But who is creating the book? Zade Studios recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Beckoned: Recourse, a 32-page fantasy comic book intended for a Teen (and up) audience. Written by… erm, and illustrated by… well, the campaign doesn’t say, but after a heads up in the comments, it looks like Jeremy Thevenot is both writer and artist.* In any case,
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Hell hath no fury like the Butcher of Plainfield Independent comic book creator Lucifer Storm recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for issues 3 and 4 of Ed Gein: Demon Hunter. Written by Storm (Lady Satan, Jericho) and featuring black and white illustrations by Kristian Rossi (Rad Rose, Trespasser), Ed Gein: Demon Hunter is a supernatural horror book starring the infamous
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With an emphasis on “U busted!” Independent comic book creator Isaac Fox recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for the second issue of SuccuBUSTED!, a supernatural comedy book. We were fortunate enough to get a chance to discuss his latest SuccuBUSTED! campaign, which is available to support here. This is the second time we’ve had the opportunity to speak with Fox, and the
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Do ronin dream of katana-wielding sheep? Cyber Sheep Studios recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Ronin of Okane, a 50-page, cyberpunk graphic novel. The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $40 thousand at the time of this writing. Created by Michael Pachidamrong, Keld Bjones, Weerayuth Dilokleartpalakorn, and Dino Zour, Ronin of Okane is a dark tale of two
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Who do you think would win between 50 diesel-powered dwarfs and one monster lion? Would you be #TeamDwarf or #TeamLion? This campaign (and comic book) by Airith Saga creator, Brian Butvidas aims to answer that question. This premise is based on a bar room discussion, of sorts. Characters, story details and the campaign set-up all derived from a live chat
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I don’t particularly enjoy being the last to hear big news, but Splatto Comics founder and independent comic book creator Richard C. Meyer has time and again confounded me with some rather unorthodox marketing techniques. Yet another example of this came over the Veterans’ Day weekend, when Splatto Comics surprise-launched a crowdfunding campaign for First Kill, a 64-page Rambo origin
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Over the weekend, Secret Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Brutas the Badass 2, a 48-page “action space comedy.” The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Nasser Rabadi (Stardust) and illustrated by Donal DeLay (Death of Love), Brutas the Badass 2 is the long-awaited follow-up to the
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Independent comic book creator Matt Ringel recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Fallen, a six-issue comic series that is now complete with the funding of issues 5 and 6. The project is already fully funded, having been previously funded via Kickstarter and now having met its Indiegogo funding goal at the time of this writing. Written by Ringel and featuring
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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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On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Luke Stone* launched a crowdfunding campaign for Hybrids: The Killing Field – The Complete Saga, which includes the final issue of The Killing Field story arc (aka Hybrids issue 9). The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $1 thousand at the time of this writing. This launch comes just a few days
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Independent comic book creator Brian Christgau recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Six-Gun Gorilla: Long Days of Vengeance issues 9 & 10 via Indiegogo. There is also a new trade paperback edition collecting issues 7-10 under the title The Great Silence. Written by Brian Christgau and featuring illustrations by Adrian Sibar, these two issues will close out the full Six-Gun
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Today would have been Steve Ditko’s birthday and in honor of that we’ll be looking some of our favorite comic book covers that he illustrated
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On Monday, independent comic book creator Charles (Chuck) Bonetti launched a crowdfunding campaign for Spearhead Zero, 20+ page black and white manga style comic book. The project didn’t achieve its funding goal earlier this year on Indiegogo, so the team is trying their luck with the Kickstarter platform. Written by Eric J. Berry and featuring artwork by Oray Studios and
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Alternatively: “Rex Wrecks Your Wallet” On Sunday, 9 Lives Comics launched an Indiegogo campaign for Inglorious Rex Volume 2, the follow-up to the first Inglorious Rex book that was successfully crowdfunded in 2021. The project is already a kaiju-sized success, having raised nearly $120 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Shane Davis and Yanzi Lin, Inglorious Rex
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A few months ago, independent comic book creator Kurt Zauer launched a crowdfunding campaign for Spectress Sabanion issue 4, a 36-page supernatural adventure. The project is fully funded and still in its in-demand stage, as we somehow missed it during the initial funding period. Written by Zauer and featuring illustrations by Topper Helmers and colors by Wesley Wong, Spectress Sabanion
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“Hey! Don’t shove me! Shove a Push Pop!” Over the weekend, Broken Compass Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Unconditional Shove, an 80+ page horror anthology. At the time of this writing, the campaign has raised approximately half of its $4 thousand goal. Inspired by classic horror comics such as Creepy, Vault of Horror and Tales from the Crypt, Unconditional
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things haunting and hair-raising. Today we’re going to take a look at Carnival of Souls, written by Michael H. Price, illustrated by Todd Camp, and published by Malibu Comics in 1991. The 50-page comic is a retelling of the 1962 film by director Harold “Herk” Harvey, which
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Remembering Comic Book Creator Bernie Wrightson on His Birthday, October 27
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things batty and blood-sucking. Today we’re going to look at Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn, an alternate history of Victorian Era England with some fantastic and horrific twists. Some story spoilers will follow. Written by Steven Peros and illustrated by Barry Orkin, Stoker & Wells was successfully funded
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things inhuman and otherworldly. Halloween is mostly known for ghouls, goblins, and the like, but aliens are sometimes wrapped up in the festivities due to their often frightening portrayal in pop culture and – you know – their propensity for probing. If any representation of space aliens
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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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Today we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book campaign Inglorious Rex by Shane Davis. Is it a knock-out of a book?
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On Wednesday, Coffin Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Hellwitch: Forbidden, a 48-page, bloody, risqué comic book intended exclusively for a mature audience. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $200 thousand at the time of this writing. Writte by Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean and featuring illustrations by Diego Bernard and colors by Cici De La
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things that go bump in the night. Today, we’re going to take a look at The Fear Diaries, a double-sized one shot book published by Alterna Comics in 2018. Written by Garrett Gunn and illustrated by Nicolas Touris, The Fear Diaries follows a small band of stuffed animals who defend
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things mysterious and menacing. Today we’re going to take a look at God’s’Dog: Monster, a 112-page graphic novel that was successfully crowdfunded in 2021 via Indiegogo. For those of you not familiar with our review format, we grade a crowdfunding campaign on four distinct categories: Naturally, some story
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Let’s take a look at the Lehigh Valley Comic Convention, the longest running convention in Lehigh Valley, PA
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Mad Ruth Comics recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for SOLTAC: Betrayal Volume 1, an all new graphic novel described as a “futuristic Sci-Fi mystery-thriller.” The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $1,700 at the time of this writing. Written and created by military veteran by Craig White and featuring artwork by Gonzalo Loyola (line art and colors),
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things creepy and crawly. The fellas over at 656 Comics recently launched a pair of second-chance crowdfunding campaigns for The Cryptidnals, a 132-page, black and white graphic novel originally crowdfunded on Indiegogo in 2021. Written by Ray Ramos and featuring illustrations by Dario Rodriguez, The Cryptidnals combines
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Over the weekend, Retro Graphic Books launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Prospectres: Sigil of Stolas via Indiegogo. Having failed to achieve its funding goal in 2020, the relaunch of the project is already fully funded, having raised more than $3 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Matthew Fowler (Tyger Blue) and featuring illustrations by Ricardo Jaime
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Independent comic book creator Nick Gibson recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Screecher #1: As The Owl Flies, a book intended for fans of comics from the late 90s and early 2000s. Written by Nick Gibson and featuring illustrations by Brian Quiroga and colors by Goichimonji, Screecher is a superhero story inspired by vigilante-style heroes like Batman. Here’s the official
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