Site icon Comic Watch

Comic Watch Presents: The Korner – A Comic Crowdfunding Round Up – February 21, 2026

 

 

Philosophy: A Discovery In Comics

Current Funding: $3,278
Funding Goal: $6,000
Days Left: 28
Link: Philosophy: A Discovery In Comics

 

The basics of Western philosophy explained in engaging comics — author/artist Margreet de Heer introduces you to a few key philosophers and concepts and makes you think for yourself!

What is thinking? What is reality? What is the purpose of life? Philosophers all through the ages have throught about these questions and you can now think along with them through this fun, accessible graphic novel which lays out the fundamentals of Western philosophy for anyone who likes to think about thinking, from age 12 and up.

Besides exploring some of the Big Questions, this book also provides drawn biographies of a few key philosophers and an overview of their ideas:

Margreet de Heer draws herself in this book, too! She looks at how philosophy applies to her own life and that of others

— — —

SLAY! / The Girlfriend Survives – Double First Issue Flip Book

by Jeremy Whitley & Alex Smith & Luc Nakashoji

Jeremy Whitley presents a special double first issue 56-page comic!

Current Funding: $4,054
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 12
Link: SLAY! / The Girlfriend Survives – Double First Issue Flip Book

On one side it’s the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by Writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick and Letterer Taylor Esposito, and on the other-side the The Girlfriend Survives is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you’ve never seen before, written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.

Writer Jeremy Whitley presents the first chapter of two brand new creator-owned stories in a collector’s edition flip book! No other release of these books will ever be like this!

On one side, it’s the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Letterer Taylor Esposito.

Leilah wants to be a monster hunter. She wants to do it so bad, she’s pretending to be the notorious monster hunter known as The Scarred Rider in hopes she may meet the legend herself. But when her first hunt turns out to be way more dangerous than she can handle, Leilah may not live long enough to meet the Rider or, worse yet, she just might. This post-apocalyptic monster-hunting western is the first chapter of an epic about coming of age soaked in blood and monster guts and the dangers of meeting your heroes in the dark woods while you’re impersonating them.

And on the other-side is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you’ve never seen before. Part super drama, part meta comedy, The Girlfriend Survives is Written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji, and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.

It follows the story of Delilah Dillon, a barista who wins the heart of local college professor Billy Bright. But what she can’t possibly guess is that Billy is the civilian alter ego of the mighty superhero Brightstar! And when Brightstar’s greatest foe discovers her connection, she finds herself headed down the same route as a hundred civilian love interests before her – right into the fridge. But Delilah has a secret of her own: she’s a survivor and this superhero love story is about to get flipped on its head.

— —

NEGATIVE BURN: The Anthology

Current Funding: $18,064
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 13
Link:  NEGATIVE BURN: The Anthology

A classic returns! After almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics!

Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!

fter almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics! Pruett is an Eisner Award–winning writer, editor, and publisher with over three decades in comics. From writing tales of your favorite characters to founding Desperado Books, he has built a career championing creators and producing industry-defining collections, anthologies and stories.

Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!

Previously featured and unfunded:

 

Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:

Greenzone: Life In The Blocks “First Shift” TPB

172 page full color TPB directors cut of issues 1-4 with deleted scenes, short stories, and new character files.

Current Funding: $4,310
Funding Goal: $4,000
Days Left: 17
Link: Greenzone: Life In The Blocks “First Shift” TPB
When there’s five years on the force between you and citizenship… Illegal genomes will risk it all against mutant gangs, a corrupt system, and a world that hates them to claw their way out of the Greenzone!  This is their first shift.
Growing up in Green Valley, the suburbs of the Greenzone, Brooks was the star of the football team. Tall, strong, and popular, Brooks had his pick of opportunities to serve.  He was tempted to enlist in the Marines like his father before him… but the helmet requirements would have forced him to cut his beautiful horns.
A late bloomer, Bellamy was human a few years ago until her body hair started changing into barbed quills, and suddenly she’s pulled from college, cast out of her family and had her citizenship revoked! She is constantly on edge, because accidentally bumping into someone on the bus could get her an unlawful use of supernatural force charge. She was always afraid of genomes and has yet to fully realize she is now one of the scary monsters. She feels completely out of her depth in the police academy… but she is in control of her life for the first time, and this was the best plan she had.

Danny Kim is a second generation career police officer, his father has proudly served on the force for over 20 years. Danny has grown up easy, with his father paving the way he has had everything handed to him. Being able to pass for human, he can easily slip in and out of the Greenzone without issue. He doesn’t fully realize how different his privileged life has been from his trainee, Virgil

– — —

Malek: Reigning Devil 1-3

John Wick meets Spawn and is inspired by Dante’s Inferno! 36 interior pages! Malek journeys to Purgatory to confront Lucifer!

Current Funding: $492
Funding Goal: $800
Days Left: 12
Link: Malek: Reigning Devil 1-3

 

Malek: Reigning Devil is a high-octane, hardcore, but literary, story with deep influences from Dante’s Divine Comedy, Spawn, and Paradise Lost.

Malek, for eons, existed as God’s Wrath on Earth—the Ha-Masshit, ensconced in his belief in God’s love. Throughout time, Malek has laid waste to empires, smited thousands in the name of God, and hunted rogue nephilim. Steeped in blood, Malek has remained the righteous hammer of his creator, never questioning the nature of his divine existence.

However, Malek was tricked into journeying to the lowest circle of Hell to kill the Devil. Unbeknownst to Malek, he who kills the Devil, must then become the new Devil—a fact Malek learned only upon killing Lucifer.

Malek seethed over the eternal punishment he had not earned, for no angel may set foot in Heaven once sullied by the sands of Hell. Cheated by his creator, he sought vengeance born of holy wrath and hate.

One by one, Malek defeated the lords of each circle of Hell- vanquishing his enemies and bringing their loyal servants to heel

=

— — —

Stealth Hammer – Bring on the Bad Guys

A superhero adventure set in a world of high-tech gadgetry and supernatural mythology. Now it’s time to meet the villains of our story.

Current Funding: $4,631
Funding Goal: $6,000
Days Left: 7

 

Stealth Hammer is an all-ages superhero adventure comic that tells the story of Jami Taylor, a teenage college student who suddenly finds herself with incredible powers. She soon discovers she is part of a family legacy of guardians in a world of high-tech gadgetry and supernatural mythology.

In the first issue we discovered her origin. Issue two we uncovered her legacy. In the third installment we journeyed with her sidekick and mentor, Ari the Elf. Now in the fourth issue it’s time to BRING ON THE BAD GUYS!!

After her first confrontation with her mad scientist uncle and learning that she is part of a larger legacy, Jami Taylor, aka Stealth Hammer, has just arrived in Iceland. She is on a journey to meet the Goddess Aurora and the Council of Elders to become the hero she needs to be. But just as she is arriving, the other side led by Gerome Hunts is gathering to stop her…

We’ll discover what secrets this villainous group holds and see some of their first steps toward stopping Jami on her hero’s quest.

It’s time for the forces against Stealth Hammer to gather and launch their plan! There will be all-out action and a whole new cabal of villainous characters to meet, from the witch Baba Yaga with her goblin-like Tokoloshe to the bat-god Camazotz. Stealth Hammer is going to have her hands full against this horde of enemies.

— — —

ODE TO SEX: An Exquisite Collection of European Erotica

From the renowned publisher of ground-breaking science fiction, esoteric fantasy, and gritty crime comes something…more carnal.

Current Funding: $89,195
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 20
Link ODE TO SEX: An Exquisite Collection of European Erotica

For half a century, Humanoids and their anthology Metal Hurlant have reshaped the landscape of our collective unconscious. Though they are best recognized for breaking down barriers (of the creative and spiritual kind), they have also been known to erect.

After decades of ushering sequential science fiction, adventure, and fantasy masterworks into the English-speaking world and beyond, reinvigorating mind and spirit, they thought it high time to honor the FLESH.

A carefully curated collection of exquisite erotica from the greatest European masters, including works never before published in English, each presented in the classic European format: Sleek. Oversized. Hard.

ODE TO THE X: a 60-page color book. A magnificent, sensual anthology, that unites eighteenth century experts of licentious verse with top tier artists and twentieth century foxes such as Mœbius, Liberatore (RanXerox), Loustal, and Bess. Within these pages, the dreamy drawings of Beb-deum illustrate the erotic words of Belleau, the bawdyness of Pierre Motin meets the frank and straightforward line of Chauzy, and Mœbius packs the rhymes and assonances of Patin de la Fizelière into a psychedelic comic strip worthy of his greatest works. Eight original couplings come together in a pleasure feast for your senses.

– — —

HELLRAISER: Leviathan’s Vault

More than a collection, HELLRAISER: LEVIATHAN’S VAULT is a chronicle of damnation.

Current Funding: $534,881
Funding Goal: $25,000
Days Left: 25
Link HELLRAISER: Leviathan’s Vault

Give in to temptation and come on a skin-crawling trip to Hell with HELLRAISER: LEVIATHAN’S VAULT. On the 40th anniversary of The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker’s original source material for the Hellraiser film franchise, Pinhead returns to wreak havoc on the human realm. Whether you fall into his grasp and become part of his Cenobite army or successfully escape your brush with death is all dependent on your smarts and grit. Good luck—you’ll need it.

HELLRAISER: LEVIATHAN’S VAULT collects the entirety of BOOM!’s long-out-of-print Hellraiser comics, along with a special volume featuring select fan-favorite stories from Marvel’s classic run of Hellraiser comics, all in deluxe hardcover editions!

Beware: this is no ordinary collection. It stands as a celebration of a legacy: a testament to a world that continues to evolve, provoke, and seduce, forty years after it first invited us to open the box.

HELLRAISER: LEVIATHAN’S VAULT is an archival descent into forbidden knowledge—meticulously restored, curated, and presented for those willing to go further than the casual reader. Across multiple premium formats, this campaign offers collectors the chance to possess the Hellraiser comics in editions worthy of Leviathan.

From sleek deluxe hardcovers in tar-black or blood-red, to slipcased editions designed to feel less like books and more like relics, every version of Leviathan’s Vault has been crafted with reverence for Barker’s world of pain, pleasure, and dark transcendence.

Whether you seek knowledge, power, or exquisite suffering, Leviathan’s Vault offers a path forward.

— — —

Sleeping Wizards

A ragtag party of wizards & thieves brave a dangerous dungeon to free themselves, and find out what happened to Eliza’s missing father!

Current Funding: $6,204
Funding Goal: $ 18,000
Days Left: 24
Link Sleeping Wizards

ew have braved the dungeons of the Sleeping Wizards and lived to tell the tale. That includes Eliza’s father, who once tried to unravel its mysteries . . . and was never seen again. Now, imprisoned and with nothing left to lose, she’s offered a chance to have her life back, and to discover what happened to her dad all those years ago . . . all she has to do is finish his quest.

The first hurdle will be finding a way to trust her new teammates on this hopeless venture: anxious spellcaster Heather, street thief Xander, cat-turned-human Mustaffa, and Randall, the final survivor of her dad’s doomed mission.

As this ragtag party fights its way through each of the dungeon’s dangerous levels and farther into its dreaming depths, they draw ever closer to uncovering its ultimate secret . . . but is Eliza truly ready for what she’ll find?

A classic dungeon crawler with blazing magical action, Sleeping Wizards is a dream-swept call to adventure you’ll never forget!

— — —

MUSLIM FUTURES

A literary fiction and graphic novel anthology featuring stories set in aspirational futures through a Muslims lens

Current Funding: $1,336
Funding Goal: $20,000
Days Left: 26
Link MUSLIM FUTURES
Hey friends! Ramadan Mubarak, and welcome to the exclusive launch campaign for the MUSLIM FUTURES anthology! A collection of prose stories and comics from an amazing group of Muslim authors and filmmakers all set in radically aspirational futures!’

This exclusive book launch is only available on Kickstarter – for now – and you can be the first to order this radical collection of stories, months before it hits the shelves of a bookstore near you!

OUR STORY!

Muslim Futures is a prose fiction anthology AND a graphic novel anthology – that’s right, we are releasing 2 entirely different versions of this book here on this campaign – featuring a multiverse of stories from veteran authors and filmmakers set in aspirational futures for Muslims in America and beyond. Futures where Muslims have all the conditions necessary to thrive, where our experiences are not defined by our trauma or our proximity to violence, as the mainstream media tropes love to do, but where our stories are defined by our authentic values of community care, justice and love. We wanted to tell our stories, our way, in our own words, and create our own futures, full of abundance and belonging.

— — —

WEIRD TALES – A Graphic Novel of Bizarre & Unusual Stories

After 100 years, the unique magazine gets its first official comic book treatment

Current Funding: $76,041
Funding Goal: $ 1,923
Days Left: 25
Link WEIRD TALES – A Graphic Novel of Bizarre & Unusual Stories

Weird Tales – A Graphic Novel of Bizarre & Unusual Stories contains 10 stories from the best writers and artists in comicdom.

SHAMBLEAU

  • Adapted by writer Blake Northcott and artist George Quadros. Colors by Zac Atkinson, lettering by Taylor Esposito.
  • C.L. Moore’s “Shambleau” was first published in November 1933 issue of Weird Tales.

SKULLS IN THE STARS

  • Adapted by writer Steve Niles and artist Andrey Lunatik. Colors by Zac Atkinson, lettering by Taylor Esposito.
  • Robert E. Howard’s “Skulls in the Stars” was first published in January 1929 issue of Weird Tales.

Other Stories Include:

  • Michael Avallone’s “The Man Who Walked on Air” — adapted by David Avallone, the writer and son of Michael Avallone, and Robert Hack
  • Ray Bradbury’s “The Scythe” — adapted by Weird Tales editor Jonathan Maberry and artist J.K. Woodward
  • Allison V. Harding’s “The Damp Man” — adapted by writer Nancy A. Collins and artist Marco Finnegan
  • An original Lovecraft Mythos Story by Peabody Award-winning screenwriter and producer Rodney Barnes  and artist Lukas Ketner
  • Anthony M. Rud’s “Ooze” — the first story published by Weird Tales, in 1923 — reimagined by Weird Tales president, director, and producer John Harlacher and artist Zac Atkinson
  • “Doctor Satan vs. Jules de Grandin” by writer James Aquilone and artist Dave Swartz
  • “The Cthulhu Project” by writer Richard Krepit and artist EV Cantada

— — —

System Error Volume 1 – A Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel

When tour guide ITTO wakes to take on a new day handing out leaflets, it’s confused to find out the world was not how it left it…

Current Funding: $13,216
Funding Goal: $$1,343
Days Left: 4
Link: System Error Volume 1 – A Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel

System Error follows ITTO, a tourism robot turned relic, on his quest through a deserted British landscape to fulfil his primary function: to help people.

ITTO awakes in an almost unrecognisable London through which he must search for a functioning power source. After locating a Tourtec support station, he replaces his core, and downloads the latest software update containing an emergency factory recall with scant details as to what befell the population.

Related: Simon Birks and Willi Roberts Summon The Thing On The Doorstep

Unknown to ITTO, however, is that he is not alone, and must attempt to overcome the many challenges posed by a robot-strewn environment no longer controlled by humanity.

Volume 1 brings together the first 6 incredible issues, with additional story pages, and lots of back matter to make this a whopping 174 page sci-fi must-have!

Written and drawn by Phil Chapman, prepare to embark on an adventure-filled epic robot quest – available as both a stunning hardback and b

— — —

The Vicious Vixens #1-4 – The Lost City Of Gold!

The Vixens Are Back In Their Most Vicious Adventure Yet!

Current Funding: $2,243
Funding Goal: $3,500
Days Left: 23
Link: The Vicious Vixens #1-4 – The Lost City Of Gold!
Eight women each with a unique skill have been kidnapped by a criminal cartel for an unknown purpose. Thanks to a minor miracle, they manage to escape, but not for long. Now the Mob has them back to do a job only they can do, the only problem is – succeed or fail – they’re almost certain to die!
The Vixens have been captured in the jungles of Peru
But even if they survive that – what will happen when in The Lost City of Gold!

— — —

Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll: 4 new issues and more!

The anthology series and spinoff returns, with two one-shot books also available, and more!

Current Funding: $4,365
Funding Goal: $ 7,777
Days Left: 26
Link: Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll: 4 new issues and more!

On the run from every spy agency in the world after accidentally getting hold of some top secret weapon plans, Jon Spade is taken on a whirlwind adventure by Cassi Storm (one of the best spies in the business) to find a safe place to hide and wait for her lover, and Jon’s brother, Duke, to come find them. But it is not without complications.

You see, Jon was once an aspiring rock and roll musician, and he even made an album (which is available in this campaign! More on that later) that makes him reasonably well-known in certain circles.

Issue #6 picks up the action with Jon and Cassi in Dover, England, while Duke, and company are following the clues leading to them. But danger lurks at every turn.

— — —

Make 100: VALID – Finding validity in the lgBtqia+!

VALID is an autobio/slice of life comic following Karri’s journey to discovering, accepting, and celebrating her bisexuality!

Current Funding: $ 991
Funding Goal: $2,200
Days Left: 4
VALID is an autobio/slice of life comic following Karri’s journey discovering her bisexuality!
“This is a life story about a girl who came to learn her bisexuality was valid in a world that didn’t value it. Didn’t believe in it. This girl was me.” – Karri Garland
The 2000’s in a small-town were a difficult time for closeted, bisexual Karri. With her community pressuring her to ‘be normal’ or ‘pick a side’, she struggles to conform.
When Karri realizes that she may not be straight, she tries her best to bury it in fear of becoming a total outcast from the only community she’s ever known. From messy breakups to locker-room rumors, Karri tries to fit into the mold of a straight girl, only to realize that hiding something doesn’t mean it goes away…
Karri may be able to fool her family, her classmates, even the world – but will she be able to fool her HEART?!

Relatable, thoughtful, and all-too-real, VALID follows Karri as she stumbles through high school and beyond to recognize and accept her bisexuality!

“I hope my audience is not only LGBTQIA2+ Youth, but those who grew up in a small town with small-minded people and while their journey may have been tough, finds peace and their truth within this comic. I hope this can reach people who feel like they aren’t valued as a bisexual feel seen and heard. I hope not only bisexual adults, but bisexual adults who are “straight-passing” find this too who have been told we don’t belong in either section of the heteronormative or lgbtqia2+ communities. I hope bisexual adults find this too, who may have grown up in the same generation as me (90s-2000’s) with the same environment going through similar actions and thoughts trying to find the validating ending we all vied for whether you ended up with the same-sex or the opposite sex as your partner.” – Karri

— — —

Blood of Atlantis #1-3: A Globetrotting Magical Adventure

A lost Atlantean secret holds the key to saving Beatrice, as the Indiana Jones meets Dungeons & Dragon adventure continues!

Current Funding: $6,412
Funding Goal: $2,000
Days Left: 11
Blood of Atlantis #3 is a 34-page modern-day globetrotting magical adventure! It’s the adventure and puzzles from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis mixed with Dungeons & Dragons, with a dash of myth a la Gargoyles’ Avalon World Tour.

In a world where magic once flowed across the earth like a river, where all myth has some measure of truth, Beatrice made a name for herself as one of the top Questers in New York, seeking out the last remnants of magic and making powerful enemies along the way.

And now she has set her sights on her most daring goal yet: the Lost City that sank beneath the waves long ago, home to untold power and knowledge.

But it will take all of Beatrice’s wits, strength, and resolve if she is to resurrect the Blood of Atlantis.

— — —

Superguy #1 and #2: My Date with the President’s Daughter

When a rampaging pink monster looks for revenge on an injured Superguy, will Robotguy step up and save the day… or fall in love?!

Current Funding: $3,418
Funding Goal: $3,000
Days Left: 20

Superguy is a comedic superhero comic book series written by Anthony Iannaccio and drawn/lettered by Joey Murphy.

In April of 2025, we fully funded the first issue of Superguy in just under FOUR hours and had an unbelievable amount of support from the comic book community and our friends and family. Now we’re back for our SECOND full-length 28-page issue!

In issue #1, Robotguy saved the big city from being destroyed by a meteor and Superguy promptly took credit… then proceeded to take a nap. Feeling like a true hero, Robotguy suited up and defeated of gauntlet of Superguy’s villains. This angered Superguy and a city-destroying battle between Superguy and Robotguy ensued, leading to the breakup of hero and sidekick.

In this second issue of our planned four-issue first arc, an injured Superguy is kidnapped by The Prez’s goons and attacked by a rampaging pink monster. Will Robotguy step up and save the day… or fall in love?!

And we’re proud to say: NO A.I. was used or will ever be used by the creators of this comic to create this issue, covers, pin-ups or anything involving Superguy or any of our other work! Superguy was 100% human created by REAL ARTISTS.

— — —

Sweeney Todd #1

May this story disturb and excite you appropriately.

Current Funding: $4,639
Funding Goal: $500
Days Left: 9

This entire story will be told in 4 books total. This is the first book.

Pre-Victorian London, 1785.
The practice of medical cannibalism has reached its peak.
Mumia—the practice of grinding human flesh and organ into a powder to be served with wine—now survives only among the rich. In candlelit basements, they host lavish unwrapping parties, sipping dust from ancient mummies and drifting into euphoric trances.

Outside their mansions, the city burns.

The Golden Riots have left London raw and trembling—streets crowded with beggars, bankers, and broken men clawing to rebuild what faith and empire have consumed. To add insult to injury, the American Revolutionary War has ended, and veterans like Sweeney Todd return to a city unrecognizable. In one of London’s most unstable and desperate times, madness and money intertwine, salvation is sold by the ounce, and superstition and science become one.

Just a short walk from the roaring Royal Exchange, Sweeney’s barbershop on Fleet Street becomes his refuge. His hands, once trained for battle, now find grim purpose in the rhythm of a blade. Within its dim walls, throats are bared, secrets are whispered, and the scent of iron never fades.

Next door lives Mrs. Lovett, the eccentric widow weary from her two-year stay in the madhouse as a “misbehaved woman.” Committed by her late husband and suffocated by debt, she struggles to keep her bakery alive. One missed payment, and she loses everything—again.

When Sweeney and Lovett’s paths cross, misfortune binds them. A strange accident—part chance, part supernatural—awakens something unholy between them. Together, they find inspiration in London’s darkest indulgence.

The rich have been consuming the dead for centuries in pursuit of immortality.
But what if there were a more… efficient recipe?

If the nobles can swallow death and call it healing—
then perhaps London is ready for a new kind of Mumia:
freshly ground, served hot, and baked to perfection.

— — —

Hospice: Tunnel of Love – A Haunted Horror Comic

Take a ride (if you dare) on this 24-paged comic book for fans of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits!

Current Funding: $4,822
Funding Goal: $4,000
Days Left: 11
Hospice is an ambitious shared universe horror project that started in 2023 for the first season’s trade, created by a powerhouse team of creators: Travis GibbFrank MartinJamie PrimackRussell NoheltyDavid Byrne, and Michael Watson. Together, they delivered a chilling, interconnected world that pushes the boundaries of horror storytelling, blending their unique voices into a haunting experience unlike anything you’ve seen before. Each story is standalone and has the unique style and flair of their respective creator

Welcome to Season 2 of Hospice! A shared universe comic. This is 1 of 6 books that you can get by some of the top creators in indie comics!

 

SynopsisYoung Dick and Margaret are on their first date at the local Harvest County Fair in 1955. After finally mustering up the courage, Dick asks Margaret to go on the “Tunnel of Love” ride with him. She happily agrees, but quickly wishes she hadn’t. What horrors lie on the other side of this dark and evil attraction?!

This Story’s Connection to the World of Hospice ?

After everything goes dark on the terrifying ride, Dick wakes up 70 years older with no recollection of the prior decades of his life. He’s surrounded by people claiming to be his family and is trapped inside an assisted living facility called “Rising Suns Hospice.”

— — —

Mike Grell’s JON SABLE Remastered Hardcover Volume 3

After two hit collections, here comes Volume 3 of the Legendary JON SABLE by Mike Grell. Oversized, hardcover, remastered!

Current Funding: $4,822
Funding Goal: $ 49,000
Days Left: 5
Mike Grell’s legendary series from the 1980s is back, better than ever with fully remastered color and art, supervised with painstaking detail by Grell himself!
Volumes 1 and 2 have been acclaimed by fans and professionals alike for the masterful restoration and enhancement work by Glenn Hauman of ComicMix. As well, color and art mistakes that were left unchanged in the original run, are being corrected at long last, making these books the definitive JON SABLE FREELANCE.
These remastered and definitive hardcover collections are oversized, 9×12 (Think DC’S Absolute Editions) with a nice cover, stamped with an embossed Sable head logo, with a fully painted wraparound cover, newly created by Mike Grell! The cover will be revealed later, but here’s the first two Volumes:

Volume 3 is next, and it tells some fun tales of adventure, romance, intrigue, and gritty action, like only Mike Grell can deliver. This volume covers issues 28 – 39, which concludes the series long tale of Sable’s haunted past in Africa, as he seeks to put an end to the conspiracy that led to his family’s murder a decade earlier.

  • A separate 20 page comic of ALL of the Letters Columns from these issues, as well as house ads and other items from the era, will be automatically included with the books for free. Only on Kickstarter, however, as we cannot guarantee that we will have these available for sale publicly post-campaign. So, here’s the best way to get them!
  • Approximately 400 pages!
  • Absolute Edition size: 9X12 inches!
  • Top-quality printing production and hardcover binding!
  • A full gallery of Sable art by Grell and comic creators like Dan Jurgens, Howard Chaykin, Ron Frenz, Bob Hall, Trevor Von Eeden, Pat Oliffe, Ron Wagner, and more!
  • A brand-new page of story and art from Mike Grell to open the issue!
  • Art and color remastered and corrected!
  • Full cover gallery!
  • This issue contains the guest artist Siegio Aragones, who depicts the tales of Leprechauns in Central Park!

— — —

Little Mermaid & The Pirate Queen #1-2 – Sapphic Adventure

The Pirate Queen is revealed to be the SEA WITCH’S DAUGHTER! Can she and Aria survive Sirens, Sailors, and Sea Monsters? SWEET & SPICY!

Current Funding: $45,455
Funding Goal: $ 20,000
Days Left: 4
The Little Mermaid & The Pirate Queen #2 is an enchanting tale of forbidden romance! It’s both a Safe-For-Work AND a Mature series with two editions of the book brought to you by Kat CalamiaPhil Falco, and Rafi de Sousa.
The Safe Edition is a 28 page adventure following the events after the beloved Little Mermaid story. The Spicy/Mature Edition adds a mature twist with blood,nudity and sex!
…There was a mermaid looking for adventure, Princess Aria of Atlantis. She thought she found her happily ever after with Prince Elliott of Portsmith, but quickly came to realize that becoming human would not fill the void in her life.

But everything changes when she meets Pirate Queen Mikayla, a beautiful captain who can shift between human AND mermaid forms. But she’s not some random mermaid, she’s the daughter of Aria’s arch-nemesis – The Sea Witch.

 

— — —

I FEEL DOOMED! Volume 1

An anthology of illustrated stories exploring how we break, rebuild, and keep going.

Current Funding: $14,676
Funding Goal: $7,500
Days Left: 7
Remember hope? Yeah… same. It’s time to face reality—with a little dark humor.
Enter I FEEL DOOMED, a new comics anthology that turns generational dread into creative release. Tackling everything from student loans and housing stress to climate anxiety and political exhaustion, the book captures what it feels like to live in a constant state of low-grade apocalypse—through the voices of artists who’ve traded doomscrolling for drawing.
The project is curated by Joseph Karg (Archer, Marvel Snap!, Dear Bernadette) and published through his imprint Soup Drunk Princess, bringing together students and seasoned professionals in a shared creative space. The result is something that feels equal parts anthology, emotional outlet, and late-night group chat about the end of the world—where art becomes a way to keep going when everything feels like it’s falling apart.
Across more than thirty stories, I Feel Doomed dives straight into the collective unease of a generation shaped by chaos. Themes range from creeping authoritarianism and climate fear to isolation, burnout, and the exhausting act of pretending everything’s fine. Each piece reshapes that anxiety into something strange, funny, unsettling, and deeply relatable—a snapshot of a generation coping with collapse through nervous laughter and too much caffeine.
The anthology features an impressive lineup of creators, including Miki Montlló (Wonder Woman/Harley Quinn), Thierry Martin (Le Roman de Renart), Claudio Acciari (The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado), Jonathan Edwards (Mufasa, Warner Bros.), Rustam Hasanov (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon), Chris Bivins (Marvel Snap!, Stargirl), Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots), Dustin Harbin (Koyama Press, Dinos That Drive), June Brigman (Power Pack), Adam Ford (Rick and Morty, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Jake Reeves (Titmouse, Royal Crackers), and Claire Seckler, an emerging CalArts storyteller.

— — —

American Yakuza: THE FINALE! Acts 1-5

After all the fights, chases, injuries, deaths, fires, and turncoats, we’ve reached the FINALE of Volume One! Don’t miss this one!!

Current Funding: $ 5,221
Funding Goal: $ 3,500
Days Left: 5

The final issue for Volume One of our gripping Japanese murder-mystery is here — and everything is on fire. (Literally and figuratively.)

From the shadows of neon-soaked streets to the bloodlines of old crime families, American Yakuza is a noir-infused murder mystery drenched in culture, betrayal, and brutal beauty. Created by Charlie McElvy, Anthony Stokes, and Chris Moses, and brought to life with stunning visual storytelling, this is a saga that’s equal parts Yakuza video game energy and prestige TV pacing.

Our story follows Xavier, a retired American MMA champion who arrives in Japan searching for answers about a friend’s death — and finds himself entangled in the deadly politics of a crumbling yakuza dynasty. Each act has pushed him deeper into the spider’s web, and now…well, something’s gotta give.

Act V is the finale. Murder after murder. Reveal after reveal. Fight after fight. Xavier finds himself more hunted than hunter and a recent betrayal has tipped the scale against him.

As we dive into this last issue — for now — questions abound!!
• What is Masashi really up to?
• What did Kyomi find under Kenji’s compound?
• What’s next for our trio?
• Will Xavier even survive this first volume…?

But don’t worry — we’re keeping this campaign description spoiler-free for newcomers. If you are new to the series, you can catch up with Acts I-IV (available as part of this campaign), and if you’ve been here since the beginning… you already know it’s about to get wild.

— — —

Gods Among Men 1 & 2 – A True-Crime Narco-Noir

“True-crime fans NEED Gods Among Men” – Comics Beat | Experience the underworld with all of the realism and none of the risk.

Current Funding: $2,291
Funding Goal: $2,124
Days Left: 7
Welcome to the world of Gods Among Mena world that exists parallel to our own. Follow one man’s descent from the world of the legitimate into the underbelly of society, uncovering that these worlds are much closer than most are comfortable with. Since the release of the first issue, it has proven countless times in its accurate portrayal of the dark side of society.
In an attempt to save a failing businessJason Lee and the rest of the Rize Burger crew walk through the gateway into the world of the illicit. However, much to most peoples’ preconceptions, it isn’t the “get rich quick” scheme they had hoped it was. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
Gods Among Men is best imagined as the film Trainspotting but from the perspective of the dealer. Fans of true-crime, drama, social commentary, and even business and politics – this is the story for you. We are particularly appealing to readers who seek a more sophisticated and edgier comic book. Tonally, our series strives to balance levity with drama to convey a realistic sense of tone, leaning towards either side where appropriate.

— — —

DOUBLE DOG DARE!

It’s 160 pages of pure doggo magic in one gorgeous softcover! All-new, fan-favorite dog comics in a book of pure joy!

Current Funding: $20,943
Funding Goal: $20,000
Days Left: 5

Hi, I’m Dave Kellett! And I’m making a super fun collection of dog comics, called DOUBLE DOG DARE!

DOUBLE DOG DARE is full of your favorite Sheldon strips about dogs: The barking! The snuggles! The walks! The piddles! You’ll join Oso the Pug and his best bud Digby the Dachshund on all their ridiculous daily adventures. And it is a DANG DELIGHT.

t’s gonna be awesome! 160 pages of never-before-in-print comics. It’s entirely new! And it’s all wrapped up in a beautifully printed, full-color softcover.

This book is the perfect read for all dog-lovers: Whether you’re a new fan, or have loved Sheldon books for years! (And if you loved my book PUGS UNLEASHED, you’re really gonna love DOUBLE DOG DARE! They’re designed to be a pair!)

— — —

THE SKIM: Part One Gangster Heist Comic

How do you rob a casino without robbing a casino? You go after…THE SKIM! Part one of Three for this gritty brutal heist comic

Current Funding: $3,240
Funding Goal: $687
Days Left: 5

THE SKIM is a three issue, grounded, cinematic crime drama set in Nevada, 1989, where a crew of small time criminals try to pull off the perfect score by stealing mob money that is already being stolen.

It is not a big loud, flashy Ocean’s Eleven style caper.
It is a tense, gritty thriller where every choice tightens the noose, and the desert has plenty of room to bury mistakes.

Paul Bianchi is stuck in a dead end life in Mercury, Nevada, with nothing ahead of him but heat, hangovers, and bad decisions.

So he pitches a question to his crew.

How do you rob a casino without robbing a casino?

Instead of walking onto the gaming floor and getting turned into a missing person, Paul targets something most people never even hear about.
The skim, mob money quietly siphoned out of a Vegas casino every month, carried off the books, and driven into the desert like clockwork.

It is a simple plan on paper.
A courier. A case. A lonely stretch of road outside the Strip.

Then the job gets personal.

And once the skim is hit, the house does not just want its money back. It wants to know who dared to touch it.

THE SKIM is a story about fate, blood, loyalty, and the lie of escape.
Because in this game, the house always wins.

==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====
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

 

Comic Watch Presents: The Korner – A Comic Crowdfunding Round Up – February 21, 2026
User Review
0 (0 votes)
Comments Rating 0 (0 reviews)
Exit mobile version