By Chad Burdette

 on January 17, 2026

A classic returns! After almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics!

Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!

fter almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics! Pruett is an Eisner Award–winning writer, editor, and publisher with over three decades in comics. From writing tales of your favorite characters to founding Desperado Books, he has built a career championing creators and producing industry-defining collections, anthologies and stories.

Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!

Previously featured and unfunded:

• Bite The Dust – 21 days left

Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:

Dragon Grit Volume 1 – A Fantasy Western With Dragons!

A graphic novel about cowboys who ride dragons. A grizzled ex-outlaw takes on a dangerous escort mission.

This campaign is raising money for the first collected edition of Dragon Grit, which collects the first five issues, plus the in-universe natural history journal The Encyclopaedia of Dragons.

The Collector’s Edition of Dragon Grit Volume 1 is a high quality softcover graphic novel that includes issues #1-5 of Dragon Grit, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Dragons, a 40 page in-universe journal featuring drawings and observations about the various dragons found in the west. That brings the book to a total of 180 pages. You can find more information about the Encyclopaedia further down this page.

Every copy of the Collector’s Edition of Dragon Grit Volume 1 will include the entire Encyclopaedia of Dragons within its pages.

It is a 42 page journal of the natural historian Henrietta Flint as she recorded all the species of dragons she came across on her journey west with Sheridan. It’s also one of the books Robin reads along the way during the events of Dragon Grit.

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Evie and the Helsings Volume 1 Trade Paperback

Evie Van Helsing just wants to rock…but she has to kill some vampires first. Collects the acclaimed first story arc!

For centuries, the Van Helsing family has protected humanity from things that go bump in the night. The last protector has fallen, and the mantle goes to her one surviving heir. The problem is, Evie Van Helsing just wants to rock.

Written by Steve Bryant (Athena Voltaire, Shaken and Stirred, Undead or Alive) and drawn by Don Cardenas (Spend the Night, Off into the Sunset, Packs of the Low Country), with colors by Jason Millet (Athena Voltaire, Archie Versus Predator), Evie and the Helsings follows Evie’s adventures as she navigates life between two worlds. It’s like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Josie and the Pussycats by way of Ash Versus Evil Dead.

Evie and the Helsings volume 1 is a comic-sized 176-page trade paperback, printed on heavyweight satin paper.

It includes the entirety of the first Evie and the Helsings miniseries, as well as all the variant covers, and in-depth behind-the-scenes sections.

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Growing Up on the Spectrum

Everything you wish you’d learned about autism while you were growing up—whether you’re autistic or not!

Growing Up on The Spectrum is a 101 guide to autism for everyone on and off the spectrum who wants to understand autism better!

This 190-page graphic novel by autistic creator Tess Langston is part educational comic and part memoir. Tess was diagnosed autistic and nonspeaking at a very young age and worked hard to learn how to navigate the strange, neurotypical world we live in. Now, as an adult with a love for sequential storytelling, she has created Growing Up on the Spectrum to share all that she’s learned.

The book explores how autistic brains function, how masking works, special interests, sensory input, nonverbal communication, overwhelm, burnout, and so much more—all with whimsy, humor, and respect for readers.

It also includes external resource guides, a handy glossary, and even interactive portions to help readers explore their own experience, including relationship charts, shame-busting worksheets, brain archetype visual aids, and more.

Growing Up on The Spectrum is an essential and enjoyable resource for everybody!

Growing Up on the Spectrum…
? Uses whimsy, humor, lived experience, and clear explanations to make autism feel human, accessible, and less intimidating.
? Celebrates special interests, sensory experiences, communication styles, and the beautiful diversity of autistic brains.
? Is designed as a compassionate guide for autistic folks and for the people in their lives who want to understand them better.
? Is accessible to more readers because it combines verbal and visual information at the same time!
? And most importantly, treats autistic readers with respect—not as puzzles to solve, but as people with entire worlds inside them.

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Night Wolf #1-11: Urban Fantasy Werewolf Coming-of-Age Drama

After discovering his werewolf lineage, a young man is reluctantly thrown into a supernatural war

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Love at Second Bite #1 – A College Vampire BL Webtoon

Liam Graves is a CHEERY VAMPIRE. Dean Hikaru is his GLOOMY CLASSMATE with a troubled past. OPPOSITES ATTRACT in this Boy Love romance.

Based on the WEBTOON Canvas College Romance series!

Liam Graves is a cheerful vampire who misses his days in the sun, while Dean Hikaru is his gloomy and secretive classmate with a dark past. Will the two fall in love at their mysterious college: Hemlock University?

The newest Boy Love Webtoon explores what it means to get a second chance at love. It’s an ensemble series that features a Girl Love side couple, a Trans best friend, and plenty of supernatural elements including Vampires (of course), Werewolves, and Monster Hunters!

This new 48-page First Issue collects Chapters 1-5 of the Webtoon – PLUS a brand new 4-page Twilight inspired Bonus Chapter that is NOT available on Webtoon/Tapas (more on that later)!

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The Art of Steve Rude 2026 — Inside the Nexus Studio

45 years of Nexus. A brand new sketchbook. Steve’s painted “The Escape” cover, a year of sketches and handwritten notes — and a new way

Pull up a chair. This is year 17 of Steve’s annual “here’s what came out of the studio this year” tradition. Some pieces are polished paintings. Some are sketchbook discoveries. Some started as experiments and turned into favorites. And that’s exactly why we make this book.

Since 2003, Steve has been collecting a year’s worth of artwork — paintings, commissions, studies, and select sketchbook pages — into one annual volume.

The Art of Steve Rude 2026 is a curated look back at the work created this past year, with occasional behind-the-scenes notes and links when there’s more to explore.
And this year, we’re also celebrating 45 YEARS OF NEXUS, so you’ll spot new Nexus artwork woven throughout..

Inside you’ll find:

• Finished paintings and commissions
• Studies that led somewhere interesting
• Pages from Steve’s sketchbooks
• New Nexus pieces created for the anniversary
• A few unexpected late-night experiments that turned into keepers

Whether you’ve collected all 16 previous books or this is your first one, welcome to the studio.

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The Mandawhorian

(Parody/Satire) The newest title from our Star Whores Universe!

NE MILLION CREDITS. ONE TINY TARGET. ONE VERY BAD DECISION.

Dinah Djinn is the best bounty hunter in the galaxy—and she knows it. Clad in armor polished to a mirror shine, the Mandawhorian clone takes contracts others won’t touch and walks away richer every time. So when a shadowy client offers a fortune for a “simple retrieval,” Dinah doesn’t ask questions.

She should have asked questions.

Her destination: Naughtyo—where credits and morals go to die. Her target: a pint-sized, green-skinned Force-user named Baybay Hoeda, who’s been enchanting the cantina’s toughest criminals into lovesick puppies with nothing more than a coo and a wink.

But Dinah’s not the only hunter on the trail. A squad of identical rival bounty hunters wants the same prize, and they’re not interested in sharing. What follows is a blaster-blazing, rooftop-leaping, Force-kissing chase through neon-soaked streets—with Dinah discovering that her tiny target might just be the galaxy’s most unlikely partner.

Between a steamy encounter with the enigmatic information broker Zara, a cantina brawl that rewrites the rules of combat, and a mysterious employer whose true motives remain hidden in shadow, Dinah will face the hardest choice of her career:

Complete the contract… or protect the one being who sees past the armor?

Featuring sensual encounters that serve the story, action sequences that dazzle, and the beginning of an unlikely partnership that will reshape the galaxy—The Mandawhorian delivers mature Star Wars parody with genuine heart.

This is the way… with benefits.

“A love letter to Star Wars wrapped in satire, seduction, and surprisingly sincere emotion.”

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LAUGH RIOT #2 (of 8): A Comic Book About Blasphemy and Sin!

Laugh Riot #2 is a 26-page comic book by writer Louis Southard (X-O Manowar / Flash Gordon) and artist Devlin Baker (The Stranger).

Laugh Riot #2 (of 8) is a 26-page comic book that can only be described as Looney Tunes versus 1984. It’s an anti-fascist thrill ride of japes, play, and good old fashioned ultra-violence!

Following the shocking events of Laugh Riot #1, the fictional dystopia of Usonia is forced to reckon with the existence of the mysteriously impossible anarchist known only as Merry Andrew!

All of society was structured around the leadership of President Thaddeus K. Gander. Now, the president is dead and has left us with one burning question: what happens next?

The first answer takes the unlikely form of a humble minister whose ghosts of the past come to collect as he is selected to perform the greatest miracle in human history!

Let’s wish him luck with that then!

Return to the comic book of the century by writer Louis Southard (Flash Gordon / X-O Manowar), artist Devlin Baker (The Stranger / Comics Are Dying: The Comic), letterer Buddy Beaudoin (Green Arrow / Gatchaman), cover artist Julianne Griepp (Midnight Western Theatre: Witch Trial), and editor Kevin Ketner (Dynamite / Ablaze). With special variant cover art by popular artists Alex Moore and Frederik Hornung. Featuring campaign exclusive sticker art by beloved artist Lizah van der Aart.

This book is 100% done, we only need YOUR help to print and ship! Support the comic book that industry editors have declared “Completely unpublishable in today’s political climate.”!

If you like V for Vendetta, Andor, Image’s Ice Cream Man, the works of Harlan Ellison, conspiracy theories, and a lot of other cool stuff, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for!

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ORPHAN WORKS

A collection of comics from revered names in both the mainstream and alternative fields.

The Beast & Snow #1-4: Mature Sapphic Monster Romance Finale

Can Vampire Snow White and Werewolf Belle survive an encounter with the Evil Queen, now a VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF HYBRID? Final Issue. 18+

Long Dark Winter #3

A town trapped in endless night. A sheriff hunting a nightmare. Ancient horrors lurking in the dark. Welcome to Long Dark Winter

Hope Falls has been swallowed by a winter that never ends. People disappear. Shadows move where they shouldn’t. The sheriff investigates a string of grisly murders, but the deeper he digs, the more he realizes the killer may not be human.

The creative team that brought you the FALLEN series (Red 5 Comics) is back again and this time turning up the terror!

Ted Fallon used to be one of Boston’s top cops, a rising star investigator, that is until one day an emergency called him away. Ted’s sister fell in with the wrong element and was battling addiction, a battle she was losing. Ted found himself in the small, quaint town of Hope Falls Vermont, nestled in the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains

Ted began a new life as the town’s sheriff so he could be closer to his sister and look after her. All was quiet and peaceful until the day when the sun set one last time over the town…that’s when Ted’s nightmare only began.

Long Dark Winter is a 24 page moody, gritty, black and white horror comic available in print and digital editions. The printed editions will be standard American comic book size printed on high-quality paper.

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Horror Not Hate

An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights!

The United States has spun out of control in the wrong direction. Marginalized people have been demonized and their rights are being violently ripped away in dramatic fashion. Writer J.M. Brandt had gotten sick of hearing one gut-wrenching story after another, seeing people being torn from their families and homes, and witnessing innocent folks trying to live their lives transformed into subhuman scapegoats.

Horror Not Hate is a strike back against all this. Slow Feet Comics has brought a collection of diverse talent from both the comics world, and the greater arts and entertainment world at large, together in order to say, “This is madness. It needs to stop. We need to help the vulnerable.”

The end result is a horror comic anthology/art book hybrid bursting at the binding with terrifying tales and cathartic comeuppance. Many contributors are members of the communities that we are looking to support, and several have been nominated by GLAAD for their previous work.

The stories are based around HATE, FASCISM, TRANSPHOBIA, HOMOPHOBIA, XENOPHOBIA, RACISM, and TOXIC PATRIOTISM. HNH features the storytelling talents of David M. Booher (Ghostbusters), Joshua Pruett (The Last Kids On Earth), Riley Silverman (Doctor Who), Rich Douek (Batman: The Brave and The Bold), and more. The stories are brought to life by the visual prowess of Francesca Fantini (Stake), Caleb Ady (In Bloom), Gerald Von Stoddard (Immortal Coil), Rafael Navarro (Bela Lugosi’s Tales from the Grave), and many more.

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1/6: The Graphic Novel – Issue #4

And Still We Rise!