What if an alien invasion was ... but wasn't? At its core, that's the concept of the upcoming graphic novel Phileas Reid Knows We Are Not Alone. Created by Scott Fogg and by Marc Thomas, the upcoming graphic novel follows scientist Phileas Reid as he looks to redeem himself after being pigeon-holed as a crazy person for speculating there are aliens. Reid finds his potential salvation when he meets an alien runaway from the the moons of Jupiter, but ends up in the middle of an interstellar face-off as the runaway's people come looking for her and the Earth's military thinks she's the first soldier in an invasion.

"Phileas Reid Knows We're Not Alone is an all-ages graphic novel with its sights set on action and adventure, but that doesn't mean the book isn't without a message:  You are not alone," Fogg wrote on the project's Kickstarter page. " Wherever you are, whoever you are, no matter what age you are, people have gone before you and people are with you now.  Just because you feel alone, doesn't mean you are.  This knowledge is supposed to be comforting, but it's also a challenge.  You not being alone in the world also means your way of doing things and your way of thinking things isn't the only way."

Fogg is hoping fans will pull together pledge $8,500 to make the 100-page graphic novel a reality; so far, the campaign has raised more than $2,100, with more than three weeks to go. If they reach their goal, the team hopes to have this graphic novel available by June 2014.