Is that a massive, baguette-cut diamond in your pocket, or are you just happy to see her? On Friday, independent comic book creator and YouTube host Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Gemshock issue 1, an all-new 48-page superhero fantasy book. The campaign is already fully funded, having raised more than $9 thousand at the time of this writing.
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Batten down your hatches, fellas, Ava Bloodstone is back to capture more booty! On Friday, independent comic book creator Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Pirate Queen 2, the 60-page sexy sci-fi adventure follow-up to the first book that was successfully crowdfunded in 2020. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $4 thousand at the time
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Over the weekend, YouTube personality and independent comic book creator Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Wart the Wizard: the Portal of Echoes, a fantasy/comedy graphic novel intended for all ages. Once again written by Summers (Pirate Queen) and featuring illustrations by Peter Gilmore (Super Dead), Portal of Echoes is the sequel to 2020’s fantasy adventure… wait for it…
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On Friday, independent comic book writer and YouTube host Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Super Dead, a genre-bending, 48-page graphic novel what combines elements of both horror and classic superhero storytelling. Written by Summers (Wart the Wizard) and illustrated by Peter Gilmore (Rocket Gal and the Mole Men of Mars), Super Dead is about a former hero who
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On Thursday, Wart the Wizard creator Mandy Summers announced that she is joining the creative team behind The New Adventures of Rocket Gal and Booster, an upcoming graphic novel with a sexy take on classic sci-fi. Summers will be editing the book alongside writer Wyatt Holiday (Ardanna), while Peter Gilmore (The Story of the Goodie Bird) is providing the illustrations.
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Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Mandy Summers (Wart the Wizard) revealed a teaser image for Pirate Queen, a new comic project featuring artwork by Clint Hilinski (Lady Death, SeaDog and Codename: Killswitch). Not much else is known about the Pirate Queen project at this time, but given both creators’ history, it stands to reason that it will be
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“Vampires in paradise… Heaven on Earth with a garlic slice…” Does anyone really “slice” garlic? Eh, who cares? Over the weekend, Haunted Pizza launched a crowdfunding campaign for Koni Waves, a 56-page supernatural action/horror graphic novel. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Mark Poulton (Graveyard Shift,
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How an unassuming art book saved the ComicsGate name
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I bet you never thought that there would ever be a Jack the Ripper keshi figurine, huh? In any case… Over the weekend, Stuntman Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Jack the Ripper: Vampire Hunter issue 2, the 48-page conclusion to story that began in the first issue earlier this year. Having previously used Indiegogo for their crowdfunding efforts, the
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things ripping and roaring. Today we’re going to take a look at Jack the Ripper: Vampire Hunter written by Mandy Summers, illustrated by peter Gilmore and published by Stuntman Comics in 2022. So does it suck? Or does it suck the other way? Naturally, some spoilers will follow. Extremely loosely based
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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 and fellow Splintering contributor George Travlos got another chance to discuss recent comic book news with Parnell and Wart the Wizard creator Mandy Summers. This week, we discussed the closing of Parnell’s Ultra Star campaign, the latest
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On Friday, independent comic book creator Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Jack the Ripper: Vampire Hunter, a 48-page horror graphic novel loosely based on actual events. The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Not too shabby for the first few hours. Written by Summers (Super Dead, Pirate Queen)
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On Thursday, the Rocket Gal creative team announced that the next book in the series – Rocket Gal and the Voyagers from the Void – will be published by Stuntman Comics. Voyagers From the Void will feature the same creative team as the first book, (The Mole Men of Mars), with Wyatt Holliday as writer, Peter Gilmore as artist/letter, and
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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 The Shepherd creator Dr. Andrea Molinari. This week, we discussed the future of online commerce, the latest on The Splintering’s Festival of Dread event, Patrick’s
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Thar’ she blows!!! What? Bad choice of words? On Friday, independent comic book creator Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Pirate Queen, a 60-page, sci-fi adventure graphic novel with an unabashedly sexy sheen. Written by Summers (Super Dead) and featuring illustrations by Clint Hilinski (Sea Dog and Codename: Kill Switch), Pirate Queen is the origin story of a busty
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On Tuesday, the crowdfunding campaign for the horror superhero comic book Super Dead ended successfully, raising more than $15 thousand from 265 backers. Written by Mandy Summers and featuring illustrations by Peter Gilmore, Super Dead is about a former hero who has become an undead shadow of his former self. Has he “lived long enough to become the villain?” Here’s
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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 both Parnell and The Shepherd creator Dr. Andrea Molinari. This week, we discussed online intimidation in mainstream comics, Dr. Molinari’s next installment of The Shepherd joining Scout
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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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Over the weekend, Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Wart the Wizard, a 90-page graphic novel intended for readers of all ages. Written and illustrated by Summers, Wart the Wizard is a fantasy/comedy tale inspired by fantasy/RPG video games such as King’s Quest and World of Warcraft. Here’s a plot summary taken from the Indiegogo campaign page: Wart The
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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 comic creators Matt Bahr, Amanda (Mandy) Summers, Andy Smith, Dale Keown, Dennis Turner, and Irene (Renie) Strychalski. This week, we discussed Patrick’s ongoing Last of the Seekers campaign, Renie’s
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