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The Hostage: A Graphic Novel by Sal Abbinanti

Created by Sal Abbinanti

A full-color graphic novel inspired by the culture & religions of Brazil—set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷

Latest Updates from Our Project:

We Did It! THANK YOU 🙏 Production Updates Coming Soon...
about 3 years ago – Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 06:45:08 AM

Less than 24 hours to go!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:13:36 PM

What a ride... today is the last day to support THE HOSTAGE on Kickstarter! The campaign closes tonight. Join me on Facebook at 7PM CT for a livestream in the final hours of the campaign.

A couple final updates for the last day... we're excited to announce that everyone who pledged for the book and up will get the Bill Sienkiewicz Postcard:

Plus we've got one more stretch goal for the last day of the campaign. If we make it to $50K everyone who has pledged for the book will also get this exclusive set of HOSTAGE buttons!

Thank you for your incredible support for this project!

Less Than 36 Hours Left!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 03:17:11 AM

With less than 2 days to go, now is the time to get it any final pledges or add-ons... thank you so much for your support.

Here are a few updates on our progress:

Since we passed 170% funded we want to share that everyone who ordered the book will now be UPGRADED from the standard hardcover (the size of a comic book) to a new DELUXE hardcover (about twice as large):

Today Kickstarter made THE HOSTAGE their featured Comic Project of the Day... can't thank them enough for the support!

Also , for the last day of the campaign I am doing a Facebook live stream tomorrow, Thursday @ 7PM CT. I'll be streaming from my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/sal.abbinanti 

Hope to see you there and thank you again!

VIDEO: Behind the Scenes Original Art
about 3 years ago – Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 06:08:52 PM

Just two days left to go on our campaign! Thank you again for your incredible support.

Wanted to share this behind-the-scenes video featuring the exclusive HOSTAGE originals, included for those who pledge for the Original Art Reward:

And since we're all fans of independent creators, I wanted to share Ricardo Delgado's Dracula of Transylvania campaign with you—Clover Press just launched this and they have some amazing rewards for their backers. Check it out and show some support!

VIDEO: Rejected Sample Pages Collection
about 3 years ago – Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:28:23 AM

This week on social media, I've been sharing some of my rejected sample pages from proposals throughout my career. Thought it would be cool to share this video with our Kickstarter backers... check it out: