Kickstarter Beats Hollywood And Stan Lee On New York Times Bestseller List

[Rich Johnston]

This week, Stan Lee's Romeo And Juliet: The War has debuted at No 7 on the New York Times graphic novel paperback charts.

Two weeks ago, FUBAR Vol 2 debuted at No 6 on the New York Times graphic novel paperback charts.

FUBAR Vol 2 was the result of a Kickstarter project in August 2011, raising $6000 based on a $3000 fundraising aim.

"The 20 stories that comprise FUBAR?*volume 2: Empire of the Rising Dead all take place exclusively in the Pacific theater of World War II.?* Replace zombie Nazis with Zombie Kamikazes and add in a helping of crazy zombie Jarheads and you get the idea."

ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR, by Stan Lee and Terry Dougas has the most recognisable name in comics in the credits, and published by 1821 Comics, the publishing arm of a Hollywood TV/movie production company, with big convention booths and plenty of publicity. And reinventing Roemo And Juliet "with a sci-fi twist: the Montagues are cyborgs and the Capulets are genetically-enhanced humans who are at odds. See what happens when a young Montague boy and Capulet girl fall in love."

But it didn't have Kickstarter behind it.

Or Japanese zombies.

Okay, okay, it did also have a harcover release simultaneously, which may have cannibalised paperback sales, but still...

[ShinAkuma666]

FUBAR is excellent, great art and stories, yes there are way too much zombie stories out there, a lot of them mediocre but it is not the case at all with that book, I have both volumes and participated on the Kickstarter project for volume 2, got some nice cool extras like buttons, sketch etc.

Check it out guys !

FUBAR

[Appasawz]

FUBAR is excellent, great art and stories, yes there are way too much zombie stories out there, a lot of them mediocre but it is not the case at all with that book, I have both volumes and participated on the Kickstarter project for volume 2, got some nice cool extras like buttons, sketch etc.

Check it out guys !

FUBAR

Same here. Great books and great rewards. Happy to see those guys doing well.

[bottleHeD]

Hey, I remember FUBAR when it was canvassing on Kickstarter. Good to see it come to fruit.

[fredmanson]

I was waiting for the release of this excellent graphic novel!! The first one kills, and with the subject of the second one, it will be Zombies' Time!!!! [EDIT]ORDERED!!![/EDIT]

I will try to get a look at Rome&Juliet: The War. Not because it is Stan "The Man No More" Lee but because it is a landscape OGN, and I love Sci-Fi and digital arts (some pages can be seen on Amazon). [EDIT]HC edition ORDERED on Amazon - very, very less expensive!![/EDIT]

[khuxford]

Didn't our own Joe the Mod have work in that book? If so, how does that not even rate a mention in the article???

Congrats, Joe!