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!
Start Your Engines #1: A 48-page Action-Adventure
Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Travis Hymel, Shawn DePasquale, Raymar Brunson, Greg & Fake
Launch Date: Launching Soon
Risk: Low/Medium- Everyone involved are professionals but it’s the first Kickstarter for Hymel, which can often run into issues.
Start Your Engines #1 is a ROARING adventure comic following Dare Darrington, a former stunt driver turned race car driver facing rivals, saboteurs and dinosaurs across two action-packed 24-page stories.
This first issue features two self-contained stories action packed stories. (48 Pages of story!)
Written and drawn by Travis Hymel (The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles, TMNT, The Loose End), lettered by Shawn DePasquale (Trailer Park Boys, Galaxies for Hire), and edited by Dave Dwonch (The Loose End, Jenny Zero, The Automaton). Rising star Raymar Brunson (Ghost Man, TMNT x Godzilla) provides an exclusive pin-up for the book.
The campaign will also feature a Kickstarter-exclusive variant cover by the Eisner Award-winning team, Greg & Fake (Santos Sisters, American Nature).
Donald’s Defenders #1 – Make Comics Great Again
Publisher: Irreverent Humor Publications
Creative Team: S.Z. “The Plot Thickener”, M.Z. “The Continuity Cop”, R.E. “The Line Machine”, E.P. “The Tone Enforcer”
Launch Date: Currently funding – ends June 25 2026 10:05 AM EDT
Risk: Low/Medium – First projects often run into issues, usually delays in delivery.
DONALD’S DEFENDERS #1 – A full-color, 24-PAGE SATIRICAL SUPERTEAM ONE-SHOT that dares to ask the important question:
What if your favorite cable news talking points formed a superhero team and took it WAY, WAY too far?
When the nation’s truth is on the ropes, only one man dares to take the stand.
That man is MR. SUPERPRESIDENT, who assembles a team of the loudest, boldest, and most overconfident heroes ever to strap on spandex. Their aim? To restore truth, justice, and whatever else is trending this week.
They’ll battle media conspiracies, bureaucratic chaos, and villains who feel oddly familiar. Because when you mix power, ego, and cable news… things get messy.
Fueled by patriotism, pre‑workout super serum powder, and a whole lot of delusion, this team hits harder than your uncle’s Facebook timeline.
Satire isn’t dead — it just bench-presses now.
This campaign contains Kickstarter-exclusives— and once it’s over, it’s over. The first printing ends here. No recounts.
When the campaign ends, Donald’s Defenders disappears faster than a deleted tweet.
