Chad Burdette
Comic Watch is proud to spotlight and support crowdfunded projects across various platforms so that these creators are able to bring their creations and stories to life.
Here are just a few of the projects that we feel deserve your attention and support:
The Complete Adventures of Roswell, Little Green Man
For the first time, every Roswell story to date is collected between two covers, including a rare, newly-colored tale drawn by Archie legend Dan DeCarlo! Also included are previously unseen pin-ups by Jack Davis, Eric Powell, Art Baltazar, and more!
GAMEMASTERS: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games
The history of roleplaying games told in graphic novel format by Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler.
Check out our interview with writer Fred Van Lente:
American Yakuza – NSFW Murder Mystery in Japan (Acts 1 & 2)
Join us on a violent, sexy trip to Japan to solve a murder. It’s Succession meets John Wick, Tokyo Vice, and MAX’s Warrior!
MMA, Japan, sex toys shop, hookers, thugs, Yakuza gangsters, Tokyo Solamachi mall, a failed assassination… ALL IN THE FIRST TWENTY PAGES OF OUR STORY!
Now, Xavier, Kyomi, and Masashi have to race to figure out who killed Tenshin, who attempted to kill them and stay alive long enough to sort out the family succession situation…
American Yakuza Act I introduced us to our protagonist Xavier Watanabe, as well as his guides and cohorts Kyomi & Masashi, as he travels to Japan to honor his murdered friend’s memory – and solve that murder mystery. Why was Tenshin killed? By whom? Who’s next…?
And who is Hiro? What’s his involvement in this latest set of circumstances??
After the events of the first act, we find Xavier and his new “friends” chasing down a lead into Tenshin’s murder: a cousin named Hiro. But there’s another person in the mix that deepens the mystery and tangles our plot knots even further: Kenji, the eldest cousin and rightful heir to the family business.
AMERICAN YAKUZA Act II picks up where we left off from Act I, but the momentum continues to accelerate as we bring more and more action, more intrigue, more twists, more turns, and more questions as Xavier’s drive to find Tenshin’s murders takes him deeper into the Japanese underworld.
Every act is written by Anthony Stokes, Chris Moses, and Charlie McElvy and illustrated by the incredible Italian artist Damiano Restivo, who brings us his uniquely stunning and cinematically-driven storytelling that is further deepened by John’s professionally perfect palette of digital color depth and dynamism. Rounding out the art team is Ringo Award-winning letterer Taylor Esposito. Edits by Xion Studios EIC Vito Delsante and Associate Editor Suzanne McElvy.
Ronda Rousey & AWA Present: EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED
With art by comics legend Mike Deodato, this original graphic novel mixes wildly accurate fight scenes with action, comedy, and romance
UFC, WWE, and Judo champion, multi-ESPY award-winner, and Hollywood actress Ronda Rousey has stepped out of the ring and into the world of comics with her debut graphic novel EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED!
Teaming up with award-winning artist Mike Deodato, Jr. (Avengers, Not All Robots, The Flash), Rousey’s action-packed title follows a newly pregnant mom with a bounty on her head as she fights off waves of assassins.
AWA, the indie publisher of bold, original stories from the world’s most outstanding creators, will give die-hard fans first access to this 160-page action-packed original graphic novel, plus the chance to take part in exclusive reward tiers only available on Kickstarter
Her codename: “Mom.” With a fake baby bump filled with guns, she’s built a reputation as one of the deadliest hit-women on the planet. But on the verge of her big break in the criminal underworld, Mom makes a fateful decision: sleeping with a potential target (who just so happens to be a top-ranked assassin himself). What follows is a wild mashup of action, adventure, comedy, and romance as a newly pregnant Mom with a bounty on her head fights off wave-after-wave of assassins, falls in love with her baby daddy, and decides how to face her personal and professional predicament
Penned by Ronda Rousey, edited by Axel Alonso, AWA Chief Creative Officer and former Editor-and-Chief at Marvel, with art by Eisner and Ringo Award-winning comic book artist Mike Deodato, Jr. (Avengers, Not All Robots, The Flash), the graphic noveldraws on Rousey’s incredible career in the ring and pairs it with Deodato’s martial arts background to create the most accurate and action-packed fight scenes in comics!
The book sets a new bar for authenticity of fight scenes through a unique creative process developed by Ronda Rousey, Mike Deodato Jr., and AWA
DEMI THE DEMONESS OMNIBUS – by NSFW Artist Steve S Crompton
Demi’s VERY Erotic Misadventures in Hell. The First Edition Hardcover Collection from Carnal Comics & Discordia Publishing.
Bonus: A short Demi story from the Eros Comics title Rear Entry issue 11, and is part of her main canon, is included in the Demi Omnibus!
This book will be a Limited Run, First Edition Hardcover. Around 340 Pages, final count TBD. Content is strictly black and white throughout, with content in both line art, and selective high level shade work.
This book is already fully completed and Steve S Crompton is doing the Layout himself, adding final touches, additional content, design elements, and even a new Map of Demi’s Hell!
This tome will contain a Foreword by Jay Allen Sanford columnist and cartoonist for the San Diego Reader since 1994. Former Publisher at Carnal Comics. And an extensive resume of Comics, Film, Television, Magazines, and Band Art too extensive to even begin to cover here. See his Wiki here: LINK
Other Creatives involved in the development of this book over the years include: Diego Simone, Michael Dowers, Ezra Mark, Philo, Scott McLean, Perry Lake, Anita, Kim Thompson, Gary Groth, Alonzo, & Seppo Makinen.
Demi’s Omnibus will be a Limited Run based on the results of this project, and will be Numbered. The Demi the Demoness Omnibus is not only the most affordable way to own the complete Demi Hell Saga, it is also a sound investment in a high value piece of Underground Comics History!
Don’t Tell My Wife I’m a Cult Leader – Book 1 | 384 pages
In 1994, a dark obsession and rebellious romance ignite the dawn of the digital age
The story unfolds in a dystopian hellscape, also known as the present day, where an older, battle-hardened Floyd confronts armed state authorities in his ultimate showdown. As he reflects on his uncanny odyssey, Floyd reveals how his underdog saga rocked the dawn of the digital age.
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Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales -Original Graphic Novel -160+pgs
Imagine a twisted realm where Fairy Tales collide with Cthulhu cosmic horror, in this dark reimagining of these classic tales.
What do you get with Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales?
- Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales is a 160+ page FULL-COLOR GRAPHIC NOVEL comic in Standard American comic size, on high-quality gloss paper.
- Backers get various cover choices — HARDCOVER or SOFTCOVER.
- This crossover between CTHULHU and FAIRY TALES is a comic filled with action, adventure, comedy, and tragedy.
- At higher pledge levels, backers will access campaign-exclusive limited-edition items (COLLECTORS BOXES, EXTRA PRINTS)
- If you missed out on past CTHULHU INVADES Graphic Novels (CTHULHU INVADES OZ, CTHULHU INVADES WONDERLAND AND CTHULHU INVADES NEVERLAND) you can also get that here!
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OneNation: Stronghold #1-3
A death in the family takes Superhero Damian Strong, AKA Stronghold back to his roots and the ghosts of his past.
Co-created by Glyph award-winning writers Jason Reeves (Pax Samson, Spidey and his Amazing Friends: Sounds Like Trouble) and YALSA and ITM Book award-winner Greg Anderson Elysée (Is’nana the Were-Spider, Dreamer)!
With art by Antonello Cosentino (Over The Ropes), OneNation: Stronghold is the revolutionary origin story about growing up in rural Louisiana and coming to terms with sexuality and a family history of racism.
Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll the relaunch!
After a successful start in 2021, the Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll franchise is back with a soft relaunch, and new plan going forward
First launched in Summer 2021, the Kickstarters became runaway hits, and the planned main story and back up comic expanded to an anthology series of books filled with 64 pages of action, adventures, romance, sex, spies, and rock ‘n roll!
Now there are 3 completed Anthology books, three spinoff series, and more than 300 pages of content that has been created that has yet to be published.
After taking 2023 off to get caught up and organized, Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll is back and ready to do a soft reboot for people to get caught up, and to get on board for the first time, and to see at least 4 new comics and graphic novels being offered every year moving forward. No more waits, no more delays.
The 1980s are the perfect era of spy stories. The Cold War was at its hottest, the fashion was loud, the music was louder, and the spies of these tales are young, hip, and sexually charged!
The main stories revolve around Cassi Storm, a young woman who finds herself becoming one of the world’s foremost secret agents, along with her lover, and his best friend. It spreads to their friends and families, and the intricate knots of intrigue and conspiracy that bind them all together.
Tell Them of Us | The Stories We Leave Behind
A post-apocalyptic graphic novel anthology that explores humanity through memories left for others to remember us by.
“TELL THEM OF US” is a comic anthology that explores the last recorded voices of human civilization witnessed through the lens of an alien crew discovering a hastily assembled digital archive of our memories: Our attempt, as a species, at both legacy and warning, created in the face of oblivion.
n the introductory story of Tell Them of Us, an alien crew stumbles upon a time capsule containing the recorded experiences of humanity before, during, and after a complex but self-inflicted calamity. These collected experiences are tales of triumphs, struggles, hopes, and harsh realities that define the human condition.
In contrast to so many “post-apocalypse” stories where a portion of humanity survives to learn from our mistakes, this book poses an important question: What would we do, and who would we choose to be, if the world was ending and destruction was certain? What is our legacy? How would we wish to be remembered, knowing this was our opportunity to save something of who we were? What do we truly leave behind?
These stories imaginatively answer that question and serve as both bittersweet requiem and clarion call for readers to consider a better future in the here and now.
Mob Princess #1 – The Journey to Becoming a Made Woman
When We Transform: A Superhero Tale of Transition
Tokusatsu and the Trans Experience
A Town by the Sea – Mermaid folk-horror comic one shot
Serena and Loella explore like they have many times before; hidden in the water. Trusting humans isn’t easy, but should they try again?
In a town by the sea, Serena and Loella explore just like they have a million times before.
Keeping out of sight and in the water, until they meet a curious stranger. Though trusting humans has never been easy for them… maybe that changes today?
Written and drawn by Nina Poulston and lettered by Rob Jones, this folk-horror one-shot will keep you guessing to the end.
PUM´KIDS
Two pint sized Pum´kids & their friends trying to save Halloween from evil Dotty Yaga.
STEEL VICTORY #1 – A Super Sentai Noir
A Noir set in a Super Sentai World
The Gorgonites were the enemy! They would use their terrifying creatures to Wreak Havoc!
Nox: Demon of Nightmares (a steamy, thrilling horror comic)
A dark and twisted queer horror comic from the MY REAPER BOYFRIEND Universe!
But lately, his thirst for adventure has been…growing. He has a sudden urge to shake things up. So he decides to head for the Overworld and have a little fun.
Traveling by his signature means of transportation, Nox starts to terrorize a group of college friends through their nightmares.
But the suave and stoic demon soon starts to develop feelings for one of his victims…
Will he finally succumb to the uncomfortable feelings of…romance? Or will he fall prey and become trapped in one of his own powerful nightmares? Find out in Nox: Demon of Nightmares #1!
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That’s a wrap for this week.
Next week we will return with new projects to spotlight also if you are crowdfunding a project and would like to be put in the Korner, drop us a line at chad@comic-watch.com, and we will take a look when we put together next week’s post.
