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:
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.
Swayonce: The Mini Artbook by SWAYART
For the past few years, cover artist Joshua “Sway” Swaby has lit the comics industry on fire.
Having handled variant cover duties several times in short order for Marvel & DC, Sway is now taking matters into his own hands with his new art book showcasing his sketches, commissions and process work.
This book showcases sketches, commissions and process work from Joshua Sway.
“Exploring the love of pop culture, fashion, and beauty, Swayonce is a reference to Beyonce, inspired by the biggest woman in entertainment and the sense of fierceness and power that she evokes that has inspired my work. It is also a funny term that has been passed around my inner circle of friends. so for this collection of work i wanted to evoke a sense of strength, sexuality and confidence.” – Joshua Sway
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Drumsticks of Doom: Band on the Silver Mountain #1 of 3
Drumsticks of Doom is back in a brand new mini-series! (with all previous issues)!
Current Funding: $3,030
Funding Goal: $4,000
When Black Sabbath (not the Beatles) became the world’s most famous band, the universe was changed, musically and otherwise. Lost arts, like Alchemy, were made common, schools taught about transfiguration and alternate science, Demons were summoned and some stuck around.
Lana LOVES music. She has played in bands all through high school and now, in college, she still plays in her ex’s fledgling metal band. She’s convinced their drummer to play her indie songs in secret. She’s finishing up the best practice yet when they are drawn into a spiritual battle to keep metal on the top of the charts.
The first miniseries was a wild ride of Daywolves, Metal Cults and hybrid creatures.
The new 3-issue mini-series has Lana and the crew taking the next step in their music journey as they head to The Silver Mountain to record their first album. Their private recording session isn’t so private when chacters new and old start trying to get in on the tracks.
22 Stunning Black and White interiors story pages, plus extras- Standard American size book, Full Color Covers.
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Jim Starlin’s BREED Omnibus
He has taken you to the stars and beyond, now Jim Starlin takes you to Hell. Starlin’s other epic creator-owned series, Breed, is the story of Raymond Stoner, a down-on-his-luck ex-soldier who discovers his true heritage: he is the half-breed spawn a demon father and a human mother. Now Raymond must defend our world from demonic hordes, all while trying not to lose own humanity.
Half man/half demon Ray Stoner’s journey of discovery in learning more about his demonic heritage takes him through a Shaolin temple in Tibet in the mid seventies, fighting alongside Central American rebels in the eighties, encountering guest stars from across the Starlin-verse like Dreadstar, Oedi, Wyrd and Kid Kosmos, and confronting a mystical ‘Breed’ and his ‘Fathers’, who have dark designs for Earth.
Breed, like Dreadstar, came to being during a wildly transitory period in the comic book business: computers were getting added to the mix. With Dreadstar’s start we suddenly got double the number of colors we could use in a book, including never-before-available shades of gray. By the time I started laboring away on ‘Breed the computers had taken over completely on both the lettering and the coloring. Now an infinite number of hues could be utilized. I started using the computer to write Dreadstar halfway through its initial run, the scripts being handwritten before then.
But the drawing, for me, remained analog, as it does to this day. Looking back at ‘Breed is a real pleasure. I think I did some of my best ink work on that initial ‘Breed run. Having just recently reread the series, I’m still proud of the story. Even decades later I find it engaging and Raymond Stoner’s tale fascinating. I’m so pleased that we can now offer his journey to a new generation of readers and give the old fans a fancy omnibus edition to put on the ol’ bookshelf.”
Collected by Monkey Wrench Press for the first time ever in a hardcover, the Breed Omnibus contains all three Breed series, plus a wealth of extras, at more than 550 pages of Jim Starlin goodness!
All three volumes of Jim Starlin’s blood-drenched saga Breed are collected here for the very first time in this must-read 550+ page hardcover omnibus! The newly scanned and color-corrected book will feature new intros, spreads, chapter breaks, unused art and concepts.
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Previously featured Kickstarter campaigns still running and unfunded:
- Bo Hampton’s 3 Devils series – 8 Days Left
- SAMSON #1 – Nazi Smasher! – 4 Days Left
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
- Epiphany Engine – 19 Days Left
- The Official Role-Playing Game of the PLANET OF THE APES – 12 Days Left
- Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman #0 – 19 Days Left
- Panel by Panel – 5 Days Left
- AFROFUTURES – 18 Days Left
Darkwing Duck Graphic Novel Collections Have Arrived!
Three Beautiful Exclusive Omnibus Sized Darkwing Duck Graphic Novels Crafted For Your Bookshelf!
In 1991 the adventures of Darkwing Duck debuted on The Disney Afternoon and on Saturday mornings on ABC. 91 episodes were aired over two years. Creator Tad Stones developed a wonderful parody believed to be a cross between many notable pulp characters. The series was critically acclaimed and has a following of die-hard fans.
Now over 30 years later we have the incredible honor of not only creating new comics based on Darkwing Duck, but we are thrilled to present this beautiful collectors’ editions to commemorate the Duck Knight’s exploits.
We wanted to give all of our Darkwing Duck supporters something really special for your collections. These editions of Darkwing Duck graphic novels are all exclusive to Kickstarter and will not be offered through other outlets. That means every copy of these editions will be quite rare with modest print runs and very hard to find outside of your personal collections. We’re committed to providing these deluxe collectible omibus sized editions to the biggest die hard Darkwing Duck fans. And to make this project even BIGGER – ALL of the Hardcover editions are Oversized! These 9×12? volumes are full of larger than life daring Darkwing Duck adventures!
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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!
From Dave Dwonch (Vamplets) and Santi Guillen (Mind Palace) with Arnaldo Robles (Jenny Zero) comes an instant classic for children of all ages!
Colorful characters, mysterious villains, a secret lab and an experimental robot.
Blood of Atlantis #1: A Modern Epic Magical Adventure
Indiana Jones meets Dungeons & Dragons when a no-nonsense alchemist searches for the secrets and power of the Lost City of Atlantis.
Magic is real. That’s a fact Beatrice Stallard has known for more than a decade.
It is not the magic of the storybooks though. There are no wands, no spells, no incantations. Magic, or alchemy, as it is better known, is about harnessing the energy flowing within the Earth.
Once, magic flowed across the world like a mighty river. Or sprung from the ground like an oil geyser. Or pick another natural resource metaphor, you get the idea.
No longer.
It’s been siphoned off, pilfered, used up, by those that came before.
But it’s still out there. If you know where to look. Fortunately, Beatrice does. She’s done a lot of looking. And in the process, made some powerful enemies.
But now she’s playing a different game. In her travels, trials, and tribulations, Beatrice has come across inklings and whispers that the myths of yore weren’t exactly myths.
And the big one, the one she is setting her sights on, is Atlantis, the fabled lost city that sank beneath the waves so long ago, never to be heard from again.
Or so the story goes.
Together with her business partner/wizened bartender Svetlana and a couple of newbie Questers she picked up along the way, Beatrice will traverse New York City and beyond to discover the secrets of Atlantis.
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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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Big Shoulders #1
Dragons. Aliens. Immortals. Hey, it’s Chicago. Anything goes.
Big Shoulders #1 is the beginning of an awesome six-issue full-color comic series! It’s a Chicago-based fantasy where the mundane and the cosmic collide. This first issue will have 30 pages of story and 10 pages of additional content. It’s going to be an amazing adventure and your backing is going to make it happen. In fact, this tale is already well under way…
Those are the central characters we’ll meet in issue 1, but there are many more to come. The storyline will build in scale and complexity across the series, and we’re planning to collect it into a graphic novel when it’s completed. Every issue will be in full color with plenty of extra artwork and behind-the-scenes material.
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Apocalyptic Horseplay Volume 1
The collected first volume of the hit webtoon by Boredman.
Greetings to all you yearning, tethered souls, and welcome back to all my fellow meatsacks!
I am (still) Boredman, author of UndeadEd and Apocalyptic Horseplay, two webcomics currently available on Webtoon and set in the same monster-infested universe, and I am currently on a quest to finally bring these stories back together into the physical plane. As BOOKS!
Yes, physical books! Or, as the youngest among you may have come to know them, those mystical wireless objects composed of razor-thin flippable leaves that WILL cut right into your fingers if you don’t handle them with respect.
As an avid collector of these paper-filled antiquities myself, I was ecstatic and extremely grateful to see the stories of UndeadEd and his friends finally brought forth into the material world and onto so many shelves last year (including my own, of course).
But now the bookcases have grown hungry again. The Horsemen and their cohort have been dispatched, and the call must once more be answered…
So, if you have yet to discover Ed and the Horsemen’s deliciously bleak, monstrous and not-so-little world, then you’ve come to the very best place. And if you already were one of my faithful and ever-so-patient readers clamoring for your very own copy to love, well… You can stop asking now. Seriously, stop it. I heard you the first time.
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The Remnant: Thief in The Night #1
Tragedy transforms this self-centered MMA Superstar fighter into a force for Justice and Mercy!
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CTRL+Z #1-4 – SERIES FINALE
THE FINAL ISSUE of an action sci-fi comic for mature fans of The Matrix and Ready Player One!
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Pioneers: Blood & Stars Parts #1-3
A vampire in torment, a battle between love and darkness. “The Expanse” meets “The Hunger”. Out here, where it’s always night!
Enceladus. 150 years in the future and 900 million miles from Earth. The Sheerwater Ice Mining Colony has a vampire problem, but this vampire has problems of her own!
Beautiful and dangerous, Lilu fled to the farthest reaches of the solar system to quietly carve a life of her own. Then things got weird!
Befriended by a human, she’s fighting her hunger for the first time in 200 years – and it’s devouring her! In her struggle, a deadly presence slips past her defences, endangering her friends, her secrecy, and the survival of her entire race.
Run Lilu, there’s a madman on the loose.
Pioneers Blood & Stars#3 is a lovingly crafted, standard US sized 28page floppy comic printed on high quality 115 gsm uncoated paper with 180gsm silk laminated covers (except the sketch covers which are 150gsm uncoated board).
In the book, Enceladus is brought to life in incredibly beautiful, high concept realism but it’s still the characterisation that really drives the story. Lilu, Beagan, Koster, Angelo and Mayor Malachi are all here and every page is a work of art. So come with us and climb aboard at episode#3, you’ll be VERY welcome.
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Are We There Yet? Our Lives in Transit
A new comics anthology presented by Level Ground Comics focusing on modes of travel and the memories made with them.
How do we get from one place to another? Whether you take a train, a bus, or a car, we all find different ways to reach our destination. Are We There Yet? is Level Ground Comic’s newest comics anthology, celebrating different modes of travel and the memories we hold with them.
Are We There Yet? Our Lives in Transit is Level Ground Comics’ fifth annual all-ages anthology. This book features 18 original 6-page black-and-white comics by 18 up-and-coming artists. The paperback anthology will be digest size (8.5 in x 5.5 in) with perfect binding and a soft-touch cover featuring art by Freddy Wolfe.
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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.