Description

Thump’n Guts                        One-shot Comic w/ Variants
Featuring all 3 Art Cover Editions by Simon Bisley and includes “Thump’n Guts” Poster, Trading Card, $100 bill replica.  Awesome!!
Created by: Kevin Eastman
Writer: Kevin Eastman
Artists: Simon Bisley & Kevin Eastman
Colorist: Steve Lavigne
Letterer: Steve Lavigne
All Covers by: Simon Bisley

“Thump’n Guts” is the un-bagged version of the comic title “Project-X.” In 1993, Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley, frustrated with the popularity of the variant market, and lack of popularity of the comics that they enjoyed, decided to create a “true collectible” comic. A “pre-bagged and pre marked-up” comic that would have three different covers, three different endings, include six different trading cards, and be limited to 100,000. In an effort to make it even more “collectible” they also decided to distribute cash within the sealed and bagged comics: *We hammered out the story, and sold the entire package to publisher Denis Kitchen of Kitchen Sink Press, and scheduled it for release in June of 1993. As press time closed in we added a “postcard statement” drawn by Mark Martin about what is collectible (rare hard to find items) and what isn’t…as well as a poster, and the coolest idea yet – cash. We took $3000 dollars of different sized notes and inserted them into a specific number of envelopes. The envelope contained the “postcard statement”. We flew the stuffed envelopes and one of our guys up to the printer to randomly insert them as comics were being bagged. We had orders for about 50,000 copies (a complete disaster in average 1993 sales figures, but a record number compared to what Kitchen Sink was used to) and we waited for it to bust wide open. You know – we were waiting for some lucky fan to find money, tell the newspapers, and we would be the heroes that saved the industry! Whether the money ever made it into the press run, or if anyone that ever bought them never opened “the bag” they were “pre-bagged in” to keep them “mint” is unknown – the news never broke.” *Source: heavymetal.com

Now, Kitchen Sink Press presents “Thump’n Guts”, Ultimate monster-fighting action by Kevin Eastman, of Ninja Turtles fame, and British artist Simon Bisley. When a monster is released from the Earth’s core, only one thing can force it back into its hole: more monsters! Includes all three art cover editions, Kevin Eastman poster (19.25 x 13), a trading card (Detonate), and a Thump’n Guts $100 bill replica sealed in a plain white envelope.

Story/Spoilers
It was 2231 when drillers reached the incredible depth of one million meters beneath the surface. They thought they hit a gas pocket but instead broke through the prison of a terror buried there eons before. Mental Head, destroyer of worlds, was unleashed upon an unsuspecting Earth and intent on destroying everything in his path. High above the planet, Father notes his deadly son’s awakening and calls forth his other children – Veto, Stab, Detonate, Graveyard and Megadead. Features multiple story endings.

Includes:
All three art cover editions by Simon Bisley
Kevin Eastman “Thump’n Guts was Here!” poster (19.25 x 13) Poster is folded in quarters.
Trading Card (Detonate)
Thump’n Guts $100 bill replica sealed in a plain white envelope.

Comics are bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printings
Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Publication Date: 1993
Format per comic: FC, 40 pages, Comic, 10.20″ x 6.65″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic w/ Variants are in Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful Lot!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Kevin Eastman and/or Simon Bisley collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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