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Kid Impact
Kid Impact is an adventure suitable for the entire family and will be introduced as part of a global Kickstarter Campaign. Raymond writes, I'm Raymond, the writer of Kid Impact Our hero is a young Syrian refugee named Dawood Already forced from his home by conflict, young Dawood finds himself in a new battlefield and is determined[...]
My First Startup
My First Startup, created by Russell Geyushev, Andrey Grubin, and David Kieve. Closes on Kickstarter: Noon of Thursday, September 24th. David Kieve writes, My First Startup is a comic book that teaches kids entrepreneurship – via a fun story that incorporates real lessons facing first time business owners It was creating in consultation with economists, child psychologists and[...]
Olive And The Underworld Meets… The World
Olive And The Underworld, Volume 1, Written by Emily Felt Illustrated by Laura West, Kickstarter closing Monday, Sep 21 at 6:37 am PDT, To be published March 2016 Olive and the Underworld, Volume 1 is a 50 page, full color graphic novel While there are mature themes such as death and the afterlife, Olive doesn't contain graphic violence or[...]
The Most Shocking CIA Program You've Never Heard Of Is About To Be A Comic
North Bend written by Ryan Ellsworth illustrated by Robert Carey colored by Dee Cunniffe. Kickstarter ends October 11 Ryan Ellsworth writes, The US is at war, against Russia and its own people The country is on the verge of financial crisis and political revolution Desperate to regain control, the CIA recruits DEA Agent Brendan Kruge to test an experimental mind control[...]
Cocaine Disco
Cocaine Disco issue 1 Nowhere to Run. Written by Spencer Desmond. Illustrated by Simon Kercz. Colored by Dee Cunniffe. The kickstarter campaign ends October 20th, 2015.. Rewards shipped to backers late January 2016. Cocaine Disco is an independent crime noir comic about an aging hitman and his boss's cokehead son on a 3-day odyssey through the criminal underworld of 1970s Las Vegas,[...]
Chief O'Brien At Work
When I set out to make a Kickstarter for my Chief O'Brien at Work comic, an animated cartoon of Chief O'Brien's face sounded much more agreeable. The first thing I needed to do was track down someone capable of a Colm Meaney impression Finding a Christopher Walken or Robin Williams impressionist? Easy Colm Meaney? Not so[...]
"The Sciency-Science Fiction That We Grew Up With" – Chroma
If funded through the now-live Kickstarter campaign, Chroma will offer the epic scope and emotional resonance of sci-fi milestones like Interstellar and 2001, with a unique presentation and captivating art.  Set in a dystopian version of the future, Chroma is the story of astronaut Paul Pearce, whose mission to explore an emerging black hole that could[...]
A Refreshing Take on the Superhero Genre – Like Father, Like Daughter
Like Father, Like Daughter #2 Created/Written/Edited By: Kathryn "Comic Uno" Calamia Designed/Produced by: ShortFuseMediaGroup Pencils/Inks By: Wayne A Brown Colors By: David Aravena Letters By: John Palmer IV Publisher/Co-Editor: Rashann McAdoo Co-Editor: Courtney Jackson Kickstarter Close Date: October 11th Publishing Date: November 2015 Kathryn Calamia writes, Like Father, Like Daughter started as a college assignment and then turned into something even bigger[...]
The Adventures Of Whiz Bang: The Boy Robot – An Early Reader Comic
On September 2, 2015, Forrest Helvie (w) and Michelle Lodge (a) released their collaboration The Adventures of Whiz Bang: The Boy Robot on Kickstarter through indie publisher Under Belly Comics and its children's imprint, Fuzzy Belly Comics. Take one part Wall-E and combine it with Calvin & Hobbes and you get Whiz Bang & Adventure Bear![...]
So, I Started A Comic Book Publisher….
You can view our kickstarter campaign here, and learn more about Lucha Comics here. The Kursk Written by Sasha Janowicz. Art by Andrea Montano. Covers by Slawomir Nietupski. Edited and Adapted by James A Bretney. Published by Lucha Comics. Rodolfo Martinez writes, Nearly 2 years ago, I launched Lucha Comics There are many great Canadian indie publishers out there, all launched by[...]
The Threat To All Humanity…
Honestly, I'm surprised that Kickstarter even approved the project it was so bad  Our second attempt was much better as far as the write up and our efforts, but we still didn't completely understand the process and didn't properly support the project with the proper marketing plan  So we took a step back, gave it[...]
Developing Schismatic's Fantasy World With Science
Issue One is finished and available to download through Kickstarter, where they're trying to raise $12,000 by September 19th to cover production costs for issues 2-5. Schismatic is a revenge thriller set in a fantasy world, inspired by both dark fantasy and Tarantino/Elmore Leonard crime stories It follows a pair of pacifists whose family is destroyed[...]
Lux – When Captain Marvel Teams Up With Frankenstein
Fast forward about six months, with a lot of phone calls, Skype meetings, and emails in between, and we were ready to present Lux to the world. So why Kickstarter? As an avid backer myself, I have been able to learn about new projects that I may not have otherwise been introduced to We decided it[...]
Full Time Jobs vs. Comics
I just finished my second graphic novel "Shiver Bureau" and launched a Kickstarter to fund printing the book I created this thing, this world, these characters out of nothing and that makes all the hard work worth it So I want to share my routine in hopes that it will help other creators finish their[...]
Cutting Deep
Most of our main cast are non-humans and I really think that'll give our viewers the opportunity to see things beyond our normal perspective. My team and I are running a kickstarter to help us get Issue 1 finished up, printed, and out the door It's been one week and we're alreayd well over half our[...]
Roland Mann's First Kickstarter Campaign – Citizens
Roland Mann writes, I started my first Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday Even though a few friends who'd run their own campaigns before warned me otherwise, I really thought the butterflies and anxiety would have gone away by now, a few days into it. They haven't. But they're more like those first date butterflies than standing up to the[...]
Health Care For Super Villains?
Mark McKeon, David Brame, Joaquin Pereyra, Adam Wollet. Currently on Kickstarter. $5,000 goal by Sept 24, 2015. Published in 2016 by Action Lab Entertainment Jeff Dyer writes, When I was a kid, I read a lot of super hero comics After the battles were over and the bad guys were on the ground, beaten and bleeding and begging for mercy,[...]
Kickstarter Stalled: The Last Cavalier Graphic Novel
This is Daniel McVicar's Kickstarter for The Last Cavalier hardcover graphic novel, due to be published last year It hasn't It hasn;t been drawn yet And some backers are wondering if it ever will be Here's how backers received updates over the period… Script is being reworked and the artist is sorting out his schedule[...]
The Year Of The Goat
 Issue #2 is currently on Kickstarter and I couldn't be more excited to bring the next chapter of the horror comedy to life. As far as the story, issue #1 shows a few goats around the United States "turning" demonic   For issue #2, I needed to expand on the rise of the goats  Their numbers[...]
Star Wars Meets Tomb Raider By Way Of Aeon Flux… Possibly
PRINCE-S STARthief – Kickstarter (Staff Pick!) An all new SCI-FI comic book BLAST from writer Jason Martin (Super Real, 80s Undead, Zombie Tramp) and artist Huseyin Celal Koc (a.k.a Celor)! Funding closes 9:58AM PDT 9/5/15. Books published/delivered in November 2015 It's the future and society has become enslaved by massive corporations[...]
Fed Up With Ashley Madison? Infidelity Begets Murder in Comare, A Dark Romance Comic
Comare #1: The Other Woman, by Mario Candelaria, Ashley St Lawrence, Lesley Atlansky, and Zakk Saam, is live on Kickstarter until 10PM EST on Saturday, September 5th with an expected publication date of Late October/Early November. Mario Candelaria writes, Have you ever had a secret that was so shameful and so dishonorable, that you'd stop at nothing[...]
Opening The Infinite Toybox
Mark Bartlett – (concept/story) Baris Unlu – (story/script) Christopher Miller – (pencils/inks/cover/design) Emma Thrussell – (colours) Harry Stasinopoulos – (letters/design) Kickstarter close date – Oct 6 2015 (11:00 AM BST). Publishing date – Predicted shipping date October 2015. The Infinite Toybox is an all-ages comic that incorporates multiple genres[...]
IF Anthology Or (Bigfoot And The Awkward Art Of Self-Promotion)
For now, Alterna is currently running a Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersimeti/if-a-science-fiction-anthology-from-36-comic-book) to get comp copies for all creators involved, upgrade the quality of the book, and to ensure future volumes in the series Funding ends on August 18, 2015 at 9:00 PM, so it'd mean a lot to all of us if you check things out! BLEEDING COOL[...]
10 Years At The Center Of A Perfect Storm
Prior to striking out on his own and starting his own small-press comic-publishing imprint, Perfect Storm Publishing, Rob was the last assistant of industry legend Dick Giordano, with whom he worked on projects for DC, Marvel, Image and many more. In this Q&A, he tells us more about his art background and gives us the scoop[...]
90's Iconic Purge Returns In A Kickstarter That's Past Unspoken!
That is until now. Roosevelt Pitt, Jr writes,  Purge has returned with power and prestige, with Kickstarter as his launching pad and industry giants as his fuel You won't find mediocrity here. What you will find is a project born with conviction and purpose, woven within a desire to change the consciousness of readers everywhere[...]
The Stars Our Destination: Kickstarting A Comic Is A Full-Time Job
Asphodel: A Mythic Space Opera Gale Galligan, artist and letterer. Alex Kane, writer. On Kickstarter until August 12, 2015, at 5:00 a.m CDT. Estimated date of publication: November 10, 2015. by Alex Kane Asphodel is the tale of a soldier reborn as a peacekeeper, a cyborg demigoddess, and the desperate souls wandering our solar system's ruins in the wake of a[...]