Tag Archives: Alterna

“Legends of Log” Anniversary Celebration Now Underway

Ten years of “Timberrrrr!” Can you believe that it’s already been a full decade since Giant Comics debuted Log, defender of the North Woods? While I was following the character and stories before it landed at its current, comfortable Alterna home, I have to admit, there’s still quite a bit I missed from those early years. Now, Legends of Log

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Keith Gleason’s “The Mighty Mascots” Return to Indiegogo for Issues 7-9

Independent comic book creator Keith Gleason recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Mighty Mascots issues 7-9.* Written by Gleason, illustrated by Ian Waryanto and Anton Bandi and published by Alterna Comics, The Mighty Mascots is an action comedy series starring a team of superhero cereal mascots. Here’s the official pitch taken from The Mighty Mascots Indiegogo campaign page: The

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Pointless Unboxing: “Blood Realm: Wrath of Kings” (Alterna Comics)

Welcome to another Pointless Unboxing, our series of unboxing videos that are so utterly insignificant that they inevitably go unwatched by all. Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo-exclusive copies of Blood Realm: Wrath of Kings and Wirehead by my eternal nemesis… Robert Geronimo!!!. Without further ado, straight to the video! Thanks for watching today. We appreciate all feedback – positive, constructive,

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Robert Geronimo Returns “Blood Realm” with “Wrath of Kings”, and He’s Not Alone

“Greetings, travelers…” Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Robert Geronimo launched a crowdfunding campaign for Blood Realm: Wrath of Kings, a unique entry into the renowned Blood Realm fantasy saga. As the creator of the franchise (which is published by Alterna Comics), Geronimo has – so far – provided all of the Blood Realm stories and illustrations himself. With

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Alterna Comics Launches First Quarterly Pre-Order Campaign on Indiegogo

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics launched its inaugural pre-order crowdfunding campaign for their fall lineup of books. The campaign is already fully funded, having raised nearly $7 thousand at the time of this writing. These campaigns are intended to replace the company’s old pre-order system on the Alterna website, making each quarter a kind of celebratory event and giving customers a

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Alterna Comics Founder Peter Simeti Unveils New Ongoing Series: “King Cryptid”

During a recent art auction held on his personal YouTube channel, independent comic book creator and Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti unveiled plans for his upcoming sci-fi adventure series King Cryptid, including a reveal of the titular character himself. Inspired by Native American myths and folklore, King Cryptid is set in a world where fantastical creatures exist (i.e. Bigfoot, chupacabra,

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Alterna Comics to Publish Bryan Baugh’s Horror Series “Wulf and Batsy”

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that Bryan Baugh’s Wulf and Batsy series will indeed be published by Alterna. Intended for mature audiences, Wulf and Batsy has been available digitally for quite some time, with print-on-demand editions available through IndyPlanet. The move to Alterna will almost certainly mean more exposure for the books, which so far have been

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Alterna Celebrates 15 Years of Comics

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti marked the 15th anniversary of his comic book publishing company with a special edition livestream on the official Alterna YouTube channel. Joined by Alterna creators such as Frankie B. Washington (It Came Out on a Wednesday), and David Lucarelli (Tinseltown), Saint Publishin’ Pete took a trip down memory lane, showing off books from

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Help Feed the Hungry and Get Free Games, Manga & Comics via Groupees’ “Holiday Helpings 7”

Earlier this week, Groupees.com launched Holiday Helpings 7, the site’s annual fundraiser benefiting the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP). So how does it work? Game, music, comic and manga creators freely donate digital copies of their work to be bundled together and sold to support the charity. This year’s offerings include both a $3 and a $5 tier, which

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Review: “FUBAR: Empire of the Rising Dead” (Alterna Comics, Festival of Dread Special)

Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering‘s month-long celebration of all things unsightly and undead! Today we’re featuring FUBAR: Empire of the Rising Dead, a black and white horror anthology published by Alterna Comics. Published in 2012, Empire of the Rising Dead is the second in the FUBAR series, which features a collection of war-themed zombie tales. Each

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New Alterna Comics Indiegogo Campaign Includes Exclusive Zero Issue of “It Came Out on a Wednesday”

“Because YOU demanded it!” On Tuesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti launched a special crowdfunding campaign celebrating 14 years of the company. Since Trick-or-Treat events are cancelled in many areas this year thanks to the Bat-Soup-Sniffles, this campaign essentially replaces the annual “AlternaWeen” event. So what’s being offered? Quite a variety of stuff, and according to Simeti, much of it

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Review: “IF – A Crime Anthology” (Alterna Comics – Monochrome May Special)

Welcome back to The Splintering’s Monochrome May event! Today we’re featuring IF – A Crime Anthology, a black and white anthology book published by Alterna Comics. With the title of A Crime Anthology, it might be expected that all of the the stories would be gritty or noir mysteries featuring “hard-boiled” detectives or Scorsese-esque gangsters, but this isn’t the case.

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Review: Legends of Log (Alterna Comics – Monochrome May Special)

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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Clint Stoker’s “Downcast” to be published by Alterna Comics

Over the weekend, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti and Downcast creator Clint Stoker announced that both Downcast and Downcast Wrize and Fall will in fact be published under the Alterna label. Alterna will publish the full Downcast arc in four issues, with the original Downcast being split into issues 1 & 2 and Wrize and Fall being issues 3 &

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Alterna Comics reveals cover art for “Tinseltown” sequel series

Earlier this week, Alterna Comics revealed the cover art for Tinseltown: Losing the Light, the 5-issue follow-up to 2018’s crime drama written by David Lucarelli and illustrated by Henry Ponciano. The writer/artist team is returning for Losing the Light, and are of course joined by regular Alterna letterer Wes Locher (Unit 44). Unfamiliar with Tinseltown? Here’s a plot summary of

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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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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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Alterna Comics launches “Twelve Days of Alterna” charity event (Jolly Jinglings Special)

On Monday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti (aka Publishing Pete, aka Saint Peter of the blessed Newsprint) launched “Twelve Days of Alterna” a special charity crowdfunding campaign benefiting both Toys for Tots and Portion for Orphans. At the time of this writing, the Indiegogo campaign is well on its way to achieving its funding goal, which means that 100 all-ages

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Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti scrambles to find new printing company

On Wednesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that the printer he uses for Alterna’s web press needs would not be able to fill Simeti’s orders, though the reason was not specified. This has caused Simeti to enter crisis mode, looking for a new printer on very short short notice. We reached out to Simeti to get more details on

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Unboxing AlternaWeen 2 at The Splintering (Festival of Dread special)

For two years running, Alterna Comics has marked the Halloween holiday with AlternaWeen, a crowdfunded event in which backers receive stacks of discounted comic books (among other swag) to give away to trick-or-treaters. Full disclosure! I’ve backed the AlternaWeen Indiegogo campaign both years, and like last year, I decided to dust off The Splintering‘s criminally neglected YouTube channel to post

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Justin Michael Ryan’s and Kristian Rossi’s “The Unclean” coming to Indiegogo on 10 October

On Wednesday, Trespasser writer Justin Michael Ryan announces that his next comic book project The Unclean will begin crowdfunding on Indiegogo tomorrow, 10 October. The Unclean will ultimately be published by Alterna Comics and features artwork by Kristian Rossi (Voidwalker, Trespasser) and lettering by DC Hopkins. Ryan & Co. originally planned to launch their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, but late

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Alterna Comics is bringing Josh Howard’s “T-Bird and Throttle” to comic shops in 2020

During New York Comic Con, Alterna Comics announced that Josh Howard’s superhero action miniseries T-Bird & Throttle will be coming to comic book shops as part of the company’s in Fall 2020 lineup. Heavily influenced by the art of Bruce Timm and Batman the Animated Series, T-Bird & Throttle is a sci-fi, superhero miniseries written and illustrated by Howard himself.

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Alterna Comics reveals “Legends of Log” one-dollar one-shot details, cover art

On Friday, Alterna Comics unveiled the cover for Legends of Log, a “one-dollar one-shot” featuring the mysterious guardian of the forest who has become a staple character of Alterna’s It Came Out on a Wednesday anthology series over the past year. Featuring the workof Ski Suharsky, Bob Berry, Trey Baldwin, Ian Miller and Wes Locher, Legends of Log follows the

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Alterna Comics’ “Legends of Log” to receive one-dollar one-shot in January

For nearly a year, The Legends of Log has been a mainstay of Alterna Comics’ anthology series It Came Out on a Wednesday. But now Alterna is giving the ax-wielding wooden giant his own one-shot book this January. The best part? It will only cost a buck. Legends of Log follows the adventures of the titular titan Log as he

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Peter Simeti launches “Alterna Distribution”

During a Thursday livestream, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that he has indeed launched “Alterna Distribution,” an all-new way for independent creators to get their comics into comic book shops. So far, Alterna Distribution exists only as a web domain, but Simeti is planning for the venture to be fully operational in mid-2020. It’s important to note that this

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AlternaWeen 2019 is now live!

On Tuesday, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti launched the company’s second Halloween-themed fundraising campaign, AlternaWeen. The intended purpose of the campaign is to raise money for Alterna Comics to maintain and expand its distribution channels. The more money raised, the more product Alterna will be able to send to these new retailers. Backers who support the Alternaween campaign will be sent

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Film adaptation of psychological horror comic “The Chair” returns to theaters

This weekend at San Diego Comic Con, Alterna Comics announced that the film adaptation of Peter Simeti’s psychological horror book The Chair is being re-released at select theaters thanks to Terror Films and BingeWave Cinema. The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, a man on death row, struggling to escape his grisly fate. Pitted against a sadistic Warden and

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THE MIGHTY MASCOTS revealed as the first 80+ page “Alterna Giant”

During San Diego Comic Con, Alterna Comics revealed that The Mighty Mascots will be the first book published in the “Alterna Giants” line, a new line of 80+ page books priced at just $4.99. All Alterna Giants will collect previously-released issues similar to a trade paperback, and (according to Alterna) will contain “complete arcs, newsprint interiors, new cover art, and

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