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Publisher Boom Studios reset the landscape for comics Kickstarter when their first pre-order campaign for Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR shattered prior records at over $1.4 million , becoming the #1 comic and graphic novel campaign on the platform BRZRKR, of course, went on to break other records in comic shops and bookstores Two years later, it[...]

And we know how big the barrels of Rob Liefeld's guns are! As for the time schedule, it may also be worth noting that Liefeld's nine-and-a-half-year-old Kickstarter for Brigade, intended to have given the comic away en masse for free, still has many people in the comments reporting non-delivery or requesting refunds. Rob Liefeld posts[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the news that James Tynion IV, PK Colinet, and Elsa Charretier were launching a Kickstarter to crowdfund a short horror film, Room Service That PK will serve as the director of the project, with Tynion writing the script with Elsa storyboarding, and introducing a new horror icon, The Caretaker, who will[...]

James Tynion IV, PK Colinet, and Elsa Charretier have launched a new Kickstarter this morning for a live-action horror film Titled Room Service, PK will serve as the director of the project, with Tynion writing the script with Elsa storyboarding The film will introduce us to a new horror icon, The Caretaker, who will help[...]

And then there was Skybound, who partnered with Michelle Fus to bring their popular Ava's Demon webcomic to print for the first time, amassing a then-record setting half million dollars. But now Skybound and Fus are back with a new Kickstarter for Ava's Demon Book Two: Aftermath and they're already on pace to reclaim their crown[...]

After recently announcing that he is returning to DC Comics for a series of high-profile Batman covers, as well as rumours that he is doing a similar series for a major Image book from a major Image founder, as well as his own Amazing Comics line, he'll also be contributing a cover exclusively to the[...]

Covered under blankets and over forty years of tormented family history, The Fantast Collection is the legacy of an obsessive father cut off from his family due to mental illness. Trailer screencap Director and producer Adam Schomer is launching a Kickstarter to fund the filming of a documentary about dealing with all this as Darren is faced[...]

"We will launch a Kickstarter in early 2023 featuring regular hardcovers and special editions of The King-Killing Queen Given the success of the Kickstarter for The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey and Brandon Sanderson's success with the platform, it feels like a natural fit Then, later in Fall 2023, we will publish a regular hardcover[...]

Shook! A Black Horror Anthology is a new 160-page horror comics anthology project to be crowdfunded on Kickstarter in November Announced by CEO of Second Sight Publishing, Bradley Golden as a joint venture between his company and John Jennings Studio Second Sight COO and Collection Editor for the project, Marcus H Roberts states, "I remember[...]

Argentinian comic book writer and artist, Damian Connelly of the indie hit horror comic You Promised Me Darkness from Behemoth/Sumerian Comics is creating a new collection of stand-alone horror comics stories, Blood, Love, Ghosts, and a Deadly Spell coming from StoneBot Comics and now being funded on Kickstarter for publication next year. Damian Connelly Promises Us[...]

But it seems that readers are being given the chance to make it true, Bad Idea promise to close up shop entirely if they raise $2.6 million on Kickstarter As well as a new graphic novel and hardcover volume. Two equal and opposite forces were created on February 6th, 2020 BAD IDEA was announced for the[...]

And they are persuading people to sign up for the launch page of the Kickstarter that will be funding it with a bribe Not only will there be Launch Day bonus items for donors but Boom will send you a free digital collected edition of the first four issues of Giant Days just for signing[...]

But first he has just launched a Kickstarter for a book of photos documenting twenty years of carrying a camera to comics and Hollywood events Yes, Gerry Duggan has turned being a massive geek into a literary and artistic event, called Timing/Luck. "Every photo tells a story, and collectively the photos in TIMING/LUCK tell mine[...]

Actor Ahmed Best, most commonly known for his role in the Star Wars prequels, has joined Pirates of the Caribbean actor Isaac Singleton Jr., mixed martial artist Angie "Overkill" Hill, writer/actress Dani Fernandez (Ralph Wrecks The Internet), and Damion Poitier (Goldface on The Flash, the original Thanos in Avengers) as a stretch goal for The[...]

Brtish comic book studio Wild River Comics, who launched Daughters Of Albion at MCM London Comic Con earlier this year, have a new horror comic book title, Lurker, from an all-female creative team, that has just this second launched on Kickstarter. Lurker is, apparently, a cross between Uncle Creepy and Bob from Twin Peaks, Lurker is[...]

Their last Kickstarter event introduced toy collectors to some new Goblin Pirates with Plunderlongs and Plunderstrongs The crowd-funding campaign exceeded all expectations, and it looks like they have a new surprise for fans The fan-favorite Plunderlings Fawns and Hatchlings are making a return as Lone Coconut announces a reissue The figures will be one purchase[...]

The award-winning superhero deconstruction is getting a big budget feature film adaptation courtesy of BAFTA Award-winning director Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Kemp Powers (Soul), and producers Jay-Z and James Lassiter. Currently, publisher Boom Studios is in the final days of their Kickstarter campaign to collect Irredeemable and Incorruptible alongside their companion[...]

Later this month Immortal Studios is launching their latest Kickstarter campaign for their latest Immortaverse series, Assassin G by Jen Troy, a writer for the CW's Supergirl and artist He Tao, featuring coloring by Hi-Fi Design and lettering by AndWorld Design "With her mastery of the Vermillion Pavilion's signature fight moves such as Chiral Light[...]

 That was then and now The Extra Fabulous Experience has become the #3 webcomics Kickstarter graphic novel of all time with almost half a million dollars at $471,229 haul after its recent conclusion. Zach M Stafford's Extra Fabulous Experience Now #3 On Kickstarter That's more than double Skybound's last webcomics campaign, J.L[...]

The creators of Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Comic Book Anthology, coming to the end of its Kickstarter funding, and contributors to Slice Of Life, Kat Calamia and Phil Falco have a new anthology comic book project with editor Jamila Rowser, dubbed Hairology It plans to launch in early 2023 on Kickstarter, and the creative and editorial[...]

Amanda Conner is launching a new art book exclusively on the Kickstarter platform Hot & Messy: The Art Of Amanda Conner will go live on Kickstarter on Wednesday, just as San Diego Comic-Con begins, from her PaperFilms production company A 96 page, hardcover collection, this collection will be designed by the PaperFilms team of John[...]

Bleeding Cool worked out what the teaser could be for, and it looks like one of our predictions has already come true, because just a few moments ago, Boom Studios launched its third Kickstarter campaign for The Complete Irredeemable Deluxe Edition Library. Capitalizing off the recent Netflix film announcement and the 10-year anniversary of the finale[...]

and was published back by Titan in 2015, and continued in the new Death Sentence Liberty, drawn by Martin Simmonds and Monty Nero, coming to its conclusion on Kickstarter The second and third series tell the story of a world beset by a deadly virus, where the British public are forced into an oppressive lockdown which[...]

Shakespeare Unleashed is the follow-up to Classic Monsters Unleashed, the highest-funded and highest-backed prose horror anthology in Kickstarter history, reimagining  William Shakespeare's greatest works as short horror stories, horror sonnets, and horror comics. Edited by James Aquilone, Shakespeare Unleashed features a roster of horror writers, including Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale, Ian Doescher, Cullen Bunn,[...]

Bissette, Jae Lee, Nick Pitarra, Paul Pope, Bill Sienkiewicz and Clem Robins are teaming up with artist Vanessa Cardinali and writer Chanan Beizer for the new graphic novel, The Golem of Venice Beach from Clover Press, which has just launched on Kickstarter, but has already received $35,000 against a $20,000 goal.  And here, for Bleeding[...]

Skybound has been a significant player in the world of graphic novels on Kickstarter with a diverse slate of campaigns, from Michelle Fus' Ava's Demon, breaking past the rare $500,000 mark, to a deluxe edition of Excellence from Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez & Deron Bennett that involved hip-hop icon MURS, their continued relationship[...]

Viture has just hit an interesting milestone on Kickstarter as their Immersive Smart Glasses have reached $2.5m in funds raised so far Because of this, the company was more than eager to reveal that they have surpassed Oculus' old total on the crowdfunding platform as the most funded extended reality product to date Which is[...]

I believe that very few people turn to crowdfunding on Kickstarter, IndieGogo, or others intentionally to con donors But for all manner of reasons, whatever was being funded can get later and later and then disappears Lateness is not uncommon — there are so many reasons Some creators keep people in the loop and give[...]

Cryptozoic's first such game was using DC Comics characters back in 2012, with the DC Deck-Building Game series, and it is that which is currently getting revived, courtesy of Kickstarter With a $50,000 goal to produce 10th-anniversary editions of their best-selling games, They have, at time of writing, taken almost $850,000 on Kickstarter with a[...]

However, Paul is taking his company Future Cyborg to Kickstarter as he launches a new set of retro-inspired 3.75" figures Inspired by Kenner, toy collectors can now build up some ninja clans with the new NINJA: Shadow and Blood line These classic figures are perfect for army building and will feature a nice assortment of[...]