Over the weekend, the Centurions and Valkyrie of the “Warcampaign” launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for Vestige, a new self-contained 48-page graphic novel written by Gat Hanzo and featuring interior artwork by Donal DeLay (Brutas the Badass) and cover art by Ethan Van Sciver (Cyberfrog: Blood Honey). Oh, and it’s already crushing its funding goal, raising well over $25 thousand
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Writer Gat Hanzo is ready to throw his hat into the indie comic book scene with Vestige, an all-new fantasy/action project featuring illustrations by Donal DeLay (Brutas the Badass) and colors by Kyle Ritter (Cyberfrog: Blood Honey). There’s yet to be a full reveal of Vestige, but here’s a plot synopsis of what we know so far. “Mixing historical accuracy
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On Wednesday, comic book artist Donal DeLay teased his next crowdfunding project. Titled Nightstalker, this new comic is a 24-page superhero story written by Antonio Malpica (aka Cridious). You can check out the teaser image below. Malpica followed DeLay’s lead by dropping a few story details via social media. According to Malpica, “Think Red Hood, Nightwing, Kick-ass‘ “Big Daddy,” with
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No, it’s not about a strip club. At least I don’t think it is… On Monday, Sierra Whiskey launched a crowdfunding campaign for No Cover, a 60-page (58 pages of story) action comedy book. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $8 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Sierra Whiskey and featuring illustrations by
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On Wednesday, Haunted Pizza launched a crowdfunding campaign for Hurley’s Heroes issue 1, a 40-page “flipbook” that includes not just the main story, but also a 12-page preview of HP’s upcoming sci-fi action series, Universals Initiative. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $3 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Mark Poulton (Graveyard Shift)
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Over the weekend, Secret Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Brutas the Badass 2, a 48-page “action space comedy.” The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Nasser Rabadi (Stardust) and illustrated by Donal DeLay (Death of Love), Brutas the Badass 2 is the long-awaited follow-up to the
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The sibling startups of Brandon and Phill Diaz recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for CG Vacation, an art book reminiscent of the “swimsuit specials” that other comic companies used to do before they turned into joyless, politically correct puritans. The CG Vacation book will feature artwork and characters by dozens of independent artists associated with Comics Gate*, including Michael Bancroft,
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On Wednesday, independent comic book creator (and really-real descendent of Bram Stoker) Clint Stoker launched a crowdfunding campaign for Dracula, a 56-page, black & white, hardcover(!) graphic novel. In addition to already being fully funded, all of the story, art, lettering and prepress are 100% complete, so there should be fewer hangups getting Dracula into the backers’ clutches. Written by
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Ultra Star was the first issue of a solo-owned IP that Parnell decided to bring to crowdfunding, and is the first campaign of Patrick Thomas Parnell’s that I have backed. He has done four previous campaigns surrounding his Johnny Phantasm IP, for which he is the co-creator and artist. Johnny Phantasm’s abstract art style and Beetlejuice-meets-Scarface story never really appealed
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On Monday, publishing veteran Steve Dye launched a crowdfunding campaign for ROK!T, a new physical magazine that focuses on the biggest names and news on the ComicsGate* side of independent comics. Wait a second… Yeah, we’re doing a write-up on what is technically a competing platform. We’ll be sure to keep this super objective.** Trust me! Dye conceived ROK!T as
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On the latest installment of Sit DOWN Sunday (hosted on Patrick Thomas Parnell’s YouTube channel Riot Press Productions), The Splintering founder Blake Worrell got another chance to discuss recent comic book news with Parnell and War Party creator Justin Murphy and Lumina Vhox creator José Garcia. This week, we discussed the Spring ComicsGate art auction, the modern state of comic
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Today, I’m unboxing Wildstyle Comics’ Brutas the Badass by Donal DeLay (Cash Grab) and Nasser Rabadi (Stardust). I contributed to the Indiegogo campaign in late 2018, so this one has admittedly been a long time coming. I backed the most basic physical tier, which included a signed copy of the book, a sticker, and three trading cards. You can check
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On Thursday, The Splintering founder and editor-in-chief Blake Worrell competed in a no-holds-barred competition known as Get in the Gulag, hosted by Adventures of Kim Il Sung creator and the UK’s most famous “Gay Space Communist”, CФMMIЭ МДЯK (Commi3 Mark). Joining in the competition were KOZOR co-creator Clayton Barton (representing Australia) and Cash Grab artist Donal DeLay (helping Blake to
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Over the weekend, Dynamite Comics cancelled a crowdfunding campaign for a Vengeance of Vampirella variant cover featuring the internet comedian known only as “Cecil.” The book was already an overnight success, achieving its original funding goal in the first hour and raising more than $10k before the project was nixed. The cover itself featured a caricature of Cecil himself betwixt
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In January, writer Michael Derrick launched an Indiegogo campaign for Grayskale, an all-new graphic novel about a superhero with the ability to exploit karma. We have interviewed Derrick previously about other projects, and we were fortunate enough to get a chance to discuss his new Grayskale campaign.
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On Wednesday, the crowdfunding campaign for comedy/adventure Cash Grab crossed the blessed “Six Figures, Bitch!” threshold, raising more than $101 thousand at the time of this writing. The 48-page book was an instant crowdfunding success, raking in $60 thousand in the first 24 hours. Written by Internet comedian Cecil and illustrated by Donal DeLay, Cash Grab is a superhero comedy
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“Hello!” On Tuesday, the anonymous Internet comedian known as “Cecil” launched a crowdfunding campaign for Cash Grab, a 48+ page action/comedy graphic novel written by Cecil himself and featuring illustrations by Donal DeLay (Vestige), colors by Ink Spots, and letters by Eric Weathers. And girthy stacks of cash are indeed being grabbed, snatched, groped and grasped, as the campaign has
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“Hello!” Late last week, Internet comedian and host of the “Cecil Says” YouTube channel revealed the first piece of artwork for his upcoming Cash Grab graphic novel project. The comedy tale will be written by Cecil himself and feature illustrations by Donal DeLay (Vestige), colors by Andrew Huerta (Sovereign) and letters by Eric Weathers (of course). The Cash Grab project
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He’s a dual-katana wielding werewolf Bigfoot. It may sound like a dream arcade crossover of Rampage, Altered Beast, and Ninja Gaiden, but it’s actually Shinobi Sasquatch, a new 52-page graphic novel now crowdfunding on Indiegogo. Written by Cal Jameson and featuring illustrations by Rob Willis and colors by Paul Bilick, Shinobi Sasquatch puts a high-octane action spin on ancient Bigfoot
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Early Monday morning, the Indiegogo campaign for Brutas the Badass ended successfully, raising over 300% of its original goal for a total of over $28 thousand.* With those numbers, the Brutas the Badass campaign met two stretch goals: a square binding for all physical backers and hiring a colorist to get the book printed and delivered more quickly. Brutas the
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On Friday, Donal DeLay and Nasser Rabadi launched a new crowdfunding campaign for issue 1 of Brutas the Badass via Indiegogo. Written by Nasser Rabadi (Stardust) and illustrated by Donal DeLay (Death of Love), this first issue is intended to be the launching point for a new, ongoing series. Brutas the Badass is described as a bombastic bounty hunter, similar
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On Tuesday, the crowdfunding campaign for Stardust ended successfully, raising 756% of its original goal for a total of over $15 thousand.* Stardust is a sci-fi horror comic written by Nasser Rabadi and illustrated by Shawn Langley, who appears to be heavily inspired by the mythology of H.P. Lovecraft. The Stardust Indiegogo campaign was an immediate success, surpassing its original
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