We here at Comic Watch want to highlight and support those projects across the various platforms, especially those projects that still need a push along with those stretch goals.
Monster Forge Presents: gHosts
Monster Forge Productions assembles a creative team and character line-up from other universes for this Halloween Special One-Shot!
Days Left: 19
INvestigator Nita Hawes is drawn into a decades old missing child case when she’s sent a mysterious VHS tape featuring horror hosts Count Crowley, Vamp, Doctor Fearless, Desdemona, Uncle Monster and Ms. Halloween. The hosts do what they can to guide her recovery mission but even with their help, Nita may find herself lost in a Halloween nightmare if she can’t solve this case!
If you’re a fan of pop culture today, you’d be hard pressed NOT to have run across the work of the team behind The Monster Forge Halloween Special: gHosts!. Did you enjoy The Suicide Squad? Get a rush from Winning Time? Are you a fan of cosplay? Actor David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man), Writer/Executive Producer Rodney Barnes (HBO’s Winning Time, American Gods, Killadelphia), and cosplay legend Leanna Vamp lend their character creations to this multi-versal team up.
The team on writing and art duties is equally as impressive. Written by Cullen Bunn (X-Men, Venom) and Shannon Eric Denton (Founder, Monster Forge Productions) with art by David Hartman (Rob Zombie, Phantasm Ravager) and Chynna Clugston Flores (Scooby Doo, Lumberjanes), this one-shot is a story eerily well suited for the horror of Halloween.
Written by Shannon Eric Denton and Cullen Bunn, with art by Rob Zombie artist David Hartman, and featuring the creations of David Dastmalchian (Count Crowley), Eisner-nominated Rodney Barnes (Nita Hawes), Vamp (Vamp), Cullen Bunn (Shock Shop), and Chynna Clugston Flores (Ms. Halloween), this is the only place you can get physical copies of this prestige hardover
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Conan the Barbarian – Colossal Edition
Days Left: 13
Boasting more than 190 pages of original art reproduced at their original size, allowing every detail to sing — every muscle, every sword, every drop of blood and bead of sweat — the book presents glorious full-color reproductions of the original art, from inked lineart to beautiful gray washes, and even vivid paintings from the Cimmerian’s comic book adventures.
Art this good needs a worthy presentation — and master designer IAN CHALGREN (as seen on Cartoon Kayfabe) pulled out all the stops, with brand-new text pieces by writer, editor, and comics historian CHRIS RYALL (Mighty Marvel Calendar Book: A Visual History), and an original introduction by ROY THOMAS, unparalleled scribe of these timeless tales of the world’s most popular barbarian.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLOSSAL EDITION is divided into three sections; the first three each shine a torchlight on the work of one of the greatest sword-and-sorcery artists of all time: JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE, and BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH. Each section pulls pages from the decades of incomparable artistry that filled the pages of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, KING CONAN, THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, GIANT-SIZE CONAN, SAVAGE TALES, WHAT IF, CONAN THE BARBARIAN MOVIE SPECIAL, and more!
Finally, the book concludes with an extended section of key pages by other incredible artists — some regularly associated with CONAN and some thrilling surprises, including: ART ADAMS, NEAL ADAMS, ALFREDO ALCALA, ENRIQUE ALCATENA, ERNIE CHAN, HOWARD CHAYKIN, JOE CHOIDO, TIM CONRAD, GEOF ISHERWOOD, GARY KWAPISZ, JIM LEE, ESTEBAN MAROTO, JOHN MCCREA, RUDY NEBRES, ALEX NINO, KEVIN NOWLAN, TONY SALMONS, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, ALEX TOTH, and JORGE ZAFFINO.
In collaboration with Zoop, we present two special covers of CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLOSSAL EDITION, neither of which will be available in stores: the Zoop-Exclusive JIM LEE cover and the JOHN BUSCEMA wraparound cover, with a limited amount signed by the legendary ROY THOMAS!
Going Green
Beginning in the Pacific Northwest after the Dunn children suffer the tragic loss of their father. Instead of burying him, they go the route of an affordable new method of laying your loved ones to rest called Going Green, which composts the remains into soil as a greener alternative. Shortly after, their lives begin to change dramatically as their formerly deceased dad is reincarnated as a plant-hybrid creature. Meanwhile, a dangerous, kaiju-like hive mind comprised of the reanimated remains of the town’s deceased, is beginning to uproot as an internal battle wages within its ecosystem of conflicting personalities.
GOING GREEN will appeal to fans of genre properties such as Stranger Things or Something Is Killing The Children. This story leans into the terrifying, while also telling a story about death, second chances, and family. Intended for a mature audience, its strong themes about what it takes to keep a family together through troubling times should resonate with a variety of readers.
This is an idea we’ve been bouncing back and forth for years, and it’s one that we couldn’t let die. We love this idea, and we want to maintain ownership over it. The only way to do that is to take it direct-to-consumer, and by doing so, we are still in control of the art and the way the story is told and marketed. This is the first indie comics crowdfunder we’ve done, and we wanted to do it with the support of readers like you who believe in the project and in us and our abilities to tell this story.
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Binary Sea
YouTube’s Captain Midnight presents a supernatural tale of the sea.
Days Left: 11
Following coordinates given to them by a mysterious soothsayer, the crew of the HMS Pontus embark on the most dangerous journey of their lives. Led by the cold and calculating Captain Willett and loaded with a brig full of pirates, tensions have never been higher. On the Binary Sea, threats lurk where sailors least expect them.
This first issue of Binary Sea, The HMS Pontus has been sent on a mission that no one aboard can truly understand. On a ship filled with weary sailors, British officers, and captured pirates, something has to give. Binary Sea is a science-fiction-infused take on seafaring adventure stories.
For fans of: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Depths
A 1930s engineer gets trapped underwater for 3 years in a diving suit of his own creation. His friend searches for him against all odds.
Days Left: 11
Dracula The Return: Cult of The White Worm Books #1 and #2
Dacre Stoker, the great grand nephew of Bram Stoker, along with co-writer Chris McAuley and art team Chris Geary & Matt Soffe make a triumphant return with publishers Scratch Comics and the second installment of this historic and authentic continuation of the classic novel.
Days Left: 7
After a hugely successful first issue the Great Grand Nephew of Bram Stoker, Dacre Stoker and his crack creative team of co writer and co creator Chris McAuley along with artists Chris Geary, David Hitchcock and Matt Soffe make a return with the second installment of the official comic book sequel to Bram Stoker’s classic novel “Dracula”
Gothic horror fans are in for a real treat this year as the Stokerverse expands the Dracula Mythos and introduces new characters from the history of gothic and pulp horror, reimagined as if Bram Stoker had written them.
Our surviving band of heroes from issue #1 begin to suspect that not all is well and although they have put an end to the threat of Dracula himself, his legacy continues with other creatures of the night still threatening England and perhaps even the world.
Little do they know that the Lord of Vampires has returns to our realm and is seeking the most hideous revenge on those who dared to thwart his plans… and he’s not alone either!
This book is the only official comic book sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula written by a member of the Stoker Family!
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Previously featured campaigns still running and unfunded:
- Highspot #1, #2, and #3 – 21 Days Left
- Granite State Punk – THE COVEN – Punk Rock! Horror! – 10 Days Left
- 3 Devils: The Return by Bo Hampton – 8 Days Left
- Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans – 19 Days Left
- KARCIS #1 – An Investigative Horror For Mature Readers – 12 Days Left
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look:
- Slice of Life – Anime Action Adventure #1 – 6 Days Left
- Diary of Dread Horror Magazine for Mature Audiences – 5 Days Left
- THE EY3K0N ANTHOLOGY! – 6 Days Left
- Lili the Demoness Ch. 7: Black Miracles pt.2 – 3 Days Left
- Nightmare Theater 3D: The Final Chapter – Horror Anthology – 5 Days Left
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness – 3 Days Left
- RISE – A Superhero Drama & Subversion of The Hero’s Journey – 9 Days Left
- ONE BITE AT A TIME: A Hardcover Art Book Celebrating Process – 5 Days Left
- Unicorn: Vampire Hunter #1-7 – 3 Days Left
- Night Wolf #1-8: Urban Fantasy Werewolf Coming-of-Age Drama – 4 Days Left
- (Punchline 1-3) Debut of “Violanté The Undead” – 14 Days Left
B-Sides | Comic Volume #1
Explore the characters of Sidetown in a new original comic series inspired by music and film.
B-Sides is an original comic book series, drawing influence from music, film and street culture.
Centered on a dive bar in counter-cultural Sidetown, B-Sides explores the lives of characters living their best, dysfunctional lives away from the mainstream and the bright lights of the glamorous side of town.
Volume 1 is packed with long and short form tales from the cast of B-Sides. Some of our residents are more famous than others… Keep your eyes peeled for real-life artists! Scan QR codes in the comic to access pop-up animated scenes.
And there, you’ll meet a friendly bunch of equally rare gems all living their best life and working hard to make that life even better.
They’re a curious bunch of misfits, dreamers, and schemers who look out for each other and look after each other.
At the center of it all is the B-Sides bar, the beating heart and soul of Sidetown, run by Gus, the barman, who lives in an old airstream in the parking lot. In front of the bar, on their bench, you’ll usually find Slippery Kev and his mate, Sketch – a Riff Rat. With their own speakeasy under the floorboards, The Riff Rats live among the other residents in their own, rat-sized world.
There’s a regular open mic night at the bar hosted by the slightly irregular Open Mike, who gets his name from being, well, open, too open… Next door is the vinyl record exchange, Sounds Good, run by the couple Sheena and Debs, who also run Sounds Good Radio from the back of the store.
On the other side of the bar is Bodhi’s Taco truck where you can get the best tacos in town, that is unless ‘surf’s up’, then Bodhi and his sous chef Nacho are nowhere to be seen.
Across the road is the Sideview Guesthouse, which was famous in the 60s as a musicians’ hangout and still attracts ‘name’ bands when they’re playing in LA. On one side of the Guesthouse is a recently developed office building which looks ideal for startups, on the other side is a rundown building ‘owned’ by the ever industrious Riff Rats.
Check out B-Sides, it’s a dusty, precious gem that’s ready to shine.
Taft Sturgeon: Holiday in the Stars
A 140 page cosmic Christmas odyssey! A beloved detective is sent to the North Pole via a black hole while robotic facsimiles run amok.
Taft Sturgeon: Holiday in the Stars is a 140 page softcover. This fully colored original graphic novel by David Crispino and Tony Gregori is filled with yuletide adventure, belly shaking laughs, and arm wrapping friendship!
Lords of LA Issue 2 – Vampire, the Mob in 1950s Hollywood!
Lena returns after 60 yrs to take revenge on the Vampire Mob Bosses that turned her. Guest appearance by Marilyn Monroe
Link: Lords of LA Issue 2 – Vampire, the Mob in 1950s Hollywood!
The Legendary “Lords of LA” Saga Continues!
R-Rated graphic novel with a story that will keep you at the edge of your seat. The 48-page graphic novel is beautifully illustrated by newcomer Alex Femenías and inked by Maria Keane Star Trek, Buffy, Godzilla, and GI Joe for Boom and IDW. There will be several variant covers, including one done by Hedwin Zaldivar of Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
Frank Zanca is an award-winning screenwriter, novelist, and board game designer. He is known for his Destiny Aurora series of novels as well as the adapted graphic novel and board game – Destiny Aurora Renegades. He has produced films such as Star Trek: Renegades, Six Gun Savior, Renegades:Ominara, Hunter’sMoon, and Redville, including productions for Hulu, Tubi, Showtime, Netflix, and more.
This Kickstarter will feature exclusive covers, including a nude variant, keychains, pins, Bonus Comics, Collector’s Cards, and more!
The Unthinkables #1-3
Turns out gettin’ supervillains together to save the world was a really bad idea. Oops. 18+ WTFery
No really. Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Thunderbolts and Megamind totally bulls***ted you. Even The Dirty Dozen (because not all terrible ideas for heroes wear capes).
So we rounded up (almost) all of the “at large” f***ers on our list out in #1: RiotGrrl; Devilfish; the Anti-Freeze; Noddy Blinkins; White Devil II… oh and Fallout, whoever that is. The Air Force has had that thing locked in an 18 ton nuclear waste casket, so yeah… let’s peek in there and see if he’ll save us. Fer sure, dude. No wonder Bloody Mary gave us an “I’ll get back to you.”
MALICENT BLACK
Supernatural sci-fi from the father and son team responsible for SAM AND HIS TALKING GUN!
Link: MALICENT BLACK
The Universe has never seen someone quite like Malicent, and I certainly don’t mean that as a compliment. If the Universe had a song for Malicent, it would make the song about the Grinch look like a love letter. People spit on the ground Malicent walks on, and it’s not without reason; her whole crew is dead, every single crew she’s ever had in fact, and it was completely, entirely, unequivocally, her fault. Each and every time.
But that doesn’t mean you know everything you need to know about Malicent. She doesn’t like losing people, losing friends, always being in that utterly damned situation where she has to make an impossible choice none of the chuckleheads who think they know her could ever imagine. She doesn’t like much about this job, really. It’s shit. It’s always going to be shit, she knows that by now. It’s why she doesn’t work with anybody anymore. You get enough people killed, you either stop letting them in or you’re a piece of shit.
What she does love? When she gets to hurt someone bad. When she gets to hurt something TERRIBLE, when she gets to really go full blood and guts and magic and full-on-cosmic-screaming. She gets this snarling smirk, because y’see, it’s not entirely altruistic, what she does. The byproduct of it is that people get helped, and yeah, somewhere in her is a thing she buried a long time ago that wants to help people. But the engine that drives her, she knows, is liking being the person that the dark, and the light, think about before they drift off to sleep every night. Being the thing that smiles through the flames and makes the one that set the match back up in that uniquely oh-god-oh-hell-what-have-I-done kind of way.
Malicent Black doesn’t hate the big bad things in the dark. She hates that she kind of understands them.
Shark of War #1-7 – Devoured!
Can Our Shark Hero Survive Not Only The Whales of War But The Traitor Within!
After a massive bioengineered shark escapes a secret military lab, he makes himself the law of the sea. Able to fly, bullet proof, and armed with guns and teeth, he cuts a swath thru the bad guys. But the Mob and the evil scientist who created him have a plan to stop him – make ever more dangerous creatures.
And now, they have made the one thing even The Shark of War fears, Killer Whales who have been modified just like he has.
The Adept, Assassin G, Immortal Swordsmen, and Fa Sheng!
Turning the Page on Superheroes – The Immortal Storyverse levels up with the next issues of each series, all in one amazing campaign!
Link: The Adept, Assassin G, Immortal Swordsmen, and Fa Sheng!
We are Immortal Studios, home of the Immortal Storyverse, the first ever wuxia-centered, interconnected comic book story universe. You might remember us from our previous successful Kickstarter campaigns (5 already fulfilled) and we’re back to bring you more of the stories you love—and to make a historic imprint in the process.
“People yearn for something more than just another caped crusader fighting another inter-galactic battle. They want stories that mirror the challenges and complexities of their daily lives, characters they can relate to, and narratives that aren’t commandeered by profit-driven conglomerates trying to meet another quarterly revenue goal,” says Payhuan Shiao, founder of Immortal Studios.
This campaign isn’t just about funding the printing of comic books. We are both presenting an authentic, diverse, and grounded alternative to the superhero saturation and building an entirely new, multicultural mythology that reflects our times. It’s ambitious but, in the wake of unprecedented global challenges, it is entirely necessary. This is a campaign about deepening human connections and empowering new possibilities through inspiring, remarkable storytelling.
And we’re not just bringing you one, but four new issues of the stories you’ve already shown us that you love, building the foundation of this epic Storyverse even further and even stronger.
HELLFORGED Comic Series #1 and #2
A dark reinvention of the mythology of Excalibur, Merlin, and King Arthur – Arthurian fantasy meets cosmic horror.
HELLFORGED is the story of a teenager named LIZ who is living in New York City with her father, the fabled wizard MERLIN, pretending to be normal people. Stranded on Earth after an accident transported Merlin and Liz to our world when she was a baby, Liz has grown up only knowing what Merlin has told her about their home- the kingdom of Camelot- and the benevolent King Arthur.
After a mysterious force brings Liz, Merlin, and Liz’s best friend CALVIN to the world of Camelot, Liz discovers that it’s actually a nightmarish hellscape overrun with terrifying beasts that serve a world-consuming primordial evil. This evil is an extra-dimensional being known as THE ALL-DARK, and he has possessed and corrupted King Arthur and Camelot beyond salvation. This is just the tip of the iceberg of the many lies that Merlin has told Liz in the hopes of keeping the truth of what she is from her…
Liz isn’t Merlin’s daughter– she’s not even really human. She’s the soul of EXCALIBUR given a physical form.
Excalibur was never the vanquisher of evil that the legends have led us to believe, but instead it’s the tool that The All-Dark uses to consume life and devour worlds. Now, with Merlin and Calvin’s help, Liz must not only find a way to save Camelot and its few survivors from annihilation, but also free Arthur from the darkness that has consumed him.
HELLFORGED will be a six issue series (roughly twenty-two pages per issue), which will compromise Volume One of the series. We have every intention of continuing HELLFORGED beyond the first six issues if success allows it!
As a major reinvention of Arthurian lore, HELLFORGED is perfectly suited for readers who know the world of Camelot -and- for readers who are fans of the fantasy genre but aren’t familiar with King Arthur and his lor
Butch Killigan, Volume 1
A mind altering comic-book experience! Brace yourself for this fast-paced, action-packed cyberpunk comedy adventure!
of Ultra-City with his partner, Poncho. He is about to bite off more than he can chew when he confronts a shady cabal and their mysterious contraband. What horrors await our hero beyond the confines of the streets and the law?
The Wild Cosmos #1-3: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure
An infamous space smuggler must capture a magical girl and trade her to space pirates to get his crewmate back.
Link: The Wild Cosmos #1-3: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure
The Wild Cosmos is a 5 issue mini-series written by Curtis Clow, drawn by Mauro Mandalari and Guillermo Fajardo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Toben Racicot. It’s a high quality collectors comic printed on thick gloss paper and with a thick matte cover. Issues #1-3 have previously been successfully funded on Kickstarter and now we’re back to make a new super limited version of issue #1!
The Wild Cosmos is set in the future, humans have colonized thousands of planets and made home to many planets in the galaxy. This story takes place in our version of a colorful, beautiful wild west version of space, filled with exotic alien planets and creatures and with a bit of… magic!
It’s about an infamous space smuggler that must capture a magical girl and trade her to space pirates to get his crewmate back. The Wild Cosmos deals with subjects like being a leader, overcoming guilt, and the fact that every choice you make will yield different consequences.
Back in 2017 we printed The Wild Cosmos #1 as an oversized 8×12 inch softcover issue. We quickly sold out of this issue and haven’t been able to reprint any copies… until now! This reprint of issue #1 will have three new covers. Printed at standard comic book size at 6.87 x 10″ with some soft matte covers, thick glossy interiors and all the extras that our fans are used to seeing in my current line of books like a collectors version with a foil stamped logo and each numbered out of 1,000 with a numeric stamp on the cover. Plus some beautiful rare variants!
PRINCESSES VS ZOMBIES! THIS AIN’T YOUR DADDY’S FAIRYTALE!
The Princesses band together to fight off the zombie horde that rises on Halloween night! Get all 4 issues right here…RIGHT NOW!
Link: PRINCESSES VS ZOMBIES! THIS AIN’T YOUR DADDY’S FAIRYTALE!
Halloween night. Northern Illinois. Monsters roam the streets looking for their next fix, and no street corner is free of their plague.
Also there’s zombies.
This outside-the-box zombie story features the Princesses you all know and love, but with the campy twist of an 80’s horror film. Cindy, Mrs. White, Pocahontas and Bella Rose have made their debuts…but where are the other princesses?
Blood, boobs and bobbing for apples encompass a night of terror for this small town and the heroines that step up to the plate to turn this basic bitch of a holiday into a night to truly remember!
Get ready to laugh. To roll your eyes. To shake your head in bewilderment. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
MASTIFF #1 – a Supernatural Revenge Horror #Quickstarter
What if Jason Voorhees was the GOOD guy? The Littlest Hobo meets Friday the 13th meets Shakespeare’s Hamlet!
Link: MASTIFF #1 – a Supernatural Revenge Horror #Quickstarter
While Friday the 13th is accused of being a cheap cash-in on the success of Halloween, I’d argue that Jason has grown to be one of the (if not the) greatest of the slashers, for several different reasons. His iconic appearance, his personal standards in selecting his victims, the sympathy and scares that his silence breeds, and the fact that Jason was himself a victim with a sympathetic origin.
I have always wanted to create an iconic horror icon in the same vein as Jason Voorhees. Which brings us to MASTIFF.
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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.
