French publisher Les Reves D’Ily has revealed that they will begin crowdfunding an imaginative, all-ages comic Okel’s Magical Worlds in May. Written by Fatiha Messali and illustrated by Johanna Crainmark, Okel’s Magical Worlds is built around a child’s imagination via “a journey through the fantastic worlds of their toys.” Here’s the book’s official plot summary: Okel is a little girl
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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
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We’ve done theme months for both the Halloween and Christmas seasons (The Festival of Dread & Jolly Jinglings, respectively), but why wait for another major holiday to have a theme event? We couldn’t come up with a good reason, either. That’s why The Splintering has decided to christen this month as Monochrome May, a celebration of black and white games,
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On Sunday, Johnny Phantasm creators Patrick Thomas Parnell and Evan K. Pozios launched a crowdfunding campaign for Johnny Phantasm in the Tales of New Detroit.* Already crowdfunded and fulfilled as a graphic novel, this new campaign will fund a reprinted edition of the same story as three separate, 24-page issues printed on newsprint. So if you slept on the original
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On Saturday, independent comic book creator Dan Fraga launched a crowdfunding campaign for Black Flag: Pineapple Perception, a revival of his Black Flag miniseries published by Image in the 1990s. The campaign has already become an instant success, raising more than $30 thousand at the time of this writing. The Pineapple Perception project is an all-new, 48-page graphic novel illustrated
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Do we want our comics? Heck yes we do. But we also want to see lives transformed, and comic book dreams come true.
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Independent comic book creator Ahmed Alameen is preparing The Epics of Enkidu, a comic book sequel to the oldest known story in human history: The Epic of Gilgamesh. Written and colored by Alameen and featuring illustrations by Chilean artist Felix Torres, The Epics of Enkidu is a modern spin on the ancient myth intended to spread autism awareness. Here’s a
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Have you ever read a John Carter book and thought, “I’m liking all this Mars stuff, but it would be even better if it had more neon lights and Members Only jackets”? Well, independent comic book creator Craig E. Sawyer has the book for you. Co-written by Sawyer and Chris Webb and featuring pencils by Deivid Deon, inks by Sandro
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Independent comic book creator and Couchdoodles Youtube host Dan Fraga has been teasing the return of Black Flag for several weeks, but now we know that the crowdfunding campaign for Black Flag: Pineapple Perception will launch on 25 April via Indiegogo. Pineapple Perception will be an all-new adventure resurrecting the heroes created by Fraga in the mid-90s. Here’s the official
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Independent comic book creator and prolific letterer extraordinaire Eric Weathers (Flying Fortress) is preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign for his next project, Battle Brick Road: Operation Zephyr, which is an action-packed spin on The Wizard of Oz. Here’s a quick plot summary of the book: On a quest to find her long-lost father, Dorothy Gale discovers the fallen utopia
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Late this week, a crowdfunding campaign for Graded Point Five‘s superhero comic Peregrine: Wings Of The Falcon launched on Indiegogo. Written by Scott McCullough and featuring illustrations by Douglas Franchan, colors by Farah Nurmaliza and lettering by Eric Weathers, Peregrine is a 48-page graphic novel full of “color action, emotion, and much more.” At the time of this writing, the project
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Independent children’s book creator Hanif al-Fadli (Orange and Green, A Scallop‘s Adventure) is preparing to make a second go at crowdfunding his own comic book set to launch on Indiegogo later this year: A Life of Terror. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic world, the whole of humanity has been wiped out by a deadly plague. The only survivor is the
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Internal documents show that Jawbreakers creator Richard C. Meyer was considered for a Murphyverse writing gig for a mini-series based on The Outsiders.
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On Tuesday, the Indiegogo campaign for Freaky Tales successfully reached its initial funding goal with two days remaining on the countdown clock. Having already crowdfunded more than $7 thousand on Kickstarter, the Indiegogo campaign totals are additional gravy added to the Freaky Tales sales pot. Written by Joshua Metzger and featuring artwork by Guido Martinez, “Torn-S” and Matteo Leoni, Freaky
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A prime example of the current boon for action figure collectors is the Animal Warriors of the Kingdom (AWOK) line from Spero Studios.
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In February, writer CФMMIЭ МдЯK (aka Commie Mark) launched an Indiegogo campaign for Adventures of Kim Il Sung and Best Korea. Using actual historical photographs to tell the story, Adventures of Kim Il Sung is a graphic novel set in an alternate history where North Korea single-handedly wins the Second World War. The Splintering was fortunate enough to ask CФMMIЭ МдЯK
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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
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After a 25-year hiatus, independent comic book creator and Couchdoodles Youtube host Dan Fraga is resurrecting Black Flag, a high-octane action comic originally published by Image in the mid 90’s. Noting the overwhelming success that other creators have seen with crowdfunding, Fraga has decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign for Black Flag later this spring via Indiegogo. Black Flag follows
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On 15 March, renowned comic book creator and YouTube personality Ethan Van Sciver launched a crowdfunding campaign for Cyberfrog: Rekt Planet via Indiegogo. At the time of this writing, the campaign has already raised more than $265 thousand, which is record-setting pace for a crowdfunded comic. Of course, it’s also “Six figures, bitch!” twice over. Written and illustrated by Van
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Earlier this week, independent comic book creators Wyatt Holliday and Peter Gilmore launched a crowdfunding campaign for Rocket Gal and the Mole Men of Mars, a 32-page comic book written by Holliday and illustrated by Gilmore. At the time of this writing, the project has already raised more than 600 percent of its original funding goal for a total exceeding
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Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Conquest Comics’ Xenotype achieved its initial funding goal of approximately $16 thousand. Written by Liam Gray and featuring illustrations by “Odysseas Theodoratos” and colors by “Scotsmn” (sic.), Xenotype is a sci-fi adventure influenced by Japanese manga books. Here’s the story synopsis taken from the Xenotype Indiegogo campaign page: Warmly familiar and yet unlike anything else you’ve
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Independent comic book creators and Zaid Comics founders the Diaz brothers (Phillip and Brandon) are currently preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign for The Lost Pages. Featuring artwork by several different creators, The Lost Pages looks to be an anthology book made up of supernatural “tales lost to time.” Here’s the official story synopsis taken from the book’s Indiegogo pre-launch
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The minds at Rune Cutter Comics are prepping a crowdfunding campaign for Butch Cleaver (porno parody name: Bitch Cleavage) for a spring or summer launch on Indiegogo. Butch Cleaver is a supernatural revenge tale starring an undead butcher and his bovine BFF. Here’s the story synopsis taken from the Butch Cleaver Indiegogo pre-launch page: A brutal butcher is resurrected by
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Golden Age comic book artist Allen Bellman has passed away. He was 95 years old. Bellman worked as an artist at Timely and Atlas before the company eventually became Marvel Comics. During his career, Bellman worked on some enduring superhero icons including Captain America, The Human Torch, and Sub Mariner Comics. Bellman also worked on Westerns, jungle adventures, mysteries, and
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On Monday, independent comic book creator Blake Northcott announced that her horror graphic novel Everglade Angels is completely sold out via the book’s in-demand store, which is now officially closed. However, if you missed out on Everglade Angels and still want to pick it up, there’s good news. The book will be split into separate issues and sold piecemeal through
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Alazmat Films & Comics founder Alberto Martinez is readying a new comic book project intended to crowdfund via Indiegogo this April: Street Champion Roadwarrior Drake. Described as a “action, adventure, and sublime satire”, Street Champion Roadwarrior Drake is a girthy 150-page, black and white graphic novel written and illustrated by Martinez himself. Here’s the pitch taken from the Street Champion
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Following the success of 2019’s College of the Dead, independent comic book creator Adam Post is ready to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the sequel: Graduation Day. Here’s the plot synopsis taken from the College of the Dead: Graduation Day pre-launch page: As the dead roam the campus tearing the living to pieces, students and teachers fight to survive the
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Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for The Expendables Go to Hell ended successfully, raising more than $192 thousand* (well beyond the coveted “Six figures, bitch!” threshold). The Expendables Go to Hell is an all-new graphic novel featuring characters from Sylvester Stallone’s action film series. The book itself includes a 50-page main story plus 3 related “side quests” featuring artwork by
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What’s needed is a cold, objective examination of the consumer and their connection to the comic book industry.
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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator and Ikari Press founder Antonio Brice launched a crowdfunding campaign for Brand: Way of the Gun, the direct sequel to 2018’s supernatural fantasy comic book Brand (and by “2018’s”, I mean crowdfunded in 2018, the book hasn’t been delivered to backers just yet). Artist Caanan White is back as the book’s illustrator, and
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