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Kyle Ritter reveals full roster for upcoming “Starblades” graphic novel; Indiegogo campaign delayed to 22 July

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Independent comic book creator Kyle Ritter (Cyberfrog: Blood Honey) recently announced that the crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming Starblades graphic novel has been slightly delayed from 18 July to 22 July, allowing Ritter a bit more time to polish the project a bit before launching the Indiegogo campaign. The good news, however, is that Ritter has finally revealed the names

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Kyle Ritter teases new comic “Starblades”; launching this summer on Indiegogo

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Comic book creator Kyle Ritter has been showing off his colorist talents for about a year now on Ethan Van Sciver’s Cyberfrog: Blood Honey, but now he’s ready to test his skills as a line artist, too. This summer, Ritter plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a new sci-fi graphic novel titled Starblades. For the moment, Ritter

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Jon Malin & Kyle Ritter variant cover revealed for “Tales from the Stacks”

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The guys behind Tales from the Stacks certainly know how to keep a hype train moving. After reaching full funding over the weekend, Tales from the Stacks creator Michael Critzer has been trickling out more tantalizing tidbits, including black and white artwork for Jon Malin’s variant cover. On Monday, Critzer finally revealed what the final Malin variant would look like

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Crowdfunding Review: “Starblades” (Kyle Ritter, ALL CAPS Comics)

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As a new contributor to The Splintering, my first order of business is to thank them for giving me the opportunity to review the greatest entertainment medium in my opinion, comic books. I’ve collected comics for over 47 years and I’ve published comics for 6 years. It’s a long-time passion of mine (some might say obsession, and I can’t dispute

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Did Marvel rip off Kyle Ritter’s indie comic project “Starblades”?

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As part of their Marvel Future Fight mobile game, Marvel recently announced a new all-Asian superhero team: the Warriors of the Sky. The characters include War Tiger from Thailand, Blue Dragon from Vietnam, Sun Bird from Malaysia. and Shadow Shell from Taiwan, all of whom are identifiable with color-coded designs and animal “totems”. Looks fine, right? Well, as Twitter user

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Kyle Ritter’s sci-fi comic “Starblades” hits “Six Figures, Bitch!”

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On Friday, the crowdfunding campaign for Kyle Ritter’s sci-fi graphic novel Starblades crossed the coveted “Six Figures, bitch!” threshold, raising more than $100 thousand with only hours remaining in the crowdfunding period. This is an incredible total for Ritter, as Starblades is his very first creator-owned project. He’s already made quite a name for himself as a colorist on other

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Kyle Ritter’s sci-fi comic “Starblades” gets a slick animated trailer

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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Kyle Ritter unveiled a short teaser trailer to promote his upcoming sci-fi project Starblades. That in itself may not be particularly newsworthy, but holy crap, watch this thing and let us know in the comments if it doesn’t look to you as though Starblades is just begging for an animated adaptation. The first

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Kyle Ritter’s sci-fi fantasy graphic novel “StarBlades” launches to instant success on Indiegogo

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After teasing the project for months, comic book creator Kyle Ritter has finally launched the crowdfunding campaign for his sci-fi/fantasy epic StarBlades. The project is already an instant success, having raised more than 300% of its original goal for a total of nearly $20 thousand at the time of this writing. Ritter has made quite a name for himself as

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The first 5 pages of Kyle Ritter’s “Starblades” are breathtaking

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Comic book creator Kyle Ritter (Cyberfrog: Blood Honey) is inching ever closer to launching a crowdfunding campaign for his new sci-fi graphic novel, Starblades. After dropping teaser images for months, Ritter has now started dropping artwork of fully colored pages, and it looks like comic art aficionados have quite a bit to look forward to. Ritter intends to launch the

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Gat Hanzo teases “Vestige”, an upcoming collaboration with Donal DeLay and Kyle Ritter

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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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Review: Rob Arnold’s “Replicator” Issue 3 Drops from Down Under

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With shipping delays from Down Under, the third installment of Rob Arnold’s action-packed Replicator series has finally landed in US backers’ hands. I received my perks weeks ago, packaged in the Aussie version of a Gemini mailer and sealed with Arnold’s trademark, black wax embossed logo with a metallic skull. Being new to the series, I backed the featured catch-up

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Crowdfunding Review: “Ultra Star” (Riot Press Productions)

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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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The Jawbreakers’ Hellpriest Gets His Own Statue

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For those asking for more Jawbreakers merch, your prayers have been answered, because Splatto Comics founder and Jawbreakers creator Richard C. Meyer has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a Hellpriest statue sculpted by Marco Cannella. Hellpriest is- erm – was available in three sizes (I say “was” because the large, painted version is already sold out): Large Statue HAND-PAINTED –

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ALL CAPS Comics’ “CREED: Re-IMAGINARY” Crosses Six Figures on Indiegogo

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Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for CREED: Re-IMAGINARY ended successfully, crossing the blessed six figures threshold by raising more than $100 thousand in the closing hours. Published by Ethan Van Sciver’s ALL CAPS Comics and written and illustrated (and created) by Trent Kaniuga, Re-IMAGINARY is a revival of his CREED series from the 1990s. Kaniuga celebrated the close of the Re-IMAGINARY

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Ethan Van Sciver’s “CyberFrog 2: Rekt Planet” Closes Big – Raises $1.2 Million

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The crowdfunding campaign for the massively successful CyberFrog 2: Rekt Planet came to a close on Thursday, raising more than $1.2 million from nearly 12 thousand backers.* CyberFrog is the brainchild of renowned comic book creator, ALL CAPS COMICS founder and YouTube/Odysee host Ethan Van Sciver. With Rekt Planet, he is once again joined by colorist phenom Kyle Ritter (Starblades)

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“The Expendables Go to Hell” graphic novel hits Six Figures, Bitch!

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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for The Expendables Go to Hell crossed the blessed “Six figures, bitch!” threshold, raising more than $107 thousand at the time of this writing. The book was an overnight crowdfunding success, well surpassing its initial fundraising goal right out of the gate. In addition to hitting the $100k benchmark, project lead Richard C. Meyer

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One more chance to get Ethan Van Sciver’s “Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney”

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Overnight, renowned comic book creator and YouTube talk show host Ethan Van Sciver launched the “2nd Chance Cyberfrog” crowdfunding campaign (which is oddly named as this is the fifth time that Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney has been available on Indiegogo in one form or another). This latest campaign is intended to sell through the very last copies of Bloodhoney and the supplementary

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Unboxing Richard C. Meyer’s “Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG” graphic novel

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I recently received my copy of Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG, the action/superhero graphic novel written by Richard C. Meyer (Iron Sights), co-written by Chuck Dixon (Batman) and illustrated by Aaron Alfeche. I backed the tier with an unsigned copy of the Jawbreakers book and featuring variant cover art by Kyle Ritter (Starblades). I thought I’d unbox it to give you a sense

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Ethan Van Sciver’s cover for “Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG” is revealed!

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If you’ve been waiting for the Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG* cover reveal before deciding to back Richard C. Meyer’s latest graphic novel, the wait is finally over. Renowned comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver (Cyberfrog) has once again partnered with phenom colorist Kyle Ritter (Starblades) to bring Meyer’s superhero team to life, and the beautiful results are below for you to behold!

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“Cyberfrog” variant covers of “Vampirella Vs. Re-Animator” are printing money

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Over the weekend, comic book creator Ethan Van Sciver (Green Lantern) launched a unique crowdfunding campaign for a variant cover edition of Vampirella Vs. Re-Animator #1 featuring EVS’s own Cyberfrog and Salamandroid characters. The campaign has already producing quite a bit of green for Van Sciver, having raised well more than one thousand percent of its original goal for a

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Ethan Van Sciver launches online store; Cyberfrog miniature figurine now available for pre-orders

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This week, comic artist and Cyberfrog creator Ethan Van Sciver launched an online collectibles store. The inaugural item? A Cyberfrog miniature figurine, what else? Scheduled to ship in December 2018, the resin Cyberfrog figurine will measure 35mm tall and is ready to assemble and paint (yes, you will paint it yourself like a Warhammer figurine). It also comes with a

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ALL CAPS COMICS’ “CyberFrog: Dark Harvest” Raises $40k and Counting (Crowdfunding Spotlight)

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Earlier this week, renowned comic book creator and YouTube personality Ethan Van Sciver launched a crowdfunding campaign for CyberFrog: Dark Harvest, which offers three separate CyberFrog books that include reprinted, remastered, and all-new material (depending on what you pick up). Like many of Van Sciver’s previous crowdfunded projects, the Dark Harvest campaign is already a strong success, having raised roughly

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Richard C. Meyer’s $1 “Jawbreakers” Gambit Pays Off

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Last week, independent comic book creator and Splatto Comics founder Richard C. Meyer launched a crowdfunding campaign for Jawbreakers Forever, the latest installment in the Jawbreakers superhero action series. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $108k at the time of this writing, all despite having an asking price of only a single dollar.(!) Written by Richard

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Joe M. Sonntag’s “Reaper Destroyer” Reaps Massive Cash on Indiegogo

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He reaps and destroys! Or maybe he destroys reapers! Either way, he’s well financed. Comic creator Joe M. Sonntag recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Reaper Destroyer issue 1, a 32+ page, supernatural adventure comic book. The project funded in minutes, and the campaign has raised more than $30 thousand at the time of this writing. Here’s the creative team

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Ethan Van Sciver’s “Reignbow the Brute” Reigns Supreme on Indiegogo

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On Sunday, renowned comic book artist and Cyberfrog creator Ethan Van Sciver launched the long-awaited crowdfunding campaign for Reignbow the Brute, a 48-page graphic novel that is a “high-testosterone” parody of girls’ toy franchises from the 1980s. Much like Van Sciver’s other crowdfunded projects, Reignbow the Brute is already a runaway success story, raising well more than $200k in the

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The Original CyberFrog Resurfacing Soon in “Warts and All”

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Ever since striking out as an independent creator, renowned comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver has been collecting and prepping all of his old CyberFrog books, artwork and other content to create an all-new hardcover omnibus edition titled Warts and All. Here’s the official description of the project taken taken from the CyberFrog: Warts and All pre-launch page: For the

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Ethan Van Sciver’s “Cyberfrog 2: Rekt Planet” Crosses $1 Million Milestone

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Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Cyberfrog 2: Rekt Planet passed the incredible “Seven Figures, Bitch!” (Government name: “Seven Figures, Motherfucker!“) threshold, raising more than $1.01 million at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver and featuring colors by Kyle Ritter, Rekt Planet is the 48-page sequel to the massively successful Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney. The Rekt Planet project

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ALL CAPS COMICS’ “Cyberfrog: Rekt Planet” Annihilates More Crowdfunding Records

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Overnight, the crowdfunding period for ALL CAPS COMICS’ Cyberfrog: Rekt Planet came to a close, raising a total of  $852,817.* Not only is that girthy stack of green, but it’s also a new record for the total amount raised by a single comic book campaign on Indiegogo, surpassing 2019’s Earthworm Jim: Launch the Cow. Can I get a “Whoa, Nelly!?”

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