Rylend Grant's 4-Time Ringo-Nominated BANJAX is LIVE here on KS!
25 days ago
– Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 09:24:01 AM
Hey Peacekeepers!
I just wanted to give you a heads up that my 4-time Ringo-nominated/comic shop darling series BANJAX is BACK after a long layoff. The campaign for the brand new first issue of the stand-alone 2nd series is available now RIGHT HERE ON KICKSTARTER!
CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rylendgrant/banjax-sydney-1-by-screenwriter-rylend-grant
The first series - published by Action Lab: Danger Zone in 2019 - made over a dozen critic's ten-best lists was nominated for FOUR Mike Weiringo Comic Book Industry Awards, including BEST SERIES alongside Bitter Root and Something's Killing the Children.
Ten years before the original BANJAX series, a brilliant minor league con woman - SYDNEY - hustles her way into the harem of the Prince of Brunei. Before she can make her intended score, a mysterious major league power player steps from the shadows and makes Syd a pawn in his decidedly wicked political extortion plot. With her life firmly on the line, our anti-heroine must pull the biggest, ugliest, most insane con of her life – outmaneuvering cops, assassins, and rival grifters - to escape a gilded cage on fire. INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS.
FROM RYLEND: I’m a screenwriter by trade. For 15+ I’ve made my living writing smart psychological thrillers for directors like JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, Justin Lin, John Woo, Luc Besson, and F. Gary Gray, so I can’t help but think of things in cinematic terms. BANJAX: SYDNEY is Jackie Brown meets Gone Girl if it were sexy-as-all-get-out and drenched in the palace intrigue of Succession.
GRAB YOUR COPY OF BANJAX: SYDNEY #1 HERE:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rylendgrant/banjax-sydney-1-by-screenwriter-rylend-grant
FULLFILLMENT 99% COMPLETE!
4 months ago
– Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 01:05:24 PM
Hey all,
Just wanted to let everyone know that physical fulfillment on THE PEACEKEEPERS #5 campaign is 99% complete! I have 4 packages that still need some special attention, but everything else is out and screaming towards you guys.
It's been a ton of fun getting this one out to you guys. See you for the next one!
Have a great holiday!
Rylend & the Half Evil Team
PHYSICAL FULFILLMENT BEGINS!
4 months ago
– Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 03:47:53 PM
Hey all,
Just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that physical fulfillment has begun on the PEACEKEEPERS #5 campaign!
Progress will be slowed somewhat by the Thanksgiving holiday - I'm heading out of town for a few days for a family thing - but rest assured that everyone will have their books before the end of the year.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Half Evil Comics has SO MUCH amazing stuff coming in 2025... a deluxe collected edition of Season 1 of THE JUMP, the finale of THE PEACEKEEPERS, more EVEL KNIEVEL, books from my WRITERS BLOCK co-host David Avallone and our Executive Editor R.E. Nelson...
...but something that has us over-the-moon excited is this:
For the uninitiated, BANAJX is a wicked series - from Rylend Grant and the rest of team that brought you THE JUMP - that took comic shops by storm a few years back.
BANJAX made over a dozen major ten-best lists and was nominated for FOUR Mike Weiringo Comic Book Industry Awards - including BEST SERIES alongside books like Bitter Root and Something's Killing the Children - and the critics raved:
“This is the most amazingly well done first issue of a series I have ever seen. Point blank. Period… You cannot read this and come out if the same way you went into it… So effin’ good.” (Steven Leitman, Reading with a Flight Ring)
“Holy crap this is good. This book hits all the right notes. It’s marvelously done, such a compelling story. It’s the best comic I’ve read in a long time. Honestly? Bendis could take some notes here.” (ComicCast Podcast)
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Enjoy your holiday! And enjoy your books!
Talk soon!
Rylend Grant
DIGTAL FULFILLMENT COMPLETE! PRINTING UPDATE! BANJAX IS COMING!
5 months ago
– Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 11:28:05 AM
Hey all,
Happy Halloween week! A few updates for you from Half Evil Comics land...
DIGITAL FULLFILLMENT IS COMPLETE!
That's right! DIGITAL FULLFILLMENT IS NOW COMPLETE on The Peacekeepers #5! You should already have an email from Backerkit giving you access to all of your goodies. If you're having trouble grabbing anything, please let us know. We are here to assist you.
PRINTING UPDATE
The book is still with the printer (and has been for some time now). They are a little backed up at the moment for some reason... and our order was a little bit more complicated than is usually is with some reprinting on the Half Evil catalog and the production requirements for some of the foil stuff we were asking for. I am waiting to hear from them re: a firm ship date. I'll let you know here as soon as I have that info. You will have your book in hand before the end of the year in any case.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Half Evil Comics has SO MUCH amazing stuff coming in 2025... a deluxe collected edition of Season 1 of THE JUMP, the finale of THE PEACEKEEPERS, more EVEL KNIEVEL, a book from my WRITERS BLOCK co-host David Avallone, and a wonderful new licensed title...
...but something that has us over-the-moon excited is this:
For the uninitiated, BANAJX is a wicked series - from Rylend Grant and the rest of team that brought you THE JUMP - that took comic shops by storm a few years back.
BANJAXmade over a dozen ten-best lists, it was nominated for FOUR Mike Weiringo Comic Book Industry Awards - including BEST SERIES alongside books like Bitter Root and Something's Killing the Children - and the critics raved:
“This is the most amazingly well done first issue of a series I have ever seen. Point blank. Period… You cannot read this and come out if the same way you went into it… So effin’ good.” (Steven Leitman, Reading with a Flight Ring)
“Holy crap this is good. This book hits all the right notes. It’s marvelously done, such a compelling story. It’s the best comic I’ve read in a long time. Honestly? Bendis could take some notes here.” (ComicCast Podcast)
48 HRS LEFT to grab Rylend Grant's EVEL KNIEVEL on Kickstarter!
6 months ago
– Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 05:07:20 PM
Hey friends,
HAPPY LANDINGS!
The Half Evil Comics Team
