Blake Worrell

Author Archives: Blake Worrell

Karl O’Rowe’s sci-fi comic “Deathsworn” is an intergalactic tale of freedom and revenge

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Karl O’Rowe launched a crowdfunding campaign for Deathsworn, an all-new 80+ page graphic novel written, illustrated, and lettered by O’Rowe himself, Deathsworn takes quite a bit of its inspiration from the sci-fi action franchises of the 1980s such as Masters of the Universe. Here’s the breakdown of the project taken from Deathsworn Indiegogo

“Soulfinder: Demon’s Match” Indiegogo campaign ends successfully

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Douglas Ernst’s graphic novel Soulfinder: Demon’s Match came to a close, successfully raising 332% of its original goal for a total of more than $33 thousand. Written by Ernst and featuring artwork by Timothy Lim (Black Hops G.I.) and colors by Brett R. Smith (Jawbreakers), Soulfinder is a 56-page, supernatural graphic novel about a combat

Micah Curtis’ superhero comic “Englewood” successfully funded on Indiegogo

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Wednesday, the Indiegogo campaign for Micah Curtis’ Englewood #1 successfully hit its funding goal with nearly two weeks left in the crowdfunding period. Englewood is a 32-page superhero tale written by Curtis and featuring artwork by Brian Martinez and colors by Armand Strange. Here’s the pitch straight from Curtis, the “vanilla gorilla” himself: Corruption and Chicago are two words

The horrors of “Vigil: the Longest Night” coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Glass Heart Games has unveiled Vigil: the Longest Night, a 2D action platformer with a few RPG elements, massive bosses, and a horror aesthetic similar to Bloodstained and the Castlevania series. Vigil is the first game from Taiwanese game studio Glass Heart Games, who promises “precise and technical combat as well as a rich and strong narrative.” The game itself

First gameplay of “Predator: Hunting Grounds” to be revealed at Gamescom 2019

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

According to Gamescom host Geoff Keighley, Sony Interactive Entertainment will debut the first gameplay trailer for Predator: Hunting Grounds on opening night of Gamescom 2019, which begins on 19 August. Predator: Hunting Grounds is an online asymmetrical multiplayer shooter developed by Illfonic and scheduled to release for PS4 in 2020. You can watch the May reveal trailer below. Source: Gematsu

WayForward releases new “River City Girls” character trailer for Kyoko

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

WayForward has released a new trailer for River City Girls featuring Kyoko, one of the playable characters in their upcoming sequel to the classic NES brawler, River City Ransom. Here’s the official bio for Kyoko: Kyoko is ready to go in River City Girls! Compared to her BFF Misako, she’s much more cheerful and bubbly, but don’t get her angry

“The Witcher Omnibus” coming in 2020 from Dark Horse Comics

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Dark Horse Comics recently announced a girthy, 440-page omnibus edition of several of the company’s The Witcher miniseries, such as House of Glass, Fox Children, Curse of Crows, and the Killing Monsters one-shot. The book will also include a sketchbook section and annotations from the stories’ creators. Here’s the official breakdown of The Witcher Omnibus from Dark Horse: Multi-Eisner award-winning writer Paul Tobin

“Vampirella #1” Cyberfrog variant available now on Indiegogo

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Friday night, renowned comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver launched a crowdfunding campaign for a variant edition of Vampirella #1 featuring Van Sciver’s own Cyberfrog character alongside Vampi herself. Here’s the sales pitch from Van Sciver: I’m ETHAN VAN SCIVER. I’ve worked for 26 years for Hall of Heroes, Harris Comics, Marvel Comics and most notably DC Comics, creating

Uber-violent sci-fi comic series “Replicator” now live on Indiegogo

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Robert Arnold launched a crowdfunding campaign for issues 1 and 2 of Replicator, a sci-fi story which is absolutely designed for mature audiences only. Written by Arnold and featuring illustrations by Aaron Alfeche (Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG), colors by DC Alonso, and letters by Marshall Dillon, Replicator is a brutal, unforgiving take complete with nudity

Brian Pulido’s “Lady Death: Blasphemy Anthem” is live; reaps nearly $200K on day 1

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Coffin Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Lady Death: Blasphemy Anthem, the latest double-sized comic book in the Lady Death series. At the time of this writing, the project has already raised roughly $190 thousand dollars in less than 24 hours. Blasphemy Anthem is co-written by Lady Death creator Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean, and features illustrations by

The “Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG” graphic novel races past $200K, still available in-demand

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Richard Meyer’s Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG rallied in its closing hours, raising just shy of $200 thousand with over 5 thousand total backers. Ya. Boi.* This marks the latest success for Richard Meyer and his independent comic book company, Splatto Comics. The previous Jawbreakers graphic novel, Lost Souls, set new crowdfunding records last year (though short-lived), and

Atomic Wolf’s “Liberated” for Switch, PC is a battle against corruption with a comic book aesthetic

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Atomic Wolf recently unveiled the first gameplay trailer has for Liberated, which is set to release on both Nintendo Switch and Steam PC. Liberated is unique in that the action takes place inside the pages of a comic book, with your character traversing between comic book panels as the game progresses. It may sound a bit like SEGA’s Comix Zone

AlternaWeen 2019 is now live!

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti launched the company’s second Halloween-themed fundraising campaign, AlternaWeen. The intended purpose of the campaign is to raise money for Alterna Comics to maintain and expand its distribution channels. The more money raised, the more product Alterna will be able to send to these new retailers. Backers who support the Alternaween campaign will be sent

New “Guilty Gear” coming in 2020

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

At EVO 2019, Arc System Works announced that a new installment of their one-on-one fighter Guilty Gear is indeed coming our way. Daisuke Ishiwatari presented the reveal trailer himself, which you can watch below. Series mainstays Sol and Ky are back, and the trailer also revealed a mysterious brand new fighter. The series’ aesthetic flare is back in spades, both

SNK’s Haohmaru coming to “Soulcalibur VI” as part of the 2nd DLC season

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Bandai Namco has announced that Soulcalibur VI will be getting a second season of DLC, which will include Haohmaru from SNK’s Samurai Shodown series (aka Samurai Spirits). Haohmaru is just one of four characters coming as part of the second season of DLC, though he will be the only guest character among them. The rest will be natives of the

Mihoyo’s action RPG “Genshin Impact” coming to PS4 in 2020

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Shanghai-based developer Mihoyo has announced that their open-world action RPG Genshin Impact is coming to PS4 sometime in 2020. In June, Mihoyo confirmed at ChinaJoy that Genshin Impact would be coming to Windows PC, iOS, and Android (WTF?) but the PS4 port is the first console version to be announced. You can watch the PS4 trailer below, followed by the

Lovecraftian horror “The Case of the Littlest Umbrella” is on the precipice of “six figures young lady!”

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

At the time of this writing, the all-ages, Lovecraftian horror graphic novel The Case of the Littlest Umbrella has raised more than $96 thousand on Indiegogo. That puts it very close to the blessed “six figures bitc young lady” threshold! (Hey, it’s an all-ages comic, after all) Will it make the big 1-0-0-0-0-0 before the in-demand store closes? The Case

Shaun Davis’ “Pillowman and Blanketboy” is an all-ages tale of good vs. evil

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Blake Worrell 2 comments

Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Shaun Davis launched a crowdfunding campaign for Pillowman and Blanketboy: Maximum Velocity, a 40-page superhero action/adventure illustrated by Shaun Davis and co-written by Shaun and his son, Parker Davis, and featuring colors by Rajesh Kumar and lettering by Eric Weathers. Here’s a breakdown of story taken from the Pillowman and Blanketboy Indiegogo campaign

The mystery of Michael Beacon’s “Seven Legions” is coming soon to Indiegogo

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Independent comic book creator Michael Beacon is laying the groundwork to launch an sci-fi/fantasy series titled Seven Legions. featuring artwork by both Pablo Romero and Henry Ponciano (Tinseltown), Seven Legions is the story in which “an orphan becomes a samurai who takes on the greatest threat the Seven Legions have ever faced.” You can watch the preview trailer for yourself

The “Monster M.D.” and “Shinobi Sasquatch” crossover comic is happening

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

Late last week, the crowdfunding campaign for Shinobi Sasquatch crossed the $40 thousand threshold. Now that both Shinobi Sasquatch and Monster M.D. have reached the $40 thousand milestone, that unlocks a very unique stretch goal: a Shinobi Sasquatch Vs. Monster M.D. book for all backers. This bonus crossover book will be drawn by Rob Willis, and written by Von Klaus

Review: “Choplifter!” – Famicom (Attack Helicopter Week special)

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Blake Worrell 2 comments

Welcome to Attack Helicopter Week here at The Splintering! How about kicking things off with a lesser-known, retro import? Grab your yoke and pop in your earplugs, because today we’re picking apart Choplifter! for the Nintendo Famicom. Choplifter! is a unique title as it started as an Apple II game and was later ported to the arcades. The Famicom version

Next week is “Attack Helicopter Week” at The Splintering!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Following our last theme week in May (SEGA Week), we’ve decided to do have another special event here at The Splintering. Starting Monday, 29 July, we’ll be launching Attack Helicopter Week! We’ll be posting reviews and features covering some of your most beloved (and perhaps most despised) attack helicopters. Even if you are not an attack helicopter yourself, everyone is

Jason Brubaker’s epic fantasy series “Sithrah” comes to a close

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

On Thursday, the crowdfunding campaign for the final two volumes in the 6-part Sithrah saga came to a very successful end, raising a total of more than $82 thousand. Noice. Sithrah is the brainchild of independent comic book creator Jason Brubaker, who worked previously as a Hollywood storyboard artist and animator on films such Blade and the Kung Fu Panda Trilogy. But

Limited physical editions of the “Vasara Collection” coming soon for PS4, Vita and Switch

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

Two Japanese arcade shoot-em-ups from the early 2000’s are getting slick, limited physical editions for PS4, PS Vita and Nintendo Switch courtesy of Strictly Limited Games. Vasara Collection includes both Vasara and Vasara 2 and will be available to pre-order this Sunday, 27 July. These physical editions will come in two versions, a standard release is limited to 2,500 copies priced at €29.99

Anime-inspired comic book “Mari Sue” fully funded on Indiegogo

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for George Alexopoulos’ anime-inspired graphic novel Mari Sue achieved its funding goal on Indiegogo. The campaign itself includes the first two issues of the series written and illustrated by Alexopoulos. Mari Sue is described as an action comedy story featuring “exo-suit battles, bizarre creatures, a fine cast of characters to befriend, dastardly enemies to despise, and

New battle system, character details emerge for “Ys IX: Monstrum Nox”

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

According to the latest issue of Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation, Falcom has unveiled several new Ys IX: Monstrum Nox details, including a few battle systems and several character reveals. Here’s a translation of the key information according to Gematsu: Characters Commander Chatelard (voiced by Yuuki Ono) – Commander of the Church Knights. A handsome man with tanned skin and silver hair. His

Scott McCullough’s new graphic novel “Doorkickers: Panzer Demon” takes on horrors with magic and bullets

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Tuesday, Scott McCullough launched a crowdfunding campaign for Doorkickers: Panzer Demon, a new, 48-page graphic novel written by McCullough and featuring illustrations by Ian Wayranto (The Mighty Mascots), colors by Faradilla Nurmaliza, and letters by Eric Weathers (aka Saint Eric the Prolific). Doorkickers is a unique combination of war and fantasy, featuring heroes who use both military technology and

“Blacksad: Under the Skin” delayed; developer diary video released

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Originally scheduled for a September release, Microids has announced that Blacksad: Under the Skin is now scheduled to launch on 5 November. To sweeten that slightly biter pill, Microids also released the first in a developer diary video series titled “From Comic to Video Game”. The first episode focuses on how the development team is recreating the noir tones of

Film adaptation of psychological horror comic “The Chair” returns to theaters

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

This weekend at San Diego Comic Con, Alterna Comics announced that the film adaptation of Peter Simeti’s psychological horror book The Chair is being re-released at select theaters thanks to Terror Films and BingeWave Cinema. The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, a man on death row, struggling to escape his grisly fate. Pitted against a sadistic Warden and

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

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

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