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Mandy Summers teases new comic book project “Pirate Queen”

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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“Cyberfrog” is now a million dollar comic book property

Over the weekend, Ethan Van Sciver’s latest round of fundraising for Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney came to a close raising more than $54 thousand, which brings Bloodhoney‘s grand total across all campaigns and variant covers to more than $1 million. That’s a certified “Seven Figures, Motherfucker”! Written and illustrated by Van Sciver and featuring colors by Kyle Ritter, Bloodhoney marks the return

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Sci-fi graphic novel “Mortal Worlds” coming soon to Indiegogo

Husband and wife team Michael and Caroline Anden will soon take a second stab at crowdfunding Mortal Worlds, a sci-fi graphic novel where “Supersoldiers discover that our first ancestors are our final descendants… an army of ultimate evil beyond time!” The Mortal Worlds crowdfunding campaign will launch via Indiegogo sometime in 2020, but you can get in on the hype

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One more chance to get Ethan Van Sciver’s “Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney”

Overnight, renowned comic book creator and YouTube talk show host Ethan Van Sciver launched the “2nd Chance Cyberfrog” crowdfunding campaign (which is oddly named as this is the fifth time that Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney has been available on Indiegogo in one form or another). This latest campaign is intended to sell through the very last copies of Bloodhoney and the supplementary

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Capcom renews “Dino Crisis”, “Darkstalkers” & “Power Stone” trademarks

Capcom has been exploring the idea of resurrecting its classic properties for a while, but it looks as though the Japanese publisher is laying the groundwork to bring several franchises back into the limelight. In late November, Capcom renewed the trademarks for a number of games, including: Breath of Fire, Captain Commando, Cyberbots, Darkstalkers, Dino Crisis, Power Stone, and others.

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Updated! Crowdfunding campaign for “Iron Sights: 2 Psychos” ends big; still available in-demand

Update: Since the publishing of this post on Tuesday, the Iron Sights: 2 Psychos project has indeed raised more than $100 thousand, putting it firmly across the “six figures bitch” threshold. The original post follows: Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Richard C. Meyer’s Iron Sights: 2 Psychos ended successfully, raising more than $98 thousand at the time of this writing

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SEGA files trademark for “Persona 5 Strikers”

Earlier this week, SEGA registered a trademark for Persona 5 Strikers, which is likely a sign that Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers will be localized for a western release with an abbreviated title. As Rice Digital points out, other games in the Persona series have had their names shortened for releases outside of Japan. If indeed Persona 5 Strikers

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Alterna Comics to release “The Swan King” as a one-dollar one-shot this spring

Earlier this week, Alterna Comics revealed that Tyler Wentland’s fantasy comic The Swan King would be coming to a comic shop near you for the affordable price of a single dollar. Successfully crowdfunded in 2018, The Swan King is described as “a 19-page dark fantasy fairytale in black and white.” The book is written and illustrated by Wentland (Red Koi)

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Crowdfunding campaign for “Chrono Mechanics” graphic novel ends successfully, still available in-demand

Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Art Thibert’s sci-fi/comedy graphic novel Chrono Mechanics ended successfully, raising more than $26 thousand and easily eclipsing its $8 thousand funding goal. With that total, several of the campaign’s stretch goals were met, including multiple trading cards, a button, a guitar pick, and 6 extra pages of story (for a current total of 54 pages).

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SNK to add Wan-Fu to “Samurai Shodown” on 18 December

On Sunday, SNK announced that series veteran Wan-Fu will soon be joining the character roster of Samurai Shodown as DLC. How soon? Try 18 December. Wan-Fu is available as part of the $19.99 Season Pass, or he can be purchased separately for $5.99. You can check out Wan-Fu’s gameplay trailer below. Samurai Shodown is published by Athlon Games and is

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Capcom announces Seth for “Street Fighter V: Champion Edition”

On Sunday, Capcom revealed that Seth will be joining the character roster of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition when it releases next February. You can check out Seth’s reveal trailer below. Formerly the final boss of Street Fighter IV, Seth has since downloaded his consciousness into a female Doll Unit, though one of Seth’s five costumes is his original male

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People are already calling Microsoft’s new Xbox the “SeXBox”; is this another “Xboner” or marketing genius?

At the Video Game Awards on Thursday, Microsoft revealed their next-generation gaming console, the Xbox Series X. The hardware boasts a number of new and exciting features, including: 12TF GPU 4x CPU speed of Xbox One X As quiet or quieter than Xbox One X Dedicated share button on controller Full backwards compatibility across 4 generations of Xbox games The

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Alterna Comics announces price increase starting April 2020

On Friday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that the entire line of Alterna books would be seeing pricing increases starting in April 2020. Here’s the quick & dirty summary of the changes: Standard comics are increasing from $1.50 to $1.99 Reprint issues under the ICYMI label increasing from $0.99 to $1.25 Double-sized horror anthology It Came Out on a

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Celebrated comic creator Barry Windsor-Smith comes out of semi-retirement to release “Monsters”

British comic book creator Barry Windsor-Smith (Weapon X, Archer and Armstrong) is coming out of semi-retirement in 2020 to release Monsters, a new 250+ page graphic novel. The idea for Monsters began in the 1980s, when Windsor-Smith pitched it to Marvel as a Hulk story. The celebrated writer/artist has since repurposed and expanded the idea into a fully creator-owned property.

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“Shantae and the Seven Sirens” delayed to spring 2020

Don’t break out those dancing hips just yet…. WayForward has announced that Shantae and the Seven Sirens will be in gamers’ hands sometime in spring 2020. This is the fifth game in the long-running, platforming-adventure series which began on the GameBoy Color in 2002. Seven Sirens was originally planned for release in late 2019. According to the announcement by WayForward

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Comedy/horror comic “Tales from the Classroom” fully funded on Indiegogo

On Wednesday, the crowdfunding campaign for Rob Muerto’s comedy/horror graphic novel Tales from the Classroom achieved its initial funding goal. The 41-page book is written by Muerto and features pencils by Sebastián Bronico, inks by Juan Castro, colors by Matias Laborde and lettering by Lucas Gattoni. The best part? The book is already done, so all the team needs now

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Dr. Alpha/Doc Salem/Six-Gun Gorilla crossover comic incoming!

On a recent livestream hosted on the Graded Point Five YouTube channel, Six-Gun Gorilla creator Brian Christgau announced that he has been working behind the scenes on an upcoming indie comic crossover featuring A. S. Rivera’s Dr. Alpha, Preston Asevedo’s Doc Salem, and Christgau’s own Six-Gun Gorilla. Sound wild? I agree. Unfortunately, Christgau didn’t offer much else in terms of details.

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Unboxing Richard C. Meyer’s “Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG” graphic novel

I recently received my copy of Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG, the action/superhero graphic novel written by Richard C. Meyer (Iron Sights), co-written by Chuck Dixon (Batman) and illustrated by Aaron Alfeche. I backed the tier with an unsigned copy of the Jawbreakers book and featuring variant cover art by Kyle Ritter (Starblades). I thought I’d unbox it to give you a sense

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Cauldron Comics’ “Grayskale” gets a new trailer

Earlier this week, Cauldron Comics founder Michael Derrick released the first promotional trailer for Grayskale: Welcome to Glitter City, an upcoming graphic novel project set to launch in early 2020 on Indiegogo. Written by Derrick (The Abductables) and featuring artwork by P. Kay and colors by Eugeniu Betivu, Grayskale is described as a 60-page superhero story featuring a man who controls karma. You

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Action/RPG “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin” delayed to 2020

Featured in yesterday’s Nintendo Indie World showcase, Edelweiss’ upcoming action/RPG/farming simulation hybrid title Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has been delayed to 2020. Published by XSEED, Sakuna game was previously scheduled for a worldwide release on PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch in winter 2019. Below is the Nintendo Indie World showcase segment featuring Sakuna, followed by the official statement from

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Disappointed backers of “Stealing Solo” comic to receive a reprinted book

Over the last week, backers of Jeff Hicks’ crowdfunded Star Wars-inspired parody Stealing Solo began receiving their long-awaited books in the mail. Unfortunately, instead of being treated as premium collectibles and shipped accordingly, the books were received with no protective envelope or packaging, with the mailing address physically stamped directly on the back cover (like a Victoria’s Secret catalogue… What?).

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Mystery horror graphic novel “Hexcraft Mechanics” fully funded; still available in-demand

On Monday, the crowdfunding campaign for Nathyn Brendan Masters’ mystery/horror graphic novel Hexcraft Mechanics ended successfully. Written and illustrated by Masters, Hexcraft Mechanics is a 56-page spinoff from the Victor Locke: Demon Noir and Epitaph Bread and Salt movie and comic book projects. Here’s the plot summary taken from the Hexcraft Mechanics campaign page: The Talbane family is thrown into

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“Axiom Verge 2” coming to Nintendo Switch in 2020

During Tuesday’s Nintendo Indie World showcase, independent video game creator Tom Happ announced that Axiom Verge 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2020. Below is the announcement trailer for Axiom Verge 2 followed by the official breakdown of the game: Decades later… or is it centuries earlier? You may have played Axiom Verge, or heard it referenced as a benchmark

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Capcom blames “Devil May Cry 5” censorship on European law; are they covering for Sony?

Capcom recently responded to a customer inquiry regarding the censorship of Devil May Cry V, indicating that a brief glimpse of Trish’s posterior censored in the PS4 version of the game due to restrictions imposed by European law. A “day one” patch added a garish purple lens flare to about two seconds of a non-interactive cutscene, though the censorship was

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SEGA confirms “Bayonetta” & “Vanquish” remasters coming to PS4, Xbox One in February

As we reported last week, a remaster of the action/sci-fi game Vanquish was leaked on the Microsoft Store. Earlier today, SEGA has officially confirmed that remasters of both Vanquish and Bayonetta will indeed be coming to Xbox One and PS4 on 18 February 2020. Both games were originally developed by Platinum Games for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and this

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Intellivision debuts new “Breakout” and “Moon Patrol” revivals for their Amico console

Intellivision has made several announcements over the last few days regarding their upcoming console, the Amico. More specifically, they have debuted new Breakout and Moon Patrol titles, both of which will be available at launch. Featuring trippy visuals and dynamic music which is driven by the gameplay, this new take on Breakout looks to be inspired at least partly by

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Crowdfunding campaigns for Billy Tucci’s “Shi: Return of the Warrior” hit “Six Figures, Bitch”

Over the weekend, the dual crowdfunding campaigns for Billy Tucci’s Shi: Return of the Warrior ended as massive successes, raising a combined total of more than $130 thousand between the concurrent Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, crossing the blessed “six figures, bitch” threshold.* With those numbers, the Shi: RotW campaigns unlocked several stretch goals, including several metallic cards, a Tucci Trooper

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“Wolverton” creator Michael Stark asking for help to beat Lyme Disease

Last week, independent comic book writer and Wolverton: Thief of Impossible Objects creator Michael Stark announced that he was steeped in a renewed battle against Lyme Disease. Stark has suffered with Lyme off and on for 25 years, but describes his most recent bout with the disease is described as the worst he’s ever experienced. To make matters worse, Stark

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Comic artist Ed Benes brings the lovely ladies of “Nina & Ariel” to Indiegogo

Last week, veteran comic book creator Ed Benes launched a crowdfunding campaign for Nina & Ariel #1, a 40-page graphic novel featuring a pair of stunningly beautiful heroines. Described as a sci-fi post-apocalyptic tale, Nina & Ariel is writer/artist Benes’ first creator-owned project. He is joined by colorist Dinei Ribeiro and letterer Jorge Vieira in bringing these lovely ladies to

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