This July sees a fan favourite from Lancaster-based fantasy author A.S. Chambers’ ever expanding urban fantasy universe receive her first outing in her own novel. “Since her first appearances in The Casebook of Sam Spallucci, readers have loved the vampire… Read More ›
Crowd Funding Projects
Crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye – mostly comics.
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Wonders of Science by Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott
Behind the pseudonym, Charlie Trumper, Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott created over 100 comic strips between 1984 and 1985 for the UK weekly music paper, Sounds. The Wonders of Science was their first, with Eddie and Phil creating their own strips every… Read More ›
Creating Comics: How To Survive A Crowdfunding Campaign by Jasper Bark
Many comic creators now use crowdfunding as a means to raise funds to bring a dream project to life, but there are highs and lows to this, as award-winning horror author, comics writer and stand up comedian Jasper Bark relates… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Frenemies: The Lost Planet by Yishan Li and Monty Nero
Yishan Li and Monty Nero have created Frenemies, a sci-fi comic updating the best of classic films like Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Raiders of the Lost Ark with strong LGBTQ and straight characters from around the world…. Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: BUN&TEA, edited by Claire Napier
Having been a critic of all-format, all-source comics since 2012 or so – most notably as Editor in Chief at Women Write About Comics between 2017 and 2018, and long before that, a keen reader of British weekly serial comics,… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Martian Comics Volume One: Moon To Moon
Martian Comics Vol. 1: Moon to Moon, is a beautiful 240-page book collecting 13 stories, written by Julian Darius with work by 15 different artists and colorists. The stories span 18,000 years (about 10,000 Martian years) of Martian civilisation, from their moon landing to our own. It’s being offered on Kickstarter now, both in digital and as an oversized paperback, and you should really check it out…
Airboy returns, crowdfunding continues to expand revival from Chuck Dixon and It’s Alive!
Thanks to a hugely successful crowdfunder by publisher It’s Alive!, Chuck Dixon is returning to write Airboy #51, joined by artists Brent McKee (on pencils and inks) and Jok (colour and letters), with a story that picks right up where… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Michael Mantlo, brother of Rocket Racoon co-creator Bill Mantlo, needs your help
Michael Mantlo is in major need of help after supporting his permanently disabled brother, Rocket Racoon creator Bill Mantlo, for almost 30 years – care that has crippled him financially
Creating Comics: Nick Prolix chats Slang Pictorial and more
Comics creator Nick Prolix was kind enough to take some time out from his busy schedule pimping the Kickstarter of his new issue of Slang Pictorial to talk to me about, well, everything…
Crowdfunding Spotlight: SHARKS! by Christian Talbot and Sophie Hodge
The eagerly anticipated book of internet sensation The Life of Sharks is finally here – of it will be if folk hunt it down and spear a copy of SHARKS! on Unbound. It’s much nicer than spearing real sharks, which… Read More ›