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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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

The Imperium by Tzvi Lebetkin and Stefano Cardoselli on IndieGoGo at http://igg.me/at/Imperium. Campaign ending - September 5th 2015. Publication date -

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

By Jason Karlson "I was born to serve as a cog in a machine, a terrible and awful machine" With just under four days left, there is still time to back artist John Mueller's latest Kickstarter project to fund his comic, Oink His grim and gritty tells the story of Oink, a pig man who resides in[...]

Miles Greb writes for Bleeding Cool: Next week a new style of comic will start its campaign on Kickstarter After the Gold Rush, an independent book about science returning to a world that has forsaken it, will launch its crowd funding next Thursday.  What makes this book stand out is that it's the first comic inspired[...]

Right Reverend Ryan Richards addresses the throng of Bleeding Cool, The Cult of the Month is going to happen. As of Friday evening Cult of the Month has

Bleed 2039. A graphic novel brought to you by AHR Visions. Writer/Creator – Alan James Edwards. Artist/CEO AHR Visions – Abdul Rashid. Executive Producer – Josh Powe. Active on Kickstarter, closing date August 11, 2015. Publishing date 10/30/2015 By The Detective Now that I think about it, anyone could see this coming[...]

Marshall Naylor writes, Zombies fight for the Führer, and only the Allied powers can stop them in Antarctic Press' newest Kickstarter, Nazi Zombies. One of the main contributors, Joe Wight, sat down with me for a quick chat about the book. The story takes place over four issues The timeline of the book follows different groups of soldiers[...]

Millennials: You are Special. Created by Dimitrios Fragiskatos. Art by Guillermo Villarreal and Sir Gryphon.Close Date: August 11, 2015.Publishing Date:

Project by Unshaven Comics; Matt Wright, Marc Alan Fishman, and Kyle Gnepper. Project closes August 31st. The book itself will be published and sent to

By Patrick Gerard Kickstarter is an internet "crowdfunding" platform which allows people to pre-pay for the creation of artistic and technological projects The websites founders insist that it is not a store but rather a fundraising platform in which goods, services, and absurd favors can be bartered in exchange for help in making these creative projects[...]

Multiplex: The Revenge Kickstarter project by Gordon McAlpin Funding End Date: a couple of hours Publishing Date: September, 2016 (tentative) Gordon McAlpin writes, Whether you create a webcomic or an ongoing comic book series, making print collections isn't just a keepsake for existing fans, but it is a valuable way to attract new readers to your series[...]

Each of their kickstarter projects have funded early into the cycle allowing them to offer some extra cool stretch goals Their latest kickstarter is no different with Matt Martin's Webwitch getting close to triple its goal with only a few hours left I had a chance to talk to Martin about the project and the[...]

Unlike Kickstarter and their ilk, this encourages you to be a patron, for a monthly fee (anything from a dollar upwards) rather than offer a one-off pledge But, it does offer incentives In Dixon's case, they range from video tutorials to signed limited edition prints (both only available to patrons and dependent on your budget). Dixon[...]

Tom Mandrake writes for Bleeding Cool, A lot of people have been asking–'Why a Kickstarter?' The story goes something like this– one day, about 10 years ago, John said, "Let's put on a play", and I said, "Well, my dad's got the parts for a barn—all we need is someone to build it!" And that's what[...]

NPR this weekend ran an article focusing on women comic book creators, that touched on the role of Kickstarter in finding audiences for certain books that might not have found them in through traditional means And quotes Amy Reeder, co-creator and artist on Image series Rocket Girl, saying, Creators who work for the top publishers occasionally[...]

Any backer who follows their pledge with a message through Kickstarter with the words "BLEEDING COOL" in the subject or body will receive an exclusive set of six retro-style trading cards featuring pieces of artwork from six of the star-studded backmatter contributors These cards will be extremely rare, and only printed in sufficient quantity for[...]

Getting it exactly how I want it takes time – to the point where it's overtaking my life. I also want to keep it fun for readers and myself so I like to inject some humour and irony into it. I'm allocating a number of early bird discounts on Kickstarter Digital copies will only cost £5[...]

By Olly MacNamee I have two interesting Kickstarters to tell you about today, both brought to you by the talents of local Birmingham based creators, with a little help from their friends. First, Blood Red Moon No.1 (Geeky Comics) which tells the tale of a werewolf captured by Vikings who is forcefully used as a tool to[...]

Oh, and a prime spot at Sony's E3 press conference helps a whole lot too. The Kickstarter ended this weekend amounting the grand total of $6.3 million This makes it the most successful video game Kickstarter of all time, surpassing Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Shenmue 3 is slated for a December 2017 release, but[...]

Closing Kickstarter date September 5 A First look into a brand new world / franchise – Pitched as Bourne under the French revolution – including a graphic novel and film! David Webb writes, I'm David Webb, and I want to take you into a world of, cloak and dagger, mysteries, illusions, passion, lies, violence, deceptions and machinations… The[...]

How dare Green Ronin do such a thing? In some ways the release of the first edition of Blue Rose was an early, angry shot of the "movement" within geek communities that would eventually bring us such hits as "fake geek girls," "cosplayers are ruining our conventions" and, of course, the biggest winner being GamerGate. It is ironic[...]

Shenmue 3 is on it's last few days on KickStarter The campaign now lies at around the $5 million range, making it one of the most successful KickStarters ever. To try and drum up just a little more cash for the game, a new trailer has released called 'Lake of the Lantern Bugs' showing…well not too[...]

One man, a Vampire Hunter named Kros, stands against them, waging a battle at night as fearful and horrific as the battles fought during the day. And both are turning to Kickstarter to help fund its production Let's hear them talk it through… Kros: Hallowed Ground is a 128 page horror graphic novel by[...]

Most recently, with the help of backers and Kickstarter, I successfully funded and self-published the first book in a planned all ages trilogy titled, BAAKO While I continue working on the much larger 2nd volume in the series, I am also hard at work on smaller creator-owned projects Ones that I hope will help bridge[...]

Amadeus Cho co-creator Greg Pak and Runaways artist Takeshi Miyazawa have created a number of children's books on Kickstarter, including The Princess Who Saves Herself And now they have a new project… ABCDisgusting pretty much does exactly what it says on the tin, and pefectly aimed at the kid obsessed with the more disgusting in life[...]