It is not uncommon that a large number of the members of the NFT community focused on physical collecting. From action figures, to comics, manga, illustrations, etc, and from there derive their tastes in digital collections from the Ethereum BlockChain.
Although it is true that the illustrations are those who are above the NFT market, action figures and comics have also made an active part of this process that occurred at the beginning of 2021. And among these projects, the one that has had the most buzz so far thanks to the long wait of the fans, is Punks Comics.
For now they even consider it “The Marvel of the NFT”, since little by little something that started very small is taking shape. Pixel Vault has been able to take advantage of this attention and all the capital, giving us a work of art with Punks Comic.
The origins of Punks Comic
This NFT digital comic project comes through two important characters within the NFT community: Beanie and Pixel Vault. An NFT collector who is also an influencer and has sold multiple artworks and made a whole company, adding to the media company that has been climbing through the creation of his first successful project. But it should be noted that not everything can be credited to Benie even though he is a mastermind, as his contribution has been small compared to Pixel Vault in the creation of the comic.
Even in its development, Punks Comics had immense attention as it was the first comic developed for NFT sale that could give profits to the owners of the volumes. In total there are 10,000 NFT of the comic that have the total cost of 0.2 ETH in mintage. It was developed in May 2021, with minimal marketing, but the jewels do not take long to be talked about when they are really quality.
When you buy a NFt from Punks Comic, you receive, clearly, the cover of the comic, and the best: A downloadable PDF version of the entire digital comic. With a gripping story full of emotion, all thanks to the hand of narrator Josh Blaylock and illustrators Chris Wahl and Odioso, who if you’re a comic lover, you’ll know who they are.
We can see that the main protagonist is Beanie, or in other words, the CryptoPunk Beanie and his personality. The plot revolves around the protagonist being focused on getting the “Lost Robbies”, which are a collection of NFTs made by AI and developed by Robbie Barrat that for now we don’t know where they are.
The other characters are also part of CryptoPunks, where they and Beanie are in charge of following the clue they found about one of the lost Robbies. We could say that the story goes hand in hand with Beanie, as he narrates his charm and fanaticism for Robbie Barrat’s works in real life.
Punks Comics currently showed where it wants to take the project, including an option to give collectors the ability to burn, keep or stake the NFTs and have various benefits through it. This is something that is still being considered and developed, but is already part of the evolution of the project.
Current Developments
After being launched and having at least a month working, Punks Comic started to deploy through tokenomics. The tokens that, as mentioned before, allowed to keep, burn or stake the original comic previously purchased.
Adding that Punk Comics would not only be a NFT, after having the first issue purchased, owners with a number less than 5,000 of all copies of the comic, could have access to the second issue immediately and for free.
Burning
The burning structure of the Punks Comic was initiated through the community in August itself, with a 14-day burn window. Here we could see an increase in sales and popularity of the project.
When burning a Punks Comic, the buyer immediately gets a DAO token from the Pixel Vault developer, with artwork included. So, if you have a DAO token directly from the founder it means you have freedom over FAO and its content (splitting, selling individual items, purchases, etc.) + access to a private Discord.”
For such an important move, DAO directly coming from the founder has yielded an increase in assets by more than 6000 ETH. Therefore, these particular tokens are quite important.
Future applications.
Those who bought a single comic in May have been rewarded with:
- Free MintPass, which in its first increment had a total cost of 10 ETH.
- Ability to redeem a MintPass for a MetaHero.
- The ability to stake the comic, or burn it. Who offers different benefits