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!
Bixby Grant, Private Eye: Fangs & Brimstone #5
Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: (W) Patrick Coyle (A) Gonzalo Martinez, Gonzalo Ruggieri (C) Arthur Hesli (CA) Veronica Fish, Francesco Francavilla
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends November 12, 2026 11:59 PM EST
Risk: Low – Looking through past campaigns, Rolling Squid Bones has delivered and done so on time
Harbor City’s greatest private detective is trapped beneath its streets with a demonic cult, a horde of angry goblins, and more than a century of unresolved family trauma…
Patrick Coyle, co-founder of pioneering online comics publisher Komikwerks, brings the fan-favorite indie series BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE back on Kickstarter with its fifth issue! The latest chapter of the six-part supernatural detective series features art by Gonzalo Martínez, colors by Arthur Hesli (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and is edited by GLAAD and Eisner Award-winning Heather Antos, along with a new installment of the backup story Zombietown, illustrated by Gonzalo Ruggieri. Both stories are lettered by Coyle.
Bixby Grant has followed the trail of his long-lost brother Max’s ancient dagger, directly into the secret lair of a demonic cult! Beneath the streets of Harbor City, Bix and Diego, the rockabilly vampire, confront the hooded killers bent on literally raising hell on Earth, only to be captured by monstrous goons and tossed in the hoosegow. To escape, Bix must reckon with his greatest foe —unresolved emotions about his evil brother! Will Bix wrangle his personal demons and overcome a horde of angry goblins in time to stop a literal demon?
The 32-page issue features 20 pages of Fangs & Brimstone and an eight-page chapter of Zombietown, which digs into Harbor City’s undead underworld, where police corruption and organized crime take on a whole new meaning.
The action heats up in the heart of Zombietown, the five square blocks of Harbor City inhabited by thousands of the undead. Detective Maritza Ramirez went there seeking clues in the disappearance of her father, beloved Harbor City Police Captain Jorge Ramirez. Don Scarpino, the undead leader of Il Cosa Muerte, the zombie mafia, has confronted her with her worst fears made real. Maritza must pull herself together, face those fears head-on, and figure out a plan to get out of Z-Town alive, now that her zombie-proof suit has been damaged!
The issue features covers by Veronica Fish and Eisner and Eagle Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling creator Francesco Francavilla, plus a 3D lenticular variant cover by veteran character designer and storyboard artist Coran Kizer Stone, available as an Early Bird special for the first 48 hours of the campaign and limited to just 25 copies!
Dusk Omnibus: 20th Anniversary
Publisher: Rolling Squid Bones
Creative Team: David Doub
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends November 6, 2026 10:02 AM EST
Risk: Low – Looking through past campaigns, Rolling Squid Bones has delivered and done so on time
As a battered wife, Eve’s only concern was to keep her marriage together. But when she is kidnapped into the sordid supernatural world of vampires and foul magic, Eve finds she doesn’t want to leave. Her mysterious benefactor, the Vampire Lord Ash, wish her to have a normal life but Eve chooses to stay in the service of Ash. Dusk is the stories about Eve and her challenges living in the darkness. Dusk is a supernatural action/drama story done in a dynamic blending of the sequential art styles of American Comics and Japanese Manga. Several artists help tell these stark noir tales of Vampires and Unrequited Love. 100 Pages
Editors Note: The Dusk Omnibus follows the story of Eve in 17 stories including: First Time, Route 66, Death of the Old Gods! Every one is a different art, but all written by the man himself, David Doub! Why are they doing this? Because it’s over 20 years of content in one single omnibus just for you!
TEZUKA! God of Manga
Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Featuring Katsuhiro Otomo, Riyoko Ikeda, Naoki Urasawa, Go Nagai, Toshiyuki Tomino, Masao Maruyama, Rintaro, Ada Palmer, and more!
Launch Date: Funding now – ends November 13 2026 11:55 AM EDT
Risk: Medium – It’s a first project which can run into issues with delays
It’s hard to overstate Osamu Tezuka’s influence on manga and anime in Japan and comic book and animation storytelling around the world. Before there was Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen, there was Tezuka’s Astro Boy: the loveable, iconic, atomic-powered robot boy. Known in Japan as Tetsuwan Atom, this loveable hero sprang fully formed from the imagination of Tezuka-sensei, AKA the “God of Manga.” Tezuka broke new ground in 1963 when he introduced Astro Boy as Japan’s first weekly animated TV program. Now, Peabody Award-winning director Jason Andrew Cohn and the Bread & Butter Films production team (Camille Servan-Schreiber, Jinko Gotoh, Glen S. Fukushima, and Roland Kelts) — will spotlight Osamu Tezuka’s life and legacy with TEZUKA! God of Manga, an all-new, feature-length documentary.
TEZUKA! God of Manga will feature interviews with legendary manga and anime creators including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), Riyoko Ikeda (Rose of Versaille), Naoki Urasawa (Monster), Go Nagai (Devilman), Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam), MADHOUSE co-founder and anime producer Masao Maruyama (Tokyo Godfathers), anime director Rintaro (Metropolis), best-selling fantasy author Ada Palmer (Too Like the Lightning), Samuel Sattin (Unico Awakening), and Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Book of Life), to discuss how Tezuka’s trailblazing influenced their work and changed the mediums of manga, comics, and animation.
The documentary will also include in-depth conversations with scholars Helen McCarthy (The Art of Osamu Tezuka), Natsu Onoda Power (God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II Manga), and the dean of English-language manga scholarship, Fred Schodt (Manga! Manga!) discussing his long working relationship with Tezuka. Once the film is funded, the producers will schedule additional interviews with artists including Paul Pope (THB) and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats).
Cohn and Tezuka Productions are also teaming up with some of today’s hottest manga and comic artists to create Kickstarter-exclusive collectible art prints featuring beautiful tributes to beloved Tezuka stories and characters. Fans can collect an astonishing Acetylene Lamp print by Shinichi Ishizuka (Blue Giant), striking takes on Astro Boy by Dave Baker (Mary Tyler MooreHawk) and Jorge R. Gutierrez (Book of Life), bold looks at Black Jack by Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth) and Yuko Shimizu (Barbed Wire Baseball), a beautiful Buddha print from Jesse Lonergan (Dome), a fantastic look at Phoenix by Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), a pitch-perfect Princess Knight print by Elsa Charretier (November), unbelievable Unico artwork by Gurihuru (Unico Awakening, and a vibrant take on Vampires by Nicole Goux (Punk’n Heads).
Though he’s often compared to Walt Disney, Tezuka was arguably a greater cultural force. His mind-bending storylines — including Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, and hundreds of others — ignited a post-war explosion of creativity that positioned Japan as a global leader in comics and animation to this day and influenced generations of creators around the world.
A moving, immersive, and visually stunning romp through comics history, TEZUKA! God of Manga unfolds in three acts, beginning with his childhood in the suburbs of Osaka in the shadow of the Pacific War. Launching from young Tezuka’s dream of creating manga and founding his own independent animation studio, the film chronicles his ascendence to becoming a national sensation and the subsequent counter-cultural backlash in the 1960s, when young manga readers gravitated away from Tezuka and toward edgier artists in the gekiga movement. The third act explores Tezuka’s remarkable comeback with enduring storylines like Phoenix and Black Jack. The film will leave viewers reflecting on a creative legacy that extends beyond Tezuka’s dozens of television cartoons and animated films and estimated 150,000 pages of published manga.
In addition to the art prints, the TEZUKA! God of Manga Kickstarter campaign features rare rewards and merchandise from Tezuka Productions, a collectible Blu-ray version of the documentary, and a bounty of fun treats.
