Chad Burdette
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The Awakened
THE AWAKENED is a dark, noir-ish superhero murder mystery that explores what the true definition of power is, and who should wield it. Welcome to a world very much like our own, populated by a small handful of super-beings. The series focuses on a government-sanctioned team of super-heroes, The Freedom Alliance, and their beloved leader Paragon. Though everything seems to be just fine from the outside, the man behind Paragon’s mask realizes there are dark forces moving against him, his team, and the world itself. What does it have to do with the disappearance of the insanely-powerful being known as Avatar? When a hero falls, the world is left shaken – and one regular person must make the riskiest decision of their lives to protect the people they care about.
A character-driven superhero epic in the vein of The Golden Age, Supreme Power, Black Hammer, and Astro City, it is collected here in TPB format for the first time!
Thunder Guardian
The Earth has been destroyed. Civilization has been scattered throughout the solar system. The future of humanity has only one hope– THUNDER GUARDIAN!
Join father-son team of Reilly Brown (Deadpool, Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point) and Will Brown (grade schooler) as they tell the story of Thunder Guardian and his friends, and their battle against space pirates, monster boogers, and the forces of the evil Unknown!
For the past two years Will (currently in the 3rd grade) has been designing characters and telling stories to his comic book artist father, Reilly, who has been drawing them as comic strips for the newspaper A Kid and A Comic. This book collects those adventures in one place for the first time, and includes additional brand new material as well. Here’s what the contents will be:
18 pages of the original comic strip, 3-5 pages of a new story, 3-5 pages of a story where Reilly writes it and Will draws it, 2-4 pages of character bios/stats, 2-4 pages of process stuff (like Will’s sketches of characters and Reilly’s interpretations)
For fans of DEADPOOL, who are looking for something equally humorous and action-packed, but maybe they can share with the kids in their life who have a more DOG MAN sense of humor. Similar to AXE COP, but with superheroes. If you like aliens and space pirates, this book is for you. If you like monster boogers, this book is especially for you.
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Joe St.Pierre Sketchbook 2025
Joe St. Pierre is a comics writer and artist for Marvel, DC, Image, Valiant, Boom, IDW, and many others who has pencilled more #1 issues featuring SPIDER-MAN and/or his cast than any other artist!
Comics fans like yourself have asked me to draw some of your favorite super-characters. The JOE ST.PIERRE SKETCHBOOK 2025 is a collection of DOZENS of sketches featuring some of your favorites done over the last year or so, assembled into one volume! Black and white interior with a full color cover.
Add a remarque or sketch cover Add-On to make your JOE ST.PIERRE SKETCHBOOK 2025 truly One of A Kind!
And definitely check out some of my creator-owned comics as well, like NEW ZODIAX AQUARIUS #1, NEW ZODIAX PISCES #1, BOLD BLOOD and MEGAHURTZ! You’ll love ‘em!
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Don’t Call Me Sidekick
Don’t Call Me Sidekick! is an exciting new fantasy/adventure series from creator Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony, Aggretsuko) and is an exciting new fantasy/adventure series from creator Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony, Aggretsuko)! Through the partnership of the human child Kailee and her animal sidekick friend Ary, this story explores the power dynamic of the magical girl trope and questions a system built off of exploiting magical creatures as a way to gain power. The series begins with book 1: The Contract, and introduces us to a new generation of students beginning their journey to becoming part of the Phantom Guard and the fallout that takes place when Ary refuses to obediently take on her role as sidekick.
Don’t Call Me Sidekick! aims towards readers 12 and up and is perfect for fans of magical girl anime and the fun animal sidekicks of Disney. With your help we can achieve our goal of producing this first entry of the 3 book graphic novel series into a beautiful print format.
Enter Hazelton Academy, where an unlikely duo must pull together to battle the monsters not just outside their school walls, but within.
For fans of magical girl anime with a hint of dark academia — It’s a blended mix of Cardcaptor/Pokémon meets Harry Potter/My Hero Academia.
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False Flag
Danial Smith led a quiet and secluded life in his rural Michigan town. That quiet seclusion is shattered when a mass shooter kills his son, Robert, and 12 others. The mass shooting rocks the town. Daniel mourns the loss of his son in his own way, set on business as usual as the town tries reaching out. Daniel’s attempts at mourning are interrupted when Henry Perkins, a burgeoning conspiracy theory podcaster, arrives in his small town and demands proof the tragedy occurred.
The story touches on a controversial and sensitive topic and I understand this might be hard for a lot of people to ingest. At the core of the story, it’s about what happens when you interrupt the grieving process. Worse, is what happens when the grieving process of a parent who lost a child in a mass shooting is interrupted. FALSE FLAG also explores what happens when the lies you’ve told are exposed, and the dangers of gaslighting in our media ecosphere. Any parent might empathize with the characters in this story, from the survivors to those who’d lost the most.
This was one of the toughest stories that I’d written, let alone illustrated. I took a horror comic approach as Daniel is haunted by the ghost of his son, and hounded by the monster Henry. With your support, we can get the first of five issues in your hands, and the next issue moving forward.
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Previously featured Kickstarter campaigns still running and unfunded:
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
- Blackthorne’s Coven: Book Two – 2 Days Left
- RISE #1-3: A Superhero Drama – 4 Days Left
- Sex, Spies, & Rock ‘n Roll returns! 2 new comics & more! – 2 Days Left
- PULP TRAPS – One-Shot Horror Anthology – 2 Days Left
- The Oswald Chronicles ? When Tender Souls Mourn 1-4 – 3 Days Left
- Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus – 4 Days Left
- ARMORED 1/2: WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics – 6 Days Left
- The Hungarian Resistance (Graphic History) – 6 Days Left
- THE COMPLETE LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND – Hardcover Edition – 7 Days Left
- The Deadly Trio: Doomsayer #1 – 14 Days Left
- Witchblade Complete Collection Volume 4 – 12 Days Left
- BONE Deluxe Edition Part One: The Valley – 12 Days Left
- Heavy Metal Magazine #1 – 15 Days Left
- TAMASHI – Volume 11: Dead of Night – The Manga Continues – 16 Days Left
- Katie & The Bad Guru – The Awakening – 21 Days Left
- Classic Comic Book Spinner Racks for the 21st Century! – 36 Days
Shark of War #1-8 – The New Shark of War!
The Shark of War is missing and feared dead. Will he be replaced by an all new Shark of War?
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Friday Night Bigfoot – Issue #1
In 1985, a Portland wrestling promoter recruits Bigfoot to save his family’s struggling promotion. Co-created by Dave “Gangrel” Heath!
Back in 2016, we launched a series called Tales From The Road, which featured short fictional comic book stories co-created by professional wrestlers.
One of those stories, co-created by wrestling legend Dave “Gangrel” Heath, featured a story about a struggling wrestling promoter in Portland who stumbles upon the legendary Bigfoot. The story was only six pages but it was very well received. And Gangrel and I always knew we wanted to come back to that concept because there was so much you could do with it as an ongoing series.
So we re-imagined this concept outside of the Headlocked Universe and made it a standalone series.
And here we are.
Set in 1980’s Portland, Friday Night Bigfoot is the story of the Stanton family. They run Portland Power Pro Wrestling, a once-thriving family-owned wrestling promotion that has been entertaining the good fans of the Pacific Northwest for many years.
However, since the passing of the promotion’s founder, Don Stanton, the rest of the family has been struggling to keep it afloat. Gates are down, the locker room is unhappy, and competitors – both local and national – are at the gates.
Much of the weight of this falls on Andrew, the middle child of the Stanton family. Andrew has taken over the promoting duties since the passing of his father while his older brother (Jack) and younger brother (Eddie) both wrestle for the promotion.
With the promotion facing bankruptcy and challenges on all sides, Andrew stumbles across Bigfoot. Can Bigfoot help turn the tide in a bitter wrestling war? And after years of living in the wilderness, can the fabled cryptid handle being thrust into the spotlight? Will the bright lights and fame of wrestling stardom go to his head?
This one is a lot of fun.
THE COMIC SHOP! A Workplace Comedy
A quirky crew will do anything to save their comic shop—from wild schemes to absurd antics! Comedy, chaos, and comics collide!
TALES OF SHAUNDRA – by Underground Comics Legend PHILO
A NSFW Erotic Romp of TRANSgressive Sexuality by way of a Magic Curse! An Exclusive, First Edition, Numbered, Hardcover Collection.
Shaundra is a sex-crazed swordswoman. Despite constant romps with her boyfriend Max and swordfights with guardsmen in the local tavern, she was getting a little bored with her life. Then she made the mistake of being rude to a tiny wizard who was criticizing her unladylike behavior. Before she could react, the wizard zapped her with a magic wand, knocking her unconscious.
When she awoke, the world looked very different to her. It began when Shaundra found herself lusting after serving girls. Then she chanced to look in the mirror—and discovered she now possessed both male and female sexual organs. If she ever finds the wizard again, there’ll be hell to pay—but in the meantime, she was going to give her new “equipment” a workout!
The Legendary X-Knights Issue #1: “The Legend Begins!”
Join the rebellion! Incite the insurgency! The Legendary X-Knights are queer heroes here to fight against the system!
In a world where entrenched systems of inequality thrive, backing this project sends a clear message: you stand for liberation, community, and a future unbound by the chains of oppression. Together, we can rewrite the narrative.
Support Time Wars and become part of a movement that uses art as a tool for change.
Pass Me By: Lily
A queer coming-of-age story follows Lily as she moves to a small town to live with her estranged grandfather suffering from dementia.
Created by visual artists, Ryan Danny Owen and Kat Simmers, the Pass Me By series is a unique dual-narrative brought to life through the duo’s collaborative writing process and Simmers’ richly illustrated pages.
Our upcoming third book shifts focus onto Lily after she is sent away to live with her estranged grandfather, Ed, in a small town in Western Canada for the summer following the death of her father.
As she begins to settle into life in a small community, Ed’s hidden memories come to light and he begins to experience changes in his perception as his dementia progresses. Becoming more entwined in each other’s lives, Ed begins to open up to Lily about his past.
Realizing this could be her only chance to connect with her grandfather before his memories fade away, Lily chooses to stay despite her difficulties supporting Ed.
WILD WISPS #1 – 3: A Comic Of Creatures, Fantasy, & Myth
Kingdoms clash in a fantasy world where magical creatures serve as companions to warriors & their secret ambitions. Ongoing series.
White Tiger: Claws, Paws & Outlaws One-Shot
From the crazy and chaotic universe of Zenescope’s Man Goat and the Bunnyman comes a brand-new Hero: The White Tiger!
Mark Spears Monsters THE MONSTER AND THE WOLF Comic Series
A prequel mini-series to Mark Spears Monsters, written and illustrated by Mark Spears
The mini-series The Monster and the Wolf is as a prequel to Monsters #1, offering an exploration of Frankenstein’s monster’s origin and the driving force behind the werewolf Clint Abbot’s journey. It begins with Clint’s relentless pursuit of a cure for his curse, leading him to the frozen expanse of the Arctic. There, whispers of a revolutionary discovery rekindle his hope—a scientist has reportedly created a serum capable of reversing genetic mutations.
However, the frozen wilderness conceals a chilling secret. Upon Clint’s arrival, he discovers that the research team has unearthed a creature trapped in the ice—a malevolent force preserved for over a century. As the dark history of Doctor Frankenstein comes to light, the grim truth behind the monster’s creation and the soul-shattering cost it demanded are revealed. At the same time, the Mad Hatter reemerges, setting his cryptic plans into motion.
Fans will encounter a story that not only reshapes their understanding of these characters but also raises the stakes for the epic saga yet to come.
The 3 issue mini-series will be released all at one time for backers of the kickstarter. The mini-series WILL be published by Keenspot for retailers in ’25 AFTER the kickstarter is fulfilled, much like the Monsters series. I have on the kickstarter a date of September 25 for release but that is playing it very safe. I plan to have it printed for the kickstarter in June or earlier if possible. Then right when it arrives I will ship it out. If I make enough I will hire some people to help ship out rewards to make it faster.
