Tag: indie

You could be forgiven for making Stranger Things comparisons, but Something is Killing the Children is more mature, and smarter too.

Where to find emergency funding during the coronavirus pandemic and other items of interest.

After a brief hiatus, we're back with three new crowdfunding projects that should be on your radar.

Over the years that I’ve contributed for The Beat, I’ve gotten to preview some pretty-interesting projects in the making, as well as talk to their equally-interesting creators. A little more than two years ago, I had a phone interview with two women who called themselves the “Gibbs Girls.” They were working on a steam-punk inspired comic that takes place at the dawn of the 20th century and during the Industrial Age. The story followed a female, African American inventor named Ada Turner who creates the first flying machine. Last week, the Gibbs Girls reached out and informed me that the comic had finally come out.

A summer inspired crowdfunding watch featuring: Lemonade Summer, Tala and The Rift.

Long Lost #5 is a spine-tingling horror comic done right.

The most fascinating thing about art is the many forms it can take and ways one can make it. This also applies to comic...

It's a rainy day here in Northern California but it's okay because I've got my coffee and that's pretty much satisfied my Maslow's hierarchy...

One of the challenges for any new reader of mainstream superhero comics is finding the right launching point to start one’s fandom. Sure, there...

What is an indie comics publisher? NO one seems to have the definitive answer!

"Anonymity is protection."

Launching a new comic book IP is as arduous a task as it ever was, but today's creators have more tools at their disposal...