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BANJAX: SYDNEY #1 by Screenwriter Rylend Grant

Created by Rylend Grant

The Ringo nominee for BEST SERIES is back with a vengeance! A sexy crime thriller from the maniacs behind THE JUMP & EVEL KNIEVEL.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

SURVEYS COMING! And TWO UBER Limited FOIL Variants!
28 days ago – Mon, May 11, 2026 at 05:12:38 PM

Hey Banjaxers,

  I hope everyone is doing well as the Summer approaches. Here are some updates for you! Let me know if you have any questions on anything.

SURVEYS ARE COMING!

Your backer surveys are coming! We'll do a smoke test this evening for some of you and the rest of you should get it tomorrow morning. Please let me know if you have any problems with it.

While you're filling those out, DO NOT MISS:

FUN STUFF IN THE BACKERKIT SHOP!

I always like to give you guys a little something extra and awesome at the end of a campaign like this... and I took a full inventory while building out this latest survey and realized that I am straight OUT of most of our really good variants... so, I decided it's time to create some new ones for you. We'll be doing wicked, uber limited BRUSHED foil versions of two of our most iconic BANJAX covers.

Here is the BANJAX Issue 1 -  Brushed Foil GREMLINS Homage Variant! It's a run of just 30. It'll shiny. It'll be glorious. Each one will be individually signed, numbered, and remarqued by me.

This cover was originally only available for a few days at an exclusive at San Diego Comic Con in 2019.

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And here is the BANJAX Issue 1 -  Brushed Foil ROCKY IV Homage Variant! It's a run of just 30. Again... shiny AND glorious. Each one will be individually signed, numbered, and remarqued by me.

This cover was originally only available for a few days at an exclusive at Baltimore Con in 2019. When we were nominated for FOUR Ringo Awards including BEST SERIES alongside Bitter Root and Something's Killing the Children.

 If you picked up our JUMP #1 Mignola Foil variant or our PEACEKEEPERS FARGO Foil variant, expect that kind of quality. Here's what that brushed foil looks like:

You can grab one or BOTH of these simply by answering 'YES' when prompted at the beginning of your survey... or by manually adding one when you get to the add-ons interface later.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Rylend

AND WE'RE FUNDED!!!
about 2 months ago – Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 12:02:44 PM

Hey all,

I just wanted to thank you very sincerely for all the love this past month. There is such an active and enthusiastic fanbase here on Kickstarter... you guys have made this a uniquely great time... I've said it before and I'll say it again here... this is so much more fun than is putting books in comic shops.

I'm going to take a short respite for the weekend, but I'll be back early next week with more news... and I'll start contacting folks then for commission and draw-me-in references. The backerkit surveys will be headed your way in about two weeks. I'll try to have some fun stuff available for you all there.

The first round of payment processing went through last night and we do have some errored transactions, so make sure your payment info is current with kickstarter.

If you have questions or concerns in the meantime, please don't hesitate to flip me a message. You might also want to follow me on social media for more info/hi jinx:

RYLEND GRANT ON THE INSTAGRAMS

RYLEND GRANT ON THE TWITTERS

RYLEND GRANT ON THE BLUESKYS

Thanks so much again for everything. Talk soon. Stay safe.

Rylend


 

TEST
2 months ago – Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 01:47:24 PM

TEST

AND WE'RE FUNDED!
3 months ago – Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 01:12:31 PM

Hey all,

  I am overdue in thanking you all, very sincerely, for getting us to our initial funding goal so quickly. These books don't happen without you and I feel all warm and fuzzy whenever we get support like this.

But the fun is just starting! We are onto stretch goals now/it's time to get you guys some more goodies!

Hitting that $5K funding goal already triggered our first stretch goal. You will all now receive our BONUS DIGITAL EXTRAVAGANZA... 12 digital comics from some of the hottest names in the buisiness. That means you'll all now receive 18+ comics (600+ pages of content) for just one pledge! 

When we cross that $8K threshold, you'll all get a print from BANJAX/JUMP artist Fabio Alves that's going to make your toes curl.

I'll check back in here soon with more news. If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hestiate to message me.

Thanks so much again!

Rylend

P.S. While you're here on the platform, please check out this wonderful campaign from our very good friend Steve Prince:

MERCY: IN PRISON

MERCY: IN PRISON is a one-shot for mature readers that follows Mercy Hansen as she hunts down the man that betrayed her and finds more than she bargained for! 

If you love 70's exploitation movies, horror, and women, then MERCY: IN PRISON puts pedal to the metal and offers up a filling serving of badass women, blood, guts, and more!

Written by Steven Prince (MONSTER MATADOR), with art by Mick Beyers (QUEEN OF MARS) and colors by Alex Zief (MONSTER MATADOR, CARMILLA). The 24 Page one shot, MERCY: IN PRISON journeys back to 1975 and follows MERCY HANSEN, a happy-go-lucky farm girl from Wisconsin who gets sent to a Philippines prison after getting caught with a brick of China White in her travel bag. Of course, she didn't put it there. That darn English prick Richard Hawthorne III did and she wants to get out of prison to get her revenge. Only problem is that she's not the only one out for revenge... and she'll be lucky to survive! 

CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstermatador/mercy-in-prison