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Russell Nohelty (he/him)

Feb 23 • 6 tweets • 4 min read

We raised over $12,000 the first day of the campaign!

cthulhuishardtospell.com

Wooot!!!

Today I wanted to share with you the first page of my story with Erik Lervold, Battle Royale.

#monsters #wrestling #comics #kickstarter #crowdfunding #art #amreading

For years, the main criticism of Cthulhu is Hard to Spell was that the cover did not relate to any of the interior stories.

Well, we fixed that this year by creating a story related very heavily to the awesome cover by Aaron Alexovich.

Our story features a drag down wrestling match between Cthulhu and Zeus with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance.

Wrestling and comics go together like peanut butter and chocolate, and what better wrestling match could ever exist than the mythological gods of old fighting for survival against the Lovecraftian pantheon.

They are both high drama and over the top in a way wrestling is at the best of times.

It was super fun to work with Erik to mimic the costumes and moves of wrestlers we know and love, as well as use some of the tried and true techniques wrestling has used forever.

This story takes place over the course of the whole anthology, weaving the rest of the story together in a fun and meaningful way.

I hope you'll check it out. We really do listen and try to do better with each volume.

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1/10 Tomorrow we launch Cthulhu is Hard to Spell 3, so here's a preview of EVERY story in the book. I'm so proud of this book & can't wait for you to read it!

Go to cthulhuishardtospell.com to get notified when we launch.

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