Slice of Life – A Queer WEBTOON With an Anime Twist Launches on Kickstarter October 18th
New York, New York (October 4th) Following Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Anthology that reached over $30K and 1300 backers on Kickstarter, Kat Calamia and Phil Falco are set to launch a new queer project for the platform on Monday, October 18th – WEBTOON’S Slice of Life #1.
When gritty anime protagonist, Lady Vengeance, is brought to the real world by a super fan, she’ll learn there’s more to life than darkness and revenge…and she’ll find love with the super fan’s twin sister – a kind-hearted cheerleader.
Slice of Life is a queer romance that deconstructs the “Slice of Life” genre, unpacking the importance of everyday narratives to tell a larger story about the meaning of life from the point of view of a fictional character.
Slice of Life #1 will be collecting the first four chapters from WEBTOON in a new sequential format. It’s a 44-page comic book that includes a 4-page EXCLUSIVE story told in the future where Yuriko and Lucy are a COUPLE!
Creative Team
Writer – Kat Calamia – Kat Calamia is the writer for Like Father, Like Daughter and They Call Her…The Dancer, the co-creator for WEBTOON’S Slice of Life, and she edited/created Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Anthology.
Next to her work as a Kickstarter consultant and comic creator, she’s also a comic book journalist for Newsarama with bylines from IGN, TV Guide, DC Comics, and Fandom. She’s been a comic book critic for over a decade with her YouTube comic book show, Comic Uno.
Writer – Phil Falco – Phil Falco is a New York-based queer comic book writer. He’s known for his work on supernatural series, “HAUNTING” and queer GL WEBTOON, “Slice of Life”. He also served as an assistant editor for “Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Comic Book Anthology”.
Artist – Valeria Peri – Valeria Peri is a freelance comic book artist from Italy. She graduated from the Art Academy, A.C.M.E. of Milan with specialization in comics. Valeria has published two short stories with a local publisher and is now working as a freelance artist.
Letter – Taylor Esposito – Taylor Esposito is a comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios and a teacher at the legendary Kubert School.
A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Constantine, and Bunny Mask.
Other publishers he has worked with include WEBTOON, Vault Comics, Image, Aftershock, Dark Horse, Dynamite, BOOM! Studios, and IDW.
Tiers for Slice of Life range from a physical and digital copy of the book, a rare Kickstarter exclusive foil cover variant, “Bloom Into You” homage variant, a wraparound variant cover from “Kiss It Goodbye’s”Ticcytx stickers, trading cards, a PLUSH DOLL of Lady Vengeance, and more! You can support the Slice of Life #1 Kickstarter campaign right here.