When I started creating DopeSmack™, I never imagined how many people would connect with the story. What began as an idea about a street level hero in New Orleans slowly grew into something bigger. Every issue has pushed the story forward, and every reader who picked up a copy helped bring the Dark Atom Universe™ to life.

Now we are getting ready for the next chapter.

The crowdfunding campaign for DopeSmack: Origin Part Three is coming soon, and this one digs deeper than anything we have done so far.

Part Three starts pulling the curtain back on the forces operating behind the crime spreading through New Orleans. We begin to see the bigger picture. The people pulling strings. The people causing chaos in the streets. And the dangerous enemies rising in DopeSmack’s path.

You have already met some of them, like Gator™ and El Catracho.

These are not random villains. They are part of a much larger criminal world that is starting to take shape inside the Dark Atom Universe™. And DopeSmack™ is stepping right into the middle of it.

This next issue expands the world in a big way. The story gets darker. The stakes get higher. And the mystery behind what is really happening in New Orleans begins to surface.

The artwork for Part Three might give you a small glimpse of what is coming. DopeSmack™ charging forward while powerful enemies stand in the shadows behind him. That image pretty much sums up where the story is heading.

But there is still more to reveal.

The upcoming crowdfunding campaign will help bring DopeSmack: Origin Part Three to life with new comic variants, collector items, and some cool rewards for the people who want to support the series early. This campaign is also going to help push the Dark Atom Universe™ forward and continue expanding the characters and stories that live inside it.

If you have been following the series from the beginning, thank you. Your support means everything. Independent comics only exist because readers decide they want them to exist.

Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing more artwork, previews and details about the campaign before it officially launches. If you want to be the first to know when it goes live, click here and make sure to sign up to receive the updates.

The next chapter of the story is almost here, and trust me… things are about to get interesting.