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Just in time for their appearance at Denver ComicCon 2015, Starfest, and GalaxyFest, Colorado's high energy Celtic folk band The Stubby Shillelaghs, are excited to announce their Kickstarter that will begin on Wednesday, May 20th The Kickstarter will be for their new album Critical Fail The album will continue the band's long-standing tradition of Celtic[...]

By Octavio Karbank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHGoMRtSgLw And it doesn’t look half bad. That said, I can’t remember the last time I watched a Finnish

I followed Jason Shawn Alexander's Kickstarter for The Empty Zone with some interest awhile back Like many people, just a glimpse of his artwork on the proposed series caught my imagination pretty intensely What I didn't know, however, is that is represented a 20 year saga of development for the successful comic book and medium[...]

Really, any adult Power Rangers would need more Psych and less Battlestar Galactica. But I think we succeeded at making Stronghold something special all on its own. Last year, Kevin Roberts and I were able to successfully fund the first collected volume on Kickstarter, and we're excited to be trying again this time In the year since[...]

Hutchison. Kickstarter Close Date 05/21/2015. Publish on 05/16/2015 I'm currently running a kickstarter called Die Homer, it's a retelling of the 1988 action thriller Die Hard starring cartoon characters I can draw from memory I'm not a business guy, I suck at marketing, and I am not particularly savvy at social media… so why the hell is my[...]

Torsobear Volume 2: All Stitched Up is a graphic novel anthology on Kickstarter until June 1st 2015, continuing the fluffy yet dark adventures of Ruxby bear and Toyburg Police department. Editors – Brett Uren & Glenn Møane. Writers – Brett Uren, Glenn Møane, Cy Dethan, Jon Scrivens, Janos Honkonen, Frank Martin, Kieran Squires, Grainne McEntee, Ronald Montgomery,[...]

The Kickstarter, which had raised 35K of its planned 350K is to be cancelled. Archie CEO Jon Goldwater has emailed donors saying, We launched the "New Riverdale" Kickstarter as a unique and innovative way to celebrate the company's upcoming 75th anniversary and to bring attention to some new titles that we are extremely excited about—JUGHEAD by Chip Zdarsky,[...]

And then I kept reading and realized that they decided to use Kickstarter to fund the books "Weird", I thought While Jon Goldwater said in his letter "we are not DC or Marvel", it still felt strange Something was missing here Especially when I glanced at the tiers and realized that the people who support[...]

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to use a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, and there were questions from other creators and retailers as to why Archie Comics[...]

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to launch a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, but there were other creators and retailers who wanted to talk, including Mark[...]

Earlier this morning, we ran a piece about the just-launched Archie Comics kickstarter funding offer to expand their upcoming relaunch of Archie Comics titles, including creators such as Chip Zdarsky and Adam Hughes. We also ran a letter by Archie CEO, Jon Goldwater, to explain why they were doing this. It didn't go down well with everyone… Jesse James[...]

A coming-of-age story that is both heartfelt and funny, LIFE WITH KEVIN reintroduces one of Archie's most popular characters in a new setting with a whole new cast of characters—plus a handful of familiar faces!   How can they do all this? By Kickstarter Asking you, the fans of Archie, to fund this new expansion for Riverdale[...]

With only 15 days left, it's just $3,000 shy of the Kickstarter goal When I ask him if he's worried about reaching his funding goal, Denham says he will keep on trekking. "Not having the funds means I have to work on other projects and this one may be delayed just a little longer Either way,[...]

Martin and Adam Orndorf. Illustrated by Roy Allan Martinez. Colored by Raymund Lee. Letters Kel Nuttal. The campaign ends on May 14 and will be delivered in July. Our story is about us, my team, how we came together and how Kickstarter allows little guys like Adam and myself to work with incredible artists in the Philippines and create awesome[...]

However, Martin and his creative team need your help to make it happen, so they've turned to Kickstarter to bring Bizarre New World back to print. At its heart, Bizarre New World is the story of Paul Krutcher, a seemingly ordinary divorced father who suddenly discovers that he can defy gravity Paul's brief stint as the[...]

I had already at this time began advertising for Hard Wyred and an impending Kickstarter Now my little schedule was in flames, and the all the responses coming in were just not the right fit for the tight schedule Enter Gwen, miracle colourist. As soon as I opened her reply I immediately sent back "when can[...]

Somehow all these questions lead to Daniel Camden, the Prime Minister, dead. I am fortunate enough to have a fighting chance on Kickstarter with a very solid team working on Queen On art I have Bernadinus Gita who is a monster when it comes to dedication in producing a quality product This is a guy who[...]

Kickstarter is the source of many cool projects, but this is the first time I've encountered something like this Based on Eisner Award nominated author Laura Lee Gulledge's graphic novel, Will & Whit, is an inspired new graphic novel musical It will feature 12 new songs by Artners Ceci Vaughan, Lauren Larken, and Juliet Trail[...]

"With everyone in the industry cooperating for the global good, the name 'Comics Uniting Nations' encapsulated the spirit and became our banner title for the project." Several global comics publishers including Action Lab, Andrews McMeel Universal, Archie Comics, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse, Dynamite, IDW, Oni, NBM, Papercutz, Peanuts Inc., Teshkeel, TOKYOPOP, UDON and Valiant have already[...]

From Brandon Graham's King City... And from Gene Ha's new Kickstarted comic, Mae.   Let's flip that for clarity... Gene Ha gives Bleeding Cool a "mea

Tom Stillwell – Script. Jessica Lynn – Illustration. Zac Atkinson – Colors. Crank! – Letters. The FANGIRL Kickstarter campaign ends 05/26/15. When Alice witnesses a murder committed by a corrupt cop she and her friends do the only thing they can think of…hide in plain sight at the world's largest comic book convention! Tom Stillwell writes, I'll be perfectly honest; I'm not[...]

All along the way he does his own brand of investigating, assisted by his robotic metal fists that can retract on 100ft chains, and his one and only friend, The Librarian. Alex O'Neill writes When the Kickstarter campaign wraps on Tuesday for the graphic novel "Ghost Town: A Mystery" we'll know if the world will or won't[...]

Humalien, Created, written and drawn by J Adam Farster, Self published- May 2015 Humalien was successfully funded on Kickstarter in March and released at C2E2 last week for the masses. What the hell is a Humalien!? I'm not that clever A friend of mine just mashed two words together and there we have it[...]

 I am driven to see my vision through to the end, which is why I am now on Kickstarter! Five months ago, my financing fell through for reasons unrelated to my book's success.  He is now more determined than ever to complete Yi Soon Shin. The money that I'm raising is being used to fund the art[...]

2. Written & Illustrated by Javier Cruz Winnik. Kickstarter close date: May 22nd Has anyone ever told you that what you want to do can't be done? Have you ever believed in something so much that it was all you could think of? Luiza is a big dreamer and with her family and friends around, she can do[...]

Not only will the book itself be a high quality hardcover with 250 full color pages, with the digital book being distributed on the ComiXology platform, but we're offering a number of Kickstarter exclusive rewards you can only get through our campaign This includes a "behind-the-scenes" sketchbook as well as 4 exclusive prints by cover[...]

After a few weeks of hearing absolutely nothing, I decided to take the advice of some friends and try the Kickstarter route They couldn't have been more right.  Issue #1 succeeded in raising over $3,800 in February, and I am happy to say that the books have just arrived for shipment!  As a thank you[...]

I met Clint and Dawn Wolf in early 2011 at the last Wizard World Anaheim show and chatted with them about their young webcomic series Zombie Ranch as well as admire Dawn Wolf's original art. Flash forward to Wondercon earlier this month, I met up with the Wolfs who were preparing to launch a KickStarter to[...]

Gargoyles/Star Wars Rebels/Young Justice/Kanan: Last Padawan writer Greg Weisman's all-star cast audio drama Rain Of The Ghosts has passed the $50,000 mark. It is now the highest ever funded Young Adult project in Kickstarter's Publishing division. To mark the moment, Weisman has announced a stretch goal where a 20 page Rain Of The Ghosts comic will be produced when the[...]

I was excited to hear that Lucarelli was working on a sequel and I got an opportunity to catch up with him and chat about volume two being funded by Kickstarter in which he has already made his goal And, he was kind enough to provide an exclusive first look at his next project. Michele Brittany:[...]