Daybreak! #1-4

In case you haven't heard...
8 months ago – Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 10:46:48 AM

Daymakers!

A brief note to let you know that, in case you haven't heard, Daybreak is making a guest appearance in NPC JUMP #3 with a variant cover by the one and only Stefan Tosheff!

The campaign is live now, just click the variant cover if you need a little ray of sunshine to hold you over until Daybreak officially returns. The campaign is 75% funded as week two begins and could use a boost from you to help the project come to life.

If you're new to NPC JUMP, it's easy to grab copies of the first two issues to get up to speed.

Thanks, guys. Hope you're having a great summer!

Your bestie, 

Keith Champagne

Daybreak readers! Only 30 hours left
about 1 year ago – Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 07:02:27 AM

Daymakers!

It feels like we're sending out updates in every direction this week. Backerkit, Substack, Social Media, Kickstarter...it's relentless. There's a chance you're as tired of reading our updates as we are of writing them so let's keep this brief, deal?

DAYBREAK! THE COMPLETE SERIES has less than 30 hours left! The campaign ends at 3:00 EST tomorrow, February 27th. if you've already bought the individual issues, thanks! We loved making the series with you. Not everyone wants to buy things twice, we get it. 

But...

If you enjoyed the series as much as we loved creating it, perhaps you'd also enjoy this beautifully remastered collection on your bookshelf: Art, colors, dialogue, lettering, from top to bottom every single page has been tweaked in one way or another. Plus we've added a brand new story, a gallery of variant covers and brought in Phil effin' Smith to  design the whole thing. 

The campaign is fully funded and we're still hopeful of including more of the variant covers and the 8-page back up drawn by Rich Stahnke. Who knows what can happen with a little more elbow grease and gumption? 

Thanks for everything, gang. 

Keith Champagne

Don't forget about Daybreak! The Complete Series
about 1 year ago – Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 02:27:43 PM

Howdy, Daymakers!

Have you checked out the campaign for DAYBREAK! THE COMPLETE SERIES currently running on Backerkit? 

If you love Daybreak as much as we do, we know you'll want this deluxe, remastered edition as part of your collection. Every single page has been enhanced in one way or another. In addition to the book design by Top Cow's Phil Smith, there's a collection of variant covers AND a brand new story by Keith and Stefan that shines a light on Daybreak's next adventure. We also hope to include even more content through stretch goals. 

Currently, the project is over 60% funded. There are some very cool rewards including the rare original art from Daybreak! #1 shown above. Most of the art for Daybreak! was produced digitally. Aside from some of the variant covers, only a few pages that Keith inked on boards exist in physical form.

If you'd like to check out the campaign, click on the image above. You won't regret it!

GO EAGLES!

Kelsey (The New Pain Intern)

PS- don't forget to sign up now for THE DEFENSE #1, launching next week on Kickstarter!

Daybreak! The Complete Series is live!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 06:37:22 AM

Daymakers!

Maybe you noticed but in case you're just waking up, we wanted to let you know that the Daybreak! The Complete Series campaign is live! Here's a look at the front and back covers of the collected edition!

We've put in many hours to remaster the original series: art, dialogue, lettering...everything has been enhanced to make this the best presentation of Daybreak! yet. In addition to including many of our favorite variant covers, there's a new story written by me and drawn by Stefan Tosheff that gives everyone a hint (many, many hints, actually) of what's coming next for our Lady Of Light; and if we're lucky enough to reach some stretch goals, there's a lot more extra content we would LOVE to include. 

PLEASE check it out by clicking on the cover image above or heading over to bit.ly/completedaybreak. It's our first campaign using Backerkit's crowdfunding platform and we hope it will be a success.

Thanks for supporting Daybreak! And don't forget to check out our next project on Kickstarter, THE DEFENSE, launching in a few weeks. Imagine if Better Call Saul dealt with Super-villains...and Saul's dad happened to be Doctor Doom and you've got a good starting point for what this new book is all about. 

Things are really starting to cook in the New Pain kitchen. Thanks for supporting us and making it all possible!

Your bestie,

Keith Champagne

The Sun is about to rise...
about 1 year ago – Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 09:29:31 AM

Daymakers!

Did you know the collected, remastered edition of Daybreak! is launching in TWO WEEKS?!

(Or less...hint hint)

Daybreak! The complete series is our first project of the year and our first using Backerkit's crowdfunding platform so our nervous anticipation is running high. 

We want to make sure you guys, our OG Daybreak! supporters, have the best chance to grab the discounted "EARLY BIRD" tier and the best way to do that is to sign up on the prelaunch page. You'll be notified as soon as the campaign launches (which will be sooner than people realize).

This collected edition has been completely remastered from the first page to the last: dialogue, lettering, art and colors. The entire book (which has been designed by Top Cow's top designer, Phil Smith!), has had a huge glow up! Not only that but Stefan and I have created a new story with tons of clues hinting at Daybreak's future.

• If you guys want to join us on this next adventure, just click that page to be taken to BK's landing page. Lots of surprises in store for this campaign, don't miss out!

Thanks,

Keith Champagne