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KickStarter-Funded Zombie Graphic Novel FUBAR Makes New York Times Best Seller List (thepoliticker.observer)

Art for FUBAR (Alterna Comics)

Good news for all those scrappy independent writers and publishers out there:
despite what you may have heard in the press about how difficult it is to
crack into the literary world, it is still possible to turn your World War II
zombie comic book into a _New York Times _ best seller on the basis of
Internet buzz alone.

Yesterday on Reddit, a commenter under the name humansmartbomb introduced
himself in the AMA (Ask Me Anything) subforum with the post: "My Kickstarter
funded Indie Graphic Novel just made it on the New York Times best selling
Graphic novel list." Here's the opening shot:

> Fubar Empire of the Rising Dead! It's got 40 contributors and is 272 pages.
27 short stories centered around a zombie outbreak in World War 2 in the
pacific theater. Volume one covered the European theater. I wrote and drew a
few of the shorts but primarily I edited the collection. So fucking proud of
my guys and girls! We're number 6 on the list.

The author of this post would be **Jeff McComsey**, who has penned two volumes
on undead outbreaks in the Pacific Theater ...

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