“Switch Runners” Coming To Print

Switch Runners, a comic I’ve reviewed online as part of the Sugary Serials website, will soon be released in print. (Well, print again. It was already printed in the offline anthology version of Sugary Serials.) Mark Rudolph and Jerzy Drozd are releasing the comic on it’s own (with a few extra) through their own printing title, Tiny Astronaut. (Why they didn’t go with “Art & Story”, after their podcast, I guess is their business. Insert parody of “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” here.) It’s currently available for pre-order, and I can easily recommend it. (I’m also hoping I can swing the funds to get it myself.) Or at least check out the online version.

One thing I mentioned in my review was that the online version didn’t have an intro to clue us in to the story. Well, that’s been changed.

After crash landing on an alien world, a group of explorers discover an amazing energy source granting their machines the ability to switch from high-speed reconnaissance mode to fantastic battle modes! But the brutal Tritannus and his interplanetary band of outlaws will stop at nothing to claim the Ovidian Energy for themselves! It’s a fight to the finish with the fate of the galaxy as the ultimate prize! These are the adventures of–(presumably this goes back to the front cover for “Switch Runners”.)

Funny, that sounds rather familiar. Oh yeah…

Crash landing on an alien planet, a group of humans find an amazing energy that allows their vehicles to turn into mighty battle machine. But the evil Tritanius seeks the Ovidian power for himself. All that stands between his army and galactic conquest are…the Switch Runners!

I’m still not expecting a check*, but the fact that I somewhat matched Jerzy’s version (I have no evidence he’s read either this review or the Silver one, and I was thinking blurb at the top of the page, so mine was shorter) makes me feel like I’m creative. There may be hope for me yet in the comic-writing game.

(*They are, however, more than welcome to send me a free copy or some art advice. 😀 Yeah, I’m not holding my breath for that, either. They’re kind of busy. And poor. Why do I want to make comics again?)