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Cooke and co-creator Travis Hymel have just launched a new Kickstarter for L.U.C.H.A., a comic whose elevator pitch is: "Lucha Underground meets The Truman Show." Truly, this is the golden age of wrestling comics! For more details, we turn to the press release: L.U.C.H.A is the story of Agente, a luchador detective who spends his life solving[...]

That was also not an ending, as fans fully funded a feature film through Kickstarter in 2013, with the film releasing in 2014 Initially asking for $2 million to make the film, they met their goal in about 10 hours and went on to raise $5 million, becoming one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns[...]

Drew Ford's latest Kickstarter project may be one of his most ambitious yet In a press release announcing the launch of the Kickstarter, Ford writes: I launched a Kickstarter today to collect (and finally give an ending to) one of the most powerful and controversial stories ever told in the medium of comic books This masterwork[...]

So we've launched a Kickstarter to raise $15,000 to do a pilot episode for Malika You can check it out here: http://bit.ly/MalikaAnimation Malika Animated Series (Episode One/Pilot) A historical fantasy EPIC set in 15-century Africa Magical swords, dragons, love, betrayal, politics This story has it all! kickstarter.com DD: You have a history of doing successful Kickstarters, so reaching the[...]

The second was this badass commercial with Orson Welles, back when Wells did commercials for everything. The company plans to launch a Kickstarter this year with plans to release it in 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=Xo43hFP8nqc Do you remember the Dark Tower board game from that '80s? It's totally okay if you don't because there's a chance it could come[...]

I pushed through and also asked Mack to talk about the current Kickstarter he has with Allan Amato and Riley Reid (not necessarily for the whole family) called The Alchemy of Collaboration, which as of my writing this still has five days left to fund Mack talked about working with Amato, and that at times[...]

Words and Photos courtesy of Bleeding Cool's Madeline Potts: After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the Magic Wheelchairs team along with Adam Savage unveiled six custom Star Wars-themed wheelchairs to their brand-new owners at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Check out the (adorable) photos below. #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[...]

The group decided to put their latest game up on Kickstarter, which was inspired by a 15-year-old video about drawing dragons, to create this pretty cool and unique take on a dragon going through and terrorizing a village The game originally asked for $75k in funding, but as of when we wrote this they have received[...]

Adams wanted to do a magazine and Wood stepped up, which led to PDX and Full Bleed. They decided that Full Bleed would follow a subscription model but be through Kickstarter Full Bleed is a quarterly hardcover magazine Two Kickstarters have been completed, and the second issue has just shipped Woods said the next Kickstarter should[...]

We rarely report on anything Kickstarter related, but this one deserves a slight nod for the content they're showing off from SEGA This particular project is kind of awesome as they are pitching a coffee table book that will document the history of Sega's entire line of classic arcade games throughout the years, and show[...]

There are so many amazing organizations and deserving campaigns on Kickstarter, we wanted to share the Magic Wheelchair Star Wars one. Magic Wheelchair is a nonprofit organization that builds custom "costumes" for children in wheelchairs, with some incredible results There was the Toothless, SpongeBob SquarePants, Superman, Batman, and even a Demogorgon from Stranger Things. This year, the[...]

Manuel Godoy and David Lenormand have something great here, and it's worthy of your support. For those interested in reading the comic, it's available at the Kids 2 Kings website store, and there is also an ongoing Kickstarter page for a cartoon film about the Black Sands universe. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] We pick up the story[...]

Nearly one year after debuting at San Diego Comic-Con, Metro, the "very dark" urban fantasy series from Brian Quinn (Impractical Jokers, Tell 'Em Steve-Dave), Walt Flanagan (Comic Book Men, Tell 'Em Steve-Dave, Batman: The Widening Gyre), and Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gunn, Regression, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, X-Men: Blue) is finally heading to Kickstarter. As promised in July of 2017, the team began showing off previews of[...]

Greg Anderson Elysee, Glyph Award-winning creator of Is'nana the Were-Spider and writer of The Gentleman: Darkness of the Void (now on Kickstarter), writes for Bleeding Cool: A common trait in the horror genre is challenging societal norms Topics normally too taboo or controversial for other genres are brought to light in horror, either adding to the horrific[...]

Infinite Black, LLC has returned to Kickstarter with another Elder Dice campaign — because nothing says tabletop gaming like Lovecraftian imagery Their successful first Kickstarter shipped at the end of 2017/ early 2018, and it did so well that they're back with more Lovecraft-themed dice The Elder Dice: Unspeakable Tomes set has three themes: the[...]

Well, that didn't take long, now did it? Free League had barely launched their Kickstarter for their upcoming board game Crusader Kings yesterday, and today the project is already funded We're talking Zombicide-level of quick funding where they didn't even need to do much campaigning They announced it was launching and within 24 hours, they[...]

The Force in the Flesh is turning 10 years old this year, and to help celebrate they have created a new Kickstarter to help publish a new edition of the first volume. Star Wars and tattoos go together like PB&J, in my travels I have seen quite a lot of awesome Star Wars body art[...]

Typecast is a proposed comedy that follows a trio of actors who are just trying to get by -- finding roles and paying the bills. The problem is that they're always getting typecast in the same kinds of roles -- in science fiction and horror projects. Why? Because they happen to also be monsters.

And that appears to be the problem. He few uears ago, he had talked about  personal issues that had caused problems, but seemed to be pulling things together again. In late 2015, he received $39,514 from 466 backers on Kickstarter to create a 96 page Body Bags story, Don't Die Unless I Kill You, five people also donated $1200-$1500 each for[...]

A Kickstarter for a new Hellboy board game from Dark Horse and Mantic Games is currently sitting at about 1.16 million dollars in pledges, more than 8 times its initial goal of $139,323 Launched just three days ago, the Kickstarter exceeded its goal within 8 minutes of going live, and has continued to entice backers,[...]

To fund the effort, they are turning to Kickstarter with a new campaign that will run until May 17th. The full six-issue arc is dubbed The Hacker Wars and has been the brainchild of Lewis and Andrei since 2007 Initially conceived as a web series, it morphed to a two-hour television screenplay and then into the[...]

IDW Publishing is taking to Kickstarter once again for the second edition of Full Bleed, the "hardcover magazine" (read: a book) covering comics and culture. According to a press release, Full Bleed Volume 2: Deep Cuts will feature "interviews with comic legend Walter Simonson, noted author Nnedi Okorafor, and Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez of Love and[...]

Nix Comics has taken to Kickstarter to offer a subscription model for some or all of the comics they plan to publish in 2018 Harkening back to the days of yore, when you waited anxiously by the mailbox for the latest issue of X-Men to arrive battered and bruised by the fine letter-carriers of the[...]

Around the campfire they listen to his tales, but one of them knows more about Weapon Brown than he is letting on. The 48-page epilogue to the original story is available on Kickstarter now, with less than three days to go In addition to getting your hands on Weapon Brown: Aftershock, various backer levels also entitle[...]

Terry Dodson is really getting behind the recent Bettie Page statue Kickstarter by offering up to do original artwork for fans who support the campaign Their are now four different tiers that include original art by the fan-favorite artist ranging from a simple profile sketch up to an ink & grey-tone sketch You can see samples[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has announced a new Kickstarter campaign celebrating the iconic beauty, Bettie Page Fans of the legendary pin-up model will be able to choose from one of three versions of a new statue based on the work of artist Terry Dodson. The Dynamite "Terry Dodson Bettie Page Statue" Kickstarter campaign is live now, and can[...]

It's Alive, Drew Ford's IDW reprint imprint (rimprint?), has revealed its next project on Kickstarter: Sam Glanzman's Combat A press release explains the details: Three issues are being Kickstarted by Eisner-nominated IT'S ALIVE! publisher Drew Ford Two of the three issues have already been successfully Kickstarted, but all three will be available in the new campaign[...]

Morgan's Organs #2 finds Morgan swallowing a die, and his body is launched into chaos while figuring out what to do with it. Is it a funny read?

It's actually name-checked on the Kickstarter page for this comic. Can a comic be both cute and crass? I think so, and Morgan's Organs would fit that criteria. A lot of this comic is made up of jokes about Morgan's penis trying to get him laid The brain is a funny character too; it's depicted as a[...]

Maybe I'm just grasping at straws and trying too hard to relate to made-up people, but isn't that a major part of why we read/watch fiction? Not only to escape reality but to inject ourselves into another world and see idealised versions of ourselves. My point is that in writing comics, we are given an opportunity[...]