Rocketship Entertainment, the publisher that has helped bring popular webcomics such as Let’s Play, #Blessed, and Urban Animal to print through a bevy of Kickstarter campaigns, has partnered with webcomics platform Tapas Media, to bring the popular series Born Sexy Tomorrow by creators VVBG to print as well with a Kickstarter of its own. Born Sexy Tomorrow is a completely unique, immensely compelling story that blends sci-fi, romance, and adventure, while being its own animal entirely:
Blaze Galaxy, a reckless renegade spaceman rogue, lives by his own rules. Fighting, feasting, and f-uh, fostering human-alien relationships from planet to planet, he fears nothing…except commitment. His current mission: to save the human race from certain extinction (again). Just another Wednesday, really. Until he accidentally awakens J-450n, an (adorable) assassin cyborg created by a race of perverted aliens, whose prime objective is to eliminate human life. Only J-450n’s been programmed to imprint upon the first living being that he sees…
Join Blaze Galaxy and J-450n as they pew pew their way through the galaxy, dancing in cantinas, warring with stars, battling galacticas, and fleeing from Blaze’s crippling emotional problems at the speed of light. It’s the adventure of a spacetime! In BORN SEXY TOMORROW.
Tom Akel, CEO & Publisher of Rocketship, expresses his excitement to help bring Born Sexy Tomorrow to readers in print.
“VVBG have crafted an adventure that modernizes classical romance and pulp science fiction tropes into an improbable love story that defies tradition and keeps your blood racing,” says Rocketship CEO & Publisher Tom Akel. “We’re honored to be bringing the series to print for the first time with the incredible team at Tapas.”
VVBG also express their enthusiasm about the collaboration.
“Within these 200 pages [of Born Sexy Tomorrow Volume 1] are a whole year’s worth of dreams, sweat, and tears,” they say. “Yet the challenges of formatting a book print version from vertical scroll format had always eluded us. Rocketship made it possible. The idea that we may one day see BST in bookstores feels like shooting for the moon!”
Michael Son, Head of Content for Tapas, adds his own positive comments to those of Akel and VVBG.
“Born Sexy Tomorrow was one of the first Originals at Tapas, and VVBG have been with us from the very start. When we set out to tell stories that you could not find anywhere else, this is exactly what we meant and we couldn’t have asked for better creative partners than VVBG,” says Studio Tapas Head of Content Michael Son. “Tom Akel, and Rocketship Entertainment, have been wonderful collaborators. They’ve been doing such great work for the creator community prior to this partnership that really won us over, and we absolutely loved the bespoke approach that he and his team brought to the table when it came to imagining BST in print.”
The Kickstarter, which has already hit its funding goal almost five times over as of press time, includes backer rewards such as the entire first season of the comic in one 200-page volume, and stretch goals and add-ons such as bookplates and a chance to appear in the comic.
If you would like to check out the Kickstarter, check out the official site for more information. The book will also be available in 2022 for worldwide distribution.
From the official press release:
Hit webcomic series Born Sexy Tomorrow, from creators VVBG, exclusively available at the leading digital publisher of webcomics and novels, Tapas Media, Inc., have launched a Kickstarter campaign on Monday, June 14, to bring the BL title to print with publisher Rocketship Entertainment. Fans have responded quickly to the news as the campaign has already tripled its goal in the first 24 hours. The 33-episode acclaimed series has more than 1.3 million views and 62k subscribers.
Creators VVBG shared their excitement, “Born Sexy Tomorrow was our very first professional comic, and it will always hold a special place in our cold cyborg hearts. The industry has changed a lot since 2018, but back when we set out to pitch this story, it never would have been picked up by a traditional comics publisher. We will forever be grateful to Tapas for taking a chance on us and jumpstarting our dream career!
Within these 200 pages are a whole year’s worth of dreams, sweat, and tears. Yet the challenges of formatting a book print version from vertical scroll format had always eluded us. Rocketship made it possible. The idea that we may one day see BST in bookstores feels like shooting for the moon!
We are overwhelmed and humbled by our readers, who funded the Kickstarter in under an hour, and more than tripled it within a day. VVBG fans are some of the most delightful, creative, and insightful readers any author could ask for. They drive and inspire us to always give them our best and reach for the stars!”
The series is described as:
Blaze Galaxy, a reckless renegade spaceman rogue, lives by his own rules. Fighting, feasting, and f-uh, fostering human-alien relationships from planet to planet, he fears nothing…except commitment. His current mission: to save the human race from certain extinction (again). Just another Wednesday, really. Until he accidentally awakens J-450n, an (adorable) assassin cyborg created by a race of perverted aliens, whose prime objective is to eliminate human life. Only J-450n’s been programmed to imprint upon the first living being that he sees…
Join Blaze Galaxy and J-450n as they pew pew their way through the galaxy, dancing in cantinas, warring with stars, battling galacticas, and fleeing from Blaze’s crippling emotional problems at the speed of light. It’s the adventure of a spacetime! In BORN SEXY TOMORROW.
“Born Sexy Tomorrow was one of the first Originals at Tapas, and VVBG have been with us from the very start. When we set out to tell stories that you could not find anywhere else, this is exactly what we meant and we couldn’t have asked for better creative partners than VVBG,” says Studio Tapas Head of Content Michael Son. “Tom Akel, and Rocketship Entertainment, have been wonderful collaborators. They’ve been doing such great work for the creator community prior to this partnership that really won us over, and we absolutely loved the bespoke approach that he and his team brought to the table when it came to imagining BST in print.”
“VVBG have crafted an adventure that modernizes classical romance and pulp science fiction tropes into an improbable love story that defies tradition and keeps your blood racing,” says Rocketship CEO & Publisher Tom Akel. “We’re honored to be bringing the series to print for the first time with the incredible team at Tapas.”
Backers of the campaign have the opportunity to be the first to bring home the entire first season of the comic in one 200-page volume, available in hardcover or paperback with access to stretch goals and add-ons including autographed bookplates from the creators, a variant dust jacket exclusive to the campaign, and the opportunity to appear in the comic itself!
The book will also be available in retail worldwide in early 2022.
About Tapas Media
Tapas Media, Inc. is a next-generation media company offering bite-sized content through its online mobile platform, Tapas. Tapas Media properties, which consists of the popular Tapas mobile app and Tapas, boasts over 8 billion views to date from more than 8.6M registered users – primarily in North America. Tapas Media provides a best-in-class reading experience for fans of storytelling on mobile devices and on the web, featuring original series – under Studio Tapas, the division dedicated to producing and publishing original webcomics and novels – licensed webcomics, and a successful digital novels division. Tapas have a devoted community side of the platform, Tapastry, which provides a destination for any creator to share their stories and find their audience. Founded in March 2012, Tapas has gathered over 63,000 creators, 96,000 series, and more than 1.6M episodes. Tapas has multiple partnerships across various multimedia platforms including Scholastic, Zoic Studios, Vault Comics, BOOM!, Hachette Book Group, Ten Speed Press (Penguin Random House), Kakao Entertainment, Podium Audio, Frolic Media, Madison Wells, and more. Tapas is the 2020 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher.
For more information, please visit Tapas.
About Rocketship Entertainment
Rocketship Entertainment, LLC, founded in 2019 by Tom Akel and Rob Feldman, is a publishing, consumer product, and entertainment company with multiple Eisner-nominated and Ringo award-winning series including Let’s Play, Fox Fires, Brothers Bond, Lars the Awkward Yeti, Adventures of God, Urban Animal, and Stan Lee’s Backchannel. Rocketship connects fans directly to the series they want, working hand-in-glove with creators to create definitive, premium editions of their work and a full array of consumer products. For more information visit rocketshipent.com