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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Overall, Red Sonja: Holiday Special is a decent package, but not a stellar one. A Very Merry Sonja was more hokey in its execution than it needed to be, and the shorter, reprinted backup story is the more satisfying of the two tales.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In a backer update on Friday, Lady Alchemy: Mutus Liber creator Martina Markota announced that the supernatural graphic novel was going to be significantly delayed due to a creative team shakeup. In short, the original writer and artist are out, new artist Matthew Weldon is in, and Markota will take charge of the script herself. What happened? According to the
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Did you miss your chance to get the first issue of Keung Lee’s Battle Maiden Knuckle Bomb? Are you seeing all of the social media posts of satisfied backers receiving their copies of the manga/anime-inspired comic and feeling jealous as %*+&? You’re in luck, because Lee launched a crowdfunding campaign overnight for a second printing of the successfully-crowdfunded book. This
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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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On Sunday, preorders went live for Stanley Artgerm Lau’s variant cover for the landmark Wonder Woman #750. Lau is renowned for his ability to illustrate stunningly beautiful women, and his patriotic take on Princess Diana of Themyscira is no exception. There are three versions of the art, standard with logos, art-only version with no logos, and a throwback edition. These
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I recently received my copy of Trixie Cain: Blood Reaper #1, the action/horror graphic novel written by Nasser Rabadi (Stardust), co-written by Joey Turnage (Something Real) and illustrated by Shawn Langley (It Came Out on a Wednesday). I backed the “early bird” tier on the Trixie Cain Indiegogo campaign which was $15, which included an unsigned version of the book
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“There is a way that seems right to a person, but at it’s end are the ways of death.” -Proverbs 14:12 Writer/colorist Alex Garcia and illustrator Ibai Canales (Iron Sights, The Abductables) have teamed up to produce an all new graphic novel titled Johnny’s Law. What’s it about? Details are sparse, but here’s a very brief plot tee-up from the
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“Hello!” Late last week, Internet comedian and host of the “Cecil Says” YouTube channel revealed the first piece of artwork for his upcoming Cash Grab graphic novel project. The comedy tale will be written by Cecil himself and feature illustrations by Donal DeLay (Vestige), colors by Andrew Huerta (Sovereign) and letters by Eric Weathers (of course). The Cash Grab project
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Late last week, independent comic book creator John Hervey launched a crowdfunding campaign for Black Tiger: Legacy of Fury, a 158-page action/adventure graphic novel collecting all six issues of the Black Tiger mini-series (which are currently only available in digital form). The book is written by John Hervey (Troubleman), with pencils by Rod Luper (Star Wars: Outlander) and Diego Bernard (Witchblade), inks by Arne Starr (The Legion
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Independent comic book creator Simon Pothier (Bloodhunt, Doom Fate) has teased Daemona #1, new supernatural-inspired project coming soon to Indiegogo. The titular heroine is described as “THE MOST BADASS DEMON BABE in comics, protecting our realm from OTHERWORLDLY threats!” Here’s the full synopsis from the Daemona teaser page: BORN from tragedy & raised in HELL! She was brought up to
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Longtime comic book artist Tom Lyle has passed away at the age of 66. Though the the cause of death has yet to be announced, Lyle suffered a brain aneurysm underwent surgery to remove a blood clot in September. Lyle was a prolific artist (and sometimes writer) over his career, but he is most well-known for his work with Marvel
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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Richard C. Meyer launched a crowdfunding campaign for Iron Sights: 2 Psychos, a sequel to the very successful Iron Sights graphic novel which Meyer crowdfunded last year. This new 100-page book is written by Meyer (Jawbreakers), illustrated by Ibai Canales (The Abductables) and features cover artwork by Kelsey Shannon (Nora’s Saga). It’s also
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On Thursday, celebrated comic book creator Billy Tucci (Billy Fucking Tucci to his friends) launched a crowdfunding campaign for Shi: Return of the Warrior. Shi was a best-selling staple of the 90s comic book industry, and Return of the Warrior is a 48-page revival written and illustrated by Tucci himself, who is joined by co-writer Steven Peros, co-artist Ricardo Silva,
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The Splintering 