Coming to Kickstarter · Book One, Issue #1
Jacob grew up on a farm. He was born for something much bigger.
In secret, he trains under Tora, one of the last grandmasters of the fallen Wu Lin Temple. When he fights his way into the Tournament of the King, Jacob starts to learn who he really is, and what he will risk for the people he loves. Grandmasters is the first book in a seven-book kung fu universe, and Issue #1 is coming to Kickstarter.
The launch
Here's how it will work
Campaign launching soon. Art by Sairam Gutierrez.
The Grandmaster Universe
Seven books set in one universe
Every book stands on its own, so you can start with the one that grabs you. Read them together and you'll find one larger story running across generations, worlds, and genres, from epic kung fu to space opera to gothic horror.
Covers and character designs drawn by Sairam Gutierrez.
Book 01Martial Arts Fantasy · Shonen Grandmasters Kickstarter coming
Book 02Space Opera · Seinen WarLords Issue #1 written
Book 03Mecha Action · Shonen Triumph Issue #1 written
Book 04Superpower Action · Shonen Fury In development
Book 05Fantasy · Isekai The Master of Oz In development
Book 06Gothic Horror · Seinen Drak Killa In development
Book 07Martial Arts Horror · Seinen Franken Fist In development Get the Universe Primer A free guide to all seven books, the world they share, and the characters you'll meet first. Send it to me →
Why I'm writing this
I wanted to draw comics before I ever learned kung fu
I come from a family of artists. My dad was a painter and a carpenter who could really draw, and my grandmother's sister was the Washington, D.C. painter Georgia Mills Jessup. Comics were my first dream. Then I started kung fu at fourteen, and the training took over.
Years later, while I was training under my Sifu, Grandmaster Tai Yim, he gave me some of his original comics from Hong Kong. That's when I started dreaming up this universe. Today I'm a ninth-generation master of Hung Fut kung fu, and I'm finally telling the stories I've carried with me all this time.
Read the whole storyThe founders
Two founders, one label
Co-founder
Philippe Prosper
aka Rap is a Martial Art
Ninth-generation master of Hung Fut kung fu. Philippe is building a universe of titles of his own, published under Grandmaster Comics. His first titles are in development.
Philippe's titles, coming soon →
What these stories are about
Built like a kung fu school
A kung fu school puts people from every background on the same floor, all working toward the same thing. That's the spirit of this universe. These are stories about discipline, sacrifice, honor, and growing into a better version of yourself.
These aren't religious comics, but they carry the values I live by: sacrifice, redemption, honor, and growing into who you were made to be.
Be there when Grandmasters launches
Get the free Universe Primer now, first looks at the pages as they're finished, and the Kickstarter link before anyone else.