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The company has built themselves up to a publisher to watch in the indie comics community from the release of Yasmeen, the story of a teenage girl on the run from ISIS, and the second volume of their comedy/horror/aquatic Metalshark Bro, to their plan to put comics in vending machines, to their appointment of Charlie Stickney, Kickstarter[...]

I am 31, and I am finally Kickstarting my ten-years-in-the-making graphic novel series called Tempest. Cover from Tempest. When I sat down at my computer to put together my Kickstarter campaign last month, I began to feel this intense pressure on my shoulders as I wrote down the words "ten years in the making"—this is not something[...]

But it's more welcome headlines they are getting today. She's one of the lead creators in Noir is the New Black, a new black noir comic book anthology being Kickstartered today Black Noir is a variation on the Noir fiction genre popularized by writers like Dashiell Hammett or Mikey Spillane Except Black Noir blends this classic[...]

Putting it aside, I became fascinated with the topic of extrasolar travel and continued to research into it, which is now where you find me, halfway through our first Kickstarter for our comic ARKS Which might just be, maybe, the first science faction comic….or at least that's my story, and I'm running with it for[...]

REVIEW: Metalshark Bro Volume 2 #1 from Scout Comics is the funniest comic on stands. It's what Adult Swim wishes it had been.

Previously, Bleeding Cool gave its readers an opportunity to get an exclusive Peach Momoko print for Magnetic Press' Kickstarter for the deadly, dystopic sci-fi romance comic book Paris 2119, two weeks ago The publisher is happy to report that with the support of comic fans, the project has well-surpassed their original $5K goal and is[...]

You Don't Know Jack focuses on her and her relationship with the artist, represented as a floating glove holding an ink pen. What happens when people of different backgrounds stop talking to each other, and conversation itself is controversial? In 2017, shortly after the election of Donald Trump, noted Cartoonist and Bear-Poker Dave Sim teamed up with moderately-noted Painter and[...]

Michael Kingston, the creator of the premier ongoing wrestling comic book, Headlocked, is back with another Kickstarter Headlocked: Tales From The Road is an anthology collecting one-off stories Kingston has collaborated on with stars of both the wrestling and comic book art world Bleeding Cool spoke with Kingston to talk about the Kickstarter, which is[...]

Kickstarter has been a haven for indie creators to bring their projects to life for years now The popular crowdfunding platform has allowed comics creators to showcase their dream concepts to the public, letting the book sink or swim based on the reaction Writers and artists alike have looked to the platform to find success[...]

Now, Saladin Ahmed has turned his attention to the corner of the comics industry that the major publishers and creators are, seemingly, just starting to realize, is here to say in a big way: Kickstarter Until recently, an established comics creator like Saladin Ahmed, taking a project to a crowdfunding platform, would have a lot[...]

Tabletop gaming company Alderac Entertainment Group has launched its newest upcoming board game, Dead Reckoning, onto Kickstarter! It met its funding goal in barely fifteen minutes' time and now, as of the time of this article's conception, has nearly six times as much funding as they initially asked for. The array of components in Dead Reckoning,[...]

Warrior Nun is booming on Netflix, and it's not doing too badly on Kickstarter either, with the graphic novel Warrior Nun: Dora which we looked at earlier in the week, being crowdfunded by Bleeding Cool's own publisher Avatar Press As well as running interviews with creators Pat Shand and Daniel Gete, we have a preview[...]

Chronicle Collectibles has announced that they will be heading to Kickstarter for a future campaign We have seen McFarlane Toys do something similar with their remastered Spawn figure and it was a huge success This campaign will be dedicated to its own line of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World 1/12 Scale Figures Some prototypes were[...]

Oh yes, she's getting a Netflix series, starting on July 2nd, a new show by Continuum's Simon Barry. Comic book distribution is a bit funny right now, which is why Avatar Press has taken the graphic novel straight to Kickstarter, as they recreate Warrior Nun for a new all-ages audience, as Warrior Nun: Dora Written by[...]

Todd McFarlane has given backers a new update for the massively successful Spawn Kickstarter campaign In one month, 23,761 backers raised $3,447,390 for a figure that's minimum goal was only $100,000 The campaign hit 1 million in only 24 hours another was still 29 days left on it Three figures were shown Classic, Modern, and[...]

So, when he launches Jump on Kickstarter, it has a little pedigree behind it… and Grant would like to underline this. Rylend Grant writes "I'm a screenwriter by trade For over a decade, I've made my living writing smart psychological thrillers for directors like JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, Justin Lin, John Woo, Luc Besson, and F[...]

Fans can pre-order Wicked Words and Epic Tales through Kickstarter. Artists that have contributed pieces for Wicked Words and Epic Tales include: Jim Balent Jonboy Meyers Roy Young David Newman-Stump Todd McFarlane Greg Capullo Tim Vigil Monte Moore Danny Miki Sun Khamunaki John Gallagher Emile Levaique Richard Ortiz John Giang Felipe Machado Jamie Tyndall Dylan Andrews Lucio Parrillo Travis Smith Nathan Perry Leo Hao Eliran Kantor Axel Hermann "I wanted to put something together that would be a truly unique[...]

I'm not alone in my desire to see settings that extend beyond the familiarity of typical western stories." Afropunk Fantasy Horror Comic, The Bone Herder, Booms on Kickstarter. The graphic novel tells a story that "every generation, a child is chosen to travel from village to village punishing wrongdoers, by flaying their bones and burying them[...]

You can also support the Kickstarter, which is currently live The Kickstarter includes some extra goodies and content for El Paso, such as new covers, exclusive artwork based on the dream journal, and additional artwork for my very divisive sci-fi short, Titan. El Paso is largely an experiment in the loose genre of hybrid novels[...]

11 bit studios and the people behind Glass Cannon Unplugged have announced the upcoming launch of their board game, Frostpunk, in the form of a Kickstarter campaign The Kickstarter will officially be opened to the public this fall. The box for Frostpunk, a board game by 11 bit studios and Glass Cannon Unplugged Its Kickstarter campaign will[...]

A series of Kickstarters, IndieGoGos and Patreons were set up, but Dave Sim was showing extreme doubts as to whether anyone would want to read it But now A Moment Of Cerebus has run the news that the project is being abandoned – with those who donated to the crowdfunded asked if they would mind[...]

But she also creates her own comic books and has recently launched a Kickstarter for her comic book Like Father, Like Daughter Following multiple successful Kickstarters – Kat Calamia and Wayne A Brown's Like Father, Like Daughter returns with a sixth installment – self publishing for the first time under Calamia's own online brand Comic[...]

"Why would you have a bad guy in your lead role?" And I'm like: Haven't they ever read a Discworld Novel? Assassins can be funny! I guess my sense of humor isn't for everyone. Some of the humor in this book is very subtle. This isn't my first Kickstarter project My first comic, Sneaky Goblins funded back[...]

Renegade Game Studios, the tabletop board game and card game company responsible for bringing us the Gudetama card game as well as Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, is venturing into new territory! Their next journey in the tabletop gaming world may seem puzzling, but that's because they're doing just that: puzzles! A selection of boxes featuring[...]

A Wave Blue World's latest anthology, Maybe Someday: Stories Of Promise, Visions Of Hope, the sequel to their anthology All We Ever Wanted is hitting Kickstarter right now, including work by (breathe in) Natasha Alterici, Alejandro Aragon, Darren Auck, Max Bemis, Anthony Breznican, Ryan Cady, Mario Candelaria, Joe Caramagna, Tyler Chin-Tanner, Gab Contreras, Shawn Daley,[...]

So when he launches a Kickstarter for a new comic book – well why not a new version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, a follow-up to his version of Macbeth, and created entirely in lockdown? 120 pages worth and retelling the story in punk era 1970s London And reprising Denmark as Denmark Street, a road known[...]

Today, we got an email saying that Awaken Realms, a game company from Wrocław, Poland, had effectively broken the record for the fastest funding of nearly $50,000 on Kickstarter with their campaign for Nemesis Lockdown This email also stated that the Kickstarter campaign also, in essence, caused Kickstarter to go down due to the influx of[...]

But they are working together on a new comic book graphic novel, Blacking Out, being crowdfunded through Kickstarter A descent into '70s grindhouse noir—pure grit and ash baked into the story of an alcoholic ex-cop looking for redemption as he attempts to solve the unsolved murder of a child during the Southern California fire season[...]

Three fairly high profile comics arrived on Kickstarter recently, and we figured we'd take a look at them It's a mixed bag of big names and independent creators. Curse Words Omnibus Kickstarter Curse Words cover by Ryan Browne which is now on Kickstarter. Charles Soule and Ryan Browne announced a Kickstarter for an omnibus edition of their 2017[...]

This week, Doonami revealed that they managed to get full funding for Dark Table CCG on Kickstarter and have expanded their stretch goals The company was aiming for just $10k to fund the project, but as of when we're writing this post, they've managed to amass over $15k with about a week left to go[...]