PRESS RELEASE 12/01/2025

Dec 1, 2025
3 min read

Updated: Dec 21, 2025

THE DAILY MOBSTER: INDIE GRAPHIC NOVEL FINALLY LAUNCHES!

Los Angeles, CA — December 1, 2025 - The Daily Mobster LLC announces the debut of its indie graphic novel after securing funding. What started 20 years ago as a blog of hand-drawn characters is now a cinematic graphic novel featuring an ensemble of 80 original characters, available on January 1st, 2026.

THE STORY begins with “The Price of Life” chapter, when a grieving father has to make a choice - become a killer or never see his daughter alive again. This dark series promises an original take on the mobster genre, offering action, drama, comedy, futurism and even supernatural.

The Daily Mobster example page from the debut issue: "The Price of Life" featuring Baron Samedi and Mr. Unknown bargaining at the traintracks

The Daily Mobster will be available on www.dailymobster.com for FREE with NO ADs, on January 1st, 2026. You will be able to read and explore, win monthly prizes, collect merch, toys & NFTs. Donating on the website will reward you with perks if you choose to do so! The highest tier will even give you an official Producer Credit, appearing even on the printed copies of The Daily Mobster chapters.

“With The Daily Mobster, anyone can read for free, you can buy and collect, and even become a producer. We created many ways for you to be a part of our comic book, story and characters.“

- says co-creator, Jack Kasprzak

THE VISUAL STORY-TELLING

The Daily Mobster’s design is for fans who love comics, animation and film. Each chapter is epic in scale, but very easy to read. Well-written dialogue, coupled with cinematic pacing feels effortless and promises a new way of absorbing a comic-based story. For those who want to explore hidden lore, clues and easter eggs, each chapter offers newspaper articles, photographs and clues to further pull you into The Daily Mobster world.

“ I don’t read comics, but damn, I’d read this!”

- says Phil Johnston, Oscar-Winner, Writer & Director of Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia, The Twits.

“The level of detail is crazy, I’ve never seen a comic like this!”

- says Fitzy Fitzmaurice, Director of Cleopatra in Space, Spirit: Riding Free.

Example art and panels from the cinematic noir look of The Daily Mobster graphic novel comic series.

ABOUT THE CREATORS

Jack Kasprzak and Slavik IA are film industry veterans, working on some of the biggest films over the course of 20 years. Their work includes: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Spider Man: No Way Home, Free Guy, Black Panther 2, Morbius, Dr. Strange, Electric State, Tron 2, Transformers 2, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, The Twits, Kung-Fu Panda & many more.

co-creators of The Daily Mobster graphic novel comic book, Jack Kasprzak and Slavik IA

Co-Creators: Slavik IA and Jack Kasprzak

Other credits include books, album covers, development of original animated series, short films, interactive apps, spec commercials, music videos and even a mobile game, “Pirates Boom Boom!”

“The industry was nearly dead, I didn’t work for two years and the opportunity to make this finally came. This got funded at a time when original stories were not getting made. Jack, Roberto and I created this for everyone who is tired of franchises being milked. We have one chance to make this into something big and if you support us, we will finish making this!”

- says co-creator Slavik IA.

HOW IT'S MADE

Every "TDM" frame is crafted in a custom pipeline with Maya & RedShift, while Photoshop is used for graphics and InDesign for final layout. All the characters are hand-keyed by both of us, as if we were directing them in a stage play. We then light every scene, as if we were on a real film set, to capture timeless moments in the story. Anamorphic framing, depth of field, barrel distortion and grain give the nostalgic feel of 1920s film. And then finally, the graphical elements and textures are added to offer a deeper dive into backstory, characters and plot. The result is a multi-layered cinematic approach to a traditional graphic novel.

The Daily Mobster comic book is made using VFX and Animation techniques of modeling, rigging, and 3d CG lighting. The Daily Mobster is NOT A.I.

From wireframe to final lighting, every frame is uniquely crafted with story, character, performance and mood.

ABOUT THE DAILY MOBSTER LLC

Based on the original characters in a 2006 blog, The Daily Mobster LLC was founded by a group of indie creators, Roberto Esquivel, Jack Kasprzak and Slavik IA with the intent on a story-first approach to comics, characters and merchandise.

Press Contact

Email: info@thedailymobster.com

Web: www.dailymobster.com

IG & X: @thedailymobster

“Some want death, others want life! They both have a currency and a price.” - Baron Samedi