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ALT digital ad. a blue underwater background, with the cover of AS THE WORLD BURNS and the caption NOW LIVE!

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! Single-panel comic. Staci and Finn are sitting at a table at the fictional restaurant WINGS & THINGS. Staci is tearing into a basket of wings like a feral animal, sauce all over her hands, face, and shirt, like blood. Finn looks on in disbelief.

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Silver Screen Classics: Grease," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Single-panel comic. Staci is dressed as John Travolta from Grease with a big ol' greasy black hair pompadour wig, black tshirt, black slacks. She's sitting in the back of a 50s convertible with her arm around Finn the Shark, who's dressed like Olivia Newton-John (curly blonde wig, leather pants even though he doesn't have legs, one of those black shirts where your shoulders and collarbone are on full display). The Grease logo has been reimagined to say MY BOYFRIEND IS A SHARK.

ALT "As The World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Silver Screen Classics: I Dream of Jeannie," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Staci & Finn drawn in the old Hanna Barbera style from I Dream of Jeannie. Staci is Jeannie, Finn is the astronaut guy.

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Just a Bite," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (blonde girl, burgundy one-piece) has thrown a checkered tablecloth over her ocean rock and she's having lunch with her boyfriend, the titular shark! She's got a plate with a salad in front of her, and she's looking with a raised eyebrow at Finn, who has a plate stacked high with human body parts, including the classic head with Xes for eyes. Finn has a mouth full of a bite as he offers her a toe. Panel 2: Staci holds back a big barf. Finn laughs. Panel 3: Staci offers Finn a leaf of lettuce. Finn recoils in horror. Panel 4: Finn is dry-heaving into the water as Staci steals the toe off his plate.

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, Coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Rent's Due," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Panel 1: The gang recoiling in horror at their rent bill. Panel 2: They've all donned scuba gear and they're crashing in Finn the Shark's underwater cave, some curled up on the ocean floor, some posted up on Finn's surprisingly stylish mid-century modern couch. Finn gives Staci (blonde girl, yellow one-piece) a quizzical look. Staci shrugs.

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, Coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Just a Friend," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (white girl, blonde hair, burnt sienna two-piece) chilling on a rock in the water, laughing with a dolphin. Panel 2: The dolphin's splashing her with water as she laughs uproariously. Finn the Shark watches from a distance, fuming. Panel 3: Finn has leapt from the water and is flying at the dolphin, teeth bared. The dolphin is ready for combat. Staci is rolling her eyes. Panel 4: The boys are wrestlin' in the water, dolphin sinking his round teeth into Finn. Staci stands on the rock, her hands on her hips. S: "Really? Oh my gawd, Finn."

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark Collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Art" by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos Single-panel comic. Dick the Dolphin, Rocky the Kitten, and Darryl the Squid are in an art studio painting Finn the Shark, who poses regally under a spotlight, part of his body conveniently covered by a canvas. On the students' canvases, we see that each of them have rendered the great white shark's two penises, known as claspers, with various levels of skill. Dick jokes! Woo!

ALT Coming to Kickstarter May 1st, As the World Burns, a My Boyfriend is a Shark book #1 “New Friend” Panel 1– Staci, a blond girl in her signature one-piece swimsuit, plays beach volleyball with a friend out of panel. Panel 2– The ball lands on the water, not far from a familiar shark fin Panel 3– An adorable Dick dolphin springs out of the water, tossing the ball back to Staci, who continues playing with him. Panel 4– Dick and Fin glare at each other as Staci stands between them “Have you two met?”

ALT “Envy” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Staci sees a great pink one-piece swimsuit in the window of a shop downtown Panel 2– Sticker shock! The suit is way too expensive Panel 3– Staci and Fin the boyfriend shark see a hottie on the beach wearing the hot pink suit. Staci’s green-eyed monster is in full swing Panel 4– Fin floats in front of Staci, his mouth full of pink fabric, as the folks on the beach panic, minus one hottie who looked fabulous in her expensive pink swimsuit.

ALT "As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "High Dive," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (white blonde girl, blue one-piece) is peering nervously over a cliff above a lake. A bunch of kids are playing in the water and encouraging her to jump. Panel 2: Low camera angle looking up at Staci, who's extremely nervous. Panel 3: Finn the Shark is in the water below, looking up at his gf nervously. Panel 4: She did it! Finn watches as she hits the water, laughing. Finn's eyes have been replaced by hearts.

ALT “Family Reunion” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter May 1) A throwback to the very beginning of this journey, and some good macabre fun Panel 1– Staci and Fin hang out in the shallows with Staci’s family, and Fin is hungry. He thinks he’s going to eat grandma, but Staci shoots him down. Panel 2– makes a play to turn cousin Shelly into a snack, but gets “the look” from his best girl. Panel 3– He tries one more time, with obnoxious uncle Ralph. Staci ignores him, watching her phone Panel 4– Uncle Ralph is gone, his beer floating in the sea in its cozy, and Fin munches a well-deserved snack.

ALT “My Hero” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Staci, a young blond woman, scuba dives among schools of yellow and orange fish. Panel 2– As she swims, a long, orange tentacle reaches out for her ankle. Panel 3– Snared by the tentacle, Staci struggles fruitlessly to free herself. Panel 4– The culprit is almost entirely gone as Fin the boyfriend shark chomps on something and Staci untangles her ankle from the piece of tentacle still wrapped around it.

ALT My Boyfriend is a Shark: "Candlelight Dinner", featured in AS THE WORLD BURNS, coming to Kickstarter May 1! Single-panel comic. Staci (white girl, blonde, purple one-piece swimsuit) is sitting on a floatie, leaning forward, elbows on her hips, staring dreamily into the eyes of Finn the Shark. Between them is a surfboard with a platter piled high with dead fish and a candle. On the shoreline, a crowd of people are running away, somebody yelling "Shark! Stay out of the water!"

ALT “A Fin Out of Water” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Fin sees Staci walking with her friend, Colin. Panel 2– He sneaks around town behind them as they shop and run errands, disguised in a fedora and shades Panel 3– As the 2 friends chat, Fin imagines eating Colin Panel 4– He finally catches up to them, only to be surprised for his birthday!!!

ALT “First Fight” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Zoomed out view of a crowded beach Panel 2– The beach visitors scatter for shore at the sight of the shark in the water Panel 3– Staci has her back to a sad-faced Fin, saying, “I’m not talking to you yet.” Panel 4– The view pans back to the entire beach watching as Staci stands firm, arms folded, and Fin swims away.

ALT “First Date” The start of it all… Staci and Fin hit the ground running and never stopped, but it all started with a girl and a shark, and a few pounds of chum. Panel 1– Staci, a blond girl in a blue sweater chatting with her nail lady as she gets a manicure Panel 2– Staci gets a curl and blowout Panel 3– A visit to the fishmongers for a little something, 10 lbs of mackerel, to be specific. Panel 4– Staci sits on Big Rock in a black swimsuit, ladling mackerel from a bucket. Below her, a single shark fin peeks out of the water Studio Metropolis’ upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter starting May 1)

ALT cover of Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1 (line art of Alice suggestively drooling on a mushroom). Caption reads LAST DAY, LINK IN BIO

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ALT Cover of SE Ransdell's CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER Vol 1 (line art of Alice of Wonderland fame suggestively drooling on a mushroom). Captions read: FOR FANS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN, CHUCK PALAHNIUK, AND TANITH LEE "As erotic and beautiful as it is morbid and shocking, Liz Ransdell's collection of Wonderland stories is one wildly entertaining trip through the looking glass." -AJ Jones, author LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER