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:
Sanford Greene’s 1000
by Sanford Greene, Chuck Brown, and Rus Wooton
From the Eisner winning creators of Bitter Root. Set in a modern world of aliens, warlocks, zombies, and ancient beasts, 1000 follows Dragon Son – a supreme entity who’s abandoned all creation as he struggles to return to his true Dragon form by completing one thousand acts of repentance. Son is joined by five other agents who are charged with secretly policing the world and keeping civilization from crumbling completely.
1000 first premiered as a webcomic and won the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Webcomic. This deluxe edition collects the entire run of the webcomic with additional behind the scenes content.
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Many Worlds – The Art of Christian Ward – Volume One
Riptide Sanitarium #2
by Keith Dallas and Juan Romera
The second issue of the imaginative, multi-genre comic book anthology by Ghostbusters writers Keith Dallas and Jim Beard!
Ghost Light Tales
by Franco, Alex Giannini, Cody Daigle-Orians, Sara Richard, Gwendolyn Kiste, Christa Carmen, Federico Mele, Jaime Carrillo, Sabin Arditty, Nick Palazzo, Thomas Boatwright & Scott McMahon
What is the Ghost Light?
You’ve seen it. We’ve all seen it. That strange glow out there, deep in the woods. Late in the night. Up on an empty stage in a dark theater. That flash out of the corner of your eye, something bright and fleeting, flickering in the reflection of a mirror.
But I hear what you’re asking. What is it? What is the Ghost Light? That’s what you really want to know. Need to know.
It’s an afternoon thunderstorm. It’s a creaky floorboard in an otherwise empty house. It’s the reason the attic light is burning that dull orange, way up there at the top of those stairs and you don’t remember ever pulling the cord to turn it on.
Very nice, you say. Dramatic, all that. But, c’mon. Tell me what it is.
Fine. Lean in. Listen closely. And don’t tell anyone.
It’s where the stories come from. Not all of them, of course. But the lasting ones. The scary ones. The ones that stick with you long after you’ve closed your eyes. Or tried to, at least.
Because there’s nothing better than a scary story, right? Depends on who you ask, maybe. Personally, the only thing better than one scary story is a whole bunch of scary stories.
Growing up, I’d spend special days hunting bookstore and library shelves for short story collections of creepy, weird, uncanny tales, followed by magical nights hiding under the covers and reading until one of two things happened. One, I fell asleep. Two, morning came.
GHOST LIGHT TALES takes the anthology a number of steps further and combines all the best things: Comic books (like those old House of Mystery issues where you didn’t know if you were gonna get a werewolf story or one about aliens invading some unassuming small town!); creepy illustrations (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, anyone?); and Choose Your Own Adventure (but with comics and screenplays and stage plays! I always thought my ending to that unsettling little story set on the train to nowhere was way scarier, anyway).
We also add in an educational component, thanks to Franco’s teaching background and Alex’s current job as director of programs at a 5-star library in Connecticut.
SWAT: Eldritch Blue Issue #1
by Justin Coke & Rachel Distler
of broken-down outcasts, weirdos, and wizards battle to enforce the Grand Bargain— the agreement in which the Monsters of the world have agreed to hunting quotas in exchange for safety from wizards like Larry Slaughter, who are always ready to hand out the punishment for breaking the Grand Bargain— summary execution.
SWAT is about a bunch of people who are real goddamn tired of crap jobs in an insane world. We can all relate.
Claudia Christian’s Dark Legacies – The Compendium Edition
In the far. far future, after Earth and her colonies have come through a period of cruel dictatorship and war into a new era of democracy and relative peace, Major Jessica Steele (modeled on Claudia Christian) is tasked with cleaning up the remnants of the previous regime. However, the death of her parents at the hands of her older sister still haunt her and the impending threat of alien invasion means even the survival of the new regime may be short lived.
A hard hitting action Sci Fi romp from the mind of the Babylon 5 star with Chris McAuley and the pencils and pens of Staz Johnson and Glenn Fabry
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Previously featured Kickstarter campaigns still running and unfunded:
- Epiphany Engine – 5 Days Left
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
- Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman #0 – 5 Days Left
- AFROFUTURES – 4 Days Left
- Apocalyptic Horseplay Volume 1 11 Days Left
- Pioneers: Blood & Stars Parts #1-3 – 4 Days Left
- Slice of Life: A Coming Out Story – 11 Days Left
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Undead or Alive
Comic book original graphic novel: Supernatural bounty hunters track a swamp monster outside of Gerber’s Crossing, LA.
There’s someTHING terrorizing the swamps outside of Gerber’s Crossing…
Nearly a dozen people are missing—the most famous one being Arael Moon: comic book writer, pop culture icon, and practicing magician. What mysteries lurk in this spooky Louisiana parish, and can the Undead or Alive Agency put an end to the disappearances?
Written by Steve Bryant (Athena Voltaire, Evie and the Helsings, The Catch), drawn by Jason Millet (Athena Voltaire, Archie Versus Predator) & Patrick McEvoy (Casefile Arkham, Soul War), and painted by Jason Millet, Undead or Alive is an original graphic novel that follows a trio of investigators in a meta adventure/love letter to 1970s and 80s monster comics.
Who will love Undead or Alive?
- Comic fans who have enjoyed swamp monster comics like Man-Thing, Swamp Thing, The Heap, Sludge, and more.
- • Fans of supernatural adventure comics and shows, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, or Supernatural.
- • Indie comic collectors looking to get in on the ground floor of a new book, filled with action, clever dialogue, and great visuals.
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THE AUTOMATON
100 Page Original Hardcover Graphic Novel from the creators of Jenny Zero, Spores and Mind Palace!
Now, Felix must uncover the dark truth behind his demise before he fades away forever!
Colorful characters, mysterious villains, a secret lab and an experimental robot.\]
ALMA Issue #1
What if Buffy was a 72-year-old Grandmother?
lma Bernard was your typical senior citizen working in her yard planting flowers when she is struck by a power from out of the blue that changes her life forever! She passes out with only a neighborhood cat for company but when she wakes up, she finds herself confronting a three-foot-tall talking garden gnome.
What happens when the powers to be decide that the hero of the story, the prince to save the princess, the into every generation is born, is not the hot young guy or girl destined to wield the sword and ride off into the sunset, is going to be someone’s Grandmother this time?
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Kentucky Kaiju: Extended Edition
Kentucky Kaiju is a love letter to giant monster movies that proudly wears it’s influences on it’s sleeve. From the classic Godzilla to the less-than Gorgo, Kentucky Kaiju takes a cue from giant monsters and spins them into the idea that many, many more monsters just happen to roam the bluegrass state.
<The book was created by Justin Stewart, Tressina Bowling and Shawn Pryor. It began as a small, 4.5? x 6? digest-sized book published by Apex Book Company in 2016 and has since gone on to be a best-selling item for the creators at conventions all over the United States.
Each city listed is a completely real place in Kentucky, and each monster the creators made for that city is unique. Each spread features a special Kaiju and lists where they’re from, how big they are and some flavor text filling the reader in on its origins and habits.
Haunted Hill: The Complete vol 3
Book 2 in the Richard & Theo’s Funny Books series, only available as a reward for being an early physical backer. This is number 2 in a 64 part collectible series offered exclusively through my Kickstarters, so make sure you don’t miss out.
The Pinoy Monster Lover Anthology: After Dark
Santa Frances vol.3 – Gay Comics
Santa Frances, a gay comic about the life and times of a group of guys in a big city – volume 3
WELCOME TO SANTA FRANCES ! This is the third volume of the sexy adventures of 4 guys living it up in the city!
Follow them as they once again experience love, lust, sex, friendships, heartbreaks, more sex, and everything in-between.
SANTA FRANCES vol.3 is a hardcover graphic novel of over 200 pages brilliantly written and drawn by artist Jean-Frederic Koné, based on his hit webcomic series (check the @santafrances.ca page on Instagram). It compiles episodes 21to 30 of the acclaimedseries, in their full uncensored version which was only available on Patreon so far. The comics is mainly in black and white, with a first chapter entirely in color.
Slightly Exaggerated: Volume 1 Hardcover Fantasy Adventure
An action-packed story set in a land where Sky-whales and airships populate the horizon following the story of Mia and her companion Winston who are caught up in a scheme way beyond their comprehension.
Mia’s treasure-finding talents has them dragged into peril as separate factions wage war with one another in order to obtain three sacred relics capable of granting a person the power of a god. With just weeks left to live, Mia is prepared to sacrifice everything to save her friends.
The Beast & Snow #1-2 – A Mature Vampire/Werewolf Romance
The Beast and Snow #2 is a 28-page NSFW Queer Werewolf/Vampire Fairytale Romance with a ton of action, sex and even a bit of comedy brought to you by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco.
ART MOST FOUL – The Grim, Grotesque Art of THE GURCH
A massive collection of horror illustrations by The Gurch
Peter Hogan’s Black Forests
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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.