To mark the first day of the Fall season, independent comic book creator Patrick Thomas Parnell launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, an abridged and illustrated version of the 1819 classic by Washington Irving.* The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $4 thousand at the time of this writing. While not a traditional
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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 Wednesday, comic book creator Eric Canete launched a crowdfunding campaign for Arc Athena Book One, an all new, hardcover graphic novel intended as the first part in a six-issue miniseries. The project is already fully funded, having raised roughly $18 thousand at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by Canete (TRON Uprising) and featuring colors by Giuliano
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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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Professional-turned-independent comic book creator Andy Smith recently launched his fourth Indiegogo campaign, this time for 1stMAN 2: Learning Curve, the sequel to the first 1stMAN (derp) book successfully crowdfunded earlier this year. We were fortunate enough to get a chance to discuss his 1stMAN 2 campaign, which is available to support here. As always, the answers below are represented as closely to
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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 and fellow Splintering contributor George Travlos got another chance to discuss recent comic book news. This week, we were joined by renowned comic book creators Art Thibert and Eric Canete. We discussed Thibert’s Black and White Vol
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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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Overnight, independent comic book creator and King Toad Comics founder Joe Ball launched a crowdfunding campaign for DEATH DEATH DEATH, a girthy, 300-ish page sci-fi fantasy graphic novel. The project is roughly halfway to meeting its initial funding goal, having raised nearly $2,500 of its $5k goal at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by John Joesph (Joe)
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Ya’ love to see it! On Monday, the crowdfunding campaign for Graham Nolan’s sci-fi/western Alien Alamo crossed the blessed “Six Figures, Bitch Young Lady!” threshold, raising nearly $101 thousand at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by Nolan, Alien Alamo is a sci-fi adventure that exists in the larger Chenoo universe. Nolan has seen previous crowdfunding success with
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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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On Thursday, veteran comic book creator Aaron Lopresti launched his own independent comic book label, Empire Comics, with a crowdfunding campaign for Wraith of God, an all-new, 72-page graphic novel. The campaign is already off to a great start, having raised more than $35 thousand at the time of this writing. With those numbers, that means the first stretch goal
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Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo-exclusive copy of Impossible Stars and Nexus: Triplets from Splatto Comics. Written by Richard C. Meyer (Jawbreakers, Iron Sights) and Chuck Dixon (Batman) and featuring artwork by Renzo Rodriguez, Impossible Stars is set approximately two hundred years in the future, and mankind has hit an extra-terrestrial snag in our plans to begin interstellar travel. The bonus
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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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A review of the crowdfunded comic book campaign Cyberfrog: Warts and All by Ethan Van Sciver
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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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Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since the fall of Atlantis! Today, we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book Johnny Phantasm 1985 by Patrick Thomas Parnell and Evan Pozios. For those of you not familiar with my crowdfunding review format, I grade a crowdfunding campaign on four distinct categories: Book Content and Quality
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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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Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo -exclusive hardcover edition of CyberFrog: Warts and All by Ethan Van Sciver and published by ALL CAPS Comics. Without further ado, let’s get straight to the video, shall we? 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
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