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Mike Baron’s “Private American” Takes the US-Mexico Border Crisis Into His Own Hands (Crowdfunding Spotlight)

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Blake Worrell One comment

Braly Image Group recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Private American, a 66+ page graphic novel set against the current US border crisis. The project is fully funded, having raised nearly $38 thousand at the time of this writing and still available in-demand.* Written by Mike Baron (The Punisher, Nexus, Thin Blue Line) and featuring illustrations by Richard Bonk (Superman,

Justin Belmont’s “Smokes the Fox” and “Weaponized Werewolf” Now on Indiegogo

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Justin Belmont (is that your real name, vampire killer?) launched a crowdfunding campaign for Smokes the Fox issue 1 (28+ pages) along with Weaponized Werewolf issue 0 (16+ pages). Written by Mike Baron (Thin Blue Line, The Punisher) and featuring illustrations by Lee Oaks (Thunder Monkey), Barry McClain (Q-Ball), Rodney Ramos (Punisher War Journal),

Compass Comics’ “Giant-Size Two-Fisted Manly Tales” Hits Hard on Indiegogo

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Blake Worrell One comment

Double-fisting, incoming! On Monday, celebrated comic book creator and Compass Comics founder Graham Nolan launched a crowdfunding campaign for Giant-Size Two-Fisted Manly Tales, a 100+ page anthology book featuring the work of over a dozen veteran comic book creators, including those listed below: Writers: Chuck Dixon, Mike Baron, Beau Smith & Tim Rozon, Kevin Greviouix, and Graham Nolan Artists: Michael

Long-Time Punisher Writer Mike Baron Defends The Character From Recent Critics

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Blake Worrell 2 comments

On Monday, celebrated comic book creator and one-time Punisher writer Mike Baron responded to the recent changes Marvel Comics has made with their gun-toting vigilante character the Punisher, and vehemently defended the use of the Punisher’s skull logo by military and police officers. According to Baron: “I am proud when the police and military use the Punisher as their symbol.

“Thin Blue Line” Brings the Real-World Dangers of Modern Policing to the Comic Page

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Blake Worrell 4 comments

On Friday, Blue Line Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Thin Blue Line, a 56-page, fictional story inspired by recent, real-world events. Written by Mike Baron (The Punisher) and featuring illustrations by Joseph Arnold and Jeff Slemons, Thin Blue Line tells a story that examines “human fallibility on every level.” Here’s the official breakdown of Thin Blue Line from the

Mail Call! Unboxing Splatto Comics’ “Impossible Stars” and “Nexus: Triplets”

Posted on August 20, 2021 by The Splintering Staff 2 comments

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

Allegiance Arts’ “The Saints” Fully Funded on Indiegogo

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Tuesday, Allegiance Arts Entertainment launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Saints, an all-new 52+ page graphic novel written by Mike Baron and illustrated by Christian Rosado. Like previous Allegiance Arts projects, The Saints will likely find a home on WalMart store shelves as individual issues, but the Indiegogo campaign will fund the graphic novel “premiere” edition. At the time

Splatto Comics’ “Impossible Stars” Now on Indiegogo

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Blake Worrell 3 comments

Break the Alien Quarantine! Earlier this week, Splatto Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Impossible Stars, an all-new sci-fi graphic novel set in the same timeline as Desolation Wave (a back-up story in Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG). 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

Mike Baron’s “Florida Man” Fully Funded on Indiegogo After Reddit Bans Book from Discussion Boards

Posted on June 23, 2020 by The Splintering Staff 4 comments

Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Florida Man hit its initial goal with 40 days remaining in the campaign at the time of this writing. The project got a funding boost after one of the creators and all discussion of the book were banned by Reddit for one of the creators being linked to Bleeding Fool, a website that

Cautionary Comics’ “Offworlder” features time-traveling in a kilt

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Late last week, Cautionary Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Offworlder – The Protectors of Sa’Ra. Written by Mike Baron and featuring artwork by Jordi Armengol, Offworlder is a 48-page, sci-fi/fantasy graphic novel about an out-of-time Scottish warrior who is thrown into an intergalactic battle…. uh, sounds pretty much like John Carter of Mars in a kilt. Here’s a better

“Offworlder” coming to Indiegogo 29 March

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

According to independent comics publisher Cautionary Comics, the crowdfunding campaign for Offworlder is scheduled to launch Friday, 29 March. Offworlder is described as a cosmic fantasy graphic novel about an out-of-time barbarian a written by Mike Baron and Ben Henderson and featuring artwork by Jordi Armengol. Here’s a plot synopsis from Cautionary Comics founder Ben Henderson: “Seventh century Scotland. Henry

Cautionary Comics teases “The Wraith” (updated)

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Over the weekend, Cautionary Comics founder Ben Henderson teased The Wraith, an upcoming book featuring the villain from Cautionary’s Offworlder series. Here’s how Henderson pitches the project. THE WRAITH What would you do to save your Family? Seminol Police Officer Patwin Gunn sets out on a seemingly hopeless quest to find the Supernatural Aztec Diety IMAGOG in order to save

Horror anthology “Tales from Beyond the Gate” now live on Indiegogo

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

On Thursday, the crowdfunding campaign for horror anthology graphic novel Tales from Beyond the Gate went live on Indiegogo. Here’s a summary of the project taken straight from the Tales from Beyond the Gate Indiegogo page. “Tales From Beyond the Gate, from the mind of artist John Dillard. A Horror Anthology, from a team of up and coming creators, that

Todd Mulrooney and John Dillard tease new horror anthology “Tales from Beyond the Gate”

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Blake Worrell Leave a comment

Earlier this week, comic artist Todd Mulrooney showed off a single page from his upcoming collaboration with Mike Baron for horror anthology Tales from Beyond the Gate (below). ti Clearly part of Mulrooney’s story takes place in modern day, and a note iyat the top of the teaser page reads “Count Rorshok is risen from the grave”, suggesting the involvement

More “Offworlder” details emerge including an image of the book’s villain, The Wraith!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Blake Worrell One comment

The Offworlder crowdfunding campaign doesn’t launch until 1 March, but Cautionary Comics founder and Offworlder creator Benjamin Henderson is already whetting our pallets by leaking some juicy details of the upcoming graphic novel, including the first look at one of the book’s villains, the Wraith (below). We covered the initial Offworlder reveal last year, but if you’re late to the

Cautionary Comics teases “Offworlder” for 2019

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Blake Worrell One comment

On Wednesday, Cautionary Comics revealed a teaser image of Offworlder, a new comic written by Mike Baron and Ben Henderson and featuring artwork by Jordi Armengol. Described as a cosmic fantasy following the adventures of out-of-time barbarian, Offworlder is set to launch sometime in 2019. Let us know what you think of the reveal below! Thanks for reading! Please consider