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Crowd Funding Projects
Crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye – mostly comics.
Meet The77 Creators: Artist and Writer Mal Earl
A chat with writer and artist Mal Earl, creator of “Prodigal”, which will debut in Issue 1 of The77
Crowdfunding Spotlight: post apocalyptic thriller CAMP VA07 #1
Check out a new post apocalyptic thriller from award-winning comics writer James McCulloch
Limited Edition Mekon Statuette, Ian Kennedy poster added to new Dan Dare Audio Adventures crowdfunder
Limited edition Dan Dare posters by Ian Kennedy and a small number of Mekon statuettes created by Neil Blackbird Sims are being offered as perks for backers for the third volume of the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures
Meet The77 Creators: Writer Alan Holloway
Here’s another in a series of “Meet the Creator” interviews conducted by Morgan Spiceman with the writers and artists involved in The77 comics anthology. This time out, it’s a chat with writer Alan Holloway, writer on “Temporal Anarchy” with art… Read More ›
Professor Howe, the Doctor Who charity parody, heads to Patreon
The ever-expanding range of Professor Howe books – charity Doctor Who parodies – now has a presence on the subscriber service Patreon
Panel Borders: Actor Geoff McGivern talks Dan Dare’s Digby, Jude Cowan Montague on comics and illustrated poetry
This month’s Panel Borders radio show features actor Geoff McGivern and artist and broadcaster Jude Cowan Montague
Crowdfunding Spotlight and some Creator Tips: Dan Dare, Technofreak, Helga Frankenstein… and Jetman!
Here’s a very quick round up of some comic crowdfunding projects (and a bonkers looking game) currently running that have caught our eye…
Meet The77 Creators: Writer Dave Heeley
A chat with writer Dave Heeley, writer on “The Only One” and “Division 77” which will debut in Issue 1 of The77
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Dick Turpin, Your Time is Up!
The End seems to be nigh for that scoundrel of the highways Dick Turpin, who looks to be facing a fear-filled death in Dick Turpin and The Vengeful Shade, a new comic from Time Bomb Comics
Crowdfunding Spotlight – Borderx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail
Find out more about Borderx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail, a comics anthology to raise funds and awareness for the humanitarian crisis at the southern US border
Australia Burns, a comic anthology, out this March, pays tribute to heroic firefighters and volunteers
Australia Burns is a fantastic-looking charity fundraising anthology book of art and stories in tribute to many heroic firefighters and volunteers
Meet The77 Creators: Dave Bedford and Morgan Gleave
Here’s the second in a series of “Meet the Creator” interviews conducted by Morgan Spiceman with the writers and artists involved in The77 comics anthology. This time out, it’s a chat with writer Dave Bedford and artist Morgan Gleave, the… Read More ›
Meet The77 Creators: Artist and Writer Drew Marr
Here’s the first in a series of “Meet the Creator” interviews with the writers and artists involved in The77 comics anthology, beginning with its youngest, Dundee-based Drew Marr
Crowdfunding Spotlight: A Chat with ‘Findlay Macbeth’ creator Kev F. Sutherland
Comic artist, writer, tutor and creator of the hilarious Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Kev F. Sutherland has launched a modest crowdfunder for Findlay Macbeth re-writing Shakespeare’s tragedy
Crowdfunding Spotlight: DOSE! by Sean Ellis and John Gebbia
US independent publisher IT’S ALIVE has launched a crowdfunder on Indiegogo for DOSE! by Sean Ellis and John Gebbia
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures
B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
The77 retro anthology smashes crowdfunding target, expands publication plans
There’s great news for fans of anthology comics this morning, after retro anthology project The77 smashed its relatively modest Kickstarter target within days of launch
Creating Comics: An Interview with the team behind “The77”, a new retro anthology comic
The77 is a brand new, retro anthology comic currently seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter that aims to be a fantastic quarterly comic showcase for UK’s emerging talent, present day professionals and heroes from your childhood, and downthetubes caught up with its… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards by Trevor Goring and Joyce Kaskey Goring
US publisher Hermes Press has launched a Kickstarter to fund The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards, what looks like a fascinating and wonderfully illustrated book detailing the history of film storyboards, by comics and storyboard artist Trevor Goring – whose credits include 2000AD and more – and his partner, the late Joyce Kaskey Goring