It’s a Jungle Out There: New York City gets enmeshed in the VINES Kickstarter
VINES by Mike Geszel, Ben McCool*** and Inaki Miranda in a project thaht's been in the works for a while, and though Miranda remains as concept...
Where the Conner/Palmiotti team will be at Long Beach Comic Expo –– and their...
The other day we mentioned that the hugely popular team behind Harley Quinn of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti had imposed a sensible signing...
Support diversity in comics? You need to support the BLACK kickstarter
There's been a lot of tweeting and tumblring about the need for more diversity in comics. And now you can make comics more diverse! Here is a chance to actually support a project by African-American creators that deals frankly with racial issues from a non-white perspective. BLACK is a new kickstarter for a graphic novel written by Kwanza Osajyefo (aka Kwanza Johnson)and Tim Smith III with art by Jamal Igle with additional art by Khary Randolph. Former Vertigo editor Sarah Litt will oversee the production. The story is high concept: what if only black people could become superheroes? Let your mind wander over that.
SAMANDAL, a Beirut-based Anthology Targeted by the Lebanese Government, Needs Your Help
No one should be fined a year's salary for exercising their freedom of speech.
MATT CHATS: NHOJ on Doing a Brand New Comic (Almost) Every Day
Irish cartoonist NHOJ (John Cullen) has been posting his Daily Comics for over 650 days at this point. They are often funny, sometimes poignant...
Nice Art; Tom Fowler’s D&D Kickstarter is amazing
It's pretty well known tat Tom Fowler is one of the best artists out there—a great storyteller as well as a fantastic character designer....
CrowdWatch: Locust Moon to publish long lost Will Eisner comic strips
Well speak of the devil, here's a new Kickstarter from the Locust Moon folks that plans to reprint some long lost early work by...
24 Hours of Halloween: Calliope combines toys, animation and a spooky vibe
If you liked Coraline, you'll probably like Calliope, a proposed stop motion film that's a collaborations bwteen the world of designer toys (Circus Posterus’ toy designers Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters), stop-motion innovator and Annie Awards Special Achievement recipient Martin Meunier (Coraline) and filmmaker Jon Schnepp (The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened). It's currently being Kickstarted, and if it isn't quite a Halloween thing, it certainly fits in with the mood of the season.
You Gotta Back This: “Tephlon Funk!” Hip Hop/Manga Kickstarter Campaign
If you're hankering for something to scratch that Samurai Champloo itch, you should take a look at Stéphane Métayer's Tephlon Funk! - a Hip Hop story told...
31 Days of Halloween: Shadoweyes: Volume One
This is actually a crowd watch too as Iron Circus is kickstarting a collection of Sophie Campbell's Shadoweyes: Volume One:
Sophie Campbell began Shadoweyes...
Crowd Watch: Muscle Temple an all star wrestling anthology!
The wrestling/comics connection has always been strong, from their shared roots in carnival strongmen singlets to former grappler CM Punk's writing comics career. And here's a new one: Muscle Temple, an indie comics anthology spotlighting the squared circle that is currently being crowdfunded. Frank Gibson of Tiny Kitten Teeth is leading the rumble. which will include work by Maddy Flores, Sam Alden, Box Brown, Amanda Meadows, Zac Gorman. According to Gibson:
Flame Con announces 2016 return: twice as long, new location
2016 Flame Con will be held for TWO days this time. And that's not all: they're moving to a bigger location too
