W E L C O M E     

     Zegas is a comic book series that I, Michel Fiffe, launched last year in an effort to fully realize the kind of thing I've always wanted to create: a full color one-man anthology comic, serializing a main feature while having room to cultivate additional content. Zegas #1 was hand stamped, signed, and numbered with a limited print run. This venture into self-publishing was and continues to be an exciting way to present the comics I want to make.              

     Zegas is a series of stories held together not only by style or by theme but by print. After all, it's the personalized nature of a printed comic and its physical properties that can make a reading experience like no other. I can't wait to get deeper into the world of Zegas with this format, using an approach where both the content and its tangible vehicle are treated with the respect they deserve. What can I say? I love the feel, the function, and even the smell of a comic as an accessible objet d’art.                      

" O K A Y ,   B U T   I   H A V E   A   Q U E S T I O N . . .

     ...so what's Zegas about, anyway?" Boston and Emily Zegas are orphaned siblings living together in a dreamlike backdrop where they deal with sex and death, not necessarily in that order. It's a color coded slice-of-life story set on the stylized platform I've designed from the ground up. The architecture, the fashion, and law of physics may be not be familiar, but the character dynamics are.

     Also in this second Zegas issue I introduce “Habana ‘76”, a semi-autobiographical account that takes a close look at my own family’s history and the neighborhood I was born in. “Habana” is different from the main Zegas feature in regards to staging, context, and tone, but it's a complementary addition to the main feature.

T H E   R E V I E W S  A R E   I N

    Zegas #2 has a great balance of content the same way you'll find in #1, which was critically well received by several corners of the comic book community. In case you missed it the first time around, here are a few words regarding the first issue:

"Fiffe has crafted a gem, a comic whose every line of dialogue and ink is both refined and bursting with enthusiasm. More importantly, though, he’s captured a legitimate rarity, the shiver and clench of comics set to doing something that’s never quite been asked of them before." --The Comics Journal

"...a large-scale showcase for Fiffe's fantastic artwork and his expert grasp of characters, the way they move through their lives, and their realistic conversations." --Warren Peace Sings the Blues

"Fiffe seems like he’s trying to figure out what comics can potentially do. And the fact that he’s doing this stuff now, not 10/20/30/60 years ago, is pretty damn exciting." --Comix Cube

Please check out more info, art, and previews of Zegas #1 over here and over there. 

F U E L   F O R   Z E G A S   # 2

     The funding received for this project will cover the printing and shipping expenses, which includes prints, shirts, and the actual Zegas #2 comic. I want this issue to have a higher print run than the previous issue, so the more it receives the higher the print run will be. If the project is fueled over 100%, it would ensure more copies and more merchandise. The funding does not cover page rates or any traveling expenses for conventions. What you're paying for are the results of work already executed.

     For those of you who may be unfamiliar with how RocketHub works, know that it's not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me. It's also an All & More funding mechanism, meaning that even if I don't reach my financial goal, I still get to keep what I raise. If I do reach my goal, though, I get access to additional opportunities.

     I hope you're as excited about this project as I am to make it happen and get it into your hands! Creating Zegas and putting it out in the world through personal and immediate means is a way to keep things viable, more direct, and it cuts out several middlemen. Many thanks in advance for your patronage.