Now Live On Kickstarter, 133art Publishing’s ‘OneNation: Stronghold’ Tackles Racism And Sexuality

133art Publishing has announced OneNation: Stronghold, live now on Kickstarter. The spinoff series from OneNation comes from co-creators/co-writers Jason Reeves and Greg Anderson Elysée, artist Antonello Cosentino, colorist Arianna Pisani, and letterer JESSHAVOK. 

In OneNation, The Tenth Foundation are a group of metahumans called Keramats, whose interventionist philosophy shakes the world’s status quo. Stronghold spins off to focus on Damian Strong, The Tenth’s powerhouse, and the lynchpin of the team. 

A death in the family takes Stronghold back to his roots and the ghosts of his past, grappling with his identity as a mixed-race individual coming to terms with his sexuality in an old-fashioned town steeped in prejudice.

“I’ve always loved the aesthetic of artwork intertwined with words: comics, storytelling, and I get to do it for a living,” said Reeves. “While some get into Good Trouble in these streets (word to John Lewis), at 133art we fight the good fight with a pen or a stylus, using the medium we fell in love with as kids to be our activism. The team and I get to reimagine our world and populate it with the kind of heroes that will stand up to the ones that would divide us by race, gender, sexual orientation, religion—the goal is to put into the world the idea of people that would use their power toward building a system that allows individuals to thrive as themselves.”

“OneNation: Stronghold is one of the projects I never imagined I’d write, never planned to, but am grateful for and can’t imagine not having written,” added Anderson Elysée. “It captures some of my finest work in terms of characterization and humanizing characters, so much so that a few scenes made me emotional while putting them down on paper. I’ve also had a few readers reach out to me telling me how much the story thus far has meant so far and how they related to a lot of moments they felt I was writing for them. Like a lot of my work, Stronghold represents diversity; what makes us all celebrated and unique. Everyone deserves to be represented with great stories and great adventures and this is my (as well as the rest of the amazing creative team and partners: Jason, Antonello, Carlos, Arianna, Loris, and Jess) play at the table.”

A digital bundle of OneNation: Stronghold #1-3 kicks in at the $30 backer reward tier. Print copies are available at the $45 tier. Hoodies, T-Shirts, art prints, Funko POP!, and shoes (You read that right.) are available at various other tiers. Check out the campaign at this link.