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Crowdfunding Corner: Summit’s Testaments of Terror, Marcus Walker: Kingslayer Protocol, Stephen R. Bissette’s TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions, Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #4

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

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!

Testaments of Terror #1

Publisher: Summit Comics
Creative Team: (w) Adam Barnhardt (a) David Hutajulu
Launch Date: July
Risk: Low – Previously launched Summit: Pinnacle #1 seems to be close to delivering on time, though not delivered yet.

Written by Adam Barnhardt and drawn by David Hutajulu, Testaments of Terror #1 will showcase Bloodwake: Breaking the Abyss and will launch just as summer really gets started in early July. Underwater royalty, Bloodwake is a character exiled from his homeland, resulting in a summer camp slasher the sea creature finds himself in the midst of.

Testaments of Terror #2 will then launch late summer and feature a story called Harrow: Feast in the Furrow, written by Barnhardt with art by Michel Abstracto. A scarecrow possessed by the spirit of an early Midwestern settler, Feast in the Furrow evokes the stickiness of humid late summer days through a sweaty murder mystery the eponymous anti-hero finds himself embroiled in. The lead suspect? A murder of crows who’ve seemingly managed to form a human body and force it to do their bidding.

Marcus Walker: Kingslayer Protocol

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: (w) Chris Yates (a) Simone Ragazzoni (c) Antonio Antro (l) Taylor Esposito (logo) Ryan Clark (editor/graphic designer) Trevor Richardson
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 2, at 12pm EDT
Risk: Medium – A first project always has risks, most likely delays, but the team are professionals in the industry

As the war wages on between Kaijus and Kingslayer Mechs in New Honolulu City, Marcus Walker is forced into hiding under the watchful eye of his authoritative family, determined to protect him. This unexpected turn of events forces Marcus to confront the relentless dangers of his choices head on as the sinister forces dredge up old secrets from his bloodline’s past and threaten his future.

MARCUS WALKER: KINGSLAYER PROTOCOL is a brand new 48-page comic that is an ideal match for fans of Ultraman: Rising, Big Hero 6, and Power Rangers. Debut writer Chris Yates and rising star artist Simone Ragazzoni (Robotech: Rick Hunter, Power Rangers Universe, Dune: House Corrino) present a brand new tale that explores the themes of family and self-discovery through explosive manga-inspired action with real consequences!

Featuring exclusive covers from NYT Bestseller Sean Murphy (Batman: White Knight [Murphyverse], Tokyo Ghost, Chrononauts), Siya Oum (Neo Wonderland, Lola XOXO, Lady Mechanika), NYT Bestseller Rob Guillory (Chew, Farmhand, Mosely), and Kevin Keane (King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, Rat City).

MARCUS WALKER: KINGSLAYER PROTOCOL is 100% Complete. We are asking backers to help us cover printing, fulfillment, and shipping expenses. In addition, we have a clear estimated timeline and path forward for a Summer 2026 delivery.

Stephen R. Bissette’s TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions

Publisher: Lighthouse
Creative Team: (w/a) Stephen R. Bissette
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 16, at 11am EDT
Risk: Medium – A first project always has risks, most likely delays, but the publisher and those involved are professionals in the industry

Will Eisner Hall of Fame creator Stephen R. Bissette’s TYRANT, the never-before-collected dinosaur masterpiece, is now live on Kickstarter from new publisher Lighthouse. The campaign offers multiple deluxe editions designed by acclaimed cartoonist Jim Rugg as well as rare & limited premium items.

The first 500 backers who pledge for any edition of the book will receive a randomly selected signed art print from Stephen R. Bissette’s personal archives! “Been a terribly long time adrift in an ocean of tears,” said Bissette. “But Lighthouse shines the light! Yes, it’s for real, Lighthouse has brought my personal primordial ‘lost Odysseus’ back into harbor. My orphaned ‘S.R. Bissette’s TYRANT’ is at long last out of the egg he’s been stuck half-way-in-&-out-of for decades now. We’re excited to go!”

Lighthouse founder and publisher Chris Stevens previously published the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM (also designed by Rugg) and has savored the relationship with Bissette, which developed since the legendary John Constantine co-creator and SWAMP THING artist’s participation in that project.

Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #4

Publisher: RNM Press
Creative Team: (w) Patrick Coyle (a) Gonzalo Martinez, Gonzalo Ruggieri (c) Arthur Hesli (editor) Heather Antos
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 16, at 4pm EDT
Risk: Low – Three previous projects all delivered

Even an immortal mummy can run out of time!

RNM Press is thrilled to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #4, the next chapter series writer and creator Patrick Coyle’s celebrated supernatural noir, blending hardboiled detective fiction, occult horror, and monster politics into a sharp, character-driven mystery.

With pencils and inks by Chilean artist Gonzalo Martínez (Road Story, The Quique Hache Detective), colorist Arthur Hesli (Thunderbolts, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and editor Heather Antos, with cover art by Declan Shalvey (Immortal Hulk, Thundercats) and Elsa Charretier (Harley Quinn, Star Wars). Letters by Coyle.

The clock is ticking in Harbor City: if there is a fifth ritual killing committed by the sinister cult started by Bixby Grant’s brother Max, a hellmouth will open and bring about hell on earth. To find the ancient dagger needed for this killing, Bix has chased a ghost, had his arm ripped off, thrown a cat-burglar off a building, shaken down mystics, been brain-probed by a nine-year-old witch, and is now in the clutches of the mysterious society of monsters known as The Council Macabre. With the help of Diego, the rockabilly vampire, Bix discovers the identity of the killer who has picked up where his long-lost brother left off in a secret lair beneath the streets of Harbor City.

Issue #4 also continues the eight-page backup Zombietown, featuring art by Argentinian artist Gonzalo Ruggieri (Rumble, Convert, Two Moons), which follows Detective Maritza Ramirez deep into the undead-controlled quarantine zone known as Z-Town, where her search for the truth behind her father’s disappearance puts her face-to-face with Il Cosa Muerte, the zombie mafia!

Paul Tobin Teams with Carlos Javier Olivares for a Wild New Series Featuring Backup Stories by Colleen Coover, Junk Punch!

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

It’s one woman’s quest to solve a bizarre series of thefts, such as kisses stolen from willing and waiting lips! Mad Cave Studios has announced Junk Punch, an all-new series that explores a world where sudden compulsions begin affecting people in bizarre and uncontrollable ways.

This offbeat new series reunites the creative duo behind the Mad Cave hit String—Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin features a main story and backup story, with main story art by Carlos Javier Olivares, colors by Francesca Vivaldi, and lettering by Taylor Esposito, bringing the strange world of Junk Punch to life with playful humor and dynamic visual storytelling.

Each issue also includes a fun, standalone backup story with art, colors, and letters by Colleen Coover, kicking off a rotating lineup of guest artists including Lin Visel, Christine Larsen, and Dani Strips. These additional stories expand the strange world of Junk Punch, introducing new characters and misadventures across its growing gallery of oddballs.

Junk Punch #1 features a variant cover by Marguerite Sauvage and retailer incentive by Mirka Andolfo.

In a near-future world, peculiar new compulsions have arisen to afflict individuals in bizarre ways, such as a need to paint all pigeons pink or the unfortunate craving to tell the truth on dating apps. One such individual is Clara Castanelle, aka Junk Punch, who “suffers” an addiction to punching people square in their junk!

With its wildly inventive premise and unpredictable sense of humor, Junk Punch will appeal to readers who enjoy comics where absurdity, mystery, and heart collide.

Junk Punch #1 drops in shops June 3, 2026.

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Barbarian Behind Bars #2 is a solid second issue where we get more depth about the characters

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Brett

The Barbarian is making a break from behind bars — but between freedom and our hero from another world stands a squad of taser-wielding prison guards! Luckily, a solitary confinement cell is a great place to receive a mystic visitation from a goddess of cosmic justice. Meanwhile, the Barbarian’s public defender, Irene Chang gets much too close for comfort with her client’s possessed, blood-thirsty battleaxe! BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS is the high-fantasy grindhouse story you’ve been dreaming of!

Story: Elliott Kalan
Art: Andrea Mutti
Letterer: Taylor Esposito

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

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Space Ghost Vol. 2 #9 allows Blip to take center stage and save the day in another fun issue

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Brett

BLIP TO THE (PSYCHIC) RESCUE!

When Team Space Ghost is ambushed on the Ghost Planet and trapped inside their own minds by the villainous Sorceress, Blip must don the Creature King’s telepathic helmet in order to save his now-catatonic family. But even if he can manage to throw a monkey wrench into the Sorceress’s works, will it be enough to save the Guardians of the Spaceways from their own inner demons? Or will her All-Seeing Eye burn our heroes to their deepest cores?

Story: David Pepose
Art: Jonathan Lau
Color: Andrew Dalhouse
Letterer: Taylor Esposito

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

Stardust, Stardom, and the Cost of Going Viral. Solar Sisters arrives from Amit Tishler, Elliot Sperl, Virginia Salucci, Giulia Zucca, and Taylor Esposito

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Papercutz and Mad Cave Studios invite readers to blast off into a vibrant sci-fi comedy with Solar Sisters, an all-ages original graphic novel from writers Amit Tishler and Elliot Sperl, illustrated by Virginia Salucci, colored by Giulia Zucca, and lettered by the award-winning Taylor Esposito.

Phoebe Dust’s days as a child star are over. Born and raised on the moon, she’s shocked to discover her mom’s tourist trap, the Lunar Link, is deep in debt and circling the drain. Determined to save it, Phoebe hatches a plan that accidentally rockets her alien sister, Luna, into interstellar superstardom. Overnight, the Lunar Link is swarmed with tourists, the perils of fame close in, and Nova Starr, the galaxy’s most ruthless influencer, is plotting to claw the spotlight back by any means necessary. With the forces of fame, fortune, and cutthroat rivals pulling from every direction, Phoebe must keep her family’s future from being blown into stardust.

Blending colorful worldbuilding with sharp commentary on celebrity culture, Solar Sisters explores the complicated balance between ambition, identity, and the pursuit of happiness while delivering a story packed with humor, heart, and high-stakes cosmic chaos.

Beyond the graphic novel, Solar Sisters is expanding to include an original K-Pop EP, Nova Starr: Solar Cyclone, produced by Amit Tishler and music composer Alon Kaplan, and the tabletop game Stardom: The Solar Sisters Game from Lichenwood Games and 10 Forward Productions, launching soon on Kickstarter.

Solar Sisters goes on sale October 13, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545827772 | $12.99) and hardcover (ISBN: 9781545827789 | $17.99) formats and is now available for preorder wherever books and comics are sold, including papercutz.com. Direct Market FOC is October 14.

Barbarian Behind Bars #1 is a great debut with a solid concept, set up, and art

Posted on February 15, 2026 by Brett

Who is the mysterious, musclebound warrior who came to our world in a storm of magic and violence?! That’s what public defender Irene Chang wants to know. This guy came out of nowhere, doesn’t speak English, and now she’s supposed to help him beat a murder charge after he chopped some other weird dude’s head off with a magic axe in broad daylight? Of course, he may not live to go to trial, with all the enemies he’s making in prison. Good thing his cellmate grills a mean cheese sandwich.

Story: Elliott Kalan
Art: Andrea Mutti
Letterer: Taylor Esposito

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

Space Ghost Vol. 2 #8 wraps up the two issue arc delivering action and emotion

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Brett

LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION!

Trapped inside Contra Industries, Jan and Jace scramble to survive the Antimatter Man’s hostile takeover! As the rampaging villain works to rebuild the generator that originally transformed him into nigh-omnipotent negative energy, the Guardian of the Spaceways must construct a brand-new weapon to defeat the rogue scientist before he reaches critical mass. But when Jan and Jace discover the Antimatter Man’s true identity, will family bonds make the price of victory too much for Team Space Ghost to bear?

Story: David Pepose
Art: Jonathan Lau
Color: Andrew Dalhouse
Letterer: Taylor Esposito

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

Barbarian Behind Bars #1 Delivers a Solid Opening to an Intriguing Concept

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Brett

It’s no surprise that I’d enjoy Barbarian Behind Bars #1. Written by Elliott Kalan, art by Andrea Mutti, and lettering by Taylor Esposito, it’s the team behind Maniac of New York, a series published by Aftershock that I loved and hope we get more of. And honestly, Barbarian Behind Bars #1 feels like a series that would have been released by that publisher.

The concept is very simple. A warrior from another time and place is arrested after battling his evil foe in modern times. Now, the justice system has to figure out what to do with him and he needs to continue hist quest against evil. It’s so simple, it’s brilliant.

Kalan delivers a fantastic start focusing on each aspect of the comic and doing so in a way that makes it really intriguing. A defense attorney needs to figure out how to deal with her client who speaks a language no one knows. A justice system needs to figure out how to deal with a murder of an individual who doesn’t exist by a person who doesn’t exist. And the barbarian needs to keep fighting evil to save his world but he’s behind bars. The combo is a series that nails it at every step.

The art by Mutti is excellent. It’s not too surprising as we’ve seen over and over what to expect. The initial battle looks epic in scope, to the point I hope we see more in flashbacks. The frustration of so many feels very real as you can see it in their body language and faces. The guards feel sleezy just looking at them. It’s all fantastic visuals that balance the fantastical and the grounded.

Taylor Esposito deserves and extra mention for the language spoken by the Barbarian. While it’s translated, you almost want to take the time to decipher it yourself, something that’s a challenge by others in the comic.

I had high expectations for Barbarian Behind Bars #1 when I saw the creative team and heard the concept and they’ve exceeded the high bar set for the debut issue. Like their previous team-up, this is a debut that you should absolute check out.

Story: Elliott Kalan Art: Andrea Mutti Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Mad Cave Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Thundarr the Barbarian #1 hits a bit of nostalgia but there’s some odd moments and bad dialogue

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Brett

When a runaway planet hurtled between the Earth and the Moon, cosmic destruction was unleashed — and mankind’s proud civilizations were cast into ruin! Two millennia later, the planet is nearly unrecognizable — a harsh and savage realm where sorcery and super-science both reign over the powerless masses.

Now, rising up from their ranks, one man is breaking the bonds that restrained him. With the help of his faithful companions, Ariel and Ookla the Mok, he has dedicated his life — and the power of his mystical blade, the Sunsword — to liberating his world from the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian, and his story begins here!

Story: Jason Aaron
Art: Kewber Baal
Color: Jorge Sutil
Letterer: Taylor Esposito

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

It’s The Phantom vs. The Sky Band in April

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

In a tight, 40-page one-shot, altitude, money, and machines won’t save you in Bangalla! Mad Cave Studios and King Features Syndicate has announced The Phantom vs. The Sky Band, a 40-page one-shot that drops readers into a relentless showdown where justice is swift, inescapable, and eternal.

Written by Ray Fawkes with art by Federico Sabbatini, colors by JUANCHO!, and letters by the award-winning Taylor Esposito, this one-shot follows the trail laid in The Phantom #1-5 with a new story perfect for fans of the series and brand-new readers. The Phantom vs. The Sky Band pits The Ghost Who Walks against a ruthless band of mercenaries who believed technology and altitude made them untouchable. They were wrong.

The Sky Band entered the Phantom’s domain when they took blood money to carry the Singh Brotherhood into Bangalla. They thought their helicopters would make them untraceable, immune. Now the mercenaries-for-hire will face the Phantom’s wrath. Those who survive…will be irreparably MARKED.

The Phantom vs. The Sky Band Cover A is by Federico Sabbatini, and Cover B by Freddie Williams II and Andrew Dalhouse.

On sale April 22, 2026, The Phantom vs. The Sky Band is a 40-page one-shot that delivers a complete, high-stakes story rooted in the Phantom’s enduring legacy. Designed as an accessible entry point for new readers and a must-have chapter for longtime fans, this special issue will be available at comic shops everywhere, with Final Order Cutoff set for March 30.

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