Kickstarter isn’t the only place indie creators go to fund their projects. There is Zoop, Indiegogo and Crowdfundr, just to name a few.
We also want to highlight those projects that still need a push along with those stretch goals.
Below is a brief synopsis of the project, for more details and to support click on the link to the campaign page.
This week we are proud to spotlight a Kickstarter Campagin from one of our contributors here at Comic Watch: Mike Spring’s UNCAPED. For more on this awesome project, check out the interview and full article at UNCAPED
Related: Kickstarter Interview: Getting UNCAPED With Mike Spring
Warhood by Dylan Andrews
A reluctant hero in a harsh and violent world uses a futuristic weapon against its creator to save a dying planet. A sci fi epic about war, love, and becoming a hero.
Current Funding: $500
Funding Goal: $695
Days Left: 27
Link: Warhood by Dylan Andrews
WARHOOD is the perfect jumping on point for a new reader, and it also connects with all other ARCHIVE UNIVERSE comics. This is the most personal and important work that I’ve ever created. It’s the culmination of eight years of world building and story telling.
The comic has 32 black and white pages of intense action! There is a standard shatter cover and a battle damage homage variant cover. All comics are signed. There are hats and shirts that can be added to your reward. You can get commission drawing and you can get the cover art!
Uncaped: A Superhero Rom-Com – Original Graphic Novel
Creator and Comic Watch contributor Mike Spring asks what if Wonder Woman fell in love with Jimmy Olsen? in his funny and sexy 48-page Graphic Novel!
Current Funding: $4,278
Funding Goal: $7,500
Days Left: 26
Link: Uncaped: A Superhero Rom-Com – Original Graphic Novel
Comic Watch Interview with Mike Spring
Lady Olympus is one of the world’s premiere superheroes. She has the powers of the gods, she’s a former model, and she’s known and loved around the globe. When she encounters an alien device that shows her the future, she’s shocked to find out that she’s destined to spend her life with Lucas Wilder, an unassuming average joe who works at a comic book store and plays in a garage band. The problem is, Lucas isn’t sure he’s ready to date one of the world’s most famous and powerful women just yet!
It’s Notting Hill meets Wonder Woman with a dash of Love, Actually and a hint of Guardians of the Galaxy!
Uncaped is Rated PG-13 for sensuality and some adult-themed dialogue. There is NO nudity or swearing.
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Jeehyung Lee’s GUMAA #1-7 The Final Chapters
Supernatural thriller concludes with issues 6 & 7. Get the complete story in this campaign!
Current Funding: $37,094
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 19
Link: Jeehyung Lee’s GUMAA #1-7 The Final Chapters
Marvel/DC cover artist Jeehyung Lee has launched the Kickstarter campaign for the final chapters of his new horror comic GUMAA – The Beginning of Her.
GUMAA – which means “exorcism” in Korean – tells the story of a young Khalida’s escape from drugs and prostitution and her transformation into the high priestess of a cult warring against infected humans called MAAGI.
Lee, who has built an international following for his beautiful and dramatic cover art, drew inspiration from films like Constantine and The Dark Knight when creating this dark supernatural thriller. The final issues bring the conflict to an exciting conclusion as Khalida faces off against her young nemesis, a combat-trained warrior with a hidden connection to Khalida’s past.
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Everyday Magus: Comic Issue Number 1
The Great Resignation meets The Afterlife. What happens when you die? You just go back to work.
Current Funding: $1,716
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 28
Link: Everyday Magus: Comic Issue Number 1
On the day Chalk dies, he is captured by the supernatural corporation Ominous Powers Incorporated (OPI) and sent to “Newly Departed Processing”. There, the enslaved alien Octoped, Cyanea, is forced to tattoo him with the magical sigil of slavery, binding Chalk into OPI’s service. Chalk and Cyanea bond over their shared trauma of child loss, and she inscribes a magic instruction on Chalk’s soul, which are also his daughter’s final words: “Save Me”.
Chalk forms a plan: Get Fired
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OPI will only tolerate 5 reassignments before they subject employees to a mysterious curse called “The Big Empty”. Can Chalk save Cyanea and redeem himself for his failure to save his daughter? Will he be able to evade OPI’s retribution during his upcoming performance review? Will Mr. Unpronounceable answer for his actions? And can Chalk find some peace and escape the daily grind?
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PAINKILLER JANE- BEAUTIFUL KILLERS
An adults-only graphic adventure in 2 comic books.
Current Funding: $63,648
Funding Goal: $38,000
Days Left: 25
Link: PAINKILLER JANE- BEAUTIFUL KILLERS
Painkiller Jane makes her dramatic return to the comic pages in this action-packed, sexy, and dramatic adults-only two-issue tale!
FEATURING THE TALENTS OF: Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Juan Santacruz, Peach Momoko, Joe Quesada,Dave sharpe, Richard Isanove, Vittorio Astone, Joe Linsner, Ben Caldwell, Jennifer Van Damsel, John J Hill, Josh Burns, and more.
The story begins in Sicily where we found Jane and Ajira recovering from their last mission and taking on some dicey high-paying freelance work that brings them to the heart of VENICE, Italy where they meet up with their contact and take on a group of gangs terrorizing the city. While this is all underway, they themselves soon become hunted by the famous MK KILLER after he finds out they were behind his last unsuccessful gig. With Jane’s world being turned upside down, they are soon joined by the rest of her regular cast Detective Maureen Fernandez, her best friend, and Doctor Seth as they all try to help Jane stay alive while being hunted down for a big payout.
Reminder: This is a mature audience title (nudity, adult themes and more), you’ll thank me later!
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Chase Me! Episode 1
A comic about [magical] teens playing tag [and getting possessed] in a [haunted] cemetery.
Current Funding: $2,165
Funding Goal: $2,000
Days Left: 12
Link: Chase Me! Episode 1
Chase Me! is a comic about a dozen or so kids playing tag in a cemetery! Simple, right? Maybe not.
The kids have powers, The cemetery is haunted, And crawling with monsters. Join Tadhg, our unwilling hero–as he is forced to be “It” and find all of his friends before the Nightmares get them.Or get him.
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HANCOCK: The Lad Himself – A Graphic Novel
The story of the legendary comedian Tony Hancock as a graphic novel, told not without a few interruptions from The Lad Himself!
Current Funding: $1,874
Funding Goal: $7,180
Days Left: 12
Link: Hancock: The Lad Himself
The story of the legendary comedian as a graphic novel, told not without a few interruptions from The Lad Himself!
Tony Hancock somehow seems a natural subject for a comic — and, of course, he’s been in them before. At the height of his television fame, he appeared in Britain’s top-selling weekly, Film Fun. Since his death, he’s been the subject of biographies, radio dramas, and even a couple of television films. With the advent of satellite TV and DVD, he seems to be everywhere. This funny, powerful and poignant hand-drawn graphic novel charts the life of the o
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Hard Justice #1 Comic Book!
When crime runs rampant in the city, two street-level heroes decide to dish out their own brand of justice: the HARD way!
Current Funding: $3,148
Funding Goal: $3,000
Days Left: 27
Link: Hard Justice #1 Comic Book!
Joseph “Saint” Raines is a former cop turned PI, searching for the man responsible for his brother’s murder… Rex Samson was just a martial arts student until someone killed his sensei…\
When their paths cross, will they be able to set aside their differences to team-up and take down a crime syndicate?
Hard Justice is a 33-page, black & white action/comedy traditional American comic book. This is issue #1 of a 5-part mini-series, so more Hard Justice is on the way!
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COVID COP
A bombastic Dean Haspiel deep cut!
Current Funding: $5,479
Funding Goal: $5,000
Days Left: 27
Link: Covid Cop
COVID COP is a romance horror comic book for mature readers featuring a new 21st Century antihero (inspired by the global pandemic) by Ringo and Emmy Award winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel, the creator of The Red Hook and Billy Dogma.
A cross between Judge Dredd, Toxic Avenger, Mad Max, and Sin City, COVID COP is the response to a pandemic that never found its cure and has wiped out 98% of mankind. By steeping in the fumes and waters of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, can Covid Cop become the antidote that might save what’s left of humanity and rekindle romance with his ex-wife, Fate Majeure?
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Fully Funded Kickstarters Worth A Look:
Alora: Witch Princess by Kayden Phoenix
- Ethos: Heroes Lost – Issue #1 by R.L. Black
- Sink #1–11: Cutthroat – A Crime Horror Vampire Thriller by John Lees
- Vehi-Kill #1 – Highway to Hell by Matt Hardy
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That’s a wrap for this week from us, 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.
