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Clint Stoker’s “Downcast 3: Submerged” Indiegogo Campaign Fully Funded on Day One

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Clint Stoker launched a crowdfunding campaign for Downcast 3: Submerged, which reached its original funding goal within hours of going live. Written by Stoker and featuring illustrations by Ignacio Lazaro and lettering by the ever-prolific Eric Weathers, Downcast 3 is an 80-page sci-fi graphic novel including a 64-page main story, an 8-page backup story,

“Downcast” Creator Clint Stoker Prepping New Sci-Fi Comic “FATL”

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Independent comic book writer and Downcast creator Clint Stoker is preparing to launch his next graphic novel, FATL (pronounced “fatal”). Written by Stoker and illustrated by Charlie Snogans (Jawbreakers – GØD-K1NG), Flynn’s Alien Termination and Logistics (aka F.A.T.L.) is a new sci-fi book intended to launch via Indiegogo later in 2020. Here’s the plot synopsis taken from the FATL pre-launch

Clint Stoker’s “Downcast” to be published by Alterna Comics

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Over the weekend, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti and Downcast creator Clint Stoker announced that both Downcast and Downcast Wrize and Fall will in fact be published under the Alterna label. Alterna will publish the full Downcast arc in four issues, with the original Downcast being split into issues 1 & 2 and Wrize and Fall being issues 3 &

Return to the floating city of Strata! “Downcast: Wrize & Fall” now on Indiegogo

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Tuesday, independent comic book writer Clint Stoker launched a crowdfunding campaign for Downcast: Wrize & Fall, an 88-page sci-fi graphic novel written by Stoker and featuring illustrations by Ignacio Lazaro, colors by Damian Penalba and letters by Eric Weathers. Wrize & Fall is a sequel to 2019’s Downcast, and picks up shortly after the events of the first book.

The Indiegogo campaign for Clint Stoker’s “Downcast” ends successfully; still available in-demand

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Clint Stoker’s graphic novel Downcast ended successfully on Indiegogo, raising more than $26 thousand. By reaching that total, the Downcast project met every one of its stretch goals, included extra story pages, a sketch and development section, and a foil-stamped cover. But what’s Downcast all about? Downcast is a 52-page science fiction graphic

It’s up, up and away for “Downcast”; fully funded on first day of Indiegogo campaign

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Tuesday, author and YouTube host Clint Stoker (aka Sweetcast) launched a crowdfunding campaign for Downcast via Indiegogo. Downcast is a 48-page 52-page graphic novel written by Stoker, featuring artwork by Ignacio Lazaro and letters by Eric Weathers. The project was fully funded in the first 12 hours. Here’s a plot summary taken from the Downcast Indiegogo page. “Joanne

Clint Stoker’s sci-fi graphic novel “Downcast” launches 2 April on Indiegogo

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

YouTube personality Clint Stoker (aka Sweetcast) is making the jump to comic book crowdfunding with Downcast, an all-new graphic novel written by Stoker and illustrated by Ignacio Lazaro and lettered by Eric Weathers. Here’s a plot summary of the book. “When a piece of the sun falls into the hands of underclass siblings, they abuse its power to bring the

Alterna Comics’ Fall Preorder Campaign Now Live on Indiegogo

Posted on September 27, 2022 by The Splintering Staff Leave a comment

Time to fall into Autumn! (kill me) On Tuesday, Alterna Comics launched a pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their Fall lineup of books. The campaign is well on its way to being fully funded, having raised nearly $3 thousand at the time of this writing (roughly an hour after the campaign’s launch). Through the Indiegogo campaign page, you can pick up

Alterna Comics’ Summer Preorder Campaign Now Live on Indiegogo

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

It’s officially Summer! Astronomically speaking, course…. On Tuesday, Alterna Comics launched a pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their Summer lineup of books. The campaign is well on its way to being fully funded, having raised nearly $4 thousand at the time of this writing. Through the Indiegogo campaign page, you can pick up all six of Alterna’s Summer issues, or simply

“Clint Stoker’s Dracula” Sinks Its Teeth Into Your Pocketbook on Indiegogo

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

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

Alterna Comics’ Spring Preorder Campaign Now Live on Indiegogo

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Spring has sprung! Over the weekend, Alterna Comics launched a pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their Spring lineup of books. The campaign is well on its way to being fully funded, having raised more than $6 thousand at the time of this writing. Through the Indiegogo campaign page, you can pick up all six of Alterna’s Spring issues, or simply pick

Alterna Comics’ Winter Preorder Campaign is Live on Indiegogo

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, Alterna Comics launched a pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their Winter lineup of books. The campaign is already fully funded, having already raised more $8 thousand at the time of this writing.* Through the Indiegogo campaign page, you can pick up all ten of Alterna’s Winter issues, or simply pick and choose the titles you want. There are also

Alterna Comics Launches First Quarterly Pre-Order Campaign on Indiegogo

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics launched its inaugural pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their fall lineup of books. The campaign is already fully funded, having raised nearly $7 thousand at the time of this writing. These campaigns are intended to replace the company’s old pre-order system on the Alterna website, making each quarter a kind of celebratory event and giving customers a

Golden Age heroism returns in new anthology “Thrilling Comics: Murder and Mayhem”

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Thursday, independent comic book creator David Furr launched a crowdfunding campaign for Thrilling Comics: Murder and Mayhem, a 72-page, retro-inspired anthology featuring Golden Age heroes (thanks in part to public domain law). Here’s the breakdown of the project straight from the Thrilling Comics Indiegogo campaign page. The Golden Age of Comics Return to the Modern Era! Legendary comic book

Peter Simeti launches “Alterna Distribution”

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Blake Worrell 3 comments

During a Thursday livestream, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that he has indeed launched “Alterna Distribution,” an all-new way for independent creators to get their comics into comic book shops. So far, Alterna Distribution exists only as a web domain, but Simeti is planning for the venture to be fully operational in mid-2020. It’s important to note that this