SHIN ZERO: a Graphic Novel for the Rent-a-Sentai Generation

More Stretch Goals unlocked! And a look at the awesome statue production!
7 months ago – Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 12:19:56 PM

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend (3-day weekend for those of you celebrating Labor Day today here in the States)! You've all managed to unlock yet another stretch goal... the pile of FREE COLLECTIBLE LOOT keeps on growing!

Now, on top of the bookmark, holographic stickers, holo cards, temp tattoo, and embroidered patch, every physical pledge will now include a 4" vinyl decal of the Label 610 logo for FREE! And we still have some cool goals left to unlock, with 10 days still to go! Imagine how meaty your package will be, even at the base softcover level! But you have to pledge during the campaign to get any of this stuff...!

Next up is a cool 3" Shin Zero flexible magnet, perfect for any fridge or magnetic surface!

We're beyond excited to produce the "Kaiju Battle" statue for this campaign. David Arberas did an amazing job creating a breathtaking 3D sculpt of Guillaume Singelin's 2D illustration...

David did such an amazing job turning Guillaume's 2D drawings from FRONTIER into fully-realized 3D mini-figures, we knew he was the right person for this job as well...

David's process is an iterative one, starting with a rough pose to get the forms right, then gradually adding detail until it's exactly what it needs to be:

With multiple other high-profile projects on his resume, it's no wonder he's this good. David Arberas was blown away by Zbrush and the endless possibilities of digital sculpture so he fulfilled a longtime dream when he was able to study VFX. He has worked on commercials, movies, video games, and in the tabletop games industry, passionately collaborating on projects like Zombicide, Game of Thrones, Marvel United, Carbon Grey RPG, and Deep Rock Galactic.

You can find his work on Artstation and Instagram.

As a reminder, these are being produced exclusively through this campaign! They will come in a full-color box with protective padding on the inside to keep it secure.

WE ARE ONLY PRODUCING ENOUGH TO SATISFY THIS CAMPAIGN'S DEMAND! SO BE SURE TO ADD ONE TO YOUR PLEDGE WHILE THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE!

Also worth checking out:

Our friends at Oni Press have a campaign ending in a few days for a beautiful art book by the amazing LEWIS LAROSA! We've been huge fans of Lewis's work, and this collection is absolutely stunning...

Since making his professional debut at the dawn of the 21st century, American illustrator Lewis LaRosa has defined himself as one of the most singular masters of the modern comics medium — fusing dynamic reference-based realism, stylized superhero storytelling, and a master's control of shadow and light to produce a wholly unique, jaw-dropping style that could only be called "carbon based." Now, Oni Press — the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels for more than 25 years — is proud to unveil CARBON BASED: THE ART OF LEWIS LaROSA. 

Featuring 250+ pages in a deluxe, oversized hardcover art book (measuring in at 10 x 12 inches), the book includes LaRosa's raw unexpurgated line art in all of its painstakingly rendered intensity, alongside rarely seen covers, character designs, concepts, and more from Marvel Comics, Valiant Entertainment, Epic Games, BOOM! Studios, Creative Beast Studio, and more—experience the artist's artistic evolution in all of its stunning detail from series including Bloodshot Reborn, Divinity, Harbinger, Punisher MAX, Savage, Shadowman, Uncanny X-Men, A Vicious Circle, X-O Manowar, and many more.

The campaign ends this Thursday, September 4, at 10:59 PM CDT.

Thanks, everyone! More news to come soon!

1000K backers! Stretch Goals! Podcast!
7 months ago – Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 03:14:53 PM

Hi, everyone!

Our Sentai squad has officially hit 1,000 heroes! and it’s all thanks to YOUR support!

Every backer has helped transform this campaign into a true super-powered force. To celebrate hitting 1000 backers, we've decided that ALL BACKERS WILL GET A FREE DIGITAL WALLPAPER PACK! At least 5 different designs formatted for most popular vertical devices and horizontal desktop usage! We've got plans for another digital bonus for all backers if/when we hit 1500 backers... so spread the word and help us get there!

As if that weren’t enough, you've unlocked FIVE STRETCH GOALS already! Now all physical pledges will include a printed bookmark, a Sentai Corp App Icon Temporary Tattoo, a set of holographic stickers, 5 holographic trading cards, and an embroidered Sentai Corp iron-on patch for FREE!

The next stretch goal isn't too far away -- at $65, all physical pledges will include a cool 4" Label 619 logo vinyl decal, FREE with all physical pledges! Show your love for the coolest comic studio in the world!

With two weeks left to go, we've got even more cool items left to unlock! Stay tuned and spread the word!

We've been online promoting the title left and right, in all sorts of places! In case you missed it:

Near Mint Condition was the perfect place to punch into the story, the inspirations, and why this project was a prime candidate to be the next Label 619 title to join the Magnetic  Press collection of luxury graphic novels. If you're curious to hear what makes SHIN ZERO so exciting from Magnetic's POV, this is the interview to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXn8OpZOdlk

"Mike Kennedy from Magnetic Press talks about SHIN ZERO: a Graphic Novel for the Rent-a-Sentai Generation"

(internally, we've been debating whether to coin the term "Rentai"... feel free to chime in on that topic!)

A Frequently-Asked Question:

Several folks have messaged us asking if this book is a self-contained story. The answer is YES! 

While Mathieu and Guillaume are already hard at work on a sequel (as part of a planned trilogy), each entry is self-contained to stand on its own. Granted, certain subplots will develop across each volume, but you don't have to worry about any cliff-hangers! With the amount of work and love that goes into each book, like a good movie series, there will be at least a year between entries... and God forbid anything obstructive happen along the way...! Rest assured, you'll get the most SHIN ZERO goodness by pledging to this campaign, and will be the first to know about any future developments...

We'll have more news and updates soon, including an upcoming look at the development and production of the cool "Kaiju Battle" statue!

Thanks for joining the party, everyone! 

Liftoff of SHIN ZERO - success!
7 months ago – Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 11:00:33 AM

Hi, everyone!

Welcome to the SHIN ZERO Kickstarter campaign! We are so incredibly excited for this release, you have no idea. If you're familiar with Mathieu Bablet or Guillaume Singelin's previous works (CARBON & SILICON, FRONTIER, etc), you might understand what a monumental team-up this project is. When we first heard they were working on something together a year and a half back, we were immediately on board, and the end result does not disappoint. It has all of the huge world-building and pathos that Mathieu has won awards for, along with Guillaume's fantastic design, detail, and cinematography, that has made him a fan-favorite as well. SHIN ZERO is everything you didn't know you wanted from a graphic novel, and a fresh new take on the sentai/tokusatsu/kaiju genre for today's generation.

Thank you so much for a great launch to this campaign! Not only did we hit our starting goal in 91 minutes, but we've unlocked THREE STRETCH GOALS since! Now, every physical pledge will receive a Shin Zero bookmark, a temporary Sentai "Uber-hero" App logo tattoo, and a set of holographic stickers for FREE. Next up: a set of holographic trading cards featuring the title heroes!

These cool collectibles will be unique to this campaign, so if you're on the fence about hopping on board with a pledge, get in now while the getting's good! We have several other cool collectible stretch goal freebies planned, but we can only get there if everyone joins the fun!

We also put together an unofficial SHIN ZERO Playlist on Spotify to get you in the mood for tomorrow's Sentai setting.

Click either of the above to listen to it on Spotify. (We'll see if we can recreate it on Apple or Amazon Music soon...)

Note: this is unofficial, made by us at Magnetic and not by Label 619, and none of the tracks are officially licensed to endorse the book. But it's a dope collection of publicly streaming tracks - 1 hour and 43 minutes of heroic beats and angsty drama that we think would make a great soundtrack if this ever got made into a live-action thing.

That's all for now, but we have lots of other plans for future updates, including a look into the creation of the AMAZING Kaiju Battle statue!

Stay tuned and tell everyone you know to hop on board!