Brain Cloud Comics

ComiXology Submit’s Small Press Mega Sale is happening right NOW and will run from August 7th to September 8.

Check out the amazing deals on the following Brain Cloud Comics:

Pretentious Record Store Guy - Digital Trade Paperback for $2.49

Blood on the Tracks - Digital Trade Paperback for $5.99

SHORTS + LOSSES - Digital Trade Paperback for $7.49 and individual issues for $0.99

The Baron Age - Digital Comic for $2.49

Weathermen - Digital Comic for $0.99

Good Kings Bing & Bowie Swing - Digital Comic for $0.99

Roanoke - Digital Comic for $0.99

The "Big Score" -- the one people always talk about -- is about to go down. The perfect crew has been assembled to rob a train going full speed through the Nebraska plains. What could possibly go wrong?

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS is a full-color, 136-page graphic novel, with each of the five chapters narrated from the perspective of a different character. Each chapter is an action-packed bonanza featuring train robberies, carjackings, armored car heists, bar fights, motorcycle races, battlefield combat, and epic car chases.

The THRILLING GRAPHIC NOVEL IS NOW AVAILABLE ON Digital

Good Kings Bing & Bowie Swing will be available for sale on comiXology on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Written by: Jim Ousley Art + Cover + Lettering by: Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Colored by: Brandon Daniels Price: $1.99 Good Kings Bing & Bowie Swing A tale that involves major magic, major melancholy, and Major Tom in a fight against loneliness and the infinite sadness, plus Bing Crosby. This is how good kings swing.

On Saturday, August 17th, the ST. LOUIS SMALL PRESS EXPO 2019 will be taking place from 10am to 5pm at the St. Louis Public Library, Central Library at 1301 Olive Street in downtown St. Louis MO.

Brain Cloud Comics was recently interviewed by the fine folks at STL SPEX. Here’s an excerpt from the discussion. SPECIAL PREVIEW

STLSPEX: Can you give us a description of the kind of work that goes into creating an anthology?

Carlos Gabriel Ruiz: Putting together an anthology is a Herculean task that is best left to the naive or masochists among us. My newest book SHORTS + LOSSES is a collection of the best short stories I’ve done in the last 10 years. Tracking down some of the older stories proved difficult because those files were spread out all over various defunct computers, Google Drives, and on random DVD backups. A few of the stories had to be re-lettered, while a few older ones required labor-intensive color corrections in order to get them production-ready. Then I had to grab pull-quotes, track down biographies, write back-matter essays about each of the stories, get everything edited, and then design the whole package. It was a long, sleepless, three-month process! I couldn’t be prouder of the results — a 200 page, full-color trade that serves as a love letter to all of my favorite genres, a showcase of my favorite collaborators, and represents a complete body of my work.

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Cover by Bryan Ward

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - “The Heist” 6 Page Preview Written & Lettered by Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Illustrated by Brian Atkins Colored by Brandon Daniels

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS From Page to Panel Art + Process Art by Brian Atkins & Brandon Daniels Letters by Carlos Gabriel Ruiz

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS  Chapter No. 3 "Switch Bored" Pages 10 & 11 by Brian Atkins and Brandon Daniels

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Chapter No. 2 "North by Midwest" Pages 2 & 3 by Brian Atkins and Brandon Daniels

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Chapter No. 1 "A Call to Arms" Pages 12 & 13 by Brian Atkins and Brandon Daniels

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS  Chapter No. 3 - “Switch Bored” Pages 1 & 2 by Brian Atkins and Brandon Daniels

The “Big Score” -- the one people always talk about -- is about to go down. The perfect crew has been assembled. What could possibly go wrong?

Brain Cloud Comics is proud to announce the launch of their first Kickstarter Campaign for the book BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braincloudcomics/blood-on-the-tracks-an-action-packed-crime-graphic

Indie creators Carlos Gabriel Ruiz (Pretentious Record Store Guy, ROANOKE, Weathermen) and Brian Atkins (Family Graves, Final Street) team up with colorist Brandon Daniels (The Baron Age, Ghost Town) to bring BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, a thrilling, crime heist graphic novel, to life. 

In the summer of 2001, a rag-tag crew of heavy hitters is assembled to rob a train in the middle of Nebraska. So what exactly are they stealing? A $10 million intaglio press that is being transported via train to the United States Mint in Chicago.

The printing press the crew has targeted is set to be decommissioned and permanently displayed at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. If they succeed, they will literally gain the ability to print an unlimited amount of money. But more money means more problems, and more problems can even derail the best crew no matter their intentions.

BLOOD ON THE TRACKSis a full-color, 136-page graphic novel, with each of the five chapters narrated from the perspective of a different character. Each chapter is an action-packed bonanza featuring train robberies, carjackings, armored car heists, bar fights, motorcycle races, battlefield combat, and epic car chases. This story contains mild violence, intense language, and some sexual situations, and is suitable for readers age 17 and up (TV-MA).

The BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Kickstarter Campaign launches on Wednesday, February 14th, and runs through Sunday, March 18th. There are a variety of support tiers available ranging from $5 and up, with a softcover copy of the book costing $25 and a hardcover copy costing $35.

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Written, Lettered & Designed by Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Illustrated by Brian Atkins Colored by Brandon Daniels Cover by Bryan Ward Edited by Jason Green & Steve Higgins