Crowdpuncher | ‘The Pride’ returns, ‘Who Killed Nessie?’ + Cecil Castellucci becomes the comic

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Cecil Castellucci has worked on a lot of interesting projects in her career as an author, comics writer and musician, but this may be the most interesting one yet.

“In an effort to come up with a truly ephemeral sequential arts experience, I am going to become a walking comic book where the pieces of the story will temporarily live on my right arm as I walk through the world,” she said on Kickstarter. “It’s a conceptual art piece! That will last a year!”

Castellucci has enlisted more than 20 artists to draw a comic strip starring a character named Maxi:which Castellucci will then turn into a temporary tattoo to wear for two weeks at a time. Some of the artists she’s recruited include Mari Naomi, Diana Tamblyn, Pia Guerra, Nate Powell, Chris Wisnia, Jose Pimienta, Nicole Goux, Hope Larson, Faith Erin Hicks, Dean Haspiel and more.

What’s the deal?

Since the comic being created here is going to be on Cecil’s arm, there’s not really a piece of collateral that’s being produced here. However, she is offering rewards like copies of her album, signed books from her backlist and even a hangout on Discord to watch a Disney movie. In keeping with the theme of the campaign, she’s also offering a blank comics panel template as a temporary tattoo, so you can easily draw your own comic on your arm if you so choose.

Crowdpuncher | ‘The Pride’ returns, ‘Who Killed Nessie?’ + Cecil Castellucci becomes the comic