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Iron Circus founder Spike Trotoman calls it "a hot, one-eyed Goblin Queen scouring the earth for the woman that stole her heart and broke a promise… If you like the aesthetic of Over the Garden Wall and the quiet horror of Grimm's Fairy Tales, the fanciful and sinister world of The Goblin Thone is for[...]

Anyway, it's time for volume 3, and it's on Kickstarter right about now, ending the 189th of June The URL is quite long as well… https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funtimego/super-kaiju-rock-n-roller-derby-fun-time-go-fuji-flames #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Super Kaiju Rock-N-Roller Derby Fun Time Go! Fuji-Tengu Flames Super[...]

Magnetic and Oni Press are preparing to launch the Kickstarter for Joël Dos Reis Viegas' Complete Urbance, the manga-inspired cyberpunk graphic novel series that spins out of Viegas' animated short film of the same name Fans can sign up on Kickstarter to receive an email when the Kickstarter campaign goes live… "Urbance is a bio-punk Romeo[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool broke the news about the conflict between comic book painter extraordinaire George Pratt and Tripwire Magazine publisher Joel Meadows over the Kickstarter campaign for Into White: The Art Of George Pratt, a 200-page 9×12 collection of his work, which raised around $55,000, which we also covered last year.  Last month, George[...]

Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported on major changes at Kickstarter, regarding the types of stories and content they stated that comic book ceatore creators could openly promote on the site, as a result of demands of their payment processor, Stripe, and published a "Mature Content Creator Guide Stating that "romance and spicy literature, including[...]

"We are thrilled to honor this milestone anniversary by giving them exactly that." The 45th Anniversary Kickstarter campaign will offer an exclusive hardcover edition of the graphic novel by Don Handfield (The Founder, Amazing Stories), from a story he created with Tawnia McKiernan, daughter of series creator Stephen J Cannell He is joined by co-writer[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on major changes at Kickstarter, regarding the types of stories and content they can openly promote on the site, as a result of demands of their payment processor, Stripe Basically, it seems, anything that some might consider a little bit rude, even if it's censored on the page So what's[...]

And with his new project, I seriously believe he might be the overnight success that has taken fifty years to get here. Shakespeare Comic Because he is serialising his Shakespeare graphic novels, as well as some new ones, in a Shakespeare Comic, created in the fashion of classic British kids comics, such as Beano, Dandy, Whizzer And[...]

Kickstarter has published a new "Mature Content Creator Guide" that lays out clearer rules for crowdfunded projects involving adult themes, including comics, art books, photography collections, and intimacy-related products and states that it is intended to help creators avoid having projects flagged or rejected during review The document states that Kickstarter "has long supported bold,[...]

And we're rolling out the first issue on KICKSTARTER on May 19 with a special Black, White and Blue process version we're lovingly calling The BRUISER Edition The Bruiser Edition will be a 40+ page behind-the-scenes edition collecting the entire first issue, along with Full Script, a ton of Concept Art AND pages from the[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported on a Kickstarter campaign for Into White: The Art Of George Pratt, a 200-page 9×12 hardcover celebrating the career of acclaimed American artist George Pratt, from pop culture to fine art, with a paperback version available as well It was published by a longstanding UK small-press magazine and comics publisher, Tripwire[...]

We didn't know where, but heard that it might be the Senior Outreach Lead for Comics job at Kickstarter, which has had considerable turnover in recent years And we were right, kinda The job description has expanded Sean Edgar says; "Overjoyed to start a new journey with Kickstarter as Director of Comics & Collectibles The uniting[...]

Now all they have to do is secretly repair the ship and get all the clearances needed to file a flight plan… Of course, they just can't get caught doing it." Bleeding Cool has an exclusive preview, and the Kickstarter launch page is right here. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]

I get the word that he may have taken the big Senior Outreach Lead for Comics job at Kickstarter, but if he has, he is not telling me Sam Kusek quit that job for Oni Press in December last year, after he previously took the position in April 2024 at a salary of between $120,000 and $140,000. This came after Bryce[...]

I'm excited to be a part of this next adventure as a new generation takes on the Helltrack." A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign pre-launch page can be found here Sign up for free, get notified at launch, and maybe you'll get something extra too You can have an exclusive sneak peek here first, though. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]

They are part of the Ad Hoc Committee of Consignors alongside Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, UDON, Paizo, Ablaze, American Mythology, Action Lab, Zenescope, Battle Quest Comics, Green Ronin, Hermes Press, and Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press, and so have called the book, Consigned on Kickstarter. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

So far, Steve Bissette's Tyrant Complete Edition Kickstarter has raised $240,352 against a $50,000 goal from 1,736 backers with twelve days to go I mean that's good, that's very good, almost a quarter of a million good, but is it enough? For what we really want to happen? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]

With new limited covers exclusively for this Kickstarter campaign, from Amanda Conner, Peach Momoko, Sean Gordon Murphy, and Tim Bradstreet Bandages have never looked so good. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Painkiller Jane Uncovered Painkiller Jane Uncovered Painkiller Jane[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running a series of articles on BleedingCool related to the Pixelmon Media Golden Age Good Girls Facsimile Kickstarters of late Well, the Kickstarter for the Black Cat Mystery #50 facsimile offers donors the option to guarantee a slabbed copy by CGC, 9.8 or better, for $89 And they are also suggesting that folk could get[...]

He's now completely self-published a thirteen-issue series through Kickstarter called Blam And Glam, as well as a massive collection of the series so far And I am reminded of no one more than Mark Spears, who has found massive success in the past two years with his Monsters series Like that book, Blam And Glam,[...]

The Forgotten Divine is a satirical science fiction comic book, and it is being launched on Kickstarter, a first for Ahoy Comics… with exclusive campaign-only covers and rewards. "Meet Rodney Coleman, an unhoused veteran whose sleep is haunted by dreams of a faraway planet (At least, he thinks they're dreams.) Soon Coleman connects with others plagued[...]

Devil In the Herd is her current successful Kickstarter project which is just about to finis in an horu n or so, currently having raised $13,266 against a $1,888 goal, for this 50-page supernatural horror western comic she wrote and illustrated that blends folklore, stark horror elements, and Old West vibes, with demonic possession in[...]

The Kickstarter for both goes live tomorrow, the 3rd of March at 9am PT, noon ET and 5pm GMT And those who choose to pre‑register now, will receive a free lenticular bookplate with Jonathan's animated art with any physical pledge that they make, following that. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

There will be a full colour Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders short in full colour which has only been seen in the UK's Shift magazine before." And that includes an unseen cover by Frazer, being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]

SpWe: The Last Spark is a new creator-owned, post-apocalyptic comic heading to Kickstarter, co-created by Gin Kung, and Spawn artist Mirko Colak, with covers by Conan/X-O Manowar artist Tomas Giorello and colours by Diego Rodriguez, the story of a grieving father building a brutal empire, clashing with a superpowered heir who holds the key to[...]

Jeschonek via Unforgettable Books, successfully funded on Kickstarter in October 2025, surpassing its $5,000 goal with $15,121 pledged from 249 backers And it was a key stretch goal that unlocked Ennis's involvement, adding his story to an already impressive lineup of creators paying homage to their own past works Ennis's piece, simply titled Jamie, features[...]

And he ended up hating the originals that are now being reproduced in such detail, linking to an earlier article on Bleeding Cool where the late artist told me of the Kickstarter-funded, very later and ultimately unfilled Body Bags he was working on that "I'm writing and drawing pages for a series that I really[...]

As Bleeding Cool scooped last year, Sam Kusek resigned from the Senior Outreach Lead for Comics at Kickstarter position after joining in April 2024 saying "I am going to be taking a leap back into publishing to do just that I can't say exactly where I am heading yet but it will be announced in[...]

Well, now it's back, outside of Comixology Originals and will be launching on Kickstarter in 2026… as "Whitby Goth Weekend." Ask For Mercy: Whitby Goth Weekend by Richard Starkings and Abigail Jill Harding at Thought Bubble / Rich Johnston Ask For Mercy is a time-travelling fantasy horror story in the tradition of John Carpenter's The Thing and[...]

Is the Senior Outreach Lead for Comics at Kickstarter position cursed right now? Sam Kusek took the position in April 2024 at a salary of between $120,000 and $140,000. This came after Bryce Gold briefly held the position of Head of Comics at Kickstarter between May and December 2023, after Director of Publishing & Comics Outreach at Kickstarter, Oriana Leckert, moved away[...]