The One and Only Kickstarter Comics Thread
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The One and Only Kickstarter Comics Thread
They have one in Video Games Talk, so why not one for us too?
Here are two I'm currently backing:
Sullivan's Sluggers: It's a book about a minor league baseball team that finds themselves fighting for their lives against zombies or demons or something. Whatever. It looks awesome. Written by Mark Andrew Smith (Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, the New Brighton Archeological Society, and the Amazing Joy Buzzards) and illustrated by James Stokoe (Orc Stain). This thing is off the hook intense, and it's been successful enough that the book is going to be a slip-cased hardcover.
Warning -- less than 48 hours to go on this Kickstarter, so pledge now if you want in on it!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-graphic-novel
Sidekicks: About five years ago, Paul Jenkins and Chris Moreno did a great book about a poor schlub who is a sidekick to four different superheroes. It was hilarious, and now they're bringing it back. I would compare it to (in art style and tone) Chew, but set in a superhero universe with characters like The Living Sherbet, Claude Balls, Dinosaur Hunter ("When mankind eventually clones dinosaurs, Claude Balls will be ready"), and Bitch Slap ("If Green Lantern were a pimp, this is what he would look like.")
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803036765/sidekick
Here are two I'm currently backing:
Sullivan's Sluggers: It's a book about a minor league baseball team that finds themselves fighting for their lives against zombies or demons or something. Whatever. It looks awesome. Written by Mark Andrew Smith (Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, the New Brighton Archeological Society, and the Amazing Joy Buzzards) and illustrated by James Stokoe (Orc Stain). This thing is off the hook intense, and it's been successful enough that the book is going to be a slip-cased hardcover.
Warning -- less than 48 hours to go on this Kickstarter, so pledge now if you want in on it!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-graphic-novel
Sidekicks: About five years ago, Paul Jenkins and Chris Moreno did a great book about a poor schlub who is a sidekick to four different superheroes. It was hilarious, and now they're bringing it back. I would compare it to (in art style and tone) Chew, but set in a superhero universe with characters like The Living Sherbet, Claude Balls, Dinosaur Hunter ("When mankind eventually clones dinosaurs, Claude Balls will be ready"), and Bitch Slap ("If Green Lantern were a pimp, this is what he would look like.")
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803036765/sidekick
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If you like Comics, Movies and Horror...then you might like this. I am a fan of HorrorHound's magazine. They do great spreads showing all kinds of collectables for horror movies and series so this book should look pretty damn good.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...m_content=HTML
Tried to post some pix of the book and what it looked like but couldn't get them to show up. Hit the link.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...m_content=HTML
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Tried to post some pix of the book and what it looked like but couldn't get them to show up. Hit the link.
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PhantomStranger (12-01-20)
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Heavy Rotation, a comic about 80s college DJs:
HEAVY ROTATION by Shelly Bond — Kickstarter
This one's only got two days left and has already met the requirement, but I donated anyway just to get the book and the swag.
HEAVY ROTATION by Shelly Bond — Kickstarter
This one's only got two days left and has already met the requirement, but I donated anyway just to get the book and the swag.
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Re: The One and Only Kickstarter Comics Thread
Heavy Rotation, a comic about 80s college DJs:
HEAVY ROTATION by Shelly Bond — Kickstarter
This one's only got two days left and has already met the requirement, but I donated anyway just to get the book and the swag.
HEAVY ROTATION by Shelly Bond — Kickstarter
This one's only got two days left and has already met the requirement, but I donated anyway just to get the book and the swag.
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I recently backed Tex (Italian Western, about halfway to its goal halfway through the campaign so I’m concerned about it) and Athena Voltaire (throwback pulp adventure, has blown past the target and hit most of its stretch goals).
A bunch of my kickstarters have gone fine, but I’m still waiting on four. One (Dreadstar) is behind but promising to send soon. One (Maggie the Cat) never delivered, but the organizer of a subsequent Mike Grell project said they’d send my stuff, but they haven’t. Another couple were organized by the now-infamous Drew Ford, who did send PDFs but keeps begging for money through various channels so I’m very skeptical of those. The last three soured me on KS so I went a while without backing anything.
A bunch of my kickstarters have gone fine, but I’m still waiting on four. One (Dreadstar) is behind but promising to send soon. One (Maggie the Cat) never delivered, but the organizer of a subsequent Mike Grell project said they’d send my stuff, but they haven’t. Another couple were organized by the now-infamous Drew Ford, who did send PDFs but keeps begging for money through various channels so I’m very skeptical of those. The last three soured me on KS so I went a while without backing anything.
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I’ve had a surprisingly good Kickstarter track record. The Arsenic Lullabies campaign took like six years, but I eventually got my stuff. John K’s Cans campaign was a mess and I never got my short, but I only donated $1, and the short eventually made its way to YouTube.
Last year’s Rifftrax campaign had its live shows delayed a year, but due to the pandemic that’s understandable.
Last year’s Rifftrax campaign had its live shows delayed a year, but due to the pandemic that’s understandable.
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I saw the Heavy Rotation and backed that one. Pretty much the time period I was in college listening to that music so interested to see what it shows. Also came across a Jack Katz kickstarter surprised he was still with us.
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Not a comic, but there’s a documentary about Mike Mignola being made, which is closing in on $200,000 raised and it’s only been up for about 24 hours.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...lm/description
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...lm/description
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