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Exclusive: Dive into Mark Russell and Russ Braun’s The Forgotten Divine with Character Blurbs

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AHOY Comics has made its reputation on witty satires, acclaimed creators, and a commitment to bold and risk-taking storytelling. Now the publisher is launching its debut Kickstarter for The Forgotten Divine, a satirical science fiction drama from writer Mark Russell and artist Russ Braun. The inaugural campaign from the publisher that asks its readers to Expect More will offer exclusive campaign-only covers, unique AHOY goodies, and more tantalizing perks yet to be announced. Sign up here to be notified when the campaign goes live.

Meet Rodney Coleman, an unhoused veteran whose sleep is haunted by dreams of a faraway planet. (At least, he thinks they’re dreams.) Soon Coleman connects with others plagued by dreams of the same world and finds himself at the head of a UFO cult. The group’s shared effort to understand their visions is heartfelt at first—but over time it descends into unreality, conspiracy, paranoia, violence, and conceivably… revelation. 

We have an exclusive look at the characters with blurbs from Russell and art by Braun. Check it out below and sign up now so you don’t miss out when this launches!

Rodney: A homeless veteran whose visions of an alien world start a global movement that would become known as The Forgotten Divine. An explosives expert in Afghanistan, he returns home to a country that now considers him a liability. But his visions give him a sense of purpose he never had on the battlefield.

Doc: Rodney’s mental health therapist. A better friend than therapist, Doc is divorced and lives alone in a house with no pets and only one fork. The only inhabited house in a deserted cul-de-sac, he goes from trying to talk Rodney down from his visions to being a dedicated believer in The Forgotten Divine.

Willemina: Willemina was working at a museum of the weird when she became an oddity herself. Having strange visions, she had no idea what to make of them until she saw a poster for a support group looking for people who were having dreams at once too real and too alien to just be dreams. 

Toby: A ten year-old girl who has the strongest and most detailed visions of anyone in The Forgotten Divine. She comes to be seen as a prophet by those who share her affliction/calling.

Agent Reeve: An FBI agent and psychologist, she is willing to do whatever it takes to infiltrate The Forgotten Divine and prevent what she fears will be another Jonestown or Waco. TA dedication which puts her on a collision course with the very people she’s trying to save.

Crowdfunding Corner: A Steampunk Love Story – Vol. 1, Buster Keaton’s One Week, Good Grief: The End of Talking Back

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

A Steampunk Love Story – Vol. 1

A Steampunk Love Story - Vol. 1

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Dan Bouchez
Launch Date: Launching Soon
Risk: Medium – It’s the first project listed for the profile which is always a risk.

A Steampunk Love Story is a graphic novel (4 volumes) blending romance, adventure, and steampunk aesthetics for young adult / adult. Here, steampunk is not just a retro futuristic backdrop, it’s a coherent, harsh, and poetic world serving a deeply human and universal story: love.

Deeply in love with Julia, Bernardo Rosa – a moody, talented yet accident-prone illustrator – struggles to make a living in a society driven by rapid industrial innovation. Short on money and refusing to work in the city’s new factories, he jeopardizes their relationship, with Julia reproaching him for not contributing to their household. The night she vanishes on her way to the theatre, where Bernardo planned to propose, he becomes convinced she was kidnapped by Bones, a mobster to whom he owes money for the wedding ring.

Helped by Ana, a lively and unpredictable street girl longing for the kind of love Bernardo shares with Julia, he embarks on a frantic chase through the city’s various districts before Bones can reach them first.

Buster Keaton’s One Week

Buster Keaton’s One Week

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Maciek Jozefowicz
Launch Date: Launching Soon
Risk: Medium – It’s the first project listed for the profile which is always a risk.

There is DC Universe. There is Marvel Universe. And there is Buster Keaton Universe.

I discovered the films of Buster Keaton about 15 years ago and fell in love with their wit, charm and inventiveness. Buster Keaton is one of the great filmmakers. At the height of his fame, during the silent era, he was second only to Charlie Chaplin.

Since then, I’ve been wanting to bring the universe that Keaton created in film to comics, but I did not have the tools to do it in the way that I wanted to do it. I now have the tools, the iPad and the Apple Pencil, and so I have began my adaptations.

“One Week” is one of Buster Keaton’s short classics. It’s been selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry. It is my fourth adaptation of a Buster Keaton film. All four adaptations — “Day Dreams”, “The Blacksmith”, “The Balloonatic” and “One Week” — are available on Amazon.

Unfortunately, while the Amazon’s ebook versions of the comic books are presentable, the physical versions, softcover and hardback, are barely so. Amazon’s print-on-demand is of low quality, even by print-on-demand standards. It’s fine for text, but not graphics. The black-and-white artwork is printed dark-gray-and-white, or faded-black-and-white. It’s as if the printers were trying to save ink. The interiors look like something that’s has been lying in the sun for years and lost its intensity. Or like pants that have gone through hundreds of washing cycles to become faded jeans. (If you like faded jeans, many do, you may like faded comics, too. I won’t judge.)

It’s frustrating to put effort into making something of quality only to have it ruined by the company that prints Amazon’s books! Buster Keaton deserves better. My artwork deserves better.

I launched this Kickstarter project to raise the funds necessary to print “Buster Keaton’s One Week” using offset printing. Offset printing offers the highest quality, but it is not on-demand, meaning that I can’t order one or ten or fifty copies at a time. There is a minimum number of copies that an offset printers are willing to print. That number varies between different printers, but the lowest that I’ve come across is 500.

At that small a count, one is not saving any money by printing offset. In most cases, print-on-demand will still be cheaper per unit. There is no difference in unit cost, but there is a difference in quality. Offset printing offers the sharpest and most intense graphics. It’s what big publishers use for their books.

This is why I am trying to raise $10,000 rather than a $1,000 or $2,000. If the campaign reaches $10,000, I will be able to offset print “One Week”. If it doesn’t, Amazon’s inferior versions is all that will be available for now.

Ideally, I would like to offset print all four books, but that would be only possible if the campaign reaches certain milestones. (I can dream, but I won’t put the carriage before the horse.)

Good Grief: The End of Talking Back

Good Grief: The End of Talking Back

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: (w) Keith Frady (a) Phillip Ginn
Launch Date: Launching Soon – April 20
Risk: Low – A previous campaign was delivered after the projected date, but delivered

What if one day you turned to the funny pages to discover Charlie Brown sacrificing Linus in a cult ritual? What if, in the last month of their lauded series, Calvin and Hobbes were discussing the best ways to cook and eat human flesh?

From artist Phillip Ginn and writer Keith Frady, Good Grief: The End of Talking Back is a book collection of newspaper strips showing the sudden change of a family-friendly comic into the macabre and surreal. Accompanied by commentary from the strip’s longtime editor to hint at the mystery behind the comic’s shift in tone, Good Grief unspools stories within stories in service of a not-so-simple question: Why do we make art?

Crowdfunding Corner: The Road To Oz : Chapter Three, Family & Honour

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

The Road To Oz : Chapter Three

The Road To Oz : Chapter Three

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Amin Amat
Launch Date: Crowdfunding now – ends on May 26 2026 5:47 PM EDT
Risk: Low – Previous campaigns have delivered, though it looks like a few months after the projected delivery date

The storm is coming. And it remembers Dorothy.
One of the greatest untold stories from Oz — The Road to Oz Chapter Three Kickstarter is here!

One moment, Scarecrow stood watch over the Emerald City — guardian, protector, keeper of Oz’s wisdom. The next? 

Torn from everything he knew and hurled across worlds. Now he’s here. Hidden in plain sight among broken fence posts in a field that no longer grows. The rains are gone. The soil is dust. And the sky? 

The sky has turned against them.

Welcome to 1930s Kansas. Welcome to the Dust Bowl.
Black clouds roll across the plains like dark oceans — swallowing everything in their path. But Dorothy knows something the others don’t.
These storms aren’t natural.

They move like they’re hunting. Shapes shift inside the churning black walls. The dust isn’t just choking the land —
It’s watching them.

And buried within those towering clouds? An enemy thought to be gone forever.

Scarecrow didn’t survive Oz to lose Dorothy here. Not to the dying land. Not to the gathering darkness. Not to what’s coming on the horizon.

Because that next black cloud isn’t a storm.

It’s war.

The Road to Oz Chapter Three continues the epic untold story of how saving Oz failed!  A reimagining of a classic tale through a fresh, cinematic lens. We’re building this world one chapter at a time, and your support makes all the difference.

The Road to Oz Chapter Three Kickstarter edition includes an exclusive 6 page epilogue, not to be seen in any future printed edition!!
Not in digital. Not in stores. Not anywhere else. Ever.

Family & Honour, an historical fiction mini-graphic-novel

Family & Honour

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: (w) Bruno Catarino (a) Jaka Prawira (c) Jaka Prawira (l) Jaymes Reed
Launch Date: Crowdfunding now – ends on April 23 2026 1:58 PM EDT
Risk: Low – Previous campaigns have delivered

Surrounded by traitors – and with an attack on his castle imminent – a young baron loyal to King Henry II during his confrontation with Richard the “Lionheart” is faced with an impossible decision between the duty to his King and the life of an innocent victim of war…

Family and Honour is a 35 page one-shot set in 12th century England. The revolt against King Henry II by his son Richard the “Lionheart” serves as a backdrop to explore themes of loyalty, duty, and… well, family & honour…

If you’re a fan of the medieval political intrigue from Game of Thrones, you are likely to love this story. Perfect for those who are already a fan of comics but are looking for something different, and for those who are new to comics and are looking for something that’s low investment time-wise, to get you into the medium.

Crowdfunding Corner: Water Monster, Chum, Red Sonja

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

Water Monster 水鬼 – When Guillermo del Toro Meets Junji Ito

Water Monster

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Zeo Niu
Launch Date: Launching soon
Risk: Low – They’ve done this before so it’s a pretty low risk.

When Guillermo del Toro meets Junji Ito

Southern China, 1945.

In a quiet rural village, six-year-old Chai grows up surrounded by endless summer days, ancient traditions, and one rule he is never allowed to break:

Never go near the well.

No one explains why.

The adults refuse to speak about it.

But the well looks normal… and Chai has broken every other rule before.

When a mysterious boy named River appears and befriends him, the two children begin to uncover a secret the village has tried to bury. A lonely man once died under tragic circumstances, and something restless now lingers beneath the still water.

As superstition, grief, and childhood curiosity collide, Chai will discover that some stories adults refuse to tell… are the ones that should never be uncovered.

Water Monster is a haunting supernatural tale inspired by Chinese rural folklore and wartime history—blending the dark fairy-tale atmosphere of Guillermo del Toro with the creeping dread of Junji Ito.

CHUM | The Definitive Oversized Die-Cut Surf Noir Hardcover

Chum

Publisher: ComixTribe
Creative Team: (w) Ryan K Lindsay (a) Sami Kivelä
Launch Date: Funding Now – ends April 27 2026 11:59 PM EDT
Risk: Low – They’ve done this before so it’s a pretty low risk.

Summer Stanwyck is trapped. 

She tends bar on the island she grew up on, the local cop is about to become her ex-husband, and she’s wasting time screwing the local reefer kingpin. 

But when a bag full of cash and drugs appears, she sees a way out… and anyone who gets in her way is shark bait. 

CHUM is pulp fiction on the sand, a surf noir story straight off the drugstore paperback rack from acclaimed artist Sami Kivelä  (Abbott, Machine Gun Wizards) and award-winning writer Ryan K Lindsay (Eternal, A Fistful of Pain, Deer Editor.)

At last, ComixTribe is launching a limited edition definitive hardcover edition of this surf noir masterpiece, featuring a stunning composite die-cut cover with art from Justin Greenwood (The Fuse, Stumptown) and Kivelä. 

Red Sonja Mystery Bags Brand New Rare Variants & Exclusives

Red Sonja Blind Bags

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Creative Team: Various
Launch Date: Funding Now – ends April 28 2026 3:13 PM EDT
Risk: Low – They’ve done this before so it’s a pretty low risk.

Dynamite Entertainment has launched a limited-time Kickstarter campaign that offers fans and collectors exciting blind bags packed with surprises and exclusive items featuring the fierce Hyrkanian Heroine, Red Sonja.

Fans have flocked to the exciting new blind bags across the comics community, chasing the surprise and excitement as well as the chance for top tier ultra-rare collectibles from their favorite characters and series. Dynamite Entertainment and sister company Dynamic Forces have been leaders in comics and collectibles for over three decades collectively, and at the forefront of the blind bags explosion, featuring on top titles like Harley Quinn X Elvira, ThunderCats, and many more. This Red Sonja series is a way to bring the offering directly to fans and fill it with tons of extras and add-ons not available in traditional avenues. It also follows a popular offering featuring another top tier Woman of Dynamite, with fans receiving their Vampirella bags prior to this launch.

Priced at $100 each, these mystery bags are packed with five comics guaranteed to have a minimum value of $250, and they could exceed upwards of $500 with rare variants, premiums, ashcans, trading cards, and more. Red Sonja has been with Dynamite for over 20 years, and the vault has been opened to pull items from across that deep history. There’s something incredible here within every bag, and for every collector.

Each bag will have one high-end book; either a metal, foil, or rainbow holofoil variation on a gorgeous cover from a top artist. Superstars who could have their variants in the bags include J. Scott Campbell, Frank Thorne, Joseph Michael Linsner, Jenny Frison, Alex Ross, Jae Lee, Joe Jusko, Frank Cho, Mike Mignola, Lucio Parrillo, Shannon Maer, Jim Balent, and many others.

A file copy pulled from the Dynamite Archives will be included in each bag, topped with a proverbial cherry in superstar cosplayer and Red Sonja LLC representative Shannon Kingston. Fans of the franchise will recognize her from her gorgeous covers as well as how plugged in she is with followers across the character’s social media platforms.

Blank covers from Dynamite’s Authentix line will be in each blind bag, and a select few fortunate fans will receive covers adorned with sketches by the beloved Ken Haeser.

As a unique extra, these bags are not only including comic books as is traditionally the case. Each will include a trading card, including chromium cards exclusive to this offering. Last but not least, the fabulous fifth inclusion is an exclusive Red Sonja challenge coin which can only be collected through this Kickstarter!

The Kickstarter campaign offers even more exciting opportunities for collectors, including a tier offering blind bags guaranteed to feature a sketched cover within. Additionally on offer are one-of-a-kind original art from Roberto Castro’s gorgeously detailed covers, available at a limited-time pricing of $1973 in honor of the character’s debut. Fans who want more trading cards beyond the one included in the bags can opt for the few remaining cases from the Red Sonja Deluxe Ultra Premium set.

Every piece in this collection has been thoughtfully selected to honor the legacy of the She-Devil With a Sword, featuring high-quality items and limited availability for the most selective collectors. Make your pledge now to secure your blind bag before they disappear for good!

Crowdfunding Corner: Fieldmouse Press’ Spring Line Up

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

Spring 2026 | Support The Latest Releases From Fieldmouse Press!

Fieldmouse Press

Publisher: Fieldmouse Press
Creative Team: Various
Launch Date: Currently funding
Risk: Low – They’ve done this before so it’s a pretty low risk.

The Cannibals by TINGUU; 978-1-956636-67-3 – May 26th 2026

The Cannibals is an 18+ queer yuri vampire horror romance set somewhere in the future in a world where vampires are regarded as worthless parasites, objects of derision, and fetish objects. The vampire Olive Yo struggles to make enough money to buy expired fake blood. Crushing on a rock star celebrity chef named Chamomile, (who only works with “ethically-sourced parasites”), an alley-way encounter leads both women on an unexpected path. Tinguu’s dystopian art is deeply satirical, sexy, horrifying, and ultimately liberating.

84 pg, 8″ x 12″ hardcover with gold leaf; color throughout

The Machine is Broken by Jared Sarnie; 978-1-956636-66-6 – May 26th

In The Machine is Broken Lux is going to kill herself… and she’s invited her mom. Lux’s sister is coming too, but she was never officially invited,  for the record . The three women travel to Zurich, home of the world’s first fully legal suicide pod. Hijinks ensue.

5.824″ x 9″ 56 pg smyth-sewn paperback with french flaps; color throughout

Stay by Jesse Rimler;  978-1-956636-72-7 – August 25th

Since her mother’s death, Wanda’s life has been one disaster after another. When she agrees to watch her sister’s dog, it feels like a chance to rebuild some kind of family peace — until a voice from an unexpected witness unearths things she wanted to forget. Darkly funny and relentless, Stay follows a woman at the edge of transformation, asking whether accountability can become a form of grace… or at least make you good enough for the family dog.

72 pg 8″ x 10″ smyth-sewn paperback with UV gloss, black and white 

A Tale of Two Travelers by Madita Schwenke; 978-1-956636-74-1 – August 25th

A tailor and a shoemaker meet and travel the same road. In this contemporary retelling of “The Two Travelers” by the Brothers Grimm, Madita Schwenke asks the question: are kindness and cruelty two sides of the same coin?

132 pg, perfect bound 5″ x 7″ paperback; black and white throughout

Stagnation Seed by BENNIZONE; 978-1-956636-82-6 – August 25th

Candy, heartbroken after another breakup, accepts her roommate Violetta’s offer — to build her the perfect android girlfriend. But as the metal slowly takes form in Vio’s hands, the truth bubbles to the surface.

60 pg 5.826”x8.267” spiral bound trade paperback

The Most High Girl in the World by Emily Zullo – Minicomic

Plenty of people “go with the flow” even if they don’t want to – in Emily Zullo’s expanded edition of The Most High Girl in the World, we see her autofictional recollection of events in her senior year of high school. What does it take to find yourself, especially when you’re surrounded by anxiety and weed smoke? 

28 pg saddle-stitch minicomic, cream cover with 1 color ink throughout

Different Ways to Fly by Rumi Hara – Minicomic

Known for her books Nori and The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories published by Drawn & Quarterly, Rumi Hara’s work is simultaneously charming and challenging. We’re delighted to present her latest short story as a part of our mini comics line.

16 pg saddle-stitched minicomic, full color

Exclusive Preview: Get a look at Summit Comics’ Upheaval as it returns to Kickstarter

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Summit Comics‘ Upheaval is returning to Kickstarter. The first character ever announced as part of the Summit Universe is officially appearing in her second self-titled issue—Upheaval #2. Don’t miss out on the campaign.

Covers for Upheaval #2 features artwork by Brian Wolf, Javier Lugo, Giula Lalli, Michael Woods, and Alexandre Starling.

In the aftermath of a brutal assault on Mazona Industries, the city is left asking one question: Who is Upheaval? Masked behind an anime-style digital avatar and surrounded by swarms of weaponized drones, the city’s newest vigilante has gone viral—and she’s about to become a target.

As the media digs in, Orlando’s underground defenders step into the spotlight. NEW HEROES!! NEW VILLIANS!! MORE ACTION!

–Upheaval writer (and Summit CEO) Travis Gibb

Upheaval #2 isn’t just bigger. It’s louder, darker, more personal—and it proves this universe is only getting started.

We have an exclusive look at the upcoming issue. You can check it out below and don’t miss out!

Upheaval #2

Crowdfunding Corner: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Rainbow Collection

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

MY LITTLE PONY: Friendship is Magic Rainbow Collection

Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Creative Team: Various
Launch Date: Currently funding – ends April 30 2026 2:00 PM EDT
Risk: Low/Medium – Any publisher that previous campaigns not yet fulfilled are a little of a risk and raises flags with us. Hellraisers is due in December, Jem in August, Expanse in November, and another recent had shipping issues based on comments. But, BOOM! is owned by a pretty big corporation which keeps the overall risk low. You’ll get the project eventually.

What a wonderful wonder friendship brings! 

Come take another gallop with us through Equestria in MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC RAINBOW COLLECTION. More than a decade since the debut of the Friendship is Magic comic series, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie are back to show us the power, delight, and shenanigans that come with true friendship! Whether you’ve been saddled up from the beginning, or are completely new to the herd, this is a pony show you don’t want to miss! 

Launching on Kickstarter, MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC RAINBOW COLLECTION is published by BOOM! Studios and developed under license by Hasbro, a leading games, IP and toy company. This launch collects the core issues of the Friendship is Magic comics in neigh-worthy hardcover editions! On your cutie mark, get set, go! 

Happy year of the horse—and pony! If you were looking to celebrate with something to blow your horseshoes off, we have just the thing. 

With pastel and swoon-worthy color palettes, and ethereal detailing—the MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC RAINBOW COLLECTION is like nothing you’ve seen before! Each book feels timeless, much like the fairytales we’ve been told since we were foals, and captures the essence of the magical friendships explored within it.  

More than a collection, this is a love letter to all things cute and the unbreakable bonds that make life’s trot so worth it! 

Exclusive: Mathieu Bablet’s Silent Jenny Deluxe Slipcase Revealed

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Oni Press and Magnetic Press have announced the Kickstarter campaign for Silent Jenny, by internationally acclaimed comic author Mathieu Bablet. Sign up now to get notified when the Kickstarter campaign launches. 

Silent Jenny explores a not-too-distant future, where climate change continues to ravage the planet, and the disappearance of insects has led to the end of pollination, rendering vast areas of land infertile. A survival dynamic has emerged—mobile cities called “monads” have formed, and people strive to help each other; each group with its own customs, traditions, and ways of life.

Jenny is a rather solitary researcher trying to restore the world as it once was. She seeks to recover bee DNA to clone and re-create pollinating insects. However, she will come to realize that this is impossible—the old world no longer exists, and a new one must be built. She will have to make peace with the notion that all things come to an end, no matter how much you may fight the inevitable..

In addition to the deluxe hardcover edition of Silent Jenny, the Kickstarter campaign will feature a limited boxed edition and an exclusive 24-page 6×9 Codex Art Book, featuring a look at the world of Silent Jenny.

We have an exclusive reveal of the Silent Jenny Deluxe Slipcase! Check it out below along with the cover for Silent Jenny and don’t miss out, sign up today to find out when it launches.

Crowdfunding Corner: Stomping Grounds from Amit Tishler, Elliot Sperl, and Humanoids

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

Stomping Grounds

Stomping Grounds

Publisher: Humanoids
Creative Team: Amit Tishler, Elliot Sperl
Launch Date: Coming soon – expected to launch 4/21/2026.
Risk: Low – Humanoids is running a lot of campaigns lately but the creative team has their act together. The book is done and ready to go.

THE YEAR IS 2085

years have passed since “The Fermi-Fall” event ushered in a new age on planet Earth. Giant creatures waltz across the horizon and fuzzy, house-sized spores bounce around like tumbleweeds, terraforming nearby suburbs into colossal alien forests. The earth we knew is out, and what’s left is a completely new reality… The old world is gone. long live whatever the heck this is!

But craziness aside, artificial stability was achieved behind the walls of the heavily fortified CenturiCity. This is a last Bastion for our version of humanity. The city is an idealistic time capsule, protected by a Aesthetic façade, tons of ridiculous propaganda, and an army of giant battle-mechs to keep people… uh…safe? This walled fortress is where old school human civilization is MOSTLY shielded from the weirdness that is slowly creeping its way through growing cracks in the city walls.

For the Shin family the REAL challenge is living through the craziness that fills their day to day without losing their minds (or anything else) in the process.

With Kay drinking the city’s koolaid, Zee spitting it, out and Norman lamenting on how “Kool Aid was better back in the day”, Growing up in a fake utopian bubble in the middle of a world they no longer recognize can get a bit confusing for the Shins…

…Maybe if the family choose to embrace the winds of change, they may one day create a better future for themselves and inspire the rest of humanity ALONG THE WAY…

It’s worth a shot, right…?

Crowdfunding Corner: Hallowed Ground, American Dreams

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Welcome to our revamped “Crowdfunding Corner” rounding up some of the latest crowdfunding news. We’re going beyond just announcement projects, we’ll be tracking to make sure these projects get delivered as well as what we think the “risk” of backing them are.

We’ll be updating the format as we get a better handle of the needs of this sort of coverage, so stay tuned and check out the first round of projects!

Hallowed Ground – An Afterlife Horror Comic Anthology

Hallowed Ground

Publisher: Deathline Comics/Lifeline Comics
Creative Team: Michele Abounader, Anthony Oliveira, Ian MacEwan, Meghan Camarena, Vash Taylor, Richard Fairgray, Anas Abdulhak, Heather Vaughan, Brent Fisher, Tesslyn Bergin, Chloé Stawski, JP Jordan, Len Gogos, Chloe Brailsford, MK Trahan, Michiums, Duna Haller, Abbey Frisco, Chris Ho, Lydia Monette, Dom Monette, Kielamel Sibal
Launch Date: Currently funding – ends April 23 2026 10:00 PM EDT
Risk: Medium – The publisher has run multiple campaigns, but with anthologies, there are often delays. There’s a good chance this will miss its projected delivery date but will be delivered

Broken into three acts, experience Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven through the eyes of our creators with four stories from each place.

A 100+ Page Horror Anthology in three parts, with 12 stories of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams, including: Anthony Oliveira (GLAAD Award Winner – Avengers Academy), Ian MacEwan (MCMLXXV), Meghan Camarena (Radiant Pink, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Vash Taylor (Galaxy: The Prettiest Star), Richard Fairgray (GLAAD Award Winner – Four-Color Heroes, Octopus), Anas Abdulhak (Etheres, Unseen/Unheard), Heather Vaughan (Exorcism at Buckingham Palace, Stranger Things), Brent Fisher (The Color of Always, Transphoria), Tesslyn Bergin (Facing the Sun, Seven Wives), Chloé Stawski (High Strangeness, Sapphic Pulp), JP Jordan (Star Trek, Gargoyles, Sink Your Teeth In), Len Gogos (Quests Aside, DC Pride), Chloe Brailsford (Let Her Be Evil, Sapphic Pulp), MK Trahan (Let Her Be Evil, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Seeds of Salvation), Michiums (When I Was Young, Sensory: Life on the Spectrum), Duna Haller (The Rebis – The Devil Issue, 99% Chance of Magic), Abbey Frisco (Witching Season), Chris Ho (Project Morningstar),  Lydia Monette, and Dom Monette (Fennec, Mana Kingdoms).

The anthology also features a 5-page backup story by Kat Calamia & Phil Falco (Lifeline Comics) from the world of their popular Sapphic Romance series: The Witches of Oz!

Edited by Michele Abounader (Witching Season, FUNeral Home, When I Was Young, Sink Your Teeth In, Malloch the Damned, Etheres, Sapphic Pulp, Sharp Wit, Color of Always).

With a special intro story by Michele Abounader and Jess Fong (Poison Ivy, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering)

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American Dreams

Publisher: Alias Studios
Creative Team: (w) Daniel Kalban (a) Dody Eka (i) Tebe Andry (c) Warnia K. Sahadewa (l) Matt Bowers
Launch Date: Currently funding – ends April 15 2026 9:05 AM EDT
Risk: Low – The publisher has run previous crowdfunding campaigns and they’ve been delivered.

The critically and reader acclaimed American Dreams returns to Kickstarter with TWO brand new issues filled with adventure for Jewish immigrant Jake Gold, aka the neophyte hero Liberty!

That’s right! TWO new issues! We’ve been busy here!

For several years now, readers have read the beginning journey of one Jake Gold, a Jewish immigrant in 1900s New York City who gains powers from a Thomas Edison experiment gone awry. The five issue first arc covers his origins and his early fights against enemies such as the warlock Aleister Crowley and the bruiser Amalek. It also brought him into contact with allies such as the magician Harry Houdini, the journalist Nellie Bly, and the activist/anarchist Emma Goldman. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, Jake must decide how best to use his powers to protect the American Dream for everyone.

And now, he’s needed again. With new and returning villains on the horizon, Liberty is also going to need some new allies in his fight to protect the American Dream for all Americans of all backgrounds.

Continuing on from the pulse pounding cliff hanger in issue 6, Issue 7 continues the battle in Union Square, and the consequences that comes soon after! Issue 8 continues our adventure as the devious Crowley pushes his machinations onto New York, using the climate of fear and suspicion to his advantage!

Can Liberty and his new allies combat a menace in the shadows who now has his hands on the levers of power?

With covers by Dody Eka, Vasco Gioachini, and current X-Men artist Netho Diaz (don’t worry, he did this before he went Marvel exclusive!), we got exciting adventures in store for you!

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