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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready to break jaws and find souls]]
Written by Richard Meyer with art by Jon Malin (pencils), Brett Smith (color), and Creator/EthanVanSciver (cover and additional art), [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-lost-souls-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Lost Souls]] is an indie one-shot graphic novel that focuses on a retired team of ex-superheroes who now find work as mercenaries. While in Africa, the group is hired to combat a giant gorilla monster and things only get crazier from there.
''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'' was available to fund on [[Website/{{Indiegogo}} Indiegogo]] in 2018 and held for a few months the record for a crowdfunded comic book, raising the then-unthinkable sum of over $400,000 [[note]]To get a sense of the scale of this achievement, before ''Jawbreakers'', crowd-funded comics very rarely broke past $10,000 and were considered a scandalously roaring success if they approached the $50,000 mark.[[/note]]. The final amount covered several times over the original goal, and the finished product was shipped to the project backers in February and March of 2019. Other than this, the most notable thing about the comic is the mountain of controversy surrounding it (see trivia section).
Followed in 2019 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-god-k1ng-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Gød-K1ng]], and later in 2020 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-grand-bizarre-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Grand Bizarre]], both also funded on Indiegogo.
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!!Jawbreakers: Lost Souls contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Xaxi is shown carrying and sharpening a spear and accompanies the Jawbreakers on a mission. It's currently unknown if she has any powers herself or if she is a BadassNormal.
* AntiHero: Most of the main characters are ex-superhero mercenaries who are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
* AnyoneCanDie: To a surprising extent:
-->'''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls:''' [[spoiler:Kill-Switch, Devil Dog, Xaxi.]]
-->'''Jawbreakers: God King:''' [[spoiler:Hellpriest, Knife-Hand, Xaxi (again).]]
* AscendedExtra: Averted. After the positive reception Xaxi had with his fans, Meyer announced he had reworked the script to make her a central part of the plot instead of just a one-off character meant to provide exposition and FanService. However, the fans then got worried she would distract from what is supposed to be a simple but fun comic about a G.I.Joe-like team fighting a giant gorilla, so Meyer cut her character once again. Although she still has a bigger role than in the original script.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: There is a giant gorilla monster that serves as the main focus of the comic.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Xaxi, who is quickly killed off again.]]
* BadassCrew: The main characters are all ex-super heroes now working as mercenaries.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted, Kuffz is one of the only two surviving Jawbreakers by the end of God King.]]
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:The pact God King made with the evil deities requires a blood sacrifice.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The God King seeks to make one of these with evil gods to become a deity himself.]]
* EyeScream: At one point a giant gorilla monster has its eye knocked out.
* {{Gorn}}: The comic gets pretty violent at times with lots of blood, severed limbs and more. [[spoiler:Not to mention what happens to the BigBad...]]
* HardLight: Silkworm has the power to generate objects made of this, which he uses to save some of the Jawbreakers from falling to their deaths.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Hellpriest and Knife-Hand sacrifice themselves to help bring down the God King.]]
* LaserBlade: Knife-Hand has the power to create blades of energy with his hands, naturally.
* ManlyGay: Devil Dog. So manly, he could be mistaken for straight until the end where he is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with a sentient male gorilla.
* MsFanservice: Xaxi, whose outfit consists of a few thin strips of cloth and some jewelry. The author himself seems to have taken notice of this and made a poster featuring her one of the backer rewards.
* NailEm: At one point Knife-Hand nails Hellpriest's hands to the wall with a nailgun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the Jawbreakers have cool and/or threatening sounding names. You've got Hellpriest, Devil Dog, Kuffz, Knife-Hand, and Kill-Switch. Humorously, their leader goes by the comparatively mundane and unassuming name of Silkworm.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Xaxi's outfit, of course. It's basically just a few thin strips of cloth covering her naughty bits.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Happens to Xaxi near the end.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: At least a few of the characters can be seen rockin' their cool shades at night. (Just look at that cover up there for an example.)
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Kuffz.
[[caption-width-right:350:Ready to break jaws and find souls]]
Written by Richard Meyer with art by Jon Malin (pencils), Brett Smith (color), and Creator/EthanVanSciver (cover and additional art), [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-lost-souls-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Lost Souls]] is an indie one-shot graphic novel that focuses on a retired team of ex-superheroes who now find work as mercenaries. While in Africa, the group is hired to combat a giant gorilla monster and things only get crazier from there.
''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'' was available to fund on [[Website/{{Indiegogo}} Indiegogo]] in 2018 and held for a few months the record for a crowdfunded comic book, raising the then-unthinkable sum of over $400,000 [[note]]To get a sense of the scale of this achievement, before ''Jawbreakers'', crowd-funded comics very rarely broke past $10,000 and were considered a scandalously roaring success if they approached the $50,000 mark.[[/note]]. The final amount covered several times over the original goal, and the finished product was shipped to the project backers in February and March of 2019. Other than this, the most notable thing about the comic is the mountain of controversy surrounding it (see trivia section).
Followed in 2019 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-god-k1ng-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Gød-K1ng]], and later in 2020 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-grand-bizarre-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Grand Bizarre]], both also funded on Indiegogo.
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!!Jawbreakers: Lost Souls contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Xaxi is shown carrying and sharpening a spear and accompanies the Jawbreakers on a mission. It's currently unknown if she has any powers herself or if she is a BadassNormal.
* AntiHero: Most of the main characters are ex-superhero mercenaries who are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
* AnyoneCanDie: To a surprising extent:
-->'''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls:''' [[spoiler:Kill-Switch, Devil Dog, Xaxi.]]
-->'''Jawbreakers: God King:''' [[spoiler:Hellpriest, Knife-Hand, Xaxi (again).]]
* AscendedExtra: Averted. After the positive reception Xaxi had with his fans, Meyer announced he had reworked the script to make her a central part of the plot instead of just a one-off character meant to provide exposition and FanService. However, the fans then got worried she would distract from what is supposed to be a simple but fun comic about a G.I.Joe-like team fighting a giant gorilla, so Meyer cut her character once again. Although she still has a bigger role than in the original script.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: There is a giant gorilla monster that serves as the main focus of the comic.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Xaxi, who is quickly killed off again.]]
* BadassCrew: The main characters are all ex-super heroes now working as mercenaries.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted, Kuffz is one of the only two surviving Jawbreakers by the end of God King.]]
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:The pact God King made with the evil deities requires a blood sacrifice.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The God King seeks to make one of these with evil gods to become a deity himself.]]
* EyeScream: At one point a giant gorilla monster has its eye knocked out.
* {{Gorn}}: The comic gets pretty violent at times with lots of blood, severed limbs and more. [[spoiler:Not to mention what happens to the BigBad...]]
* HardLight: Silkworm has the power to generate objects made of this, which he uses to save some of the Jawbreakers from falling to their deaths.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Hellpriest and Knife-Hand sacrifice themselves to help bring down the God King.]]
* LaserBlade: Knife-Hand has the power to create blades of energy with his hands, naturally.
* ManlyGay: Devil Dog. So manly, he could be mistaken for straight until the end where he is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with a sentient male gorilla.
* MsFanservice: Xaxi, whose outfit consists of a few thin strips of cloth and some jewelry. The author himself seems to have taken notice of this and made a poster featuring her one of the backer rewards.
* NailEm: At one point Knife-Hand nails Hellpriest's hands to the wall with a nailgun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the Jawbreakers have cool and/or threatening sounding names. You've got Hellpriest, Devil Dog, Kuffz, Knife-Hand, and Kill-Switch. Humorously, their leader goes by the comparatively mundane and unassuming name of Silkworm.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Xaxi's outfit, of course. It's basically just a few thin strips of cloth covering her naughty bits.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Happens to Xaxi near the end.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: At least a few of the characters can be seen rockin' their cool shades at night. (Just look at that cover up there for an example.)
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Kuffz.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ready to break jaws and find souls]]
Written by Richard Meyer with art by Jon Malin (pencils), Brett Smith (color), and Creator/EthanVanSciver (cover and additional art), [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-lost-souls-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Lost Souls]] is an indie one-shot graphic novel that focuses on a retired team of ex-superheroes who now find work as mercenaries. While in Africa, the group is hired to combat a giant gorilla monster and things only get crazier from there.
''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'' was available to fund on [[Website/{{Indiegogo}} Indiegogo]] in 2018 and held for a few months the record for a crowdfunded comic book, raising the then-unthinkable sum of over $400,000 [[note]]To get a sense of the scale of this achievement, before ''Jawbreakers'', crowd-funded comics very rarely broke past $10,000 and were considered a scandalously roaring success if they approached the $50,000 mark.[[/note]]. The final amount covered several times over the original goal, and the finished product was shipped to the project backers in February and March of 2019. Other than this, the most notable thing about the comic is the mountain of controversy surrounding it (see trivia section).
Followed in 2019 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-god-k1ng-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Gød-K1ng]], and later in 2020 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-grand-bizarre-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Grand Bizarre]], both also funded on Indiegogo.
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!!Jawbreakers: Lost Souls contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Xaxi is shown carrying and sharpening a spear and accompanies the Jawbreakers on a mission. It's currently unknown if she has any powers herself or if she is a BadassNormal.
* AntiHero: Most of the main characters are ex-superhero mercenaries who are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
* AnyoneCanDie: To a surprising extent:
-->'''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls:''' [[spoiler:Kill-Switch, Devil Dog, Xaxi.]]
-->'''Jawbreakers: God King:''' [[spoiler:Hellpriest, Knife-Hand, Xaxi (again).]]
* AscendedExtra: Averted. After the positive reception Xaxi had with his fans, Meyer announced he had reworked the script to make her a central part of the plot instead of just a one-off character meant to provide exposition and FanService. However, the fans then got worried she would distract from what is supposed to be a simple but fun comic about a G.I.Joe-like team fighting a giant gorilla, so Meyer cut her character once again. Although she still has a bigger role than in the original script.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: There is a giant gorilla monster that serves as the main focus of the comic.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Xaxi, who is quickly killed off again.]]
* BadassCrew: The main characters are all ex-super heroes now working as mercenaries.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted, Kuffz is one of the only two surviving Jawbreakers by the end of God King.]]
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:The pact God King made with the evil deities requires a blood sacrifice.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The God King seeks to make one of these with evil gods to become a deity himself.]]
* EyeScream: At one point a giant gorilla monster has its eye knocked out.
* {{Gorn}}: The comic gets pretty violent at times with lots of blood, severed limbs and more. [[spoiler:Not to mention what happens to the BigBad...]]
* HardLight: Silkworm has the power to generate objects made of this, which he uses to save some of the Jawbreakers from falling to their deaths.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Hellpriest and Knife-Hand sacrifice themselves to help bring down the God King.]]
* LaserBlade: Knife-Hand has the power to create blades of energy with his hands, naturally.
* ManlyGay: Devil Dog. So manly, he could be mistaken for straight until the end where he is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with a sentient male gorilla.
* MsFanservice: Xaxi, whose outfit consists of a few thin strips of cloth and some jewelry. The author himself seems to have taken notice of this and made a poster featuring her one of the backer rewards.
* NailEm: At one point Knife-Hand nails Hellpriest's hands to the wall with a nailgun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the Jawbreakers have cool and/or threatening sounding names. You've got Hellpriest, Devil Dog, Kuffz, Knife-Hand, and Kill-Switch. Humorously, their leader goes by the comparatively mundane and unassuming name of Silkworm.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Xaxi's outfit, of course. It's basically just a few thin strips of cloth covering her naughty bits.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Happens to Xaxi near the end.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: At least a few of the characters can be seen rockin' their cool shades at night. (Just look at that cover up there for an example.)
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Kuffz.
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''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'' was available to fund on [[Website/{{Indiegogo}} Indiegogo]] in 2018 and held for a few months the record for a crowdfunded comic book, raising the then-unthinkable sum of over $400,000.$400,000 [[note]]To get a sense of the scale of this achievement, before ''Jawbreakers'', crowd-funded comics very rarely broke past $10,000 and were considered a scandalously roaring success if they approached the $50,000 mark.[[/note]]. The final amount covered several times over the original goal, and the finished product was shipped to the project backers in February and March of 2019. Other than this, the most notable thing about the comic is the mountain of controversy surrounding it (see trivia section).
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* ManlyGay: Again, Devil Dog. So manly, he could be mistaken for straight until the end where he is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with a sentient male gorilla.
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* BadassGay: One of the main protagonists Devil Dog himself, as he is a badass and he has sexual feelings for a sentient male gorilla
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Followed in 2019 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-god-k1ng-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Gød-K1ng]], which was and later in 2020 by [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbreakers-grand-bizarre-graphic-novel#/ Jawbreakers: Grand Bizarre]], both also funded on Indiegogo in 2019.
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* AnyoneCanDie: To a surprising extent:
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