The Adventures of Simone & Ajax

Simone & Ajax news and a Special Offer!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 08:40:16 AM

Hi! Some of you remember I did some work on Power Comics' "The Masters" #1. I also did some inking over my old friend, Alan Weiss, for #4, which is on Kickstarter now. Power Comics has made this special offer to my Simone & Ajax backers: If you use this link to log on to The Masters Kickstarter (https://tinyurl.com/MastersAndrewPepoy) and make a $40 or more purchase they will provide shipping absolutely free inside the United States and 50% off shipping internationally.  When your Reward Survey arrives, there will be a request for a coupon  code and all you have to do is enter AndrewPepoyM4 to get that discounted shipping rate.

Also, my friend Michelle Lodge has a fun Kickstarter live now, too, for "Bad Witch," an illustrated playing card deck just made for this spooky season. You can check it out by clicking HERE.

Plus, if you missed it, the latest Simone & Ajax book, "What's Black & White and Read All Over?", a collection of the early tales of Simone & Ajax, is still available for pre-order. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/simoneandajaxgogo

 Yours in adventure, Andrew

Final Days of the new Simone & Ajax Kickstarter! Less than 3 days left! Please check it out!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 10:59:10 AM

Hi, Everyone!

I’m back with one more update on the new Simone & Ajax Kickstarter,  “What’s Black & White and Read All Over?” It reached the third stretch goal, so the new book will be the same quality production as “Lemmings and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My!”, but in black & white, as the stories originally appeared. And it will be a 32-page longer book! So if you liked “L&T&B! Oh, My!” and haven’t yet checked out the new Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pepoy/simone-and-ajax-whats-black-and-white-and-read-all-over, I hope you will! It ends Thursday at 12 noon eastern time! Find out how our daring duo met! What happens at Valkyrie School! How they met the lemmings! And much more! Plus we’re still needing some further support to get to the Fourth Stretch Goal: A PDF of an incomplete, unfinished, 1992 Simone & Ajax story that bridges the evolutionary gap between the story I did in college and the professional series that started in 1994.

We have many of the same rewards as last time, from the digital book to various versions of the hardcover book to Mystery Boxes to all sorts of Art Rewards. I hope you’ll please take a look and have this Simone & Ajax book, Book 1, join your Book 3.

Lastly, in the coming weeks I’ll be at San Diego Comic-Con (Small Press table  M-13, behind the main publisher area, not artist alley), Terrificon in Connecticut, and Fan Expo Chicago, so please stop by and say Hi!

Thanks, as always, for your support!

With gratitude, Andrew

The new Simone & Ajax Kickstarter! New Art Rewards! Stretch Goals!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 08:05:29 AM

Thanks to all of you for supporting the previous Simone & Ajax Kickstarter! If you haven’t yet checked out the new S&A Kickstarter, please do by clicking HERE. “The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: What’s Black and White & Read All Over?” is a 160-page collection of Simone & Ajax’s earliest adventures, presented in black & white, as they originally appeared. 

At the three week mark, the new Kickstarter is going well! We’re funded and passed the second Stretch Goal (now a hardcover with spot gloss!), but I’d love to have your support and get to the next stretch goal. If you enjoyed the previous book, you'll love seeing the origins of Simone & Ajax, and, in one story, the literal origin of this friendship bonded by adventure. 

If you'd like to share the campaign, please use this link: https://bit.ly/simoneandajax1

As we head into the last 10 days of the Kickstarter for "The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: What's Black & White and Read All Over?" I've added many more Original Art rewards. The first round of Original Art rewards were all claimed quickly, so it was suggested I add more. Your wish is my command! I've added art from The Beatles' Yellow Submarine official comics adaptation, a Futurama cover, Die Kitty Die chapters, Wallace & Gromit, and more! If you've pledged for something else and want to change your pledge you can by clicking "Manage My Pledge." If you like what you originally pledged for but want to add one of the new options, too, please message me, and we'll make it happen. Here's an example of what you'll find added, with all to be seen on the main campaign page:

Ajax has been supervising my work getting these 25 year old pages digitally cleaned up and restored for this book, so it'll look better than ever.

Back to work here! I'll be back as we reach the end of the Kickstarter. 

Yours in Adventure, Andrew

The New Simone & Ajax Kickstarter is LIVE!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 09:00:50 AM

The new Simone & Ajax Kickstarter is LIVE at "The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: What's Black and White and Read All Over?" or https://bit.ly/simoneandajax1. Please take a look! Please tell your friends, neighbors, and random people on the street! Please share this bit.ly link on social media. The only way I can make this and future books happen is to get the word out, and those of you who are already in the know about what fun Simone & Ajax is are the best people to tell others.

If you missed the last update, here's the news: Some of you noticed that the spine of your book of all-new comics had a 3 on it and asked: What about books 1 and 2? Well, you can get Book One in my new campaign for "The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: What's Black and White and Read All Over?"

In the dawn of time... Well, okay, not that far back, Simone & Ajax appeared in black & white stories in a variety of now hard to find comic books. But now, collected together for the first time in this 160-page book, you can read Simone & Ajax  from their very first story, done when I was still in college, to their final B&W adventure 15 years later, including the 30-page epic tale of how our daring duo met. Their secret origin, you might say! Plus, find out what happened to Atlantis, what it takes to go to Valkyrie school, see Ajax's early detective tales, how they met the lemmings for the first time, see them go to the moon, face monsters, meet Santa Claus, and more! As a special bonus, I'm including holiday mini-comics only previously seen by my friends and family, as well as other early Simone & Ajax art. This book is all already-finished material, which just needs some digital clean-up, so this book will go to the printer soon after the campaign ends. Here are a few images from the book:

The campaign is now LIVE at this page. There will be many of the same kinds of rewards as last time, so if you missed out on some art (Including a Simone & Ajax cover), a sketch, or Mystery Box, you can get in on the rewards immediately. Please click this link https://bit.ly/simoneandajax1 now to back the new book.

Thanks, as always, for your support!

-Andrew

New Simone & Ajax Kickstarter launches next week!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:24:46 PM

Hi! I wanted you backers of the previous Simone & Ajax book to hear it here first! Save the date! Next week, Tuesday the 13th, at 12 noon EST! Some of you noticed that the spine of your book of all-new comics had a 3 on it and asked: What about books 1 and 2? Well, you can get Book One in my new campaign for "The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: What's Black and White and Read All Over?"

 In the dawn of time... Well, okay, not that far back, Simone & Ajax appeared in black & white stories in a variety of now hard to find comic books. But now, collected together for the first time in this 160-page book, you can read Simone & Ajax from their very first story, done when I was still in college, to their final B&W adventure 15 years later, including the 30-page epic tale of how our daring duo met. Their secret origin, you might say! Plus, find out what happened to Atlantis, what it takes to go to Valykrie school, see Ajax's early detective tales, how they met the lemmings for the first time, see them go to the moon, face monsters, meet Santa Claus, and more! As a special bonus, I'm including holiday mini-comics only previously seen by my friends and family, as well as other early Simone & Ajax art. This book is all already-finished material, which just needs some digital clean-up, so this book will go to the printer soon after the campaign ends.

Though the campaign won't go live until June 13th at noon EST, you can go to the campaign preview page now and click the link to be notified as soon as it goes live. There will be many of the same kinds of rewards as last time, so if you missed out on some art (Including a Simone & Ajax cover), a sketch, or Mystery Box, you can get in on the rewards immediately. Please click this link https://bit.ly/simoneandajax1 now to sign up to be notified or on June 13th to back the new book.

Thanks, as always, for your support!

-Andrew