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This team is all hands on deck, crafting effects and visuals organically, evoking the feel of true 80s style, conjuring the essence of such classics as The Thing and An American Werewolf in London. We created a kick ass video explaining it all on Kickstarter. Over a year ago I was dealing with the rejection from Marvel[...]

A dollar or two from each reader can really add up, and as a freelancer, it's a serious relief to know that the gas bill is going to be paid. I'm sure most people have heard of Kickstarter by now, but it's hard to put into words how useful it is to the modern small press[...]

Part Huckleberry Finn part Twin Peaks, it's a mash-up of some of my favorite stories and ideas all set in Antebellum 1857 Missouri.  It's Steampunk without the punk, but a good dose of religion, folk magic, bounty-hunters, slaves and demons.  It's the A-team with Hiram Buchanan an undercover Pinkerton, Nellie a feisty courtesan, Jean Lafitte a practitioner of voodoo[...]

Also, you can read my coverage of their San Diego Comic Con panel here. Joshua Stone: I was at the Wondercon 2013 panel and you talked about your dream project being Princess of Mars. Frank Cho: Yeah. JS: I was wondering if you've seen Mike Kaluta's work he did on Princess of Mars for IDW? FC: No, I've heard[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes: You can never fully know what a story is really about until you've seen it through to its end. As a Kickstarter backer, I finally got to watch His Heavy Heart, the last short film in Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' cycle of short films known alternately as The Jimmy's End Cycle or Show[...]

Because if you are an undocumented immigrant in a towering vertical city and you have to avoid guards scanning you for a chip, you have to become a gifted traceuse. Along with series artist Heather Nunnelly I have a Kickstarter going right now to fund the first volume of the series (and hopefully beyond) For the[...]

Dax – Out of the Airlock. Writer: Aaron Balogh. Artist: Jess Boudrie. Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessboudrie/dax Closes 8/20/14. Graphic novel to be available in October. Aaron Balogh writes: Dax is the story of a space merc that gets saddled with a young girl Hijinks ensue! This is the story of how Dax came to be and what it means to me. I've been a[...]

Steve is currently illustrating Monsterwood – a three part epic – with writer Jason Rosen – which is currently fundraising on Kickstarter I took some time to talk to Steve about the project and it's inspiration. David Gallaher: First of all, Steve, congratulations on the recent Harvey nomination for The Only Living Boy. Steve Ellis: Thank you[...]

My name is Dave Scheidt and I write comic books and nothing makes me happier. Here is the kickstarter. Dave Scheidt writes for Bleeding Cool:  Spooky Sleepover is a collection of 3 funny all ages horror stories perfect for spooky readers of all ages! I grew up reading comic books, even before I could actually read[...]

So you're using Kickstarter to print the collected series? RRA: Absolutely! Right here! It's the best way to share with the world a character that's lost 70 years of publicity And it's also a good way to maintain control of the book, and get it to the right people. RRQ: When does the Kickstarter end? RRA: The last[...]

And it will be published, in November, by Devil's Due. You might be wondering, I already saw this on Bleeding Cool, didn't I? Well, yes you did (https://bleedingcool.com/2014/06/24/349804/ ). But here's the thing: I'm doing the Kickstarter to pay my art team My interior artist, Nando Souzamotta, is doing killer work And this is his first book![...]

launch Kickstarter Project, July 4th – Aug 3rd, 2014. Indie comic book, Stillborn: The First Zombie, follows the most primary member of the undead, a monster that can think, speak and command those that he has infected, a Master of the Dead Stillborn's first TPB, The Trap, follows a group of construction workers into an old[...]

By Louis Oddball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxZvl9hTxhA Have you noticed a lot of super hero movies at the multiplex over the past few years, or is

I can honestly say ours will be the most true to Arthur Conan Doyle's version than any other versions of the past 50 years, while still being unique to the Watson and Holmes series. Part of the problem of being a self-publisher is getting the financing for projects, and that's where Kickstarter comes in.  As a backer[...]

I'd love to get this book out into the market this year, so myself and artist Eduardo Jimenez are raising some funds on Kickstarter to expedite the process If you've enjoyed silly comics like D4VE, Knuckleheads, Edison Rex, or Scud: The Disposable Assassin, I invite…nay, URGE you to visit our campaign, read the first seven[...]

How do you measure it? Is it the amount of sales you make? The joy you bring to others? How much you earn? When someone tells you that you have done a great job? Well for me, the creator of Xtreme Champion Tournament (XCT), it was hitting my first goal. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to[...]

All of that is set to change very soon though because Hope Nicholson, a professional researcher and comic book historian, just launched her Kickstarter campaign to bring Brok Windsor back to bookshelves where he belongs. And Nicholson is just the person for the job A producer specializing in comic book history, she was recently the associate[...]

The goal is to bring them back to public consciousness; April's adaptation does so, and is just the tip of the iceberg of more to come. To back the project and get a copy of this great, new collection, visit the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acbrown/the-book-of-dragons As a special incentive, we have a $99 Bleeding Cool level for backers[...]

I then ran a successful Kickstarter campaign and we had all four issues out by November of 2013, including having Henry redraw the beginning of issue 1, because it was originally done by another artist who dropped out of the project. All along I knew that I wanted it to be geared for teens, because I[...]

Internet animation sensation slash Boom Studios comic, had a panel on Thursday evening of Comic Con. First off, if you don't know what Bee and Puppycat is, the best way to explain it is by having you watch it. [youtube]http://youtu.be/lOG_UtLxh58[/youtube] It started off as a pilot on Youtube about a year ago, then there was a successful Kickstarter[...]

By Nikolai Fomich Locust Moon Press' Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream Kickstarter has been a resounding success, having raised over $100,000 in less than four weeks This all new anthology features strips inspired by Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland and boasts some of the greatest cartoonists working in comics today As this Kickstarter campaign nears[...]

We are truly in love with the story we are telling, and hope you will be to.   We are currently running a Kickstarter for the first volume of Amya, which will include the last five years of our production work We would be eternally grateful if you would have a look If you decide to make[...]

Sean Michael Wilson writes, As the British Library comics exhibition is titled 'Art and Anarchy' I thought that I would write an article about how anarchy

Then we got 'em drunk & naked. Dean Haspiel, when I asked him to comment on his horrendous acts of peer-pressuring other comics creators into nudity in public said: "Comix don't sell themselves anymore". Need we remind you that Locust Moon is the same esteemed team who are bringing us Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, with a[...]

Seasoned pros have turned to Kickstarter over traditional publishers The financial reward is often better and it allows 100% creative control I have run one failed campaign of my own, but I have also been a part of 3 successful ones as the main artist, and numerous others as a contributing artist Kickstarter campaigns have[...]

By Gary Reed It's amazing how the perception of Kickstarter has changed since it first started.  When I first started hearing about it, I was like many in that I felt it was people asking for money to do what they wanted to do.  It was a handout. But as Kickstarter became more of a norm, I[...]

Hence, the crowdfunding approach via Kickstarter! Our rewards range from two physical copies of UTF (2 variant covers), Bronze Age Retro 80's art, original prints from guest artists, hand-drawn sketches, flesher likenesses for backers, backer business ads featured as abandoned buildings, and even becoming immortalized in UTF as a recurring character We are also throwing in two[...]

Lovecraft Screenplay/Director/Producer Ryan Smith Kickstarter End Date: August 13, 2014 Publishing date: July 14, 2014 Ryan Smith writes, I'm Ryan Smith, the producer that has taken HP Lovecraft's short story, The Terrible Old Man and turned it into a modernized short film of the same name Principle photography and initial editing are complete, and the only thing[...]

Metal: A Black Dawn by Jacob Thomas and Rob Dumo. Kickstarter Close Date:  08/22/2014. Publication Date….Unknown Pharmaceutical drugs dominate the near future dystopian society One scientist, Thomas Parker, invents a new yet controversial technology that not only cures cancer but becomes society's worst nightmare. Jacob Thomas writes, MABD has been a year in the making, needlessly attempting to perfect every little bit[...]

Lynn Smith. Artist: Amelia Woo. Color: Mirana Reveier. Letterer: Jessica Jimerson. Close Date: July 8. Publication Date: November 2015 Be a part of the Kickstarter campaign for Kymera Press' women-created comic Gates of Midnight This supernatural thriller pits Raven, a combat medic recently returned from Afghanistan, against the mythological gods and monsters of mankind's ancient cultures.  By Autumn Daughetee When I think of[...]