$65,563 raised out of $1,320
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Indiegogo
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13
Start date
Aug 12, 2021
Close date
Aug 13, 2021
Concept

275 Page collectible book with all comics of Max Boost Volume 1, Volume 2, and BRAND NEW issues!

Story

HI! Welcome to my THIRD SUCCESSFUL crowdfunding campaign for Max Boost!  In the previous campaigns, I have reliably shipped over 4000 books and merchandise to ALL our supporters in the past!  So rest assured, you will get your book AND a 90 Day satisfaction guarantee.  We got you, and we know you will LOVE Max Boost! – Dennis

 

 

Filled with 275 pages, and Issues 1-98 which is ALL of comics plus never-before-seen BRAND NEW PAGES AND STORIES in a gorgeous, collectible hardcover, exclusively ONLY AVAILABLE for pre-order here!

Max Boost is a story bout Max and Otto, and their adventures in Motorville as they dream of one day becoming racing legends – but first, their stock civic needs more horsepower!

And, before the dream of going PRO and have their names grace the Motorville Hall of Fame, they may want to be able to defeat their arch nemesis Todd in a quartermile drag race first.

In this Omnibus, the story continues with Max and Otto in their stock pea-green civic, as they drag race at IDRC in a hopeless attempt to beat Todd’s V8. When all hope seems lost, Magically, a boost button appears on their dashboard- and of course they decide to push it… and the transformation begins.

And from there, the story picks up quick – leading into more races, even more mayhem in Motorville.

You’ll have fun meeting a new cast of characters, with new tuner cars, and some more high speed hijinks along the way.

 

Do you remember the Super Dupra?

 

The AWD Twins Zig and Zag?

BUT, the world of MAX BOOST is in danger.  Cars are starting to randomly disappear- and mysterious villains from a distant world are out to destroy MOTORVILLE.

The mystical Papa Wheely is the only one who knows the secret to saving Motorville, and why Max Boost has been chosen to become a unlikely hero.

This Omnibus, (Volume 1,2,3) is full of surprises – and heck – we even have special guest appearances!

And, for the FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS, Dennis will be drawing and writing BRAND NEW PAGES OF MAX BOOST for this campaign!  You will be the first in the world to read the new Max Boost!

 

BONUS PAGES – There will also be additional pages of awesome artwork, with influencers like –

Dai Yoshihara

Matt Field

Gary King

Mickey Andrade

Frank Downstar … and more

We’ll have sketches, brand new concept art,

Fanart, and more behind the scenes

Here is a sample of some of the previous Exclusive SWAG! New swag will be available only to Backers of this project (you will be invited to a secret store after the campaign is completed)

Also, JUST for this project, you can add Exclusive RARE MERCH only available when you buy the book… and NOT available anywhere else.  Such as Hats, banners, pins and and more.

 Here is an example of one of the items that will be available to Indiegogo Supporters after the campaign ends successfully.  You will be able to add these to your order during the final checkout process after the campaign is completed. 

Max Boost – He is the underdog, and our unlikely hero.  Max is absolutely passionate about cars and racing, and will do anything it takes to find, build, and race the car of his dreams.  His number one enemy is Todd, and he is committed to bringing street-justice to Motorville by having Todd pay for all of the horrible things he does to those who have less horsepower than him.

And, as the story develops, we find out what roles these characters play, as the very existence of Motorville may actually depend on this young group of street-rascals…

Otto – is Max’s best friend and voice of reason.  Otto is basically the opposite of Max, as he is calm, collected, and is always thinking wisely.  However, he also knows it’s almost impossible to stop Max when he has a “great idea”, and knows it’s better just get out of his way (and sometimes more entertaining!).  As a master tactician, Otto, has the skill of gently guiding Max along so he doesn’t hurt himself… too much.

Todd –  Big V8, BIG Pistons, and even BIGGER EGO.  Todd is the town jock that you love to hate, and he makes it a “sport” to harass Max and Otto, and anyone else under 500 horsepower.  Maybe one day, Max and Otto will be able to teach him a lesson in humility, but they will need to find some horsepower and torque first!

Papa Wheely and his henchmen, Yin, Yan and Wok – He has the Horsepower and Torque!  Papa Wheely is the Proprietor of Papa Wheely’s Performance Pagoda.  He’s the one to see if you want you tuner car, tuned – but for a PRICE!

AND, if you don’t make your payments on time, you may end up meeting the his “Wu Tang Wack!”

Ese and ‘Efe – The leaders of the Low Rider crew from Low Co., Ese and Efe’ patrol the streets of Lotting Park – with 3 wheel motion, on chrome & white walls.  Don’t get caught by them at the wrong time, in the wrong place, or you might find yourself getting “hit by switches”.

Rip, Slug, Torch- Three mysterious bad dudes from a mysterious place have come to Motorville with suspicious motives.  Are they just looters? Or are the part of a bigger plan leading to the distruction of Motorville?  Let’s find out…

And, that’s not all, there are many, many more characters in Max Boost for you to meet!

And included in the NEW Max Boost Volume 3.1, new characters such as Racerette, Trixie, Dizzy Dubz and other suprise characters will be making an apperance!

The Max Boost studio is located in Mission Valley, San Diego, California.

Hi!  My name is Dennis, and Max Boost is my comic that was featured in Import Tuner Magazine!

As a kid my dream has always been to work in the comic industry.

Luckily as a teenager, I was able to accomplish that by working for different comic companies. 

My Turbo Integra GS-R that was featured in Turbo Magazine back in 1997!

During that time in the 90’s, I got my first new car – an Acura Integra GSR which ignited my passion for racing and cars – and my car was even featured in Turbo Magazine

So just like the anime Initial D, I wanted to combine my passion for Cars and Comics to create my own called Max Boost.

If you don’t know Max Boost, you may know the magazine it was published in- a magazine I helped create and design in 1998-called Import Tuner

which had about 1 Million readers per month.

Unfortunately, after almost a decade of drawing, animating, and entertaining fans…. I abruptly stopped In 2006.

The truth was we almost struck a massive deal with Warner Bros, and due to unfortunate circumstances, it got cancelled, I hit rock bottom and lost almost everything.

Fans were wondering what happened, and where I went.

And during these tough years, a highlight would be When I would randomly meet fans -and they would ask me to bring Max Boost back…So I knew I would come back,

I just didn’t know when.

The Max Boost Midori Civic, known as “Mikey ^2” is being built to eventually replicate the Max Boost Civic in the comic!

So a couple of years ago I brought Max Boost classic issues back with Volume 1 and Volume 2.  It was a huge success!

Between the two books, we finally reprinted ALL the classic issues of Max Boost that were published in IT from 1998-2006.

I definitely am not doing this alone – it takes a lot of support from industry partners, friends, family, and a solid team.

 NOW the Max Boost Omnibus is the COMPLETE COLLECTION PLUS BRAND NEW PAGES OF MAX BOOST!!!

During our last two campaigns, things blew up!

Because of your support , we put life back into Max Boost Again!

Building cars, racing, Sketching, Doing collabs, on podcasts, And even signing at the Honda booth at SEMA

Max Boost Team cars – Micheal Bush “Natsuki” S2000 (Global Time Attack Car), HKS Supercharged & Mike Servin’s EK hatch (Show Stoppah) powered by B15C5 Type R.

 So now after 15 long years I MADE IT here on Indiegogo to say:

I’m FINALLY going to continue the Max Boost story line in a new book.  With your help, for the first time in forever…. I am DRAWING MAX BOOST AGAIN

Max Boost Team mate, Chad Richardson’s Mustang GT that I get to compete in the NASA Time Trials with! Car is affectionately known as “Scarlet”!

So, this book is currently only a prototype, and if you want to help the Max Boost Omnibus become a reality, then we need your support so we can hit our goal and gather enough orders to meet our manufacturers minimum order!  (Easy Peasy!)

So, Max Boost Omnibus Collectors Edition is for a limited time only, reserve your OWN book now by clicking on the “back this project” button to be a Backer today!

1) FIRST, FIND THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE (you may need to scroll up)

2) CLICK THE PERK WITH THE ITEMS YOU WANT – Pick what works best for you!  One Book, Two Book, etc.

3) CLICK “GET THIS PERK”

4) FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS (Enter the shipping address*, payment method, log in to your Indiegogo account, etc)

4) OFFICIAL ORDER FORM: Later this year we will invite you to complete your official order form where you will finalize your selections, your shipping address, and other details

5) WE WILL SHIP THE ITEMS TO YOU – You will be the FIRST IN THE WORLD to get your hands on the comic, with an estimated ship date will be sometime in December 2021!

Like previous volumes, as an option your name can be in the list of backers as a founder of The Max Boost Omnibus!

*90 Day Satisfaction Guarantee; You get a 90 day satisfaction guarantee!

 Stretch goals are milestones that, if achieved, can reap benefits for Backers!  The more pledges, the merrier!

$15,000 6 NEW Pages of  Max Boost Comics! ACHIEVED!

$25,000 10 NEW Pages of  Max Boost Comics! ACHIEVED!

$35,000 1 MORE additional Backer will be have a cameo in the book ACHIEVED!

$50,000 1 x Bonus Item for all Book Backers ACHIEVED!

$60,000 15 NEW Pages of  Max Boost Comics! ACHIEVED!

$75,000 1 x Max Boost Air Freshener for every book order!

$80,000 20 NEW Pages of Max Boost Comics!

$100K – 30 NEW Pages of Max Boost Comics & ANOTHER Bonus gift for all Book Backers!

And please don’t forget to share this project with your friends! Your support means a lot.

I personally invite you to join the Max Boost team and be the first in the world to own your collectible copy .  Let’s make an incredible comic together, and bring max boost back better than ever!)

 

SPECIAL “THANK YOU’S”:

My studio and comic peeps:

Thank you to my family, Rachelle and of course my two sons Drake “Max” and Ronin “Otto” Caco for being such a support and inspiration.  This is dedicated to my boyzzzz!!!

My studio and comic peeps:

Nghia, Derek, Clydene Nee, Batton Lash, Joe Philips, Lex Wolfcraft, Chris Neuhahn

Co-Workers and Friends; Memo Quibrera, Marat Zabelinskiy, Nick Coleman, April Estrada,  Rich Langi, Carter Jung, Rick, Andres the Car Kid, Wes Walz, Micheal Bush, Mike Servin, Anne, Alex, Ernie, Richard and Mark 

Artists and assistant artists:

Rich, Jasen, Nghia, Eddie, Ray, Melissa, Derek, Conrad, Trace

My OG race team:

Sam Rothschild, Dan Wilson, Lee Lim, Ian Penaflorida and Family, Gabe, Tim T.

Ground Zero Racing and Online Performance, Eddie from Dynamic Autosport and Ha (RIP) from Pann Autosport for being my very first retail customers in the mid 90’s

Influencers & social partners:

@mistergsx (www.youtube.com/mistermemo)

@hasportperformance

@vtecacademy

@daiyoshihara

@mattfield777

@andresthecarkid

@rothfab – Sam Rothschild

@hasport_performance

@vtec.academy

@the_house_of_honda,

@State_of_evolution

@ifestcivic – Basit Mirza

@sorenswift

Civic FK8 Type R Owners Facebook Group

@craiglieberman_42

@autocannon.art

@thebigmike – www.ThinkBiggerProject.com

@hondaprojason Jason Richmond

@trackspecDD – Micheal Bush

@smellypanda – Note!

@vtecclubusa – Duane owns a Midori EK!

@kinganytime – Gary King

@miss_courtney_day

Sponsors & Industry:

Nick Fousekis, Rich Langi, and the crew at Falken Tire, Basit Mirza and Import Fest , Wes Walz at Elite Finish, Justin and Jeff at CarTune Auto Repair, Edward Lee at Titan 7, Philip Chase, Kenji, Mike and the crew at Greddy, Volk, Tein, Art of Attack, Hasport, Vtec Academy  Jesbran from Eibach, Rick from Legacy Auto Spa, Emil and Ed and the gang at Extreme Autofest, Jim Liaw and the team at Formula D, Robert at Comickaze in San Diego,  Rich Calbay and Harry Kong (who was actually one of the first to bring Max Boost back about 4 years ago) from Nitto Tire, Thomas Okihisa and Toyo Tires, Note from Treefrog USA, Stu from Tokyo Pop, My agents Russel Binder, Jay Roth, Paulina Armstrong, Ryan and the Honda Challenge crew from NASA ProRacing, VTEC Club – Duane, Amir, and the whole cast of crazies showing what HONDA’S CAN DO!  And of course, Import Tuner Magazine.

A VERY SPECIAL thank you to Bruce and the team at HONDA for believing in the Power of Dreams (like mine!)

The Last Race Team:

Alex Ranarivelo (Director) and Our Crew, and all the extras that stayed for 7+ hours to shoot our racing scenes!

And of course YOU and all of our hardcore Max Boost fans!

~ And I am sure I forgot some people, so I’ll be adding more as I remember!

THANK YOU ALL!  LET’S MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

-Dennis and the Max Boost Crew

 

Max Boost!® and Autocannon™ are TM & © 2019 of Caco Enterprises, Inc.

Import Tuner® is TM & © 2019 SUPER STREET ONLINE | MOTOR TREND GROUP, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Honda®, Acura®, Integra®, Vtec®, Type-R®, and Civic® are TM & © 2019 American Honda Motor Co. All rights reserved Used with permission.

Toyota® is a TM and ©2019 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. All rights reserved. Falken Tires® is TM and © 2019 Sumitomo Rubber North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  Titan 7 is ™ and © 2017 Titan 7 Wheels. All rights reserved. Eibach® is Copyright © 2019 Eibach. All Rights Reserved. 

* On packages where USA Shipping and Handling are not included (not including Alaska and Hawaii), shipping will be charged after the campaign ends during final checkout process called “BackerKit”.  Shipping prices will be based on volume discounts to save you as much money as possible.  These books are not light weight!  They are 4 lbs each so expect shipping and handling charges to range between estimate of  $6-9 per order Domestic depending on your location.  International Shipping charges can range from $10-$25 per package or more for areas like Australia (but you probably already know that).  Prices do not include VAT / Tariffs / Duties / Taxes etc. so please plan accordingly

*All products pictured and described are prototypes and are subject to change anytime

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