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New Alterna Comics Indiegogo Campaign Includes Exclusive Zero Issue of “It Came Out on a Wednesday”

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Blake Worrell One comment

“Because YOU demanded it!” On Tuesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti launched a special crowdfunding campaign celebrating 14 years of the company. Since Trick-or-Treat events are cancelled in many areas this year thanks to the Bat-Soup-Sniffles, this campaign essentially replaces the annual “AlternaWeen” event. So what’s being offered? Quite a variety of stuff, and according to Simeti, much of it

The second printing of Alterna’s “It Came Out on a Wednesday” will only cost $1.50, but there’s a catch

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Blake Worrell 3 comments

Last week, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced on the Alterna YouTube channel that the first issue of horror/sci-fi anthology book would indeed be getting a second printing, and that the new cover price would be only $1.50, down from the first printing’s price of $2.00. So what’s the catch? The second printing of It Came Out on a Wednesday

Alterna Comics’ Winter Preorder Campaign Now Live

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

A hazy shade of newsprint On Wednesday, Alterna Comics launched a pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their Winter lineup of books. This time around, the campaign is being run both on Indiegogo (here) and the Alterna Comics website (here). Through the campaign pages, you can pick up all six of Alterna’s Winter issues, or simply pick and choose the titles you

Peter Simeti’s “King Cryptid” Sighted on Indiegogo

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Wednesday, independent comic book creator and Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti launched a crowdfunding campaign for the first four issues of King Cryptid,* an all-new ongoing sci-fi series. Featuring the work of multiple creators, King Cryptid is planned to be a 100+ issue series with 4-5 issues every year for, well, the next twenty years, I guess. Here’s the

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

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

Alterna Celebrates 15 Years of Comics

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti marked the 15th anniversary of his comic book publishing company with a special edition livestream on the official Alterna YouTube channel. Joined by Alterna creators such as Frankie B. Washington (It Came Out on a Wednesday), and David Lucarelli (Tinseltown), Saint Publishin’ Pete took a trip down memory lane, showing off books from

“Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice” Coming to Consoles in 2021

Posted on November 4, 2020 by R Leave a comment

On Wednesday, game publisher Assemble Entertainment and developer CrazyBunch announced that their erotic point & click adventure game Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice is cumming coming to the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2021 via each console’s digital marketplace. Physical retail versions will be available in multiple European countries thanks to a partnership with

“Blood Realm” Creator Robert Geronimo Unleashes “WIREHEAD” on an Unsuspecting World

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Robert Geronimo launched a crowdfunding campaign for WIREHEAD, an all-new, 80-page horror graphic novel. Written by Geronimo (Blood Realm) and featuring illustrations by Michael O’Shea (It Came Out on a Wednesday) and letters by Wes Locher (Red Koi), WIREHEAD is inspired by the slasher tales of the 1980s, such as Halloween and Friday the

Review: Legends of Log (Alterna Comics – Monochrome May Special)

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

After making a few appearances in the pages of Alterna’s anthology series It Came Out on a Wednesday, Ski Suharski’s Legends of Log received its very own “One-Dollar One-Shot” book in January. It’s a great price for a quick read featuring a unique character, but what exactly do you get for your hard-earned buck? The Log character has appeared in

Richard C. Meyer launches surprise campaign for coronavirus-inspired comic “PANdemIC”

Posted on March 18, 2020 by The Splintering Staff 6 comments

Well, this came out of frickin’ nowhere… On Wednesday, independent comic book creator Richard C. Meyer (Jawbreakers, The Expendables Go to Hell) launched a surprise crowdfunding campaign for PANdemIC, a new thriller graphic novel “ripped from the headlines!” (Kill me) Written by Meyer and featuring artwork by Renzo Rodriguez (Desolation Wave), PANdemIC will be written as our own real-world struggle

Alterna Comics announces price increase starting April 2020

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Friday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that the entire line of Alterna books would be seeing pricing increases starting in April 2020. Here’s the quick & dirty summary of the changes: Standard comics are increasing from $1.50 to $1.99 Reprint issues under the ICYMI label increasing from $0.99 to $1.25 Double-sized horror anthology It Came Out on a

Unboxing Nasser Rabadi’s “Trixie Cain: Blood Reaper” graphic novel

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

I recently received my copy of Trixie Cain: Blood Reaper #1, the action/horror graphic novel written by Nasser Rabadi (Stardust), co-written by Joey Turnage (Something Real) and illustrated by Shawn Langley (It Came Out on a Wednesday). I backed the “early bird” tier on the Trixie Cain Indiegogo campaign which was $15, which included an unsigned version of the book

XSEED’s horrific “Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient” now available on PC; discounted during launch week

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

As of Wednesday, the Japanese horror adventure game Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient is now available on PC via Steam, GOG and the Humble Store. Originally released for PC in 2013, this new release includes updated graphics and an extra scenario. Set five years after Corpse Party: Blood Drive, Dead Patient is a stand-alone story which makes it a welcome

Alterna Comics reveals “Legends of Log” one-dollar one-shot details, cover art

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Friday, Alterna Comics unveiled the cover for Legends of Log, a “one-dollar one-shot” featuring the mysterious guardian of the forest who has become a staple character of Alterna’s It Came Out on a Wednesday anthology series over the past year. Featuring the workof Ski Suharsky, Bob Berry, Trey Baldwin, Ian Miller and Wes Locher, Legends of Log follows the

Alterna Comics’ “Legends of Log” to receive one-dollar one-shot in January

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

For nearly a year, The Legends of Log has been a mainstay of Alterna Comics’ anthology series It Came Out on a Wednesday. But now Alterna is giving the ax-wielding wooden giant his own one-shot book this January. The best part? It will only cost a buck. Legends of Log follows the adventures of the titular titan Log as he

Coffin Comics’ “La Muerta: Ascension” deals dual-wielded death

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Coffin Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for La Muerta: Ascension via Kickstarter. Much like the last Coffin Comics crowdfunding project’s, Ascension became an overnight success reaching more than 500% of its original goal at the time of this writing. This marks yet another strong showing for Coffin Comics, having conducted several other wildly successful campaigns including Brian Pulido’s

“Lady Death: Scorched Earth” crowdfunding campaign fully funded on day 1

Posted on March 7, 2019 by The Splintering Staff One comment

On Wednesday, Coffin Comics’ latest crowdfunding campaign for Lady Death: Scorched Earth launched on Kickstarter, and much like previous Lady Death campaigns, it became an instant success raising more than $170 thousand in the first twelve hours. This type of success has become a regular occurrence for Coffin Comics and Lady Death creator, Brian Pulido. Since moving to a crowdfunding

Trixie Cain: Blood Reaper launches March 1 on Indiegogo

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Indie comic book writer Nasser Rabadi (Brutas the Badass) is collaborating on a new project with co-writer Joey Turnage (Something Real) and artist Shawn Langley (It Came Out on a Wednesday) titled Trixie Cain: Blood Reaper. For the past few weeks, both Rabadi and Langley have been dropping teaser images for Trixie Cain, which so far appears to be a

Alterna Comics caps off its busiest month ever

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Blake Worrell 3 comments

October was quite a busy month for independent publisher Alterna Comics and its founder, Peter Simeti. In his (sometimes) weekly video update on all things Alterna, Simeti highlighted all of the ups and downs that made the month of October 2018 so hectic, yet productive at the same time. You can watch Simeti’s full remarks below. October was already off

Sexy new comic “Little Girl Lethal” starring Sugar Lightspeed launches on Indiegogo

Posted on October 31, 2018 by The Splintering Staff One comment

Early on Wednesday, the crowdfunding campaign for new comic book series Little Girl Lethal went live on Indiegogo. Inspired by hard-boiled science fiction tales of Blade Runner, Akira and Sin City, Little Girl Lethal is the brainchild of one “Slick Jimmy,” an anonymous Utah resident who has been tinkering away at the project for roughly two decades. Joining Slick Jimmy

Second Cyberfrog campaign scores another $80k

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Blake Worrell 3 comments

On Wednesday, the crowdfunding campaign for the variant edition of Cyberfrog: Blood Honey ended as yet another success, raising over 1600% of its original goal for a total of over $80 thousand. When added to the funds raised for the original Indiegogo campaign, and that’s a total of over $622 thousand. Why a second campaign? The major change this time