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Ve The Queen Part One: Nidus
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[...]
A Graphic Novel Turned Musical! Support Will & Whit On Kickstarter
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[...]
Can Comics Change the World? 'Comics Uniting Nations' Will Make a Valiant Attempt
"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[...]
Fangirling Comic Books
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[...]
Ghost Town Takes On The Classic Detective Mystery With A Post-Apocalyptic Twist
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[...]
The Humalien Condition
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[...]
Yi Soon Shin: Fallen Avenger #4—Join The Fight
 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[...]
A Reason To Smile Today
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[...]
Solar Flare Is Back For More
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[...]
Home, Home On The Zombie Ranch: Husband-Wife Team Clint & Dawn Wolf Talk Shop
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[...]
Greg Weisman Stretches For A New Comic Book With Christopher Johes
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[...]
Paying The Creators Their Royalties First
Or you could go to the Kickstarter page to read all that And since that's where I want you to go…) If this works, we pay the creators now If it doesn't, we pay the creators much later.   By John Anderson. Closing date May 14th 2015 This is a big year for Soaring Penguin Press.  Six new titles[...]
The Year Of The Goat
 Time Stop was successfully funded on Kickstarter and is in production  Year of the Goat is a black and white story that will be shaded in red by John Rudwall  I love black and white comics but there was two much blood in this story to not add red to the pages[...]
Peyer, Augustyn Team With Fresh Talent For Ungrounded Graphic Novel
Fortunately, this Kickstarter campaign is poised to smash its goals this time, looking as though it will finish up well in excess of its funding goals on May 1st 2015 and scheduled to arrive in backers' hands by the end of October. Patrick Gerard is a writer, performance storyteller, scholar and misfit who earns his first[...]
The First Game About Comics, Now On Kickstarter!
by Jason Thompson Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics. Designed by Jason Thompson. Art by Ike and Eric "Woof" Muentes. Produced by Jumana Al Hashal. Kickstarter close date: May 25th, 2015  Comics How could you choose just one? Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics, is a hilarious, one-of-a-kind game where you and your friends play[...]
Drawing The Last Line
This is the boiled down, PR friendly rapid-fire pitch of THE LAST LINE'S Kickstarter Campaign as well as the creative marketing message here, in Los Angeles This is the "high concept" Even as I read the pitch now, I realize that the Six Flags, Bush Gardens, Mr Toad's Wild Ride that this comic has been[...]
Dr. Oblivion's Guide To Teenage Dating
If it wasn't for that little jerk of a boyfriend Callie is dating, then life would be good… but what fun would that be to read (or write) The Kickstarter I have up and running runs until May 1st and I've included some pages so you read a sample of the comic if you've never read[...]
A Vision Of Monsters
Undead or Alive: Original Graphic Novel. Creators: Steve Bryant (writer/letterer), Jason Millet (artist), and Chris Murrin (editor). Close date: May 5,
Mike Allred's Madman Goes 3D Again This Summer!
By Christopher Irving Madman Comin' Atcha 3D Trading Cards Michael Allred, Laura Allred, Christopher Irving, Christian LeBlanc May 6 close date/July 2015 delivery Mike Allred's Madman goes 3D again this summer! This set smacks of the awesomeness of old school trading cards, and shows a cross-section of all Snap City and all Madman's adventures! I'm writing this piece a few[...]
Why Creating a Kickstarter is the Best (and Worst) Rollercoaster Ever
Brian Andersen writes for Bleeding Cool: Written and created by Brian Andersen Art by James Neish Ends April 28th 2015 To Be Published June 2015 STRIPLING WARRIOR is an exciting and fun new comic book about the world's first Gay Mormon Superhero This is my second Kickstarter campaign My first was three years ago – to re-color, re-letter and collect my[...]
A Message To America
If you don't want to take my word, you can read the first issue for just $1 on our Kickstarter. Super stands out because it breaks clichés that have dominated the super hero genre for decades It takes the familiar and makes it fresh again The artwork is also fantastic, but that's really thanks to Bruno[...]
5 Lessons From Our First Year in Comics
Ray Chou writes, Before launching Skies of Fire on Kickstarter last year Vince and I had no idea what to expect We were just hoping to raise enough money to make the first issue The $3000 we had already put into the project was taking its toll on our lives My partner Vince and I almost[...]
An Exciting Idea To Change the World
Written by Scott Amundson Everyone who reads comics wants to make comics. And, they should! You would be surprised how controversial this opinion is to
Mixing Necromancy, Humor And Adventure – Ben Kahn Talks Shaman
With their Kickstarter campaign well underway, I spoke with Ben about the comic, baseball, magic, and the importance of humor in comics. Nikolai Fomich: Ben, what is Shaman? Ben Kahn: Shaman is a post-meta supernatural adventure series combining urban fantasy and superheroes Superheroes and villains are always coming back to life in comics, and in Shaman, it's our[...]