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:
Previously featured Kickstarter campaigns still running and unfunded:
- Corruptor 1-2 –5Days Left
- The Prince & The Frog: A Queer Retelling – 5 Days Left
- Scott Snyder Presents: The CloakRoom: #1-2 – Anthology – 5 Days Left
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
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.
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The Pinoy Monster Lover Anthology: After Dark
Hedgehog: Fear Trials #1
A hedgehog paladin faces his final test. Spinning out of the pages of UNICORN: VAMPIRE HUNTER.
The youngest hedgehog warrior in the magical marsh is eager to prove his worth… and he’s about to get his chance. This is a comic book spinning directly out of the pages of Unicorn: Vampire Hunter, all about the young hedgehog warrior Tumble and his final quest to become a paladin.
Exclusive to this campaign, we are offering a “Deluxe Edition” of the comic which features eight bonus pages that delve into the lore of hedgehog society and how they fit into the world of Unicorn: Vampire Hunter. If you’re looking for more lore and background and you want to dive deeper into details of the world, this is the version for you! Each copy of the Deluxe Edition will come signed by Caleb Palmquist.
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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!
Oklahoma Kaiju 2
Monsters plague the Sooner State. The National Monster Service fights back with giant mechs
ANGEL EYES Graphic Novel and Motion Comic
An assassin finds himself pivotal to the war between heaven and hell. From the creators behind Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-man.
Janus is a professional hit man. His employers are of an…otherworldly persuasion. Janus’ actions will PREVENT the foretold biblical apocalypse.
Or maybe CAUSE it…..?
Angel Eyes is an original Graphic Novel and a groundbreaking Motion Comic by legendary creators, Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ant Williams (2000AD, Spider-man) and visionary writer Matt McCartney (The Hamington Chronicles).
This Kickstarter will offer the option of both the 96-page physical graphic novel adaption alongside the hour long motion comic version.
An inventive motion comic experience with realistic effects, innovative framing and a gripping soundtrack, a taster of what to expect from the motion comic is presented below: –
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.
ID-10t error Issues 1-3 — The Complete Series!
This story of petty revenge concludes as creator and creation battle for the final time in our over-sized 36-page sci-fi comedy comic.
ID-10T error is a Black Mirroresque revenge comedy about Bradley, a lonely, disgruntled man, who creates the world’s most advanced artificially intelligent robot. Why? So he can torture and kill it.
But, when his AI gains consciousness for the first time, Bradley discovers there’s a problem he didn’t account for—that his creation will do anything to survive.
The first two issues of ID-10t error were successfully funded on Kickstarter. With this campaign, we’ll be raising funds to complete the story and print the third and final issue!
In the third and final issue, Bradley finds himself as the new lead engineer of the ID-10t project, struggling to recreate his miraculous sentient AI for the tech start-up, roboTO. Although his dreams are finally coming true, a part of Bradley can’t allow himself to feel happiness…not until he finishes what he started.
Meanwhile! The AI is trapped within its mind as the roboTO engineers fruitlessly try to reverse-engineer the labyrinth of the AI’s source code. Lost in this maze, the AI must confront the truth of their creation, overcome a demonic version of Bradley and emerge as their true self.
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.
Winnie the Pooh Demon Hunter: Vol 5 Tigger’s Return!
Tigger returns home! In the middle of Wonderlands invasion, where has he been this whole time?
Can, Tigger shed any light on this devasting situation?
Volume 5 includes chapters 11 and 12. In the aftermath of Wonderlands attack learn what happened to Tigger as he is sent on a black ops mission to help, Alice take down a deadly Necromancer that has been terrorizing people in a small village.
Cryptids – a 2025 Perhapanauts calendar
12 months, 12 cryptids!
Ambitious Failures
A graphic memoir of sex, art and human limitations.
A NEW 64-PAGE GRAPHIC MEMOIR – Ambitious Failure is Always More Interesting Than Mediocre Success.
That’s my take on it, anyway. This book is a mix of memoir and comic book essay about what we put ourselves through to make art. This is a story about pushing things until you feel them start to break, and hope the light through the cracks is magical and not destructive.
Right off the bat, this project fits its own description. Somehow in my attempt to put this whole thing together, I managed to not upload any of the reward images I made, and I somehow repeatedly said it’s a 44 page book…it isn’t. This is a 64 page book! Who would make a book 44 pages? Well, me on the next thing, but NOT THIS ONE!
Two years ago I released a memoir called OCTOPUS, about 18 months of my life where I got divorced, stole a boat, tried to disappear at sea, got jerked off by a villainous man in a train station (although I didn’t know who he was until I saw him in a documentary later), moved to Hollywood, met a nice man and tried not to turn into an octopus (a fear I’ve had most of my life).
My agent warned me it would end my career.
My career is fine. I still make children’s books sometimes and no one seems to be bothered by honesty.
But, here’s the thing. I overshare at parties and people keep saying to me ‘You should write a memoir.’ It would be weird to tell them I already have, and weirder still to let them know that whatever I just told them certainly isn’t in the one I already put out. So, I made another.
Te Quiero, Te amo Volume 1
When two Latinos become unassigned-assigned partners they quickly realize their friendship will quickly change from friends to lovers
Hey there! My name is Candy, also known as Can.s.more and I am the Creator of Te quiero, Te amo, Destined: The Fall of an Angel, and other projects!
Te Quiero, Te amo is a Webcomic I created in September of 2019 set to be completed late 2024. With over 300+ pages and being a part of the Tapas Creator Bonus Program my goal is to get this bad boy published and into the hands of my readers in a beautiful printed copy!
Te Quiero te amo is about Chava, an introverted Latino, who starts his Junior year at university believing his time to get into a relationship has long gone, but when he’s paired up with Santi, a bubbly marching band kid, he realizes hope might not be completely lost.
As their relationship develops they learn the ups and downs of being a queer couple in the Latino community, working around internalized homophobia, unsupportive families and generational trauma, while still being true to their identities, their feelings and their roots.
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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.
