Welcome to the New Year, JC fans.  Thanks for hanging out while we recovered from the Holidays.  Remember, if you haven’t called your local comic shop and pre-ordered the first issue of “Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun” then time is running out!  Dial that sucker in!  We’re on page 233 of the January issue of PREVIEWS.  Order code is JAN09 4045.

What’s that?  You say you need something more to entice you into ordering this bodacious beauty of a book?  How about 8 pages of an exclusive ongoing story about your very favorite Jesus sidekick and literary hero– ERNEST HEMMINGWAY!

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Still not enough, huh?  Okay, well how about free swag?!?

That’s right.  We’re officially holding a contest now for those of you who want to help promote the book.  There are three (THREE!) ways to win, created to fit your own blend of addictedness to JC:

-  ORDER THE JESUS!  Call up your local comic shop by January 26th and pre-order Jesus.  When the book shows up, take a picture of you doing something crazy with the book.  Top 3 original (and not vomit-inducing) pictures get a signed copy of JESUS CHRIST: IN THE NAME OF THE GUN issue 2!

-  PROMOTE THE JESUS!  A signed copy not good enough for you?  Do you have the spirit of the underground marketing revolutionary in your core?!  Then use your talents and promote the book.  Try to get as many people as possible to order the book by January 26th, and send us a list pointing us to where you’ve promoted us.  Have you made a funky cool banner and put it on your myspace?  E-mail us and let us know!  Did you make a trendy cool JC sticker and put it on your local playground (please don’t do that)?!?  Take a snapshot and e-mail it to us!  Winners will get a free Jesus limited run t-shirt prior to their worldwide release and will receive a signed copy of issue 2!  How many winners are we selecting?  We’re awarding winners in two categories:  MOST ORIGINAL, and MOST EFFECTIVE.  Wanna go nuts and put myspace banners everywhere and help the book?  Great!  You’re an effective bloke!  Want to make a 300 foot tall ad for Jesus out of Spaghetti??  You original bad-ass!! You win!  2 winners per category, for a total of 4 winners.

-  BE THE JESUS!  Call up your local shop by January 26th and pre-order Jesus.  When the book shows up, create your very best JC costume and stroll into your local comic shop.  Get someone there to take a picture of you, dressed in your best JC garb, purchasing this cool-ass book. What will winners get?  A free t-shirt?  Better.  A free comic?  NAY! Winners will be selected to be IN an actual issue of JESUS CHRIST: IN THE NAME OF THE GUN.  YOU WILL BE COMIC CHARACTERIFIED– immortalized in your own fucking book!  Winners will also receive a free signed copy of the issue of their appearance.  Wanna know the best part?  How many winners will we be selecting?  WE HAVE NO IDEA.  Maybe 1, maybe 10. We’re leaving this one wide open because we want to see how original and unique (and shameless) our fans can be.  NOTE:  We’re not responsible for angry mobs accosting you in the streets on your way to get the comic.

E-mail your entries to info@badkarmaproductions.com… Again, psychotic entries are void.  We do not want anything that will make us vomit, or call the cops.  Deadline for most entries is February 1st!  March 30th for the Jesus costume contest — but you’ve got to order your copies of the book soon.  You CAN still promote and order the book after January 26th, but that’s when the first round of orders is due, so you have much better luck jumping on this sucker by then!

It’s going to be a huge year for this JC book.  Do your part.  Get in on the ground floor, and get your hands on some hot merchandise or be immortalized in the comic.  2009 is the year to celebrate this comic’s release world-wide, and we’re proud to have you be a part of it.

Holla!
Eric