Print update
9 months ago
– Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 05:20:54 AM
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Get the awesome Chrome Roses Trilogy, the award-nominated cyberpunk sensation about an outcast detective and punk vigilante teaming-up to stop a terrifying pandemic. Buy original art from the series, or stock up on Monty's artbook or his "masterwork" graphic novel series "Death Sentence" (voted 'comic of the decade' in 2019). Chrome Roses raised over $36,000 in 2024 for Book 1 (fulfilled) and $39,000 in August 2025 for Book 2, with Book 3 arriving Dec 2026. Don't miss out! Martin Simmonds – Artist (Image, Marvel, DC) “‘With beautiful art and a killer concept, Chrome Roses is a cyber punk masterpiece” John Freeman – Editor, Writer – (Marvel UK, Titan, Down the Tubes) “Bloody hell! Chrome Roses is incredible! My mind is blown!” Nicola Scott – Artist (Image, DC) “Look at how beautiful this book is!”
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Good news! The print presses are rolling on the final Chrome Roses books and rewards. Here's one of the proof books in London (proofs are for checking everything looks great before printing the full run).
After a few tweaks I approved the proofs and transferred funds to the printer, so it won't be long now. As soon as all the books arrive with me I'll start sending out parcels to all UK backers. It takes a week or so more for them to arrive in Texas, at which point the team there sorts them into boxes ready for shipping across the USA and round the world. Exciting times!
I took the proof copies down to MCM London which is a mahoosive show - the venue holds over 68,000 people each day. (It took me 15 minutes to walk diagonally across the hall, which is nearly 1km long, due to all the fans criss-crossing between stalls.) I was a guest panellist at the show talking about independent comic creation, and proudly planted Chrome Roses on my table as I was talking about that and the new Death Sentence: Complete Collection from Titan. So a big thanks to you for backing Chrome Roses, and making this cyberpunk epic a reality.
Everyone I spoke to loved Chrome Roses; Jim Zub even asked me to sign his copy - what a gent! It seems to strike a chord with readers straight away. I hope you love it just as much when it pops through your letterbox in the next few weeks.
I'll update again when I'm sending out the first print rewards.
Don't forget to sign up for the next book in the series here if you haven't yet. I'll launch that after all the rewards are sent.
Links for the digital comics are in the previous four updates of this KS page, if you can't find them in your inbox.
And you can order this 'comic book only' cover by Martin Simmonds only from comic shops NOW. It's a beauty. Support your local store and get Death Sentence: The Complete Edition at the same time!! If you order from comic stores, this is the cover you'll get.
All the best, and more from me very soon.
Monty
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