Kings & Canvas
Years ago, a boxing champion named Mammoth was exiled and imprisoned. Now, a decade later, he punches his way out of prison, ready to return to the family, title and country he’ d left behind. It’ s a land in which man, beast, dragon and champion stride a battlefield and either raise gloves in triumph… or taste canvas in defeat. Journeying across this changed America, Mammoth must train a grassroots army of pirate champions, irritable sea dwarves and talking, boxing polar bears to dethrone an unjust king and the evil councilor who’ d exiled him years before.
An original boxing fantasy tale, Kings & Canvas explores the lengths a man will go to find purpose after life, liberty and career have passed him by. Simply described as “ Game of Thrones meets Rocky Balboa” (but with sea dwarves, pirate referees and talking, boxing dragons), Kings and Canvas is a tale of dynasties, boxing, family and revenge...in a new world where honor is gained not by using guns or swords, but rather fists, wits and the courage to change.
Jake Allen attended the Joe Kubert School. Formerly the Senior Comic Artist at Bit Fry Gaming Studio. Among the projects he has illustrated are: Rengor, Brownsville, and Kings & Canvas. He lives in New England, and may be shoveling snow right now.
Neil Kleid (born 1975) is an American cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella Ninety Candles (2004).[1] Raised in Oak Park, Michigan, he lives in New Jersey
Kleid wrote Brownsville, a graphic novel about Murder, Inc., with Jake Allen; The Big Kahn, a graphic novel about family, faith, and con men, with Nicolas Cinquegrani, for NBM Publishing; and Ursa Minors!, an action/comedy mini-series for Slave Labor Graphics. He has written for Puffin Graphics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, and Dark Horse Comics.
Frank Reynoso is a comics creator and illustrator. His work has appeared in Gates of Hell (Webtoon), Savor (Dark Horse Comics), Black Heroes of the Wild West (Toon Books), Unrig (First Second Books), and Showtime at the Apollo (Abrams) amongst other. He illustrated for Penguin Books, Mayfair Games, and the Science Channel show "Physics of the Impossible."
