DMP unveil new Kickstarter – Osamu Tezuka’s “Alabaster”

Digital Manga Publishing’s latest Kickstarter project is to release both volumes of Osamu Tezuka’s thriller Alabaster.

The series concerns an athlete turned villain James Block who seeks revenge against all that is beautiful. Using a special laser that reportedly turns things invisible, Block instead becomes disfigured. He then becomes “Alabaster” and goes on a revenge spree. 

DMP are seeking a total of $29,200 by 28th February. At the time of writing there have so far been over 100 backers and over $5,000 has been raised. Items being offered include digital and print versions of the book, posters, bookmarks and limited edition wooden coins. Also, if the project is successfully funded, there will be a $39,000 stretch goal to fund a reprint of their first Tezuka Kickstarter project Swallowing the Earth.

DMP is also currently running another Kickstarter project, to restock their yaoi imprint Finder. Currently they have raised over $16,000 of their $45,000 target. The deadline for this project is 16th February. 

Synopsis

Once a famous athlete, now an infamous villain, James Block seeks revenge against all things “beautiful.” After he’s arrested and convicted for assaulting his girlfriend who insulted his appearance, he meets a mad scientist in prison who tells him of the ‘F Laser’ he invented that can turn any carbon based organism invisible. When James finishes his prison term, he finds the ‘F Laser’ and points it on himself, however the imperfect laser beam leaves him disfigured with only his skin invisible. On a vicious revenge spree, he takes the nom de guerre of Alabaster and is joined by Ami, the granddaughter of the scientist who experimented on his pregnant daughter and left Ami fully invisible. Together they pull off several heists, but Ami’s innocence may cause Alabaster’s downfall…