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What If Batman Was Also Superman? Excerpt From Nate Cosby & Jacob Edgar's Alter Ego
Nate Cosby and Jacob Edgar are launching a brand new graphic novel, Alter Ego, on Kickstarter Described as an action-packed superhero epic set during the golden age of Hollywood, about someone who has two superheroic identities Basically, what if Batman and Superman were the same person? The 100-page graphic novel is coloured by Kike J[...]
Separated At Birth: J Michael Straczynski's Patriot And Sgt Flag
The other day, Bleeding Cool highlighted that Rik Offenberger of First Comics News had a new comic book of his own, Sgt Flag #1 and was launching it via Kickstarter. And just like all comic book reporters worth their salt, he has gotten Rob Liefeld to draw a cover. Rob Liefeld Draws Simon N Kirby As Sgt[...]
Rob Liefeld Draws Simon N. Kirby As Sgt, Flag #1 For Kickstarter
Rik Offenberger of First Comics News has a new comic book of his own, Sgt Flag #1 and is launching it via Kickstarter on the 1st of March – though you can sign up now And just like all comic book reporters worth their salt, he has gotten Rob Liefeld to draw a cover. Rob Liefeld[...]
Peter David Kickstarts Mash Up Of A Comic Cons & The Canterbury Tales
Peter David writes from hospital, currently recovering from surgery; Most people, when they embark on putting together an anthology, launch a Kickstarter program ahead of time I don't like doing that I have a problem with asking for people to donate to something that they don't know what they're going to get And since I was[...]
Spike Trotman Drops Kickstarter For Iron Circus Comics
Spike Trotman has built a comic book publisher from the ground up, through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, since 2009, raising seven figures in backing But now, as a result of concerns over the use of blockchain technology, Trotman will be bringing the crowdfunding for future Iron Circus graphic novels in-house, with her own crowdfunding infrastructure. And[...]
Grady Hendrix Makes His Graphic Novel Debut As Part Of Diablo House
Here's what a few of the more familiar contributors have to say about their upcoming project, being Kickstartered from Clover Press. Nancy Holder: "From The Twilight Zone to Tales from the Crypt to Black Mirror, there's a rich history of horror anthologies In one of the most beautiful, wealthy zip codes in the country lies the[...]
Dark Horse to Collect Kickstarter Comic, Winds of Numa Sera
Or hail. Originally funded on Kickstarter two years ago, for the first four chapters, the Dark Horse Comics edition will collect the first eight chapters of Winds of Numa Sera and be published in June 2022. Winds of Numa Sera Here's how they described the book at the time; In the Land of Ethera, you either reign, or hail[...]
Rian Hughes Surates Sci-Fi Cover Collection
His latest book, Rayguns and Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art being funded on Kickstarter, is a massive hardcover collection and a curation of classic science fiction book and magazine covers as published in Britain, in a collection designed by himself This kind of thing is in Rian Hughes' blood, in comics he is[...]
Bill Sienkiewicz To Republish Stray Toasters In Deluxe Format
"#coming soon #straytoasters deluxe edition through @Kickstarter #april #2022 @sinKEVitch" Stray Toasters by Bill Sienkievitch published by Marvel Comics, was a comic I read in 1988 at the age of 15 and it did something bad to my brain I had read Bill's work on Elektra Assassin and Daredevil: Love And War And that was why I[...]
Rodney Barnes
Woodward, Paul McCaffrey, Jonathan Marks Barravecchia, Marco Finnegan, Clara Meath, Julius Ohta, and Tom Rogers. Moonstone Books has launched their Kickstarter campaign for this all-new, 100+ page, full-colour graphic novel with ten separate stories And they have hit their goal, and announced their first stretch goal Which will be a new Kolchak story written and drawn[...]
Peter Tomasi Talks To Keith Champagne About Daybreak On Kickstarter
Off the top of his head, he got Peter Tomasi, off of Super Sons, to interview him about his new Kickstartered comic book series Daybreak and asked if I'd run it Now it's not some hard-hitting Panorama expose, it's a bit of puffery But how could I say no? TOMASI: I saw you posted a link[...]
Will Potter And Philip Bond Launch Britpop Comic Geezer
And it has just made its goal on Kickstarter. Will Potter And Philip Bond Launch Britpop Comic Geezer I do not know if as perfect a comic book has ever been made for me as this one I have already pledged to give every penny I have to making this a reality There will be posters, CD[...]
NFTWatch: Zoop Steps Up To Appeal To Kickstarter Boycott
Bleeding Cool covered just a little of the comic book industry reaction to Kickstarter announcing a switch to blockchain technology And it has been undeniably negative Kickstarter tweeted the following in response to such unending diatribes. "We know our community has a lot of questions about this new direction, including how it will benefit creators, and[...]
NFTWatch: Comics Folk Boycott Kickstarter Over New Blockchain Plans
Earlier this week, it was reported that Kickstarter is to build a new crowdfunding system much like Kickstarter's but based on blockchain technology, as are cryptocurrencies and NFTs And that when it's ready, Kickstarter will switch its own website to the new infrastructure, and the new company will make the tools available for anyone to[...]
Stan Lee's Genesis, Tabletop Game Announced, With Ryan Benjamin
Designed by Akel, the game will hit shelves in 2022. "Stan Lee's Genesis puts the power of creation into the hands of the players and honors the legacy of Stan Lee's brilliance as one of the preeminent creative forces of the 20th and 21st centuries," said designer and Rocketship Entertainment CEO and former Webtoon EIC Tom Akel. The game[...]
Superheroes Battle Coronavirus in New Comic "Infectious"
Enter Infectious, the new comic on Kickstarter by writer Arcadio Bolaños and artists Juan Alarcón, Kaskajo, Alberto Aguado, Juan Álvarez, César Hernández-Meraz, Barry Hall, and Lucas Gattoni. On the Kickstarter campaign page, Bolaños writes: I've been writing and publishing comics for years now, but despite my profound love for the superhero genre I had never written story about[...]
Free SDCC Poster For Those Who Kickstart Whilce Portacio's Stone Omnibus
The plan was for the Kickstarter for Whilce Portacio's Stone Omnibus to launch today, on Black Friday But you know what they say about the best-laid plans On Thursday, when setting up the Kickstarter for the book that would collect the original Stone series with tons of additional material, someone at Anomaly Productions pressed the[...]
Top Cow Launches CyberForce 30th Anniversary Hardcover Kickstarter
Top Cow Productions has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the book with different editions and perks , the series that launched a new era of independent storytelling. Cyberforce Kickstarter graphic, Top Cow In celebration of Top Cow Productions/Image Comics' 30thanniversary, CYBERFORCE is being collected in a special action-packed 664-page hardcover collection of the original stories that launched[...]
Exclusive 21-Page Preview of NARCO from Wagner and Hillyard
Narco is half of a new Kickstarter for two comic book projects The first is a new hardcover, expanded edition of the 2017 Image comic book Plastic by Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard, and includes a new 6-page backup story revolving around Edwyn, a former serial killer who goes on a vengeful murder spree to reunite[...]
Atomika: God Is Red Omnibus On Kickstarter, Read Full 1st Issue Free
Artist Sal Abbinanti and writer Andrew Dabb have brought their comic book series Atomika: God Is Red to Kickstarter, with an omnibus edition of these series that includes new work Originally self-published between 2005 and 2011, the cold war era sci-fi superhero comic features Atomika, the modern god of the 20th Century Soviet Union, battling[...]
Stories by WWE and AEW Stars Featured in New Headlocked Comic
Headlocked is back on Kickstarter with another volume of Tales from the Road, and Bleeding Cool spoke with creator Michael Kingston about the new anthology that features stories created in collaboration with some of wrestling biggest current and up-and-coming stars Headlocked: Tales from the Road Volume 2 features stories by Thunder Rosa, AJ Styles, RVD,[...]
Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid Adapt New Dune Film As Graphic Novel
Earlier this week, Legendary Comics announced a Kickstarter for a graphic novel adaptation of the movie version of Dune, ahead of the announcement that Dune would be getting its Part Two as a movie Some wondered how Legendary could afford to a) make the first movie and b) make a second but c) not have[...]
The Beef Bros Are Back... And They've Brought the Fanny Packs
But fear not, comrades, because your collective prayers have been answered: co-creators Aubrey Sitterson and Tyrell Cannon, colorist Raciel Avila, and letterer Taylor Esposito are returning for Beef Bros Behind Bars, a brand-new, double-sized, prestige format Beef Bros graphic novella, available starting today and for the next month on Kickstarter. Described as "working class champions who[...]
Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid Adapt New Dune Film As Graphic Novel
The book will be Kickstartered by Legendary which, yes, I know is weird but it's been a weird year. Legendary Comics, in cooperation with Herbert Properties, LLC, announced today the official movie graphic novel based on Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures' Dune, the critically acclaimed film adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal bestselling book from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve[...]
Deadpool's Co-Creator Gets A Kickstarter – No, The Other One
Kickstarter time! It's been a fairly long while coming to print We first ran publicity about it back in 2017 almost a year ago Then again when it launched as a Webtoon comic in 2018 But finally Outrage, the comic from Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza and Fabian's collaborator on Cable & Deadpool, Reilly Brown, is coming to Kickstarter…[...]
Brett Booth's New Kickstarter Superhero Comic, The Anybodies
Yesterday, Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth launched their new superhero comic book The Anybodies on Kickstarter It got funded fast The pair have previously worked together on Teen Titans and Flash Forward, including the pulped Free Comic Book Day comic for DC in 2020 The 40-page comic has already been written, pencilled, inked, and lettered[...]
Power Rangers, Boom Studios, Kyle Higgins and Kickstarter Royalties
In January, Boom Studios ran a Kickstarter to fund the collection of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic books And they raised over $804,000 from 1584 backers And as part of the Kickstarter, they stated; Power Rangers, Boom Studios, Kyle Higgins and Kickstarter Royalties The amazing comic book stories we've published and are making available in this pre-order[...]
Foul-Mouthed Wrestling Romance Comic Crowdfunded in Under an Hour
The ************* ******, a new creator-owned wrestling romance comic by Max Fuchs, has been fully funded in less than an hour on Kickstarter, the artist reported on Twitter this week Why do we have to censor the title of this comic when Bleeding Cool is owned by Avatar Press, a company that once published an[...]
Actress Anjali Bhimani Launches Kickstarter For New Book
This morning, Anjali Bhimani announced that she is launching a new Kickstarter for her next book titled I Am Fun Size, And So Are You! The award-winning actor started up the campaign for her highly-anticipated book, which the full name of it is I Am Fun Size, And So Are You! Thoughts from a Tiny[...]