Coming hot on the heels of their last crowdfunded success, Splatto Comics announced Sunday that their next project, Iron Sights, is now available to support on Indiegogo. Written by Richard C. Meyer and Carlos Ivan Silva with art by Ibai Canales, Iron Sights is the story of an Iraq War veteran nicknamed “Ramadi” who inadvertently starts a border war when
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Ethan Van Sciver’s Indiegogo campaign for Cyberfrog: Blood Honey crossed the $400 thousand mark today, cementing itself as the most successful comic book project in crowdfunding history. Uh, yeah. Despite attempts by others to derail the project, Blood Honey has blown past other crowdfunding success stories such as Lady Death & Jawbreakers. Building upon this achievement, project creator Ethan Van
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Tuesday, Splatto Comics founder Richard Meyer announced via social media that long-time comic industry veteran Chuck Dixon has agreed to write a spinoff title in Splatto’s Jawbreakers universe based on the armored hero, Devil Dog. Splatto still has a couple of projects in the works, including Iron Sights and the record-breaking Jawbreakers: Lost Souls trade paperback, both directly financed via
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DC Comics is giving Hawkman another shot at a solo series, and the reaction to the first issue has been very positive. Described as a DC Comics version of Indiana Jones, Hawkman is an action/adventure featuring the creative team of Robert Venditti, Bryan Hitch and Alex Sinclair. This new Hawkman series follows directly from the story of Dark Nights: Metal,
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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating Keya Morgan, former business manager to Stan Lee, for alleged abuses against the legendary Marvel Comics creator. The investigation follows a complaint filed two months ago in which the 95 year-old Lee accused Morgan of isolating him from his friends and family. According to the accusation, Morgan moved Lee from his home to
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On Friday, La Muerta #1: Retribution, the latest crowdfunding project from Coffin Comics, completed its funding period, raising 800% of its goal for a total of over $86 thousand from more than thousand backers. This marks yet another strong Kickstarter project for Coffin Comics, having conducted several other wildly successful campaigns including Brian Pulido’s Lady Death comics and La Muerta
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Ethan Van Sciver’s Cyberfrog: Blood Honey crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo is already a remarkable success. Having raised over $150 thousand in less than one week, Cyberfrog is on track to being one of the most successful comic book crowdfunding campaigns to date. Perhaps it is that very success which inspired someone to post a fraudulent copy of the Cyberfrog Indiegogo
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Today marks the anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landing on French shores which began the liberation of Europe during World War II. To mark the occasion, I picked out some of my favorite patriotic comic book covers from the era to display here. I hope you get a kick out of them. Now go buy some war bonds and Smash
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On Wednesday, comic book artist and YouTubeStar Wars commentator Ethan Van Sciver launched the long-awaited crowdfunding campaign for Cyberfrog: Blood Honey on Indiegogo. Originally seeking 8 thousand dollars to fully fund the project, that benchmark was reached roughly 20 minutes after the campaign went live. Van Sciver (Scriver?) created and published Cyberfrog comics from 1993 to 1998, but abandoned the
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DC clearly had big hopes when they poached long-time Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis to helm their Superman books starting with the six-issue Man of Steel mini-series in May. However, sources at DC Comics indicate that the orders from comic book stores for Bendis’ Man of Steel series have been far lower than they expected. DC went as far to
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On Monday, Batman writer Tom King shared some new artwork by Joelle Jones showcasing Catwoman’s new costume design. This new costume will officially arrive on comic pages in July after the big Batman/Catwoman wedding event. What do you think of her new getup? Thanks for reading! Please consider following The Splintering on social media or bookmarking the site for more
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The Indiegogo campaign for the Jawbreakers: Lost Souls* graphic novel ended early Thursday morning, and it’s safe to say that it closed out as a resounding success raising $196,078, roughly 3890% higher than the original goal of just five thousand dollars. Jawbreakers: Lost Souls is a superhero action/adventure story intended as a blend of The Expendables and The Guardians of
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In late April, comic book publisher IDW announced that John Barber would be the company’s new Editor-in-Chief, and Anita Frazier would be the new Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Barber in particular has a long resume in the comic book industry, including well-regarded stories at Marvel Comics such as Old Man Logan and Marvel Zombies as well as
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Former Marvel and DC Comics creator William Messner-Loebs has been a significant influence on several of comics’ most iconic characters including Wonder Woman, Thor and The Flash. Starting in 2001, however, a series of life challenges compounded that sent Messner-Loebs and his family down a path of misfortune. After seeing success with an MTV series based on his hit comic
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