Here’s a preview of a preview, if you understand what I mean. The Edge Off is a new comic that will be hitting Kickstarter on the 20th April 2018. The creators are very wisely creating a bit of buzz… Read More ›
Crowd Funding Projects
Crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye – mostly comics.
Etherington Brothers latest project is the most successful British comics crowdfunder, ever!
Lorenzo Etherington just dropped us a line at downthetubes this morning, to share the exciting news that his latest crowdfunder – the chance to grab a copy of their new book, How to Think When You Draw – has achieved the… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Hatch – The Next Day by Glenn B. Fleming (Reprise)
Comics creator and publisher Glenn B. Fleming has restarted his crowdfunding appeal to get a collection of his Hatch stories funded – but this time on IndieGogo, after behind the scenes problems that are, quite frankly, enough to make any… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Borough of Churches Graphic Novel by Amrit Birdi & Adam Cheal
Writer Adam Cheal (Redemption Heights, Toxic Storm) and best-selling artist Amrit Birdi (Joe Sugg’s Username:Evie, F2’s Galaxy of Football, Assassins Creed) have teamed up to deliver a great-looking new horror comic, Borough of Churches, which is fast approaching its initial funding target… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Nick Prolix’s Slang Pictorial
Offering 24 pages of classic cartooning set in 1960s London, featuring “The Sheep And The Wolves“, Slang Pictorial is a retro comic full of big dreams and bigger hair, and another great looking comics project from the talented Nick Prolix seeking… Read More ›
In Pictures: DC Exhibition – Dawn of Super Heroes opens in London
We trailed its opening a couple of weeks back, but the DC Exhibition: Dawn of Super Heroes has now opened at the O2 in London – and looks really good, Tripwire magazine’s Joel Meadows was at the launch and has kindly… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman & Doctor Crowe #1
We’re betting many of you are already fans of Tom Ward and Luke Parker‘s brilliant Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman, which has deservedly enjoyed huge success and acclaim, a project made possible through crowdfunding via Kickstarter. Well, now, Tom and team… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Kicking Ice, a Graphic Novel About Women’s Hockey
Ron Marz is, perhaps, better known as a comics writer, but he’s also an editor – and as Editor-in-Chief for Ominous Press, and one of the projects he’s currently editing is an original graphic novel called Kicking Ice. “I think… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Hatch – The Next Day by Glenn B. Fleming
Hatch is a unique character, the brainchild of artist/writer Glenn B Fleming, who also brought us the wonderful Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey documentary through successful crowdfunding last year. Hatch the strip, is, simply, a visual experience, a wordless tale… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Flintlock Book Three
Offering 64 pages of adventures in the 18th Century, Time Bomb Comics Kickstarter for Flintlock Book Three is running now and although the project was fully funded in just 12 hours, if you want to grab a copy of this… Read More ›
Brian Gorman’s Joy Division graphic novel published at last
Writer/artist Brian Gorman‘s long-delayed graphic novel about the iconic Manchester band, Joy Division, is to be published in April. This is great news, as it’s taken nearly ten years for this marvellous-looking book to see print and personally, im looking… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Milford Green, a Victorian alien graphic novel
Apart from winning “Prettiest Village in the British Empire, 1897” Milford Green is a normal village in the rolling hills of Southern England. That is until on one summer’s evening, Alfie Fairfield, a socially awkward inventor, sees some kind of… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Steven Ingram’s “Left” on Kickstarter
Artist and writer Steven Ingram has been making comics for over 10 years and since 2013 he has been self publishing Left which tells the story of Sam, a girl who is trying to keep away from a cult she was a member of… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sliced Quarterly Volume 2, the Experimental Comic Anthology
Sliced Quarterly, an experimental comic anthology, is running a crowdfunding campaign to print its second trade paperback collection. The diversity of the strips included offers a fascinating snapshot of creative talent out there in the indie field right now and… Read More ›
Pete Nash, creators of Sun strip “Striker”, announces plan for a new weekly comic, new collection on sale
Pete Nash, the creator of the hugely-successful Striker comic, has outlined plans for a new comics project over on the StrikerWorld forum. Rather than editorialise his statement, here it is in full, for both potential readers (and comic creators) to… Read More ›
Doctor? Doctor Who? Graeme Neil Reid’s latest Art Raffle celebrates two takes on Britain’s favourite time traveller
There’s a return to familiar territory for artist Graeme Neil Reid for his incredible monthly Art Raffle he runs to encourage Patreon support for his work – but with some not so familiar faces. Graeme is a Scottish artist who… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: An Interview with “Hollow Monsters” creator Monty Nero and the Kickstarter experience
Monty Nero writes games, comics, screenplays, radio plays, and novels. Comics readers will probably best know him for Death Sentence London with Martin Simmonds for Titan Comics (he created Death Sentence withMike Dowling), The X-Men and Hulk for Marvel, and a… Read More ›
Moominvalley, the new Moomin animated show, heads to Sky next year
Moominvalley is to air on Sky late next year, bringing the characters from the award-winning author Tove Jansson’s classic books back to life in a new Sky Original Production made by Finnish company Gutsy Animations, who successfully secured over $250,000… Read More ›
Bastard Galaxia Kickstarter appeal soars to new heights as 1980s toy comic homage captures new fans
Regular readers will recall we plugged the Bastard Galaxia web comic a while back – and now the team behind the book are running a Kickstarter that’s already secured funding for their first print collection – but they’re hoping to… Read More ›
Outlaws: Wanted Anthology Comic offers a Wealth of Comics Talent
Outlaws: Wanted Anthology Comic 2017, a smashing 40-page full colour all ages comic, is on sale now from the Nottingham Comic Con, produced to raise money for charity. All proceeds from this comic will be donated to the three charities:… Read More ›