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Comic Watch Presents: The Krowdfunder Korner September 28, 2024

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:

Switchblade Shorties

Current Funding: $52,602
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 26
Link: 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 They have united together to release his final unpublished work, Switchblade Shorties, as a gorgeous hardcover that fans of Ed’s work will not want to miss.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.

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The Life and Death of the Brave Captain Suave

Current Funding: $1,604
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 25
Link: 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.

 

Jacked Tracts

Current Funding: $7,727
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 18
Link: Jacked Tracts

Jacked Tracts is a spirited satire of those notorious Christian comic tracts that thrilled and traumatized American kids throughout the late 20th Century. Its rollicking reexamination of these comics from a contemporary perspective is sure to delight believers and heathens alike! The 10 X 6 hardcover book is 148 pages long, and features work by 74 talented artists from around the world.

JACKED TRACTS is edited by cartoonist Danny Hellman, a contributor to DC Comics, Fantagraphics and countless other publications. Hellman also edited and published the critically-acclaimed alternative comics anthologies Legal Action Comics Volumes 1 & 2, and TYPHON.

Support the campaign for JACKED TRACTS now, lest ye be eternally damned!

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Ginger Origins

Current Funding: $2,637
Funding Goal: $2,000
Days Left: 19
Link: Ginger Origins

 

Ginger Origins is an 48-page oversized graphic novel. It follows the internal struggles of Ginger Cat Nr 9 who is dealing with anxiety and exclusion of a tuxedo cat dominated society.

This second edition includes brand new extra content like back stories, a prologue, and has additional content created by artists Michiel Walrave, Johan Kleinjan, Gees Voorhees and Yvonne Gaemers. It also includes a Soundtrack composed by YobKiss released on cassette tape, seven inch, and digital download by South Korean based label Extra Noir. This is an edition you don’t want to miss out on!

This 48-page oversized graphic novel. It follows the internal struggles of Ginger Cat Nr 9 who is dealing with anxiety and exclusion in a Tuxedo Cat-dominated society. His mentor Mau Cat is revealed to be an untrustworthy cat who scams ginger cats and drinks ginger meow tears in his free time. The struggles for Ginger Cat Nr. 9 are real though, and his visits to his therapists seem to have no positive results. Is he really the orange cat he thinks he is, and is his wish to fit into the Tuxedo Cat society just a fear of being himself?

This second edition includes extra content like back stories, a prologue and has additional content created by artists Michiel Walrave, Johan Kleinjan, Gees Voorhees and Yvonne Gaemers. It also includes a soundtrack composed by me, YobKiss, released on cassette tape and digital download by South Korean label Extra Noir. There will also be a 7” record of the Pistache & Mustache track, available for early backers of this project.

When I look back at the original risograph I published in 2018, I saw a bunch of things I wanted to improve in this new edition. For instance, I didn’t like the digital speech bubbles I made in InDesign and I didn’t particularly like the font I used, so I’ve redone all the speech bubbles and lettering. Generally speaking, the risograph has a nice aesthetic quality but I found that a lot of the details got lost. So this remastered issue will provide a better quality while still having some of the tactile reproduced qualities I liked about the risograph. In addition to all this I drew an extra story about Pistache and Moustache, two cats who are acid house producers and get messed up.

I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do and thank you so much for your support. You are truly the people who keep comics alive!

 

The PANICK Primer Pack

Current Funding: $6,837
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 16
Link: The PANICK Primer Pack

Get in on the ground floor of PANICK Entertainment – a new horror and dark sci-fi genre publishing and entertainment company with our first official project – The PANICK PRIMER PACK. Founded by a team of comic and entertainment industry veterans, PANICK Entertainment is poised to reshape genre storytelling with its slate of bold, original content and unflinching approach to storytelling. The PANICK Primer Pack gives horror and comic fans an exclusive sneak peek at our upcoming lineup in formats that will be exclusive to ZOOP.

This unique bundle includes compelling Zoop exclusive covers, unavailable anywhere else, of PANICK’s three launch titles: T.A.M.A. #1, SAVAGER #1 and BLACK DIAMOND #1! That’s three number one issues! Each entirely unique, primed to push boundaries, delivering upon PANICK’s brand of immersive, disturbing and captivating stories. Don’t miss out on these sure-to-be collectors item debut issues.

PANICK Entertainment was founded by a team of comic industry veterans, including Kris Longo (Heavy Metal, DC Comics), Adam Schlagman (DC Comics), Mark McCann (Never Never, 2000 AD), Doug Pasko (THE OUTPOST) and C. Christopher Chiang (DC Comics).

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Kingsville Issue 3: The War Begins

Current Funding: $956
Funding Goal: $3,000
Days Left: 11
Link: Kingsville Issue 3: The War Begins

Kingsville is a small island nation north of the largest continent of Valtoria. They are a mining nation that has found a unique mineral called Sycodone. A non-profit called the Alliance of Global Safety (AGS) was formed by Dr. Derickson meant to bring nations together to help form free trade, better living, and safer communities.

Kingsville sold this mineral to AGS and with their technology have found that it contains properties that supply superhuman abilities. Now they want more of it but Kingsville is worried as about the power they are gaining by having a superhero team. AGS now promises each nation that joins them their own superhuman to help in that country. This could lead to war.

Your support will help us complete issue 3 of this 4 part mini series. Providing new stories is crucial in comics books and having a hispanic lead in a comic book is important. This story not only follows Kingsville and their fear of a growing superpower in AGS, but also follows Rodrigo as he balances his duties as one of the lead scientist at AGS and the moral dilemma he finds himself in as he begins to notice some of the evil AGS is doing with this new superhuman team that AGS has developed what was thought to be for good.

 

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Previously featured Kickstarter campaigns still running and unfunded:
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:

 

Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #1-2: A Supernatural Mystery

Murders pile up as Bix and Diego avoid the cops, interrogate a cat burglar, meet a demon dog and discover the contents of…The Vault!

Current Funding: $3,139
Funding Goal: $4,700
Days Left: 19
Link: Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #1-2: A Supernatural Mystery

BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE IS A 30-PAGE COMIC BOOK. The full-color comic contains a Kickstarter-exclusive 20-page original story and a never-before seen  8-page back-up story.

Written by Patrick Coyle, with main story art by Gonzalo Martínez, colors by Arthur Hesli, and backup story art by Gonzalo Ruggieri, the 30 Page second issue of FANGS & BRIMSTONE stars everyone’s favorite mummy detective, Bixby Grant!

Tension is high in Harbor City: Four volunteers from the corrupt Mayor’s re-election campaign have been found dead, killed in elaborate cult ceremonies. The Mayor and his supporters blame the supernatural citizens of Harbor City for the killings, making every monster in city limits a suspect – including our heroes, Bixby Grant and Diego the rockabilly vampire! Bix dodges the cops, seeks help from old friends, and shakes down a cat burglar to try and solve this case before another body turns up. But will Bix’s personal history with the murder weapon cause him to push things too far, igniting the powder keg that is Harbor City?

It’s Hellboy meets The Spirit, with the tone of Batman: The Animated Series.

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THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME – Alex Ross Documentary

The story behind the iconic 90s graphic novel—how the vision of Alex Ross redefined comic art and superheroes across generations.

Current Funding: $299,259
Funding Goal: $50,000
Days Left: 28

This feature documentary is an origin story about the beloved 90s-era graphic novel KINGDOM COME, going behind the scenes and inside the mind of its creator: comic book legend Alex Ross.

This film traces the influence of comics history through the present day, exploring the roots of pop culture’s most vibrant medium in the 21st century. Featuring a wide range of comic luminaries reflecting on the book and industry, THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME seeks to answer the question: Why are comic heroes so beloved?

Through exclusive interviews and original footage, we explore the rich history of comics and their evolution into a cornerstone of modern pop culture. Join us on this journey to discover why these heroes have captured our hearts and imaginations for decades.

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The Depths #1 : A Goth Mermaid Tale – NSFW comic & Hardcover

Goth Mermaid Jess has always been a little different. But when a deadly threat comes to town, she’s more than ready for a fight!

Current Funding: $5,209
Funding Goal: $669
Days Left: 24

 

Jess is an outcast. A goth mermaid, truly one of a kind. And there’s danger brewing for her and those close to her. Can she fight off the evil threat in this fun romp through the undersea world?

Welcome to our 35th Kickstarter campaign… and this one has literally got something for everyone! Comics, Hardcovers… a Limited Edition Goth Mermaid toy, and so much more! All of this and a creative team to die for… wait until you see those pages!

 

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HAUNTING #1-7: Return of the Possessed Ex-Girlfriend

Has Bram finally gotten a handle on his SUPERNATURAL POWERS? Can Ghost Hunter Hope free her ex-girlfriend from an EVIL SPIRIT?

Current Funding: $12,511
Funding Goal: $8,000
Days Left: 5

 

Lifeline Comics is back with the PENULTIMATE ISSUE of their Supernatural Horror Series!

Wherever bratty teenage boy Bram goes, ghosts appear – restless spirits that attack the living viciously and without prejudice. Bram’s spent his entire life turning a blind eye to the destruction and death caused by his strange ability. He didn’t ask for this curse, so (by his logic, at least) none of it is his fault.

Enter Hope – a jaded ghost hunter and the twin sister of Bram’s friend, Faith – who makes it her mission to end Bram’s unintentional reign of terror. Permanently.

This 24-page seventh issue sees Bram and Faith finally starting to get the hang of Bram’s supernatural abilities (something Bram always thought impossible), while Hope’s Possessed Ex-Girlfriend bursts onto the scene after being awakened from her coma by Bram’s blood!

Like every issue of HAUNTING, this installment has HORRORCOMEDYACTION, and HEART! If you’re a fan of character-driven horror with a sense of humor, you don’t want to miss out on this issue!

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The X-Men Art of Andy Kubert

Celebrating the decades-spanning mutant works of Andy Kubert

Current Funding: $181,735
Funding Goal: $19,970
Days Left: 19
Link: The X-Men Art of Andy Kubert

Welcome, fellow X-Men enthusiasts and comic art lovers! We’re excited to present to you “The Marvel X-Men Art of Andy Kubert,” a unique and immersive art collection that celebrates the iconic work of one of the most influential comic book artists of our time. Andy Kubert’s dynamic style has brought to life some of the most memorable moments in X-Men history, capturing the essence of these beloved characters and their epic adventures.

This Kickstarter campaign is dedicated to bringing together Andy Kubert’s finest X-Men art in a beautifully crafted collection. Whether you’re a lifelong fan of the X-Men, a collector of comic book art, or someone who simply appreciates incredible illustration, this project is for you. With your support, we can create a stunning tribute to Kubert’s contribution to the Marvel universe, packed with exclusive content, high-quality prints, and insights into his creative process.

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Too Much Coffee Man Saves the Universe (and other mistakes)

A collection of mini-comics, one-page comics, and other miscellaneous early work of Shannon Wheeler

Current Funding: $11,051
Funding Goal: $7,000
Days Left: 26
Link: Too Much Coffee Man Saves the Universe (and other mistakes)

Collecting the mini-comics, short comics, short stories, ads, and essays that make up the first appearances of Too Much Coffee Man in a new book of profound significance.

There will also be contemporaneous drawings of Too Much Coffee Man by Mike Judge, Sergio Aragonés, Dan Clowes, Adrian Tomine, and more.

It’s another existential journey of self-confidence in an eternal struggle with self-doubt.

Also included is the story from the book we actually shot with a gun.

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NIGHTMARE IN WONDERLAND #1-2 – Mature Exes-to-Lovers Romance

Can ex-girlfriends ASSASSIN ALICE & SLEEPING BEAUTY survive the THE CHESHIRE CAT TIGER and the NIGHTMARE TEA PARTY in Dark Wonderland?

Current Funding: $29,250
Funding Goal: $20,000
Days Left: 24
Link: NIGHTMARE IN WONDERLAND #1-2 – Mature Exes-to-Lovers Romance

 

A dark prophecy foretells that Sleeping Beauty AKA Princess Bianca of Briarwood will fall into an eternal slumber on the sunset of her twenty-fifth birthday. She’s spent every waking moment overpreparing for that moment.

In the final hours before her curse is to take effect, the princess reunites with her childhood-friend-turned-professional-assassin: Alice.

Alice and Bianca are now stuck in a Nightmare version of Wonderland as they stumble upon some familiar characters: the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter...and maybe some new characters too. Will their relationship survive the wacky world of Wonderland or will Alice and Bianca come to resent each other even more?

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BATTLECATS — Complete Oversized Omnibus & Soundtrack!

The first-ever Mad Cave Kickstarter campaign, celebrating their flagship title BATTLECATS with a prestige collection and soundtrack!

Current Funding: $5,736
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 24
Link: BATTLECATS — Complete Oversized Omnibus & Soundtrack!

n celebration of its 10th anniversary, independent publisher Mad Cave Studios is thrilled to revisit its very first comic book series — Battlecats, a sweeping fantasy epic created and written by acclaimed author Mark London — in its first-ever Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

The BATTLECATS OMNIBUS collects the complete saga of Kelthan and his heroic allies, over 500 pages of swords and sorcery presented for the first time in glorious Library Edition sizing, measuring 8″ x 12.25″ to fully appreciate the amazing talent of main series artist Michael Camelo and short story contributors Robert StotzDaniel JimenoAtagun IlhanMauricio Villarreal, and Riccardo Cecchi. Every single story in the Battlecats universe can be found herein, including:

A Soundtrack for the Sweeping Battlecats Saga

A unique feature of the Battlecats Kickstarter is that Mad Cave Studios has created an accompanying score of pounding percussion, magnificent melodies, and roaring rhythms to bring all the battle and beauty of Valderia to life.

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Seven Years in Darkness: Year One

Seventy-two children are conscripted to the Academy of Black Magic for seven years and only seven will see the daylight again.

Current Funding: $7,522
Funding Goal: $7,000
Days Left: 8
Link: Seven Years in Darkness: Year One

 

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A Dream of Swords

A book collecting 100 monotone watercolored drawings of swords from museums in Paris, London, Leeds, and New York.

Current Funding: $13,258
Funding Goal: $1,000
Days Left: 11
Link: A Dream of Swords

 

My name is Chris Schweizer, and I’m a cartoonist and illustrator whose output is largely historical, or historically informed. I spend a decent amount of time in museums, where I love sketching artifacts, clothing, armor, and, especially, swords. Swords have captured my enthusiasm and imagination since I was a kid, and if you’re looking at this, I’d say it’s a good bet that they may well capture yours, too.

A DREAM OF SWORDS is collection of one hundred monotone watercolored drawings featuring the sword holdings of some of the museums that I’ve visited in 2023 and 2024, including Paris’s Musée de l’Armée, London’s British Museum, Leeds’s Royal Armouries, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Transformers 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Trading Cards

An Incredible Transformers 40th Anniversary Trading Card Collection Featuring G1 Artwork and Special Artist Renderings!

Current Funding: $120,853
Funding Goal: $19,840
Days Left: 27
Link: Transformers 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Trading Cards

 

Fans who lock down their Transformers 40th Anniversary Trading Cards in the first 48 hours of our launch on Kickstarter will receive an exclusive limited-edition oversized Transformers 40th Anniversary 5″ x 7″ Trading Card!  Don’t miss out on this awesome special offer and the chance to put this impossible to find premium card in your collection!

Transformers fans who want high-end premiums and very rare collectibles can score these incredibly special cards in the exciting Mini-Box Foil-Packs.  Each one includes unique items like hand-drawn sketch trading cards and other impossible to find collectible cards.  This set also includes 18 exclusive base cards which round out the full Ultra-Premium collection. Each Deluxe Ultra-Premium Display Box guarantees card configurations which will score you the complete set!

Complete set includes:
• 110 base cards
• 110 Rainbow Holofoil parallel cards
• 6 Creator Art – Bob Budiansky cards
• 6 Creator Art – Simon Furman cards
• 40 One-of-One unique single-print cards randomly inserted in select packs
• Signed and sketch art cards randomly inserted into select packs

 

ILLuminati: A Thriller Where Hip-Hop & Comics Collide

Charlamagne Tha God & AWA present a supernatural story by groundbreaking Black creators — featuring homage art to seminal albums!

Current Funding: $19,495
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 24
Link: ILLuminati: A Thriller Where Hip-Hop & Comics Collide

The ILLuminati will be revealed…

In partnership with Charlamagne Tha God, one of the most influential voices in hip-hop and pop culture, AWA Studios brings you a relentless supernatural thriller that tackles head-on the most enduring urban legend: THE BLACK ILLUMINATI.

ILLuminati brings together some of the most prolific and award-winning creators in comics including acclaimed writer Bryan Edward Hill, legendary artist Denys Cowan, Eisner Hall of Fame artist Bill Sienkiewicz, with cover by award-winning artist Sanford Greene, and five all-star variant cover artists who pay tribute to seminal hip-hop album covers selected by Charlamagne himself.

The graphic novel merges the worlds of hip-hop and comics in a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller. With a passion for riveting storytelling that showcases authentic hip-hop culture, Charlamagne and the AWA team worked to bring some of the greatest and most influential Black talent together to create this original story. We hope that you will support and encourage this unique showcase of their artistry.

STORY SUMMARY: Los Angeles has its secrets and fame has a price. When a rising hip-hop star dies under mysterious circumstances, her twin sister, a young woman with psychic abilities, journeys to the City of Angels for answers and becomes enmeshed in a dark conspiracy that snakes its way through the pillars of power, fame, and pop culture.

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unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology

A 64-page comic anthology amplifying underrepresented voices in the disability and neurodivergent communities.

Current Funding: $7,376
Funding Goal: $13,500
Days Left: 20
Link: unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology
From the editors that brought you Scott Snyder Presents Tales from the Cloakroom vol. 1 and the Ringo-nominated creator of Etheres comes unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence64-page anthology that collects 12 new slice of life, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror short comics about dealing with disabilities or being neurodivergent.

It was vital to us that stories about neurodivergent people and those with disabilities be told by people with those conditions. Similarly, creators with these conditions often find it difficult to make comics consistently, from financial barriers to constant interruptions to the creative process because their energy must go to simply…existing. As such, we wanted to produce this anthology to give those who might not usually get to tell their stories a platform to do so.

The anthology covers a wide spectrum of conditions: AuDHD, Ankylosing Spondilitis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Dyslexia, Spinal Cord Injury, Misophonia associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, Blindness, Fibromyalgia, CPTSD, and more.

Furthermore, intersectionality and representation of other marginalized communities is a pillar of Unseen Alchemy Publishing. As such, expect to see 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC representation in our stories.

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Vampires on Mars #1-2—Sci-fi & dark comedy collide in space

A vampire battles a vapid billionaire, volatile astronauts, and chaotic humans to complete her 300-year-old quest to step foot on Mars.

Current Funding: $3,717
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 6
Link: Vampires on Mars #1-2—Sci-fi & dark comedy collide in space

ampires on Mars #2 also includes an exclusive interview with astronomer Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer) about the current state of manned missions to Mars, the difficulties of making the trip, whether vampires could survive it, and more. (more on that later)

ABOUT VAMPIRES ON MARS

Billionaire Gary Laurie has a dream—to be the first person to safely send people to Mars. The problem is it can’t be done, and he’s losing billions in the process.

Desperate to save his dream, he turns the mission over to Hanna Von Fleischer, a brilliant, gorgeous, and mysterious woman who promises to get the crew to Mars and back.

Oh, and she also happens to be a 300-year-old vampire.

So, how much of your humanity would you give up to achieve your dreams?

Vampires on Mars blends the over-the-top vibe and humor of CHEW with the claustrophobic hunt of Aliens.

Written and co-created by George O’Connor, illustrated and co-created by Fernando Pinto, colored by Ellie Wright, and lettered by Justin Birch.

Vampires on Mars #2 is complete!

All we need to know is how many copies to print and where to send them.

I’m incredibly proud of how quickly we fulfilled Vampires on Mars #1. The first shipments went out just seven weeks after the campaign ended, and most physical rewards were shipped within ten weeks.

Once again, we’ll be doing everything we can to speed up the process so you can have your book(s) as soon as the campaign finishes.

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The View of the Phoenix Trees

An inspiring historic-fantasy story about a Vietnamese family’s struggle to stay together post war.

Current Funding: $462
Funding Goal: $750
Days Left: 18
Link: The View of the Phoenix Trees

 

In The View of the Phoenix Trees, a charismatic, risk-taking gambler and a small yet indomitable matriarch defies the odds, finding love and creating a family in a world on the brink of chaos. But when war and persecution threaten to tear them apart, they must confront the impossible, embarking on a perilous journey to protect the ones they love.

Their struggle is echoed by the Vietnamese myth of the Dragon King Lac Long Quan and the Fairy Princess Au Co, whose legendary love and sacrifices birthed a natation. As past and present collide, The View of the Phoenix Trees weaves a powerful narrative of courage, resilience, and the extraordinary lengths we go to keep our families safe.

This story is rooted in real events that shaped my family’s history. During the Vietnam War, my family endured immense hardships, including exile and spending six months on a boat. This is a documented historical fact. After the war, rising tensions between China and Vietnam led to the expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Vietnam, including my mother’s family. Known as ‘the Ho People,’ they were part of a mass exodus by boat, eventually finding refuge in a camp in Macao for two years before arriving in the UK.

In this story, I’ve intertwined a retelling of the Vietnamese ‘Creation’ myth with the true journey of my grandparents, drawing parallels between their experiences and the mythological narrative. This blend of historical fact and mythological fiction highlights the resilience and determination of those who lived through these events.

This is my mother’s family history, the legacy of how they came to the UK. Although I’m not very close with my family, creating this story has given me a deeper connection to our past. I’ve always overheard this story growing up, and it stayed with me because it’s such a powerful tale. I chose to share it through comic panels and pages, bringing this remarkable journey to life.

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STARWEED #1-3 Complete Comic Book Story- Let’s End on a High

In a world of smoking the remains of dead celebrities, they heist the corpses. Also starring dinosaurs and an inflatable Clark Gable.

Current Funding: 2,783
Funding Goal: $420
Days Left: 7
Link: STARWEED #1-3 Complete Comic Book Story- Let’s End on a High

In a future of smoking the remains of dead celebrities, we heist the corpses.

Also starring dinosaurs and an inflatable Clark Gable.

The third and final issue of Starweed is upon us, completing the story co-created by Tony Gregori and Lex Wilson!

For the first time ever, the complete series is now available (while supplies last for the physical/print edition of the first two issues… all FIRST PRINTING editions).

Starweed #1 – #3 feature 100 pages of comics/story, or 116 total pages, including covers and fun art by some fabulous friends and former collaborators like Kelly Williams, Sally Jane Thompson, and Silvio dB!

What’s new:

  • Starweed #3 The End is High is finished and–after a few backer-related tweaks–ready for the printers!
  • SW#3 alone contains 34 new comic book pages of action, adventure and science fiction comedy (40 pages including cover, etc).
  • Starweed #1 (Full Spectrum Comic Book) and Starweed #2 (For Recreational Comic Book Use Only) are already printed!

 

 

Comic Watch Presents: The Krowdfunder Korner September 28, 2024
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