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#ResistComics – A Comics Anthology Kickstarter Project
#ResistComics emerged as a project to reclaim our cities through works of imagination. Here's our Kickstarter link for further information and some sample pages: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/macabresque/resistcomics-a-comics-anthology Our project has fared well thus far, but we still need your support If our project is successful, we will use the funds to pay our artists decent page rates and print out[...]
Dave Cockrum's Final Comic To Be Published With Neal Adams, Walter Simonson, Neil Gaiman, Adam And Andy Kubert, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bob Wiacek, Mark Wheatley And Joe St.Pierre – Get In Early
Aardwolf Publishing will be publishing the new Futurians graphic novel, and the final work of the late Dave Cockrum, through Kickstarter And with a little help from his friends. Cockrum, creator of Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Starjammers and much more passed away in 2006 At the time, he was working on a new graphic novel for his[...]
Blue Mountain State: The Movie – A Win For Fan/ Producer Collaboration
By Shawn Perry Whether or not you ever cared about the Spike TV Original Series Blue Mountain State, the recent success of its Kickstarter Campaign to fund a movie represents another major step forward in the relationship between fans and producers So while Veronica Mars may have done it first and Community will likely do it[...]
(1 x Scotsman) + (1 x Macedonian) = Komic Brew, A New Creative Formula
To get our first graphic novel, Coran's Quest: Misterstourworm and the Kelpies Gift off the drawing board we have launched a Kickstarter campaign: The Coran's Quest project started life as an audio recording released in 2007 by my label, Circular Records, it's called, 'Misterstourworm and the Kelpie's Gift' Award winning composer/musician Savourna Stevenson had created a wonderful[...]
A Mythos, Grimmly
Powell, Evan Purcell, and David-John Tyrer. Kickstarter ends on June 8th at midnight, and we expect to have books in backers hands by early December, 2014. Jeremy Hochhalter writes, Fairy tales have been told in every culture since the beginning of the spoken word  Every corner of the world has stories of fairies, cats who talk, things that go[...]
A Dieselpunk Comic In Which Aliens Invade WWII
The tale runs the gamut from inner-city pulp heroics, romance, horror and adventure to all-out battle as the war for control of the Earth comes to a head! Issue Number One (Our Kickstarter Project) picks up where the web-comic leaves off with a brand new story for unfamiliar readers The format will be a 'Golden-Age' comic[...]
I Am An Alien
Joseph Hewitt - Writer, Illustrator. Ambs Myers - Illustrator. Eunsuk Seo - Translator. Kirsten Thompson - Editor. Closes on June 8, 2014.Comic to be
Aero Girl And The Superheroine Pushback
The Adventures of Aero-Girl. By Dewayne Feenstra, Axur Eneas, Adam Wollet and Juan Pablo Riebling. Campaign runs from 5/17/14-6/17/14 The Elevator Pitch: A teen hero dealing with the death of her mentor and father with the help of a super powered gorilla. Jules Rivera writes, I first discovered The Adventures of Aero Girl about a year ago, after a friend of[...]
The Top Ten Worst Ways To Miraculously Kickstart Your Comic Book
Begin building a fan base AFTER your launch. If you hold tight to the idea that pushing the kickstarter 'launch' button is a bit of a miracle moment theres a really good chance that you might not ever realize that when you do so… nothing happens Well Wait That's not true Your pulse rate will increase[...]
How Far Would You Go To Keep Your Family Safe?
Subversive and socially-oriented, you'll never see it coming…until it's too late! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/justinzimmerman/safe Hey folks My name is Justin Zimmerman, and I wrote and created the world that is SAFE, currently on Kickstarter Only, that's not quite true I am legion. I'm a filmmaker by trade, and I received my MFA at Ohio University[...]
A Comedy/Drama About Superhero Interns – Super Duper
That's pretty much the idea behind the move Super Duper. This is a Kickstarter project by Cosmos Wallace, a director with a decade of experience making commercials who wants to jump into filming features But the old storytelling adage is "show don't tell", so I'll let there video make the pitch. So check out their kickstarter, donate[...]
Bleeding Cool Is #1 Comic Authority According To Technorati
We have a variety of advertising options to work with your budget whether you are an established publisher looking to spread the word about a new book, a filmmaker trying to get your movie some attention or someone doing a Kickstarter and needs help spreading the word. If you want to find out more, contact jimkuhoric@bleedingcool.com for ad[...]
Then It Was Then It Was Dark
Which is a shame, because stories like these all but beg to be drawn. These stories are up for funding on Kickstarter right now Backers can get copies of the book, commissioned art, prints and posters and some really special extras for those who give a little bit more There's also a special offer for Bleeding[...]
Design Unscripted – Pairing Industry Pros With Up-And-Coming Talent
This visual development collection has been a labor of love by artists who are passionate about their craft. The Design Unscripted campaign is currently 95% funded!  We will be giving out a random original drawing by a Design Unscripted artist to one lucky Bleeding Cool backer at the end of the Successful Design Unscripted campaign.  You[...]
Bigfoot… And the Making of a Monster
Joshua Henaman writes, What originally began as a two-part series detailing the journey of self-publishing my sword, sorcery and sasquatch epic, Bigfoot –
Brainslug – A Hilarious And Surprisingly Violent Comic Series
For now, we need to start at the beginning, and that's with a print run of the first book "Alien Tongues" that I hope to fund and ship to supporters via my kickstarter campaign. Fortunately, with the help of Bleeding Cool reader support, the campaign can make Brainslug happen in an even greater way! My original, very[...]
Dragon Slayer: Breathe Fire
Devin Kraft writes, Title: Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition. Creators Involved: Devin Kraft, Space Gun Studios. Close Date: May 31st, 11:59 PM. Publishing Date: July 2014. Elevator Pitch: Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition is the result of almost two years of work and three Kickstarter campaigns The story follows a ronin, a king, and a dragon all of whom are trying to[...]
How to Get Likes And Reblogs On Tumblr. Or Five Empty Panels.
I posted a link to my Kickstarter and got a reblog by Farel Dalrymple The Kickstarter post got 33 notes, the empty comic panels another 193 It was madness. From this point I can see what the future holds for me Soon after my next book comes out I'm picked up by a small literary agency[...]
Liberaider – The Robin Hood Of Cyberspace To Be Collected
Pierre writes/draws for Bleeding Cool: Find the Liberaider on Kickstarter here. Joe St Pierre writes/draws for Bleeding Cool: Find the Liberaider on Kickstarter here. Joe St Pierre writes/draws for Bleeding Cool: Find the Liberaider on Kickstarter here. Joe St Pierre writes/draws for Bleeding Cool: Find the Liberaider on Kickstarter here. Joe St[...]
Help Comics Creator Seth Kushner Hulk Smash Leukemia
For the past few weeks, friends and family have been processing the realization that award-winning pop culture photographer and comic writer of recently successful Kickstarter: Schmuck, Seth Kushner, was suddenly diagnosed with rapid onset Leukemia at the age of 40 Seth was having serious trouble recovering from a bad flu and a trip to the[...]
Van Jensen Gets His Leg Over On Kickstarter
In addition to writing Green Lantern Corps and The Flash and releasing an omnibus of the Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer graphic novels, Van Jensen is self-publishing a 180-page, full-color graphic novel through Kickstarter. The Leg features the disembodied leg of Santa Anna adventuring through 1930s Mexico It's a weird pastiche of fairy tales, Spaghetti Westerns and Mexican history featuring art by[...]
Failure Is Not An Option
I really can't do his story justice, so instead I'll just put a link to the update he did in our Kickstarter campaign. For me, this is a choice I might be miserable if I quit writing and lost my creative outlet to become another 9-5 drone (9 to 5? Really? Does anyone still only work[...]