Inspired by young-adult graphic novels like Runways, Amulet, and Zita the Space Girl, American Genuises introduces a class of gifted teenagers who are pursued by the Monkey King... a supernatural prisoner who has been searching for geniuses to help him stage a daring jail break.

In addition to offering print and PDF editions of the complete 24-page first issue, this early-access campaign also gives backers ongoing digital access to new pages from Volume 2 as we create them, which means that you can experience the complete story before anyone else. We even have an "All the Spoilers" tier if you want to find out how the entire 144-page script ends before the art is completed.

Every pledge will help us tell the story faster, allowing our brilliant artist to dedicate more time to bringing our finished script to life!

In the midst of fast-paced adventure, the story draws inspiration from

• Chinese opera and acrobatics, Ming dynasty treasure ships, and Journey to the West; 
• the Hispanic immigrant experience in America; 
• a deep love of films like The Goonies, E.T.,  and Super 8;
• LGBTQ identities; 
• oceanography and deep-sea diving; 
• the intersection of ADHD/autism/giftedness; and
• programming jokes that the authors should be deeply ashamed of writing.