Stake Presents: Jessamy
It started with a whisper… In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel "Stake" Beltran Stinson’s story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series.
STAKE PRESENTS: JESSAMY #1A
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STAKE PRESENTS: JESSAMY #1B
Stake Presents: Jessamy will launch with a limited cover for Local Comic Shop Day followed by the three issue limited series.
About the Creators
David Byrne
WRITER - CREATOR
David A. Byrne is the owner of W.i.N. Pictures and Publisher for Metal Ninja Studios. He was the Co-Publisher at Scout Comics and Entertainment. David has an education in film and business and experience as an editor, writer, and retailer. He has spent the better part of two decades in sales and owned and operated independent publisher W.i.N. Pictures, producing the hit comics Stake, Skin Deep, and Canceled and well-received titles as Color Me Yellow, Daisy Gets a Brother, Shady Place, and The Couch.
Nicole D’Andria
EDITOR
Nicole D'Andria is a freelance writer and editor specializing in comic books. Her dark comedy adventure series, Road Trip to Hell, was funded through Kickstarter and picked up by Scout Comics. She is a freelance comic editor for Scout (By the Horns) as well as their Director of Digital Content. Nicole also edits webcomics for Tapas Media (Comedown Machine) and light novels/ manga for Novel (Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig). Nicole previously adapted the television show Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir and Peter David's novel Artful to comics. Learn more about her work on comicmaven.com.
Francesca Fantini
ARTIST
Francesca Fantini, an Italian artist, began her career as a painter and animator, inspired by her father, a professional painter. She transitioned to the comic book industry, working with Italian and international publishers as an interior artist, cover artist, inker, colorist, illustrator, and character designer. Her recent collaborations include Boom Studios, Mad Cave, Archie, Aftershock, and Image Comics. Notably, she worked on the award-nominated series Stake and was a 2022 Ringo Awards nominee.
Joel Rodriguez
LETTERER
Ringo-award-nominated designer Joel Rodriguez is the founder/CEO of Metal Ninja Studios, a thriving full-service comic production and publishing company specializing in taking ideas from Concept to Comic In the five years since founding Metal Ninja Studios, Joel and his team have worked with some of the fastest- growing publishers in the industry and have participated in over 70 Crowdfunding campaigns to varying degrees. When he's not helping clients achieve their comic dreams, Joel spends his free time writing his own comic series, The Dusk County Chronicles, and is an avid outdoorsman.
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It started with a whisper… In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel "Stake" Beltran Stinson’s story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series. The Early Edition includes sepia interiors for that 18th-century feel!
It started with a whisper… In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel "Stake" Beltran Stinson’s story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series. The Early Edition includes sepia interiors for that 18th-century feel!
It started with a whisper… In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel "Stake" Beltran Stinson’s story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series. The Early Edition includes sepia interiors for that 18th-century feel!