Coming to Kickstarter on October 8th, the third issue of a dream comic book miniseries from John McGuire (The Crossing), Edgar Salazar (X-Men Blue), Egg Embry (Knights of the Dinner Table), and Rolands Kalniņš (Coins of Judas): In Our Dreams Awake #3.
In the first issue:
Jason Byron wakes up as a painter in a land ruled by magic and magi lords. An artist in a world at war with technology, he rebelled by using a banned telescope. What he sees changes everything.
Jason Byron wakes up as a cyberpunk gang lord in Drowned London. An alien violating his turf means violence. Jason has to stand his ground, yet hide who the trespasser is to him from his gang and his rivals.
In the second issue:
Jason Byron wakes up as a fantasy painter. A spaceship crashes, and he’s ordered to document the site but forget what he’s seen. What happens when no spell can erase this forbidden knowledge from Jason’s mind?
Jason Byron wakes up as a cyberpunk gang lord. He’s in the middle of a war, but he’s been summoned to parley with cats. What happens when Jason refuses to stop fighting?
In this issue:
Jason Byron wakes up as a fantasy painter. Jason and his wife Laura must face the consequences of their defiance of the magi laws. In the aftermath, Jason reaches out to his one-time friend to perform one more magical ritual for him.
Jason Byron wakes up as a cyberpunk gang lord. Finding himself in the hospital, as much a prisoner as a patient. But his final plan to escape the planet with his love is still in motion… if one of his enemies doesn’t finish him first.
For Jason Byron, what’s real? Which life is his existence? Which life is his dream?
In Our Dreams Awake #3 features 24 pages of story plus 2 covers by Jose Garcia and Rolands Kalniņš. This dreampunk, cyberpunk, and fantasy tale is inspired by Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Inception, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dreamscape, What Dreams May Come, Dream Within a Dream, Black Mirror: “San Junipero,” The Sopranos: “Funhouse,” Deckard’s dream in Blade Runner, and the hopes of everyone lost in a fantasy trying to find the hidden meaning. We’re asking you to support our dream of printing this complete comic. Before you back us, check out what reviewers are saying about IN OUR DREAMS AWAKE:
In Our Dreams Awake #3: A Cyberpunk/Fantasy Adventure from John McGuire
Wednesday, October 8 through Friday, November 7, 2025 on Kickstarter.
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