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    The Adept by Immortal Studios

    Please support THE ADEPT Kickstarter

    I’m serving as the ‘Action Choreographer’ for a new graphic novel called The Adept, the first project from Immortal Studios. Our Kickstarter just launched today and we’d be grateful for your support.



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    Kickstarter goal met

    We met our $10K goal within 4 hours putting us in the top 3% of Kickstarter fundraisers.

    There are more pics below but you can see them all better on our Kickstarter page.

    ·Entertainment·June 15, 2020·1 min read
    New ‘Wuxia’ Studio Unveils Their First Kung-Fu Comic Series Led By a Chinese American Heroine




    A new entertainment studio that focuses on authentic martial arts culture has unveiled their first comic book series: “The Adept”.
    “The Adept” is an original story from entrepreneur, producer and activist Peter Shiao, written by Tasha Huo and Charlie Stickney with art done by Yishan Li.

    The series, which has seen an exciting reception on their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, has a 42-page first issue that follows the quest of Amy, a Chinese American who escapes an abusive home to master an ancient and rare martial art, preparing for the day when she returns home to face an unspeakable evil.

    The new comic series is one of the most recent unveils by up-and-coming Immortal Studios which was founded by CEO Shiao. Immortal is gearing to become the premier entertainment studio of an interconnected “wuxia” universe of authentic and cultural martial arts stories. Wuxia is the fantasy genre that comes from Eastern culture and has permeated Western entertainment for decades without being named — blockbuster films like “The Matrix”, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Kung Fu Hustle” and “IP Man” are just a few iconic films that belong to this genre.

    Dive deeper into “The Adept” on Kickstarter and prepare for a coming universe of authentic Eastern cultural stories.
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    The Beat's crowdfunding round-up

    Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: THE ADEPT, GUTTERSPAWN, and 3 more campaigns we love
    Plus, A MORE GRACEFUL SHABOOM.


    By Josh Hilgenberg -06/19/2020 1:00

    Welcome to The Beat’s crowdfunding round-up: a collection of some of our favorite campaigns from the week including one-shots, on-goings, anthologies and everything in-between! This week, we’re checking out the kung fu adventure, The Adept, a kids’ book featuring a non-binary main character, A More Graceful Shaboom, and more.

    Let’s get started!

    The Adept



    Creators: Tasha Huo (writer), Charlie Stickney (writer), Yishan Li (artist), Gabriela Downie (letterer) Gene Ching (Action Choreographer), Conor Hughes (Action Layouts)
    Goal: $10,000
    End date: July 15, 2020
    Goodies: A digital copy runs $5, physical editions are $17, while higher tiers include pins, variants, and unique swag.

    A young woman with a broken past. The Shaolin Master that visits her dreams. A modern story of transformation and kung fu.

    The Adept is the brainchild of Immortal Studios CEO & Founder, Peter Shiao, and adapted by Huo, Stickney, Li, and Downie, with Ching providing his knowledge of Kung Fu, and Hughes adding layout assistance. Over 42 pages, this first issue in what’s planned to be a limited series will introduce Amy, a young Chinese-American who’s lost her purpose and decides to come home – but is quickly swept into a Kung Fu story of the ages when she witnesses a kidnapping and is called to action. It’s an enticing story I can’t do justice – but fourteen preview pages of Li’s art will. Check those out on The Adept official campaign page.

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    The Marvel of Kung Fu



    This Asian American Female Superhero Comic Wants to be the Marvel of Kung Fu
    "The Adept" is an impressive start for big-dreaming Immortal Studios
    By ADAN KOHNHORST 1 day ago

    Home > Daily Drip > This Asian American Female Superhero Comic Wants to be the Marvel of Kung Fu
    The Adept is a stunning and heartfelt ode to kung fu lore.

    Starring Amy, a young Chinese-American who runs away from an abusive home, it promises Shaolin mythology, classic comic book action, and a modern setting with real-world themes. On a Kickstarter for The Adept, a 14-page preview chapter gives us a look at the superhuman powers of martial arts that Amy obtains after training with a mysterious master in her dreams.

    The title is the first project from Immortal Studios, and the beginning of an interconnected content universe built around wuxia, the genre of kung fu heroics that inspired films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Artist Yishan Li breathes life into characters and writing by Tasha Huo and Charles Stickney, in an original story from Immortal Studios Founder Peter Shiao.

    From the first peek, The Adept looks very exciting – the preview chapter manages to squeeze in evil conspiracies, sisterhood, and plenty of not-for-kids kung fu ass-kicking.

    One thing that stands out about The Adept is the attention to detail when it comes to Chinese martial arts. Not surprising, as the production enlists the help of Gene Ching, 32nd generation layman disciple of the Shaolin Temple, and the publisher behind the niche (but fondly remembered) Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine. Generic physical combat is swapped out for authentic Shaolin techniques, giving the comic the feel of a kung fu movie, and honestly putting the Iron Fist to shame.

    Maybe most exciting is the idea that the series will blossom out into a full-on Marvel-style interconnected universe of stories from Immortal Studios. But for now, consider backing the project on Kickstarter.
    Our Kickstarter reached its goal in the first 4 hours. But we can do even more with more donations, and we aren't even halfway through the Kickstarter yet.
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    Martial Artist Q&A: Gene Ching

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    Tasha Huo

    I know Tasha. We worked together on The Adept. I'm so happy for her.

    'Tomb Raider' Showrunner Tasha Huo to Write 'Red Sonja' With Joey Soloway for Millennium (Exclusive)
    FEBRUARY 26, 2021 12:48PM by Alex Ritman

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    Millennium are launching pre-sales at the EFM on their long-gestating fantasy project.
    Red Sonja has a new writer.

    Tasha Huo, the rising screenwriter who is showrunning and executive producing the upcoming animated Tomb Raider series for Netflix and Legendary, has been tapped to write the long-gestating fantasy reboot with director Joey Soloway. Millennium will be pre-selling the film at next week's EFM.

    The fantasy project — based on the sword and sorcery comic book by Dynamite Entertainment — appears now to be very much back on track for Millennium, where it has been in the works for a decade. Soloway (Transparent) was announced as writer and director in 2019, taking over from Bryan Singer who was dropped following an investigative report into the filmmaker in The Atlantic.

    Casting on the film is set to begin immediately.

    "I have loved Red Sonja forever and I feel so honored to help shepherd her story and start this cinematic journey. There could not be a greater moment in our world for Red Sonja's ways of wielding power and her connection with nature and our planet," said Soloway. "She is an ancient heroine with an epic calling, and translating that to the screen is a dream come true for me as a filmmaker. I can't wait to collaborate with Tasha on this vision."

    Added Millennium co-president Jonathan Younger: "We’re very excited to be bringing Red Sonja to the market and the world. This has been a long time coming. Having Joey Soloway at the helm of this feminist icon franchise is the perfect recipe for a magical adventure, which is exactly what the world needs today."

    Mark Canton (300, Power) and Courtney Solomon (After) produce alongside Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman on behalf of Campbell Grobman Films and Andrea Sperling on behalf of Topple, while for Millennium Yariv Lerner, Jeffrey Greenstein, Yunger, Les Weldon, Joe Gatta, and Tanner Mobley produce.

    Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, and Trevor Short exec producer for Millennium, together with Dorothy Canton and Luke Lieberman. Luke Lieberman on behalf of Red Sonja LLC, Nick Barrucci on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment, and Dorothy Canton are also executive producers.

    Huo, who also wrote for Netflix's The Witcher: Blood Origin reboot, is repped by The Gersch Agency.


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    Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsmen by Immortal Studios

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    The Adept #2 Final Trailer

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    Kickstarter for Adept #2 is live

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    $4,146
    pledged of $10,000 goal
    131 backers
    29 days to go

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    All or nothing. This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Thu, February 24 2022 9:00 AM PST.
    The Adept #2
    In the return of this epic Shaolin series, Amy deals with the fallout after the mysterious attack on international popstar Sasha True.
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    The Adept #2. Cover Art by Yishan Li.
    The Adept is a comic book series written by Tasha Huo (Tomb Raider on Netflix) and Charlie Stickney (White Ash and Glarien) and illustrated by Yishan Li. The first issue launched on Kickstarter in June of last year and thanks to the enthusiasm of our followers became one of Kickstarter's best-selling first issues and kicked off the Immortal Storyverse, a martial arts fantasy universe dedicated to Wuxia stories. The Adept now returns with the second issue, continuing this story set in the Shaolin tradition.

    If you like Shang-Chi, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cobra Kai, or Kung Fu, this story of homecoming and redemption, infused with authentic martial arts, continues those narrative currents.
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    More to come...

    Immortal Studios Announces Second Issue of Popular Comic “The Adept”
    Following the massive success of Immortal Studios’ inaugural comic book, The Adept, in late 2019, the leading wuxia storytellers are back with the second issue — The Adept #2 — and an accompanying Kickstarter campaign.

    The new Kickstarter launched on January 25 and, incredibly, hit its 10,000 USD target in a single day.

    But the campaign isn’t over yet: Fans still have 28 days to support the project, until February 25, with various rewards — from digital bundles to limited-edition cover art — awaiting project backers.

    Written by Tasha Huo and Charlie Stickney, with illustrations by Yishan Li, The Adept tells the story of Amy, a young Chinese-American woman with a dark past. In her dreams, Amy meets a Shaolin kung fu master who trains her and prepares her to face evils in real life.

    The original 42-page comic was the first in Immortal’s interconnected and ever-expanding wuxia storyverse. The first Kickstarter campaign raked in 35,165 USD with 1,205 backers, well exceeding the 10,000 USD goal.

    Amy’s saga continues in the highly anticipated follow-up: Reunited with her estranged sister Ali, the pair are left to deal with the aftermath of the attempted kidnapping of a famous pop star, Sasha True.


    The Adept

    Immortal founder and CEO Peter Shiao has a personal connection to China’s legendary Shaolin Temple in Henan, where he previously held a position working on global content.

    The Adept series pays homage to the Shaolin tradition — said to be the birthplace of modern kung fu — at its most accurate and authentic, from depictions of signature Shaolin choreography to Zen Buddhist elements and mystical folklore.

    For Immortal, it’s as important to share a “real understanding of the spirit of Shaolin” as having an ass-kicking lead character.

    “We are course-correcting from this trend with a modern story that delves deeply into authentic Shaolin spirituality and moral precepts as the foundation of superhuman feats,” Shiao said in the press release.

    He added, “Amy’s journey from a disempowered young woman into full Zen warrior is laden with the Shaolin secret sauce that has been missing for too long.”

    The Adept even has an action choreographer on board — Gene Ching, former publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine and a 32nd-generation disciple of the Shaolin Temple.



    “Despite the 1,500-plus-year legacy of the Shaolin Temple, pop culture and comics have seldom represented its kung fu authentically,” Ching said in the press release. “We’ve imbued The Adept with real applications, filling it with Shaolin Easter eggs for fans and practitioners to discover.”​

    Peter Shiao is the son of celebrated Chinese-American wuxia novelist Shiao Yi, whose novel Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsman was released as a comic by Immortal late last year through Kickstarter, bringing in 300% of its funding goal.

    For fans who haven’t read the first issue of The Adept, Immortal Studios is sharing one page from the comic on its Instagram story each day to let them catch up before reading the second issue.


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    Wuxia (武俠), literally meaning ‘martial arts heroes,’ is a wildly popular genre of books, film, and television. The stories often center around martial artists, or swordsmen, as they are referred to, redressing wrongs or bringing justice to the oppressed or the marginalized. The settings of these stories typically take place in ancient China.

    Immortal Studios is on a mission to “awaken the hero within each of us,” producing unique, nuanced, and interconnected stories in the first-ever storyverse dedicated entirely to wuxia, one of China’s most enduring literary traditions.

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    THE WRITERS BLOCK w/ David Avallone & Rylend Grant - Episode 56 - Charlie Stickney...

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    New Kickstarter coming...

    UPCOMING PROJECT
    The Adept, Assassin G, Immortal Swordsmen, and Fa Sheng!

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    Turning the Page on Superheroes - The Immortal Storyverse levels up with the next issues of each series, all in one amazing campaign!
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    Immortal Storyverse Pre-HolidayTown Hall



    Hey Immortal!

    Exciting news! We're hosting our first-ever Immortal Storyverse Virtual Pre-Holiday Town Hall Meeting today! It's a unique chance to delve into our universe like never before.

    Quick Glimpse of the Agenda:

    Opening: A warm welcome by Payhuan and a peaceful Starting Meditation Ceremony.

    Kickstarter Campaign Update: Exciting campaign highlights and an engaging Kickstarter video showcase.

    Immortal Shaolin Action and Reflection: Thrilling Kung Fu video clips and insightful dialogue with Gene Ching.

    Writer and Artist Segments: Engaging discussions with Charlie Stickney, Rylend Grant, Brian Buccellato, and insights from Jen Troy.

    Visual Artistry in the Storyverse: A look into the art world with Dexter Wee.

    Community Q&A Session: Your opportunity to interact and inquire.

    Closing Remarks and Call to Action: Final thoughts and ways to stay connected and support our journey.

    Can't make it to the live event? We've got you covered with a recording. However, joining us live brings the unique chance to engage directly with the creators!

    Be a part of this immersive experience and celebrate the essence of Wuxia with us!

    JOIN US!
    See you there!

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