Veteran comic book creator Kevin Sharpe (Nova) is planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign for DragonGuard, a new graphic novel heavily inspired by 80s-era fantasy and 90s-era comic artwork. Here’s the breakdown of the book taken from the DragonGuard pre-campaign page: The magnificent Fantasy comic book—-DragonGuard! Launching soon, DragonGuard is a high octane Fantasy comic that is a love letter
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For the last two years, a collective of comic book enthusiasts from Pittsburgh has undetarken one of the the most ambitious independent superhero projects I’ve ever seen: Heroineburgh. Combining the talents of dozens of actresses and other creators, Heroineburgh started as a web series featuring the exploits of a large cast of superpowered characters. The project has expanded to a
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There were so many anthropomorphic animal mascots in the 16-bit generation of gaming, it’s no surprise that at least one was squeezed out as newer consoles emerged. Before eventually being released on the Sony PlayStation, Ukiyotei‘s Punky Skunk was originally conceived as a Super Nintendo game titled Cooly Skunk. Despite essentially being a complete product, the SNES version was shelved
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As January rolled in, my thought and reflection took me back into the past- reminiscing of all the oldies but goodies in everything… from movies to music, to classic books, and of course, manga. I was craving to rediscover the past by reading some of these oldies, so I grabbed my Sherlock Holmes, Jane Austin, and Mighty Atom (a.k.a. Astro
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“Hello!” On Tuesday, the anonymous Internet comedian known as “Cecil” launched a crowdfunding campaign for Cash Grab, a 48+ page action/comedy graphic novel written by Cecil himself and featuring illustrations by Donal DeLay (Vestige), colors by Ink Spots, and letters by Eric Weathers. And girthy stacks of cash are indeed being grabbed, snatched, groped and grasped, as the campaign has
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Good Game Publishing has announced that Spanish developer Brok3nsite’s retro-inspired horror game Dawn of Fear will release for the PS4 on 3 February via the PlayStation store. Dawn of Fear draws from the classic survival horror games of 90s, but Brok3nsite has indicated that they want they want to take full advantage of technology. According to Brok3nsite: “We wanted to
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On Tuesday, independent comic book writer Clint Stoker launched a crowdfunding campaign for Downcast: Wrize & Fall, an 88-page sci-fi graphic novel written by Stoker and featuring illustrations by Ignacio Lazaro, colors by Damian Penalba and letters by Eric Weathers. Wrize & Fall is a sequel to 2019’s Downcast, and picks up shortly after the events of the first book.
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