On Monday, publishing veteran Steve Dye launched a crowdfunding campaign for ROK!T, a new physical magazine that focuses on the biggest names and news on the ComicsGate* side of independent comics. Wait a second… Yeah, we’re doing a write-up on what is technically a competing platform. We’ll be sure to keep this super objective.** Trust me! Dye conceived ROK!T as
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On the latest installment of Sit DOWN Sunday (hosted on Patrick Thomas Parnell’s YouTube channel Riot Press Productions), The Splintering founder Blake Worrell got another chance to discuss recent comic book news. (Our fellow Splintering contributor George Travlos rightly decided that spending time with family was more important than comics YouTube this week). This week, we were joined by independent
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New Take Media recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Grandpa issue 1, a new 44-page fantasy comic book project with a bizarre title. With a name like Grandpa, you might expect something like Rambo: Last Blood or Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, but you’d be wrong, sucka. Created by Damion Daponte and Sterling Vanderhoof, Grandpa is actually about the longstanding battle
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On Wednesday, independent comic book creator Stephan Velez launched a crowdfunding campaign for The VeilWalker #1, an all-new, 21-page dark fantasy comic book. Written by Velez and featuring illustrations by Sajad Shah and colors by Leonardo Paciarotti, The VeilWalker is described as a blend of action, mystery, thriller, and horror. Here’s the official pitch taken from The VeilWalker’s Indiegogo campaign
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On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Ryan Cardinal launched a crowdfunding campaign for KAYAS: A Story of Blood & Stone issue 2, the 32-page follow-up to the first KAYAS book that was successfully crowdfunded in 2019. Written and illustrated by Cardinal, KAYAS is a manga-inspired fantasy adventure intended for young adult readers (ages 13 and up). Here’s the official plot
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Over the weekend, veteran comic book creative team Shane Davis and Yanzi Lin launched a crowdfunding campaign for Inglorious Rex Volume One, an all-new, 48-page, action/sci-fi graphic novel. The project is already a remarkable success, having raised more than $150 thousand in its first few days. Co-written by Davis and Lin (Starlight Cats) and featuring pencils by Davis, inks by
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Comic book creator Michael Tener recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Midnight Highway issues 1 and 2, a new comic designed for fans of 80s horror and sci-fi. Co-created and co-written by Tener and Alex Maday and featuring illustrations by Alexander Malyshev and colors by Hedwin Zaldivar, Midnight Highway is described as Alice in Wonderland meets The Twilight Zone. Here’s
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No Sleep Press recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Seeing Red x Three Thorns, a 32-page, one-shot fantasy comic. The project is already well beyond fully funded, having raised nearly $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Strictly intended for mature audiences, Seeing Red x Three Thorns is the first No Sleep Press crossover event. Here’s the brief plot
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What is black and white and covered with green? On Thursday, renowned comic book creator Art Thibert launched a crowdfunding campaign for Black & White Volume 2, the follow up to the first book that was successfully crowdfunded in 2018. Volume 2 is already off to a great start, having raised roughly $30 thousand at the time of this writing.
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Independent comic book creator Jessica Vanderpol recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for InterStella Space Angel, an all-new, 32-page graphic novel. At the time of this writing, the project has raised roughly 80% of its initial funding goal with approximately six days left in the campaign. Written and illustrated by Vanderpol, InterStella is described as a “whimsical, supernatural space comic introducing
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Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo-exclusive copy of Mermaids by Adam Post Media Group. We backed the main book along with both College of the Dead and College of the Dead: Graduation Day. No more talk! Play video! Thanks for watching today. We appreciate all feedback – positive, constructive, or colorful. Most importantly… Thanks for reading! Please consider following The Splintering
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Over the weekend, Mark “Moral Compass” Poulton launched a crowdfunding campaign for USAssassin Book III: Graveyard Shift, the latest graphic novel in the USAssassin series. The project has already blown past its initial funding goal, having raised more than $14 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Poulton (SeaDog, Viking Wolf) and featuring illustrations by Mike McMahon (Graveyard
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Independent comic book creator Rob Muerto recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Tales from the Classroom: The K.Thulhu Files, an anthological follow-up to the original Tales from the Classroom that was originally funded in 2019. (I really just wanted to use anthological in a sentence) Weighing in at 50+ pages, The K.Thulhu Files includes three self-contained stories designed to be
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A review of the crowdfunded comic book campaign Skits: The Son Book 1 by Skits Comic.
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Independent comic book creator Raymond Leonard recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for the third issue of Agent Solo: City Under Siege. The campaign is already fully funded, so now all that Leonard has to worry about is stretch goals and fulfillment. Illustrated by Leonard and written by Arthur Bellfield, Agent Solo looks to combine the intrigue of international espionage with
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Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since the end of the Ice Age! Time for another edition of Under the Radar, a segment where we will spotlight comic books that don’t have the widespread attention of the comic book community that they really should. Today, we’ll be looking at Destroyer Duck #1, which
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Evoluzione Publishing recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for the second issue of Speed of Light, a 72-page sci-fi comic anthology magazine featuring stories from multiple creators and black and white artwork. Here’s the brief pitch taken from the Speed of Light Indiegogo campaign page: Speed of Light is a brand new bi monthly sci-fi anthology. Each issue will have nine,
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Over the weekend, Forrest Publishing launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Devil from Talonflats, an all-new 50-plus page graphic novel. Written by Richard Embree (The Last Good-Bye) and illustrated by Mark Savona (Haunted Canada), The Devil from Talonflats is described as a “gritty western” intended for both old and new fans of the genre. Here’s the brief synopsis of The
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Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo-exclusive copies of War Party by Justin Murphy and published by Rampart Press. Without further ado, you can check out the video below. Thanks for watching today. We appreciate all feedback – positive, constructive, or colorful. Thanks for reading! Please consider following The Splintering on social media or bookmarking the site for more independent entertainment news,
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In July, aspiring comic book creator Mário Vasconcelos launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Sin Killer- Revelation, a 32-page, supernatural horror graphic novel. Written and illustrated by Vasconcelos, The Sin Killer is his first full comic book project (he previously contributed a short story to Indie Volt Revolt). The book itself appears to combine elements of war, religion, and necromancy
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Earlier this week, Ciderverse Entertainment launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Colossals, an all-new, 64-page graphic novel. The project is already fully funded, so nothing should stand in the way of printing and fulfilling the book. But what is The Colossals all about? Created and written by Thomas Burpee and featuring illustrations by Leandro Panganiban and colors by Daniel Grimaldi,
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While one of The Splintering’s contributors has already reviewed Only Death Can Save Us (here), this supplementary review is provided as a “second opinion”.* I’ve had Russ Leach’s Only Death Can Save Us Book One: Keystone for a while now, and as happens to so many of us, life has delayed the writing of my review. I found a day
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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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Over the weekend, veteran comic book creator Jon Malin launched a crowdfunding campaign for Godlike, his first new IP since the launch of Graveyard Shift in 2018. The Godlike campaign is already off to a very good start, having raised more than $100k in it’s first 24 hours. Written and illustrated by Malin (Jawbreakers: Lost Souls) and featuring colors by
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On Friday, independent comic book creator Mandy Summers launched a crowdfunding campaign for Jack the Ripper: Vampire Hunter, a 48-page horror graphic novel loosely based on actual events. The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Not too shabby for the first few hours. Written by Summers (Super Dead, Pirate Queen)
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Vampires, the Chicago mafia, a troubled marriage – Markosia’s Bittersweet Vows* is certainly not wanting for high drama! Written and lettered by Alex Scherkenbach with art by Gustavo Novaes, Bittersweet Vows is an odd blend of horror, suspense, and drama set in the era of Prohibition. Much of the story follows the trials of a young couple that moves from
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Remembering Dave Stevens on his birthday, July 29.
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Since Wyatt Holliday’s latest female-led sci-fi adventure just went live on Indiegogo (in the form of Heroine Adventure Magazine), what better time is there to bust out one of his previous books featuring another buxom female beauty? Rocket Gal and the Mole Men of Mars is a lighthearted, action-heavy comic with a standalone story. The 32-page book follows the titular
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Late last week, Global Frequency Studios launched a crowdfunding campaign for Mavrics: Origins Vol. One, a 60-page graphic novel intended for fans of Battletech, Gundam, and Armored Core (what – no Iron Soldier love?). At the time of this writing, the campaign is already fully funded, so now all that’s left to worry about is stretch goals and fulfillment. Written
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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Wyatt Holliday launched a crowdfunding campaign for Heroine Adventure Magazine issue 1, “the world’s first-ever pulp heroines magazine.” Weighing in at a thicc 128 pages, Heroine Adventure #1 is a standalone, full-length pulp novel presented in 7×10 format. The project is already fully funded, so now all Holliday has to worry about is
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