Electric Team

Today’s a big day, and I’m not just talking about what we in America call “Black Friday.” No, today is a big day because, first of all, we have a brand new installment, page 203, Tensions are running high in the Electric Team. So far, our heroes have mostly gotten along well, but today there’s conflict, and even shouting. That’s just the beginning of the emotional roller coaster we’re about to ride.

Secondly, we’ve got a new release! The Electric Team #6 is on sale now at our products page. And for a very limited time only, we’ve discounted it from $5 down to $3. We’ve never discounted a brand new release like this before but, what the heck, it’s Black Friday. This extremely limited sale will run from today through Monday, so act now! Order your copy while it’s still super-cheap!

The Electric Team #6, by Abi Connor, Leighton Connor, and Samantha Albert, is a great jumping-on point for new readers!  The Electric Team is traveling north, continuing on their mission to track down and defeat the 1,000 most dangerous villains in the world, when they come across their deadliest challenge yet–the brilliant scientist Doctor February, and her alien husband Larzipan! If the Electric Team doesn’t act soon, the songlines will collapse, spelling the end of the world as we know it! (24 pages, full color)

Hi, Electric Team co-creator Leighton Connor here. You may only be familiar with my comics work, but I also write short stories sometimes. For instance, right now I’ve got two stories on sale on Amazon, called The Rosamund Trap and The Flaxman’s Anomaly. Both are stories of Ross Fulton, Occult Detective. “The Rosamund Trap” tells the story of how Ross comes out of retirement and meets his new assistant, Ted; “The Flaxman’s Anomaly” is about Ross and Ted tracking down a ghost at their local superstore. Each story is only 99 cents. So affordable!

A Few Words on the Existence of Ross Fulton

Some people have noticed that, when I mentioned these stories on social media, a fellow named Ross Fulton sometimes comments. So I would like to clarify that, yes, I have a real life friend named Ross Fulton. Many years ago, I was thinking about how Ian Fleming named his famous spy after the ornithologist James Bond, and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be funny to name a fictional detective after Ross Fulton?” I don’t know, there was something about the name I liked.

At first I thought only the name would be the same, but as I wrote the story, details of Ross’s life crept in—at the time, the real Ross lived in Marietta, and delivered pizza, and so the fictional Ross did, too. The story ended up with a lot of references to reality. However, you don’t have to know Ross to understand the story; it was never intended as just an in-joke, and fictional Ross makes perfect sense on his own.

As I continued to write these stories, the fictional Ross Fulton developed more in my mind, so that the stories are about this imaginary detective much more than they are references to the real person. I never asked real life Ross what his opinion was on department stores, for instance, before deciding on fictional Ross’s (he loves them). Fictional Ross is kind of a jerk, because that makes the stories more entertaining, but this is not a commentary on real Ross. Please do not assume that anything in these stories reflects him or his life. I haven’t seen real Ross in years; he’s living in Chicago now, and I wish him all the best. Since I did use elements of his life in creating the fictional Ross,  I asked for his permission before I started releasing the stories on Kindle, and I am going to be giving him a cut of the profits, should there be any. So don’t worry, Ross is not being exploited in this situation.