Introducing....THE 31 CHARACTER 31 DAYS CHALLENGE!

Last year I tried to raise money for RAINN (The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) with my Halloween Horrorfest.  I didn’t do too well.

I’m going to do that again in October, don’t worry--but I also decided to do something in May.

See, I was doing some digging for a project I wanted to do primarily for my Patreon Page that I’m presently calling Strikeforce: Liberty.  While I was doing so, I came across something from 2012 called The 30 Character Challenge.  In it, someone challenged creators to create a new character for every day in November.  The idea intrigued me so I decided to do it to generate the characters who will appear in Strikeforce: Liberty... only with 31 characters, one for each day of next month.  To act as prompts, I pulled 31 names from the Public Domain Super Heroes Database.  I am working only on these names.

...and then I decided to try raising money to help survivors of sexual abuse.  So I set up this page and am asking you to donate what you can to help while I strive to stretch my creativity to produce 31 characters--all female or transgender--that will be featured in a New Pulp epic!

What will you get besides the satisfaction of helping people in need?  Well, you’ll have two options on how you can cash your donation cred....

1) You can choose to ‘Sponsor’ a character.  Pick a name from the list of 31 below, and I will give you a ‘producer’s credit’ on that character when I create her, and will get a chance to see her before she’s posted here for the world--so you and I can work together to tweak her before she steps into the spotlight!

(Gee, that last bit sounded unintentionally dirty...)

2) You can choose to replace a name on the list (I will choose which name) with one of your own devising--so I will have to create a character based solely on your suggestion.  You will get a ‘producer’s credit, and you’ll get to polish her up with me before she makes her debut.

I want to point out these characters will be Open Source--which means I’m giving them to the world to use as it sees fit.

Now, if you’re a Patreon--or if you’re not a Patreon and are willing to make a second donation--you get something extra...namely The Road to Strikeforce: Liberty, a daily mini-podcast where I will discuss my thought process behind the creation of each character!  So there’s something in it for my special, supportive friends.

(And of course I’ll be happy to welcome you into the Domicile of Dread Patreon Page, where for as little as one dollar a month you’ll get goodies such as exclusive stories--like the Strikeforce: Liberty serial!)

Here is the List of 31, in case you’re curious:

ABARAXX
ACE OF BLADES
ATMOS FEAR
BLACK ANGEL
BLACK WIDOWER
BLONDE BOMBER
BULLFROG
CAIRO JONES
CANDLEWICK
CEREBEX
CORSAIR QUEEN
DEATHLESS BRAIN
ELECTRIC RAY
FANTOMAH
THE FIGURE
GREY LADY
JANE DOE
LADY LIBERTY
LEOPARD WOMAN
LOA
MADAME ZERO
MR. RISK
NOCTURNE
PATCHWORK GIRL
POLYCHROME
PURPLE TIGRESS
SILENT VIOLET
UGLY SISTERS
VOLTESS
WILL O’ THE WISP
X OF THE UNDERGROUND

During the month of May, all other Domicile functions (save the Dread Media supplements) will be suspended so I can devote all my creative energies to this.

Hopefully, you will join me on this journey, and hopefully you will give some money to a good cause!  We start on May the 1st with Purple Tigress, the character sponsored by my first donor, Scott Rowland!

Be there!