Kickstarter isn’t the only place indie creators go to fund their projects, and we here at Comic Watch want to highlight and support those projects across the various platforms.
We especially want to spotlight 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 the projects, click on the link to the campaign page.
Previously featured campaigns still running:
- The Killing Machine: Book One of The Hand of God Days Left: 5 –Funded: 116%
- The Last Days of Us: Forsaken Days Left: 7 — Funded: 34%
- MurderF*cker: Flesh, Blood & Metal by Marco Fontanili Days Left: 13 — Funded 70%
- Skin Horse vol. 7 & 8 (Reprint) Days Left: 20 — Funded 27%
Full Tilt
by Jason Copland
Current Funding: $10,000
Funding Goal: $13,311
Days Left: 27
Link: Full Tilt
After five years of hard work, passion and sacrifice, the epic indie crime-scifi-noir comic by Jason Copland is FINALLY being collected here for the first time!
FULL TILT is a perfect book for those that love gritty noir tales, dystopian future realities and kinetic black and white art. Think Sin City meets The Godfather in the setting of Blade Runner.
New Manhattan, once the gleaming, state-of-the-art city of the 23rd-century, is now in the throes of social and moral decay. Its despondent citizens lose themselves in narcotics and hi-tech toys. Corrupt law enforcement agencies terrorize the populace. Bloodthirsty fans cheer as indentured gladiators fight deathmatches to gain their freedom. It’s the end of civilization… and the five crime families control it all.
Massimo Miller, the fiercely loyal consigliere of the Chessa family, narrowly survives an attack that wipes out all five of New Manhattan’s crime-syndicate bosses. As the massacre’s lone survivor, the new bosses accuse him of the assassinations and gather their armies to hunt him down.
Injured and alone, Miller must battle his way homeward through enemy territory to discover the party responsible for the death of his mentor… and make them pay.
The choice between love and loyalty brought Massimo Miller to this moment. To make it right, he’ll have to go FULL TILT.
Previously featured campaigns still running and unfunded:
- Tamberlane: A Talking Animal Fantasy Comic – Deluxe Omnibus 12 Days Left — 74% Funded
- MAGIC POWDER #1-4: NEW Issue of the FANTASY-CRIME epic! 10 Days Left — 80% Funded
- Crossover Division Vol. 1: Fictions & Other Truths Hardcover –14 Days Left — 83 % Funded
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look:
- Meanwhile… A Comic Shop Anthology 12 Days Left
- Cheeky Comics 2023 Annual: Three NSFW Storiesby Pat Shand & Steve Jay — 7 Days Left
- Downlands: A Graphic Novel by Norm Konyu — 4 Days Left
- Hundo: An Underground Comic Book Experience by Geff Bartrand — 11 Days Left
- The Art of Professor Elemental by Chris Mole — 11 Days Left
- Pseudo: A Graphic Novel by Ellie Egleton — 8 Days Left
- Saunter Ever Forward by ACM — 13 Days Left
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Rainbow Canvas: A Wholesome BL & GL WEBTOON Anthology
Twelve BRAND NEW romance stories from the worlds of some of the most popular LGBTQ+ Webtoon Canvas titles!
Current Funding: $10,173
Funding Goal: $15,000
Days Left: 27
Link: Rainbow Canvas: A Wholesome BL & GL Webtoon Anthology by Kat Calamia @ComicUno
The creators of anthologies, “Bi Visibility” and “Hairology“, as well as Webtoon Canvas series, “Slice of Life“, combine two of their greatest passions to bring you a new queer anthology and the biggest Webtoon Canvas crossover you’ve ever seen:
Twelve brand new romance stories from the worlds of some of the most popular LGBTQ+ Webtoon Canvas titles!
Are you tired of melancholy queer stories? Rainbow Canvas is the breath of fresh air you’ve been waiting for! Featuring twelve brand new, completely original stories from the worlds of your favorite LGBTQIA+ Webtoon Canvas titles, Rainbow Canvas delivers all of the wholesome, positive, fluffy queer love stories you could ask for! Healthy and functional queer BL and GL relationships across a wide range of genres, including: slice of life, mermaids, action fantasy, princes, princesses, sci-fi, supernatural and more!
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The Winchester-Nabu Detective Agency Issue 1
Amber Love, Margaret Blane, and Haley Rose-Lyon present The Case of the Roughed-Up Rodent
Current Funding: $3,311
Funding Goal: $5,500
Days Left: 11
Link: The Winchester-Nabu Detective Agency Issue 1 by Amber Love, Margaret Blane, and Haley Rose-Lyon @elizabethamber, @haleyarose, @IzzyFranco
In this standalone one-shot, private detectives Oliver Winchester and Guster Nabu investigate an attack on Shrewise Peete, a local critter.
The humans, Amber and Joe, take Ollie and Gus out to the neighborhood where they can talk to informants and friends to gather information about this crime.
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New Expanded HUNT FOR THE SKINWALKER Book & Graphic Novel
The essential true paranormal UFO investigation book now in an expanded edition and the graphic novel it inspired!
Current Funding: $23,506
Funding Goal: $15,000
Days Left: 26
Link:Hunt for the Skinwalker Expanded Edition & Graphic Novel by Dr. Colm A. Kelleher & George Knapp
Situated on a remote stretch of northeast Utah known as the Uinta Basin, the isolated, 512-acre Gorman Ranch has been the site of terrifying, mystifying, and category-defying phenomena for more than 50 years! The site’s seemingly limitless barrage of overlapping and interconnected supernatural occurrences have quickly secured its place as the 21st century’s most captivating, most debated, and most rampantly viral true tale of the paranormal and truly unexplainable.
BOOM! Studios is working directly with Kelleher and Knapp to remaster and expand their groundbreaking book in a premium hardcover edition, and develop the first graphic fiction adaptation based on The Hunt for the Skinwalker – the most intensive scientific investigation into this nexus of UFOs and the paranormal ever conducted!
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Coffin Comics’ All-New graphic novel La Muerta #1: Devious!
48 pages of story and art! Introducing Roja! Jump on board and join the fun! #SWORN
Current Funding: $129,484
Funding Goal: $10,000
Days Left: 28
Link: Coffin Comics’ All-New graphic novel La Muerta #1: Devious! – @thecoffincomics, @TheBrianPulido
La Muerta is the story of Maria Diaz, a US soldier returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to be reunited with her family on Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead. Unfortunately, her brother has fallen in with the Zacalas, a death-worshipping crime cartel led by the nefarious Mama Z. When the Zavalas see Maria’s family celebrating, they believe they’ve been ripped off by them.
Her entire family is murdered in cold blood. Maria wakes out of a coma eight months later to find her family dead and gone. She decides to avenge her family and send the Zavalas to hell, even at the cost of her own humanity.
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MOTHER TRUCKER “THE HEAT. ” Serious Space Wrestling Comics.
A sci-fi Comic Book series about a space-truckin’, ass-stompin’, wrestling goddess, in her Darkest Hour!
Current Funding: $14,532
Funding Goal: $8,896
Days Left: 25
Link: Mother Trucker #3: The Heat. Serious Space Wrestling Comics – @AndyBelanger
In Mother Trucker: The Heat, we continue the adventure with our hero and introduce some great new characters from her past — plus a ROCKY 3 helping of bad-ass space wrestling. Will Mother Trucker come to terms with her ego or will she get wayyyyy in over her head, work herself into a shoot and end up dead? Find out in MT3!
MOTHER TRUCKER: THE HEAT is a 40 page Sci-Fi space wrestling epic, about a badass wrestle goddess, trucking through the galaxy, searching for her long-lost kid, and looking to become the greatest champion of Truck Off, the Wrestlemania of the starways!” Written and drawn by “THE ANIMAL” BOB ANGER, with colors by Tatto Caballero, lettering by Serge Lapointe, and graphic design by Dres13. With two four page back up stories by Shayne Hawke (Andrew Stott) Pro Wrestler and head trainer and booker of Montreal’s IWS promotion and Mark Pellesel, screen writer and Show runner/head booker of Ottawa’s premiere wrestling promotion C4. Both stories illustrated by Lethal Comics own Al Gofa creator of Orc Gym.
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The Art of Arthur Adams
A forty-year retrospective on the comic-art career of Arthur Adams.
Current Funding: $350,799
Funding Goal: $30,000
Days Left: 20
Link: The Art of Arthur Adams
The Art of Arthur Adams is the most comprehensive retrospective ever compiled on this celebrated comic artist. His detailed style is showcased by highlighting his singular voice, which has garnered the praise of his peers and fans worldwide.
Arthur has helped to introduce some of the greatest pop-culture characters in comics to a wider audience through his imaginative renditions.
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Depths – A Graphic Novel about Grief and Underwater Survival
A 1930s engineer builds a perpetual diving suit and gets trapped underwater for 3 years. His friend searches for him against all odds.
Current Funding: $7,364
Funding Goal: $20,000
Days Left: 19
Link: Depths – A Graphic Novel About Grief and Underwater Survival by Wells Thompson
A 1930s engineer builds a perpetual diving suit and gets trapped underwater for three years. His friend searches for him against all odds.
Have you ever felt so low you weren’t sure you could keep going? Like the world was collapsing around you and just surviving until tomorrow was a monumental task? Have you ever felt like you were drowning? Depths: Book One is a 112-page graphic novel about grief, depression, and the strength it takes to carry on. It’s a story about overcoming impossible odds when even taking a single step seems overwhelming. It’s the story that made us want to make comics.
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Oyasumi, A cat’s Purrpose.
An anthology about cats with exciting twists and a little touch of power horror
Current Funding: $4,066
Funding Goal: $3,276
Days Left: 47
Link: Oyasumi: A Cat’s Purrpose by Kimmicomics @Kimmicomics, @Geoscrolls
A Cat’s Purrpose is the newest project of the Oyasumi series. A few years ago, we started with an anthology of short stories. The readers wanted longer stories, so we decided to oblige them.
A Cat’s Purrpose will be a bigger story project with multiple volumes. This Kickstarter will be for the first volume. You can pounce right in without having to read the first anthology!
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Sacred Heart Chapter One: “The Girl”
The invincibility of love transcends the invisibility of time in a thirty-page comic.
Current Funding: $721
Funding Goal: $2,000
Days Left: 12
Link: Sacred Heart Chapter One: The Girl by Gerald J. Jones @jjjones754
Here there is no yesterday, today or tomorrow… Everyone lives together all in one never-ending moment of time.
The name of this planet is Mossha. And one girl dares to ask the questions no one else will: Who is the owner of the Sacred Heart? Who is the owner of the Sacred Dark Heart? Why are there those who are not affected by storms?
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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