Funny Animals and Teen-Age Hi-Jinks
by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
In 1947, after their genre-defining superhero work and World War II and before their groundbreaking romance work, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby turned out funny animal comics and teenage comedy. This collection brings together some of their rarest work — light, funny, full of mid-century charm — back in print for the first time in decades.
Story and art by the legendary Simon & Kirby!
Lettering by Howard Ferguson!
Coloring by… unknown 1940s color person!
Art restored and introduction by Simon & Kirby expert Harry Mendryk
Context, info, and erudite interpretation by:
Kirby Museum director Rand Hoppe
Cartoonist and teacher Mark Badger
Jack Kirby’s friend and underground cartoonist Bruce Simon
Romance comics scholar Sydney Heifler and possibly more!
Lovingly curated and shepherded by the Kirby Museum Press
Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #1-5 – A Supernatural Mystery
Can our mummy detective and his vampire sidekick escape the dungeon before a demonic cult commits mass murder and unleashes Hell?!
Hardboiled detectives, monsters and ancient cults.
And HELL is almost open.
The supernatural noir mystery escalates as Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone returns, pushing its immortal detective closer to the edge than ever before. Our latest comic is serving up 32 pages of pulpy, spooky, two-fisted action and a taste for trouble.
BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE #5 IS A 32-PAGE COMIC BOOK, the fifth part of a 6-issue series. The full-color comic features a 20-page main story continuing the story of everyone’s favorite mummy detective, Bixby Grant – written by Patrick Coyle, with art by Gonzalo Martínez and Arthur Hesli. PLUS an 8-page backup story called Zombietown with art by Gonzalo Ruggieri. The book was edited by Hugo, GLAAD, and Eisner award-winner Heather Antos.
BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE #5 IS A 32-PAGE COMIC BOOK, the fifth part of a 6-issue series.
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Joe Bob Briggs & Darcy the Mail Girl Present MonsterVision
Two Unexpected Heroes of the Drive In Fight Monsters in The Strangest Ways! Join Us For the Weirdest Rodeo You’ve Ever Seen in Comics!
MONSTERVISION IS BACK, BABY!
FIVE ISSUES. ONE GRAPHIC NOVEL. ZERO ADULT SUPERVISION.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS MONSTERS, COMICS, HORROR, COLLECTIBLES, BAD DECISIONS, EXCESSIVE SIGNATURES, ORIGINAL ART, AND THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELY NOT COVERED BY YOUR HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE.
So turn down the lights. Lock the doors. Check the back seat.
And for the love of God…
DO NOT GO INTO THE BASEMENT.
Because MONSTERVISION IS BACK!
And this time, it’s coming to your bookshelf. The complete five-issue series is being collected into a monstrous 128-page MonsterVision graphic novel, available in paperback, hardcover, signed editions, deluxe editions, and some extremely collectible variations.
The books are being made. The monsters are already loose. This campaign is your opportunity to pre-order the edition you want.
WELCOME TO THE DRIVE-IN
You know the rules. You bring the popcorn. You bring the beer. We supply the MonsterVision!
MONSTERS – MONSTERS – AND MORE MONSTERS!
The MonsterVision graphic novel collects all five issues of the Dynamite series into one glorious 128-page collection. Five comics. One convenient place to keep all the monsters. And you can pre-order it as a softcover trade paperback or hardcover edition. No hunting down five individual issues. But we’ve got some special single issues too for fans who love the rare variants! It’s time to celebrate Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl’s MonsterVision!
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Yaga – A Slavic Folk Horror Graphic Novel
Children feared Baba Yaga, the witch. But none are born evil. This is the tale of an abandoned girl becoming the monster.
A shorter campaign means a quicker turnaround to getting the finished Comic in your hands!
EXCLUSIVITY | Backers get exclusive first access. This book won’t be available to purchase online or in comic shops until at least 3 months after publication.
RATED: MATURE READERS 17+
PAGE COUNT: 80 Pages.
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White Ash Vol 1 & 2 — The Master Edition Hardcovers
A luxury HC collection of the first two arcs of the hit fantasy romance epic.
White Ash is an ongoing, urban fantasy comic book series created by Charlie Stickney and Conor Hughes with 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 almost 800 pages of story completed, now is the perfect time to join us.
This campaign is for the 400+ page, Vol 2 Master Edition Hardcover collecting the second arc of the series. It also includes options to pick up our Vol 1 hardcover for newcomers to the series. Plus, we’re offering an all-new, digital White Ash PREQUEL STORY.
If you’re RETURNING to the White Ash Universe of comics, THANK YOU!!! We’re only able to take big swings like this because we know we can count on our Kickstarter community. You’ve made White Ash and its prequel series, Glarien, two of the most backed, single-issue comic book series in the history of the platform. If you already know what our deal is, we encourage you to jump straight to the Rewards Section.
If you’re NEW to what we do at White Ash Comics, WELCOME. For the last nine years, we’ve been publishing some of the best creator-owned books on Kickstarter.
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The Liquor Cabinet: A Graphic Novel
A comic book history of the world’s 5 most popular liquors
In 2014, Tom was pestered into making a comic about gin by a friend who insisted its history was fascinating. Tom just wanted to shut him up–instead, he discovered that his friend was right, it was fascinating, and that short comic kicked off a longer series, published between 2014 and 2019, diving into the history of each of the world’s most popular varieties of liquor.
Now, those comics are being collected for the first time in an updated paperback volume.
Wars. Political machinations. The triangular slave trade. A pickled corpse. Prohibition. Love. The history of liquor touches on all of these and more, providing stories, stats, and recipes in an entertaining, digestible comic book format.
What’s new in this edition?
We’re glad you asked! The Liquor Cabinet collects all of the fan-favorite mini comics in one sleek volume. Tom is in the process of redrawing the art from Madame Geneva, the chapter on Gin, to better match the comics that followed that first issue, as well as updating a handful of images from Nelson’s Blood, the chapter on Rum. The whole book has received additional editing passes to clarify language, fix typos, and apply a fresh coat of (non-literal) paint. The final book will have all the charm, humor, and history of the original hand-stapled mini-comics, with a little extra polish.
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P. Craig Russell’s Night Music Volume 1
The legendary comics anthology returns as an all-new hardcover graphic album!
P. Craig Russell’s classic anthology series Night Music, published by Eclipse Comics across two distinct volumes between 1979 and 1990, served as the premier showcase for his masterfully detailed art style and his pioneering adaptations of fine literature, classical music, and opera.
Flash forward to 2026 and we’re bringing Night Music back as a series of hardcover graphic albums—featuring all-new stories by the Eisner and Harvey award-winning creator! Volume 1 will be a 72-page, 8.5 by 11 inch oversized deluxe hardcover.
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Skelly and Ghost!
Dead friends are friends forever!
Now that that’s out of the way, who are Skelly and Ghost?!
They’re best pals, and they’re on a mission to find something very important. Something they lost a long time ago. Only, they can’t quite remember just what it is they’re looking for. Oh, and they’re not…exactly…alive.
But!
Their adventures are whimsical, thought-provoking, and dare we say, heartwarming. We hope you’ll join them on their search! You’ll meet new friends along the way, like our favorite dumpster-book-reading raccoon (whose name is Zeke); and you’ll reflect on things like the true meaning of Halloween and our place in the cosmos. No, really!
The book is already completed, and files are ready to be sent to the printer.