With less than two days to go before the Broken Frontier Kickstarter campaign for its proposed comics anthology to reach its target of  $58,000, comics writer and artist David Hine, one of the creators involved in the project, reveals why he feels it could be a game changer –  if it gains the funding required…

There are just two days left for the Broken Frontier Kickstarter campaign to reach its target of  $58,000 and we only have $37,000 plus change. Here’s the current state of play…

I say “only” but $37,000 is a hefty sum to be pledged by 839 people for a comic book. That means a lot of people have faith in the project. So can we reach the target in the few days we have left? This is an important project. It’s something of a test for a new model of publishing. The reason the goal is so much higher than for most Kickstarter comics is because Broken Frontier want to pay the creators a decent fee upfront for their work. Not a fee comparable to mainstream publishers, but enough to justify the time and effort to produce the work. It’s a model that the industry needs to enable established creators to work on personal, creator-owned projects, and for new and upcoming creators to reach a wider audience. There are some big names involved in this project and others who may be entirely new to you, as they were to me.

Below are some of the stories that will appear in the anthology if it is successful. You can be part of this. If you haven’t already funded us, please do look at the work below and think about pledging. There is no risk to you. The way Kickstarter works is that the money is only taken from your credit card account if the project is successfully funded. If we fail to meet the target the funds will never leave your account. And if we do raise the money, the book will be produced. And it will be one hell of a book – 250 full-colour pages and 40 creators.

This is Quin’s Return written by myself and drawn by Mark Stafford…

Quin’s Return written by David Hine and drawn by Mark Stafford

The anthology also includes work from Greg Pak and Tom Raney…

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

Categories: Creating Comics, Crowd Funding Projects, downthetubes Comics News, Featured News

Tags: Broken Frontier, David Hine, Farel Dalrymple, Grek Pak, Justin Zimmerman, Kickstarter, Mark Stafford, Mike Lawrence, PJ Holden, Robbie Rodriguez, Robert Sammelin, Toby Cypress, Tom Raney