IPI Comics is very pleased to announce the upcoming Kickstarter campaign, The Death Poem of Sensei Otoro, based on Jonathan Maberry’s prose story. Jonathan is writing the script, Boris Kay is the illustrator (look at his work on this page – magnificent! – the banner is beautifully coloured by Mariam Yasser), and lettering will be Stephen Kok. Christopher Sequeira is the editor and we will be formally announcing the colourist soon.
Otoro is one of the last of the great samurai, now working as a ronin as he enters middle age. He is hired by a local and very powerful daimyo to go to a small island and rescue the daimyo’s family—particularly his infant grandson and heir. An epidemic has swept through Japan, turning the infected into flesh-eating ghouls. Otoro has to fight his way through a legion of the living dead to rescue the child, even if the mission results in his own death. After all, a samurai prays for an honorable death.
We will be running two campaigns, with each producing 40+ coloured pages of a graphic novel with bonus material. Many other amazing rewards will also be available. We expect the first campaign will commence mid January 2026 (for 30 days), but in order not to miss this, we recommend you visit our ‘pre-launch’ page and hit the ‘Notify me on launch’ button:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/770987786/the-death-poem-of-sensei-otoro
This is something special and we hope that you can join us on this journey.
IPI Comics 