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This week is a small week due to NYCC
We will be back next week with new and exciting projects
ENTHEOS: Ages
This collection of stylized artwork and writing explores 3 distinct ages of the world’s history. Discover how a thriving ancient civilization became a devastated and divided land. Ponder the exact nature of the “moon”. Witness how humanity and nature are warped and changed drastically, yet still persist.It’s Berserk meets Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, with art nouveau and illuminated manuscript inspired aesthetics.
Oil & Water: The Art of Dave Dorman
Dave Dorman’s first in a series of high quality art collections, featuring work from his over 40 years as a painter in the Fantastic Illustration field. The art will include both major and minor pieces from his vast involvement of many comics, toys, books, movies, and games projects. Artwork including STAR WARS, ALIENS, BATMAN, Magic the Gathering, GI Joe, and many more. Most shown here for the first time uncluttered by logos and uncropped. Also will include many unpublished personal pieces he has created for himself over the years. Dave Dorman is proud to offer this self curated book showcasing work in the fields and genres he has loved since he was a kid.
Dave will also be painting two new pieces live on his Facebook page (times to be announced). Both paintings will be included in the book and for sale on the campaign. Final art will be posted when finished, and both will be finished before the campaign ends!
Behind the Horror and Death: Nosferatu
Switchblade Shorties
Befor hover parents, children ran wild. The wildest of these feral children were the Switchblade Shorties, operating as a kind of foul-mouthed, irreverent Our Gang: “Sodapop” Tanner, Pinky Winslow, Sheena Belvedere, “Charly Horse” Kinison and Foster Lambert. When their friend Petey Wheatcakes disappears, the Switchblade Shorties turn off their video games and try to find him. Instead, they encounter aliens, Bigfoot, werewolves, and more in this twisted ode to the 1990s – an era before the internet destroyed our imaginations.
Earlier this year, the comics world lost a singular unique voice with the untimely passing of Ed Piskor. To celebrate his life and legacy, his family are picking up where he left off. They have united together to release his final unpublished work, Switchblade Shorties, as a gorgeous hardcover that fans of Ed’s work will not want to miss. Originally appearing as the backup strip Latchkey Kidz in Piskor’s Red Room, the strip was retitled Switchblade Shorties when officially launched online as its own daily comic strip.
The landscape formatted 12×9 hardcover book contains over 176 pages of Ed Piskor at his best. The book is written, drawn, colored and lettered by Piskor alone. His family has taken great measures to make this release as special as possible and ensure that the book is being presented exactly as Ed had originally intended.
Piskor’s family has been instrumental in ensuring the legacy of Ed Piskor remains a vibrant one in the world of comics, and that his contributions will be remembered for a long time to come.
The Life and Death of the Brave Captain Suave
The Life and Death of the Brave Captain Suave is a metatextual comic book series about a homeless man living in Cleveland, Ohio that believes he is an actual superhero.
Written by Joseph Sieracki and drawn by Kelly Williams, Captain Suave is a modern take on Don Quixote, and is collected here for the very first time in a beautiful upgraded softcover!
A homeless man that thinks he’s a superhero befriends an ex-nursing student with a penchant for drugs on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. The unlikely pair find themselves bouncing from one mishap to another, all while trying to make a small but positive difference in the lives of those they encounter. A hero the city neither needs nor deserves, Captain Suave is a man out of time determined to be a Golden Age superhero. Not unlike Don Quixote of Cervantes’s classic tale, this hero will straddle the line between insanity and benevolence.
Along with his sidekick, Champ, Captain Suave will battle the imaginary forces of evil threatening the fair city of Cleveland. Stopping a wind turbine he mistakes for a hydra from demolishing the city, saving unwitting damsels in distress, and even thwarting real-life robbers, no evildoer is safe from the awesome and quixotic might of Captain Suave!
Why is this important?
A singular take on the superhero genre: Paying tribute to Cleveland’s storied history in comic books, Captain Suave is a hero like no other. Though he is only a superhero of the mind, he will show readers that it doesn’t take superpowers to do what’s right and help others.
Classic literary elements: Blending Golden Age superheroes with Don Quixote, this is a modern take on the Miguel de Cervantes classic, sure to excite both comic book and classic literature readers alike.
Unique visuals: Incorporating both hand-painted watercolors and digital coloring, different artistic styles depict the hero’s fantasy versus what’s happening in reality on the page. Employing a digital dot pattern evoking a Golden Age style of comic book coloring, what the hero believes is happening has a distinctly different feel from the real, painted world.
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White Ash 1-8
The long running hit fantasy series about Elves and Dwarves in Pennsylvania returns with an ALL-NEW 44 page issue.
White Ash is an ongoing, urban fantasy comic book series written by Charlie Stickney, with art by Conor Hughes, Julian Shaw, Tango and colors by Fin Cramb.
First launched on Kickstarter in 2017, White Ash is one of the longest running and most popular series on the platform. With over 500 pages of story so far, now is the perfect time to join us.
This campaign, we are raising funds for the 44 page, White Ash: Chapter 08.
In Chapter One, we met Aleck the son of a coal miner, who’d been counting down the hours till he could get the hell out of town and head off to college. Because shockingly, the last thing Aleck wanted out of his life, was to be… a coal miner.
But an apparent accident at the mine where his father was injured, stalled Aleck’s exit, setting him down a life-altering path.
And from there, things got CRAZY (that’s where all the fantasy elements come in) We can’t really tell you too much without getting into heavy SPOILER TERRITORY.
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Pots & Panels: A Comic Book Anthology and Cookbook
A 440 Page food-themed graphic novel anthology featuring stories and recipes from over 80 of your favorite comic creators!
This massive tome spotlights some of the comic book industry’s top mainstream and independent creators including:
- Tim Seeley (Local Man, Hack/Slash, Nightwing)
- Steven Grant (Punisher, Batman, Daredevil)
- Phil Hester (Green Arrow, Gotham: Year One, Firebreather)
- Andy Kuhn (Firebreather, Secret Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Steve Niles (Thirty Days Of Night, Batman) Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Silver Surfer),
- Hilary Barta (Uncanny X-Men, Plastic Man),
- Ellie Egleton (Lower Your Sights),
- Jason Michalski (Northern Blood, Skullmasher),
- Chuck Satterlee (Of Bitter Souls, King Kong),
- Nicole D’Andria (Road Trip to Hell),
- Travis Gibb (Granite State Punk, Cthulhu Invades),
- Trey Baldwin (Upperdeck, Monsterwax),
- Neil Kleid (Brownsville, Savor),
- Luis Morocho (Marvel Voices),
- Richard Fairgray (Four-Color Heroes, Octopus),
- Daimon Hampton (DC Comics Milestone Initiative),
- Brendan Deneen (Guardians of the Galaxy, Aliens),
- Austin Janowsky (Iron Man, Stanley The Snowman),
- Antonio Rojo (Northern Blood, Serpent Wars),
- Eric Palicki (Black’s Myth, Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists),
- Mario Candelaria (Killchella),
- Austin Allen Hamblin (Big Guns Stupid Rednecks, Holiday Spirits 3),
- Markisan Naso (By The Horns)
- Carmelo Chimera (Magnificent, Cellar Door) and many more!
Pots and Panels: A Comic Cook Book Anthology is a 440+ page, FULL-COLOR GRAPHIC NOVEL in Standard American comic size, printed on high-quality gloss paper.
- 50 original stories created exclusively for this anthology
- 60+ recipes contributed by the creators
- Creator’s signatures available as rewards
- Exclusive limited-edition items for backers at higher pledge levels
- 440 pages
- Hardcover, Softcover & Digital Versions
Young Men in Love: New Romance
The return of the Ringo Award and GLAAD Media Award winning anthology. New Stories, New Romance!
This is a follow up to the award-winning first volume, which won the GLAAD Media Award, a Ringo Award, a Gayming Mag Award, and was nominated for a Dwayne McDuffie Diversity in Comics Award.
While it isn’t necessary to read the first volume to enjoy this new collection, we have made it available as well. We’re also offering the new book with two different covers, both by the amazingly talented Ricardo Bessa!
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KOLCHAK MEETS THE CLASSIC MONSTERS
3-issue comic book series and collection from David Dastmalchian, Steve Niles, and Rodney Barnes
Some of the biggest names in horror — including Rodney Barnes (Blacula, Killadelphia), David Dastmalchian (Count Crowley, Late Night With the Devil), and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Batman: Gotham After Midnight) — present an all-new comic book event from Monstrous Books in which Carl Kolchak, aka The Night Stalker, tangles with iconic monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Werewolf.
- ISSUE #1 – Kolchak Meets the Werewolf and Count Crowley by David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner — a crossover with Count Crowley. Covers by Lukas Ketner and Matt Wagner.
- ISSUE #2 – Kolchak Meets Frankenstein by Steve Niles and George Quadros. Cover by Russ Braun
- ISSUE #3 – Kolchak Meets Dracula by Rodney Barnes and Alex Lins. Cover by Colton Worley.
- Kolchak Meets the Classic Monsters Deluxe Hardcover collection with a cover by Dave Acosta.
The Comics Courier, A New Comics Criticism Journal
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
Comics criticism is in a dire spot. Spaces for writing about comics are disappearing at a worrisome pace, and more than ever, comics critics need support – and a place to write.
The Comics Courier is a new biannual print newspaper edited by Tiffany Babb (Popverse, PanelxPanel). The first issue will feature essays and reviews from critics Douglas Wolk, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Tiffany Babb, Dave Baker, Carrie McClain, Sean Dillon, Kat Calamia, Lisa and Brad Gullickson, Liam McGuire, Jim McDermott, and Lillie Hochwender.
Our core goal is to create a space for serious (and silly) writing about comics and to share our love for the medium, the creators, and the comics themselves. Thank you for your support.
Day of the Dead Girl Special Edition
Kickstarter Special Edition Hardcover with exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus content!
Demon City vol 1: Hell on Earth
Death has been murdered. Now no one can die! A horror / crime story for mature readers who like Hellboy, Lethal Weapon, & Lovecraft!
The apocalypse has happened. For thirty minutes, demons spewed forth from the ground and it seemed like the world was coming to an end. And then suddenly, without warning…it just stopped.
It’s a premature apocalypse, I’m told it happens to everybody.
Three years later: Sheila Garcia is a Chicago detective who has a streak of being reckless. Like she has some kind of death wish. No one wants to partner with her. So she’s assigned Horace Nightengale as her new partner – the first demon detective.
Just as they’re starting to get along, they catch their first case. Which is the last homicide that will ever happen.
Why would someone kill Death? And what kind of hell breaks loose now that he’s dead?
Demon City is a 168 page full color deluxe hardcover graphic novel for mature readers.
A horror / crime noir / buddy cop story. For readers who love movies like Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, and Die Hard – but with a supernatural twist, like HellBoy, Blade, or Bright.
THE BREACH #1 from Screenwriter Rylend Grant
BLACK MIRROR-esque sci-fi from the Ringo Award-winning creator of THE JUMP, ABERRANT, BANJAX, and THE PEACEKEEPERS.
