Kickstarter

So I make comics the size of a pack of matches.  They’re kind of my thing.  I've made 63 different ones & distributed about 12,000 of them over the past ten years.  Anyway, I saw the “A Saucer of Loneliness” episode of The Twilight Zone where an alien sends a message in a bottle recently & I remembered as a kid writing messages in bottles & sending them into the ocean & how thrilling & exciting it was to think about one day being contacted from them & I realized I wanted to do it with my comics.  The idea of a sailor catching a bottle of comics in his net in a hundred years fascinates me.  Or someone finding them on the beach & leaving it on their mantle as a conversation piece.  Or someone breaking a bottle open & reading the stories & finding out comics aren’t just for kids for the first time.  But the idea of the immortality of it is what really fascinates me & I know that in order for one of these bottles to be found 1000 years from now I probably need to send out a lot of them & so if you help me I’ll put your name in a bottle to be linked with this project forever or you can remain anonymous if you prefer.

I wrote some specific comics for this project that are out with the artists right now.  There’s mermaid story with a Lovecraftian edge being drawn by Kimberlee Traub (Worms).  There’s a story about an alcoholic seeking salvation being drawn by Joe Badon (Built).  There’s a story about a sailor trapped in the purgatory of a ship in a bottle drawn by Jason Young (Veggie Dog Saturn).  I’m really excited about the project & that the Kickstarter Campaign can help me get some money together to pay these artists for their work.

Thanks for your time & consideration, below is some info on my past work.

If you are in the market for something a lot different, something imminently portable, and something that you can read in class or a meeting without getting caught then these mini-comics are worth a look.
~ Tonya Crawford, Broken Frontier

The more I read of Mitchell’s minicomics, the more impressed I am.  He has excellent command of the format - he understands what he can and can’t do, and he plays to its strengths.   The stories are lean and mean, no filler, and even though the issues don’t take long to read, I find myself going back to particular issues for multiple reads.
~ Brian LeTendre, Secret Identity Podcast

It’s hard to go wrong with any of Mitchell’s minis. They’re action-packed and filled with unexpected twists. Just choose your favorite genre and dive in. $1 each from Silber Media Comics.
~ Midnight Fiction

My thoughts about Silber Media Comics, if the Mayan Prophesy of 2012 is correct and the world is coming to an end, I wouldn’t mind having some of these comics in my back pack, for my last reading enjoyment!
~ Paul Dale Roberts, Jazma Online!

For comics that are only as big as a Goliath’s thumb, I’m giving these two thumbs up!
~ Katie Riley, Comic Related

All in all, I’d say Silber Media, Brian John Mitchell & friends are putting out fair to high quality comics that are easily worth their humble cover price, especially considering the challenge of conveying emotion and hooking the reader with such a limited medium.  I’d say these treats from our neighbours to the south are worth every penny!
~ Where Monsters Dwell

Small things are great, mini things are even better.
~ Maximum Rock & Roll

Brian John Mitchell specialises in mini comics so small that they’re probably best described as micro-comics. I’ve seen many small press creators supplement their traditional DIY output with a few super-tiny publishing experiments over the last few years, but Mitchell really takes this practice to the next level by exclusively focusing on these matchbox-sized books. Working as writer only, he enlists the help of a wide variety of artistic collaborators to illustrate his work, from unknowns to even Dave Sim of Cerebus fame. Featuring avenging cowboys, giant worms, gory gang land killings, post-apocalyptic wastelands and demon fighting, it seems like all weird and wonderful things come in small packages.
Ironically, considering their diminutive size, the content of these comics is almost always epic in scope. As you might be able to guess from the list of features above, there’s an extensive focus on loud-and-proud genre work, with pop-culture staples like Sci Fi, Fantasy and even Western, prominently used in his work. The advantage of this is that the stories have an efficient, boiled-down quality to them; providing the reader has some understanding the genres they are channeling. Some work, some don’t, but all have a certain charm to them; tiny creative perspectives that gradually form a larger picture of Mitchell’s overall style.
~ Martin Steenton, Avoid the Future

The drier the humor and blander the situation, the more interesting Mitchell’s comics tend to be... one can get a quick sense of what Mitchell does best, along with an understanding of Mitchell’s unusual voice as a writer.
~ Rob Clough, The Comics Journal

I can’t help but want to watch more as Mitchell examines his own uncomfortable thoughts and feelings with brutal honesty.
~ Nick Marino, Nasty Musings

When comic writer Brian John Mitchell describes his series of comics as minis the size of a matchbook, he’s not kidding. Individually wrapped in little plastic baggies and bound by two teeny staples in their spines, they’re two inches in height and width. And you don’t need a magnifying glass to read them, which makes them instantly awesome.
~ Amy Greenwood, Broken Pencil

These minuscule mini-comics are adorably sized. The cute factor ends there, however. Inside it’s sci-fi dread and hard-core issues of hate, guilt, and anger.  I love that each mini is barely larger than a postage stamp. And it’s also nice that they come in snug, clear plastic sleeves. Brian gets an A for packaging.
~ Shawn Hoke, Size Matters

Not to mention that I got a third place for a SPACE prize last year & a couple years ago I got a grant for my comics from the United Arts Council.

Here’s a little slide-show version of the first issue of the comic book Star I did with Kurt Dinse:

Thought some of you might be interested in the process, so here you are:

& check this out, here's Joe Badon inking a page of the bottle comic Salvation:

& here's a video of Jason Young working on the comic Sailor: