Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to all the new projects coming up this year! I hope all of us grow and progress even more this year than the last~!
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Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to all the new projects coming up this year! I hope all of us grow and progress even more this year than the last~!
Last chance to help us do a little charity! If you wanna a gold #lobster, then pick the "Downeast" tier! You can also always score a red one for just $6 at any tier and help this relatable #superhero #comic get made! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
@verybigcomics.com
If you read my comic Taxidermied Cougar, @sierrabravoart.bsky.social did the art for that too. The art is fantastic, help fund it! Check out the kickstarter for this epic story that shows everyone can be a hero!
crochet lobster
Lobstar art
#Crochet #Lobster #Pattern is up
crochet-hoard.com/product/lobs... or www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Please support the #kickstarter I made it for, or buy one I made for just $6. Almost all the $ for the lobsters goes to getting to ch 2!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com
The cutest fanart of all!
For the last day of the LobStar campaign I want to share this drawing of Matt my 7 year old did because he likes that his dad makes comic books. It's nice to hear my boys be excited by or even proud of what I do.
24 hours left in the campaign, if you want to get in on it
verybigcomics.com/lobstar
I saw this on mastodon, & I had to share it. You all know I've been obsessing on #LobStar, it's got similar messages w/ Lords of Animals helping take a stand against unmitigated greed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... it's running out of time & needs a Xmas miracle for ch 2! @verybigcomics.com
I don't really read superhero comics, but this thread is a great explanation of what drew me to working on LobStar anyway. there's still time to back!
So, that’s why Matt Murphy is a lobsterman. His background is in doing hard work for a tough industry that recognizes the need for sustainability over maximal profit. I think that helps make him a principled man, a good guy who stands up to do the right thing.
Lobstering is still a tough business and the waters of coastal Maine are far from saved, but the fact that there’s still a lobster industry there at all is a success. Other factors beyond the lobstering community’s control (like global warming) make it an ongoing battle with no end in sight.
So while it wasn’t entirely for altruistic or environmental reasons, they got together to save their industry by foregoing short-term profit in favor of long-term sustainability. Strict size limits were imposed, as well as other rules such as throwing back females with eggs.
Some time ago, they recognized that if they kept harvesting at the rate they were going, they’d fish up all of the lobsters in the area. Ecological disasters aside, they’d also destroy their own livelihood.
Matt wants to do what he thinks is right at the expense of any personal gain. It was like a microcosm of the one thing I knew about the lobster industry before doing any research for the story: lobstermen of Downeast Maine were one of the very first harvest industries to self-regulate.
Why make a superhero story about a *lobsterman*?
“For the pun” was the original answer.
The second answer is that I can’t really think of an “iconic” New England-based superhero, so it seemed like a good idea.
But, why a lobsterman, specifically? Besides the pun.
only four days to go, and I'm dutifully crocheting #lobster for a #superhero with a #dadbod story. One of you could win the lord of lobsters from the comic if you help #kickstart it! I'm so hoping we can reach chapter 2! @verybigcomics.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
my pattern has beginner friendly instructions
All done! #lobster #crochet pattern I developed for #LobStar will release in 8 days after the #kickstarter ends! Be sure to support the awesome comic with a regular blue-collar worker who becomes a #superhero! I'm so hopeful we can get to ch 2! @verybigcomics.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
Did you love the art in my story in The Museum of the Uncanny by @sierrabravoart.bsky.social ? You should come see #superhero comic they illustrated! if you missed MotU, you can grab it as an add on for just $20! Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com Let's get ch 2!
A #lobster is a #dragon. Lobsters don't die as long they can grow bigger & molt their armored shells. Elder dragons are also known to grow huge & are armored scales. So, I made a #crochet one, inspired by #LobStar! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
Be sure to @verybigcomics.com if you want him!
And then, you just trust the process, and you get from spidery strange bug to cute lil #crochet #lobster guy! You want one of your very own? Support the #kickstarter for #LobStar #superhero #indiecomic! Just $6 if you support at any tier! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com
Ah! It's a bug! Well, a sea bug. A #lobster, actually. This is definitely the "trust the process" part of this #crochet #pattern. Want to score a lobster I made? Support this awesome #superher #indiecomic & score one for just $6 at any tier! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com
Ah?! What is this thing?! It's the start of another red #lobster for the #LobStar #kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
They are $6 as an add-on if you support at any level! A #pattern will come out soon!
Support a great #superhero #indiecomic w/ an everyday #lobsterman as the star!
Wiiiiild.
Imagine the audacity to try and scam a person about someone else's stuff.
Too sad and too funny and so disrespectful XD
the bernat velvet yarn lobster
alternate cover art
The #kickstarter is almost halfway to bonus ch 2! One lucky backer will win the special 1-of-a-kind #crochet #lobster I made in velvet yarn! Why silver? He's so important he's the variant cover & you'll have to back the #comic & find out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com
photo of the lobsters I'm making
panel from the comic
So why a #crochet #gold #lobster? It's the flashpoint for some serious shenanigans in the #comic. One man wants money and another man recognizes what's sacrosanct. Come read about one reluctant #hero and one eager #villain & do some #charity! @verybigcomics.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
snip from their kickstarter emails about the downeast charity
So I issued a challenge about the #crochet #lobsters, but no one took me up on it. Let me share from @verybigcomics.com why it matters for this #superhero #comic "When we started LobStar, it was a story about responsibility — about what happens when the status quo isn’t worth protecting." Read below
I'm making these! Make me work hard! Order more and support a totally awesome #superhero #comic ! Last I looked, I was only on the #crochet hook for 6 of these guys! I can do at least double that! We can totally get to chapter 2! #LobStar @verybigcomics.com #charity #lobster
taxidermied cougar
cover of LobStar
Did you love the art in my story in The Museum of the Uncanny by @sierrabravoart.bsky.social? You should come see #superhero comic they illustrated! @ if you missed MotU, you can grab it as an add on for just $20! Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com Let's get ch 2!
I mentioned I was doing #crochet gold #lobsters for #LobStar #kickstarter #comic for charity, but you can also score yourself a red lobster from me for just $6 as an add-on when you support the comic at any level! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... @verybigcomics.com
preview of the crochet pattern
cover of the comic!
I am doing #crochet lobsters for #LobStar #kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
Get a copy of this #superhero #comic with #lobster #superpowers. Choose "Downeast" to donate to Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation & score a gold lobster! A #pattern coming soon! @verybigcomics.com
cover of the comic!
check this cute golden lobster
Guess what~?! I'm #crocheting for this #kickstarter #superhero #comic to help do some charity work! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... Choose "Downeast" to get one of my golden #lobsters and support healthy #lobsterfishing ! @badneighbor.bsky.social