. DeMatteis, Francesco Francavilla, Phil Hester, Joe Jusko, Sam Kieth, Joe Linsner, Ron Marz, Peter Milligan, Steve Niles, Dan Panosian, Paul Pope, Joe Pruett, James Robinson, Declan Shalvey, Dalibor Talajic, and more.
“I have always said that Negative Burn made my career,” Pruett said in a statement. “I have a lot of my love for this title, as do so many of the creators involved, and I am confident that this will be the best volume of this series ever produced. And, that’s saying a lot from a multiple Eisner Award nominated series. I’m excited for you to see this book. It’s going to be great!”
The revival features original, never-before-seen stories created exclusively for the new edition of Negative Burn. For backers on Zoop, the campaign will also offer limited, premium metal variant editions and other surprises, available exclusively through Zoop.
Backers can get a digital copy of the anthology for $15, or physical copies for between $15 and $40, featuring a number of variant covers from artists like Francesco Francavilla, Sam Kieth, Dan Panosian, Joe Linsner, and Juan Doe. At the time of this writing, a special Joe Jusko sketch variant cover is available for another 42 hours or so.
The original Negative Burn ran from 1993 until 1997 from Caliber Press, and it was later resurrected by Image and then Desperado for short runs between 2006 and 2008. After almost 20 years, Pruett is bringing the book back to life through crowdfunding, which has become a go-to resource for indie comics in the years since Negative Burn ended.
You can see the campaign here. It wraps up on February 5.
