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Crowdfunding Spotlight: subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers, from Shelly Bond

By John Freeman on 10 July 2026 • ( 0 )

There are a ton of great projects in the works right now, including subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers, a 128-page hardcover anthology, where over a dozen comics are intercut with essays, photos, and illustrations that set the stage and make a scene.

subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers edited by Shelly Bond — *Cover art by Lid Thom*

subCULTURE is the brainchild of Shelly Bond, editor of the Eisner award-winning series Bitter Root, Fables, and the comics-to-TV hits iZombie. The project, seeking support here on Kickstarter, salutes the subsets and coteries of the 20th & 21st centuries. “It’s a tribute to the social disruptors who razed the art and style status quo in order to form a more perfect cultural revolution,” says Shelly. “It’s about survival in a world we no longer recognise.”

subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers features cover art by Lid Thom and art by the likes of extraordinary talents such as Mark Mosedale and Imogen Mangle. The Kickstarter also offers a 8" x 10" Riso art print by Jenn Woodall — subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers features cover art by Lid Thom and art by the likes of extraordinary talents such as Mark Mosedale and Imogen Mangle. The Kickstarter also offers a 8″ x 10″ Riso art print by Jenn Woodall

The contributors include Gilbert Hernandez, Natalia Hernandez, and Carol Kovinick Hernandez, plus Davidt Dunlop, Asimina Hollingworth, Clio Isadora, Beck Kubrick, Imogen Mangle, Dilraj Mann, Oliver Mertz & Philip Bond, Peter Milligan & James Romberger, L. Pidge, Mark Mosedale & Simon Smith, William Potter & Anna Readman, Liz Prince and Lid Thom.

Plus, essays on The New Romantics, New Wave City, Goth, Bowie and more by writers Marguerite Van Cook, Cecil Castellucci, my old Marvel UK buddy, Steve Cook, Jayde Perkin, and PM Buchan.

If all that isn’t enough for you, it also comes with scene-stealing photos by Carol Kovinick Hernandez and Steve Cook.

• Check out subCULTURE: On In-Crowds & Outliers, from Shelly Bond here on Kickstarter

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.