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
Free For All
It’s the newest release from the creator of IDW’s hottest-selling indie comic of 2023/2024, BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES.
Welcome to the future. The world is at peace and thriving. Housing, food, education, healthcare… all of the basic requirements for living are now provided for by the World Finance League, and it’s all funded by a lottery. Wealthy citizens of the world are picked at random and given the choice to either donate half of their assets for the greater good of the world, or fight to the death to keep it all. Among these trillionaire gladiators, two former lovers square off in this global arena to settle their differences once and for all.
Regardless of who lives or dies, we all win.
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Vengeance Must Die
Vengeance Must Die, presented here as a digital exclusive, is a tale of a life dedicated to vengeance; and a last Count of Monte Cristo story.
Edmond Dantes pledged himself to Vengeance, but even after those who wronged him were made to pay, Vengeance would not release him. Now he has spent his life in service of the god of retribution. What will be his reward? What are the wages of vengeance?
Vengeance Must Die is a horror period piece about a life dedicated to vengeance, an analysis of the “agent of vengeance” archetype
Dan Membiela is the writer/artist of Under God from Band of Bards, Good Agent on Amazon/Kindle, and a story in the Foreign Press Comics anthology Comics from the Kitchen.
For fans of period piece horror like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, as well as fans of works which analyze a theme like Sheriff of Babylon.
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The Fury, The Maelstrom, and The Kiwi
by M.H. Cali, Elsa Charretier, Liana Kangas, Skylar Patridge, Alison Sampson & many more
This is a story about revenge.
A story about having nothing left to lose.
This is definitely not a tale about redemption.
Because once you’ve fallen this far, there’s no way back. Darkness will consume you until your soul is dimmed, and your ideals have vanished.
You’ve been warned.
It’s Kill Bill meets Atomic Blonde in this sapphic spy tale by an all-star lineup of creator
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Upcoming Projects:
Previously featured campaigns still running and unfunded:
- THE ELF WITH NO NAME #1-2: – 13 Days Left
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
- Maru Kiru Destroy the Moon – Volumes 1&2 – 4 Days Left
- LUMBERJANES 10th Anniversary Complete Comic Book Library– 4 Days Left
- The End of All: Terminus 1+2- 24 interior pages! – 13 Days Left
- Unicorn VERSUS Vampire Detective #1 – Fantasy Scifi Mashup! – 6 Days Left
- Evie and the Helsings #1–3 – 11 Days Left
- ESSENTIALS, An Original Graphic Novel – 12 Days Left
- The Marvel Art of RUSSELL DAUTERMAN—Deluxe Hardcover – 12 Days Left
- Child of Darkness Agony – 12 Days Left
- Slave: the Tower – 6 Days Left
- Dumbing of Age: Thirteenth Book Collection – 3 Days Left
- New York vs The World #3 – 7 Days Left
- Miskatonic High – Volume 3: The Lost Souls – 19 Days Left
- Kevin Maguire’s Tanga vs the Kaiju of Cammera – 13 Days Left
- BrianBeLeafs 2023-24 Season – 2 Days Left
- Wet Cement 1: An Atmospheric Coming-of-Age Horror – 10 Days Left
- Stealth Hammer – The Guardian and The Guide – 3 Days Left
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American Greatness #1
The last 8 years of American politics, distilled into a revolting, thousand-foot tall monster tromping through the American heartland.
Deep within the suburban jungle of Cincinnati, a monster has emerged, bursting out of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. Taking its name from its birthplace, Rumpke is a thousand feet tall, has revolting personal habits, and might be vaguely familiar to readers, considering his orange-tinged hair and proportionally tiny hands. What do Americans do when such a creature appears, lumbers around at random, and occasionally defiles a local landmark? For millions, the choice is obvious – worship it.
New York journalist Fred Millard is assigned to report on the exploits of the monster, his bizarre fandom, and the ludicrous internet conspiracy theories that have caught fire since his appearance. Fred quickly learns that the absurdity of Rumpke’s fandom leads to more serious consequences than mere internet hysteria – when serious illness starts to spread in those closest to the monster, its biggest fans refuse to follow the government’s guidance of masking and social distancing, worsening the outbreak. And most appalling of all, one conspiracy theory inspires a violent mob to assemble in Washington, DC and assault a federal building, with deadly results.
A funhouse-mirror reflection of modern American politics, AMERICAN GREATNESS is a raunchy and hilarious political satire comic series. With art by Seb Valencia, it was written for all of us who are exhausted, baffled, and even terrified by the insanity of American politics in recent times.
AMERICAN GREATNESS #1 is the first issue of a planned five or six issue series that distills modern American politics into a revolting, thousand-foot monster, tromping through the heartland of America.
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Smut (#1 of 3) – A NSFW Slice of Life Comedy
A personal trainer attempts to clean up her act and get to know her date before jumping his bones. A 32 page comic about trust and sex.
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Kickstart the NW Museum of Cartoon Arts’ First Exhibit!
Launch NWMOCA’s community-oriented and funded inaugural exhibit: “Foundations of Pacific NW Cartooning.”
Days Left: 3
The Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts (NWMOCA) is thrilled to announce its first major fundraiser, a $75,000 Kickstarter campaign set to run from April 2nd through May 7th. This campaign aims to finance the inaugural pop-up museum with an exhibit titled “Foundations of Pacific Northwest Cartooning,” curated by the esteemed Andrew Farago of the San Francisco Cartoon Arts Museum.
The pop-up exhibit promises to be an extraordinary showcase, featuring iconic Pacific Northwest-based cartooning legends, publishers, and studios. The venue will also house cartooning classes and community events focused on cartooning, comics, and animation. The expected venue will be the Lloyd Center in Portland—a location surrounded by a vibrant arts community, providing an ideal setting for an exceptional and visually stunning experience.
“Cartoon arts fans in the Pacific Northwest have asked for a place to celebrate and enjoy the power of cartoon arts which bring entertainment, education, and joy to fans worldwide,” says Mike Rosen, NWMOCA’s board chair. “Our Kickstarter campaign is the first step toward establishing a permanent home in Portland by 2025, and we are confident that the community’s support will propel us to success.”
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American Yakuza – NSFW Murder Mystery Adventure (Act 1 of 5)
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!
Xavier has to travel to Japan when his business partner is killed. He uncovers a plot of backstabbing and debauchery that he might wish he left alone.
Okay, so the full title is I Invested in an International Conglomerate & Went from an MMA Champion to Becoming the First-Ever American Yakuza, but you already figured that out. So, what is this?
Glad you asked! American Yakuza, for short, is the first Mature Audiences title from Xion Studios and our first non-supers book. It’s also a title that features our first major collaboration with fellow indie comicbook creators Anthony (Tap or Die) Stokes and Chris (I Summoned a Demon and She’s Kinda My Type) Moses.
The mystery will unfold throughout 100+ pages of action, intrigue, and entertainment across 5 issues/acts in this mature audiences original series.
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SCAB by Steve Niles and Jim Whiting
A boy, his zombie, and the end of the human race.
A boy, his zombie, and the end of the human race.
It has been years since the outbreak of the zombie plague. A boy known only as SCAB roams atop the ruins of the Washington district, believing he and the undead Quigley to be the last of their kind. When a group of scavengers arrives, SCAB’s world is torn apart. The end of the human race may not come from war or the zombie plague, but at the hands of a boy.
Remastered from the original artwork with additional material.
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No One Can Know I Don’t Like Sex – An aro/ace humor comic
Comical tidbits of the life of an asexual and aromantic person, who doesn’t like sex or romance, in a world that’s obsessed with both.
My name is Akhts (also known as AkhtsJrep or bloggingboutburgers across my social media) and I’m a French self-taught artist. In 2022, I started drawing comics about my experience as a sex-repulsed asexual and aromantic, and these have found an audience in asexuals and aromantics who appreciated the relatability, as well as people from other orientations (LGBTQ+ or straight) who were keen on looking at things from a different perspective.
After sharing these comics on my social media and webtoon platforms, I have now decided to compile a collection of them in printed form, under the following title:
The main goal of this comic is to educate and provide visibility through humor. It will include an introduction going through the nitty-gritty of asexual and aromantic identities, as well as my personal experience specifically, and will show snippets of life in a queer platonic relationship.
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Succulent: Trans-Inclusive Sapphic Comics Anthology
Succulent is a lush collection of plant-themed sapphic comics. Twelve tales which are hot, humid, and above all, dirty.
From the PRISM and Lambda Award nominated publisher of Nectar & Ambrosia: Trans Femme & Masc & Non Binary Erotic Comics, comes Succulent: Trans-Inclusive Sapphic Comics
Succulent is a lush collection of sapphic erotic comics. Twelve tales which are hot, humid, and above all, dirty.
Our theme is a Garden of Sapphic Delights: inspired by the world in bloom and celebrating the diversity of sapphic gender expression. Femme flowers, sappy butches, genderqueer lesbians, trans femme wives, fleshy dykes and thorny switches intertwine in a glorious hothouse of lust.
Trans and nonbinary exploration and acceptance has always been deeply rooted in sapphic communities and expression, and this is something we want to honour and reflect in the anthology.
With content tags before each story to help the reader decide if it’s to their taste, this collection is sweet, sexy, smutty and Succulent.
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A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts
Teen angst, eternal life of the perpetually terminally ill, and a superpowered murder all play out in the D.C. punk scene of the 1990s.
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SECTION VII | Cases of the Strange & Unnatural – Season 2
Explore a collection of BRAND NEW case files based on the experiences of detectives encountering the unexplained.
SECTION VII Cases of the Strange & Unnatural Season 2 is a 187 – page perfect-bound Thriller/Horror Graphic Novel published by Afterlight Comics.
In 1962, the People’s Republic of Poland, a new unit is established within the SB structures, Department VII, Department 4. A secret group that, in the rationalized world of Poland at that time, is tasked with dealing with paranormal phenomena.
In Season 2, similiar to Season 1, there is a collection of six BRAND NEW case files that are based on the experiences of detectives encountering the unexplained. Each case file is at least twenty-four pages.
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Blood n Concrete 1-4 A supernatural gangster horror comedy.
Shaun of the Dead meets Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Gentlemen in this hilariously dark British horror comedy comic.
What’s the story, Morning Gory?
Saturday 30th July 1966
Our story starts with a museum heist and daring getaway on the day of the World Cup final in London, 1966. Swinging 60s London crimelord Norrie ‘Nutter’ Harris and his gang, the infamous ‘Hackney Mob’, steal a mysterious egyptian artefact. Although the robbery is a success, Norrie is betrayed and his day ends as a blood-soaked disaster.
London, present day.
Rob’s been having a bad year since his mum died. He’s spent months drinking and consuming every type of drug available to try and numb the pain of losing the only parent he ever knew, but he’s reached rock-bottom. He’s broke – can’t afford his rent, is failing his studies and owes money to his (not-so) friendly neighbourhood drug dealer. Things couldn’t possibly get any worse: until in a misguided effort to get some quick cash he signs up for a dodgy drugs trial for a brand-new experimental brain drug.
Which is where Rob and Norrie’s paths unexpectedly and explosively collide.
The Herald #1: A Supernatural Western
A bounty hunter is on an eternal quest to retrieve something that was stolen.
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SUPER KAIJU ROCK-N-ROLLER DERBY FUN TIME GO!
A female roller derby team turned rock band with too much talent and not enough money struggle to make it…and then the Kaiju show up!
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Outbreak Park
A gritty post/post-apocalyptic graphic novel torn from the mostly uneaten brains of Allan Amato and Andy Belanger
In New Alhambra, Outbreak Park is built to further research into the undead phenomenon, using docile zombies as teaching tools for the children growing up in the new republic. Lest the near extinction of humanity ever be forgotten, and repeated.
But while humanity is slowly clawing it way back from the brink, underneath the veneer of civilization lies a fervent minority plotting against the yoke; religious zealots that insist god’s plan for the Rapture is being interrupted, disgraced politicians flung from the halls of power after their abysmal handling of the initial outbreak. Their plan is to release the park’s occupants back into the fledgeling city, destabilizing the new regime.
And only Jack and Beulah – two warriors grudgingly forced to work together – can keep their world from crashing back into the abyss. Especially when a bite gets through the vaccine, creating zombie hybrids resistant to everything but a heavy pipe to the back of the head!
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Puff, Puff, Parent Vol. 1: Budding Narrative Edition
A father and former D.A.R.E. essay winner is forced to examine his own biases when his doctor prescribes him with medical marijuana.
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The Witches of Oz #1 – A Mature Magical Queer Romance
The once-beloved GLINDA is now an outcast. She only has one person left to turn to…THE WICKED WITCH. Featuring TERRY MOORE cover art!
Looking for a scapegoat for their problems, the Emerald City turns on Glinda…literally burning her at the stake in her own Witch Trial.
In her final hours, the only person Glinda has left to turn to is…the Wicked Witch of the West. A misunderstood outcast who wants to mourn her sister in peace. She wants nothing to do with the city that turned their back on her.
Now the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch must team up to find the one person who can save Oz: Dorothy…
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ASTER OF PAN: THE SOURCE by Merwan
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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.
