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!

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The Diabolist #1

Publisher: Summit Comics
Creative Team: Matthew Summo and Pete Collins
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends  November 12 2026 9:59 AM EST
Risk: Low – Summit Comics has delivered

Summit Comics, the creator-owned indie publisher behind the expanding shared superhero universe launched with Summit: Pinnacle #1, is bringing The Diabolist #1 to Kickstarter — a new superhero noir series from creators Matthew Summo and Pete Collins.

The Diabolist follows Eric Weiss, a renowned stage magician and escape artist whose greatest escape begins after he is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. With his life destroyed and a conspiracy still operating in the shadows, Weiss disappears behind the mask of The Diabolist, turning the skills that once entertained audiences into the weapons of a vigilante.

The Diabolist has no superpowers – just a lifetime spent learning how to make the impossible possible.

Set against the streets of Chicago, The Diabolist #1 blends the theatricality of the classic stage magician with superhero action, crime, mystery, and noir as Weiss begins unraveling the conspiracy that stole his freedom and discovers that his new crusade is pulling him into a world far larger – and considerably more dangerous – than he imagined.

That philosophy extends to the character’s visual identity, combining the imagery of classic illusionists and escape artists with the darker silhouette of a street-level vigilante. His chains, cards, locks and other tools aren’t simply visual flourishes — they’re extensions of the same abilities that made Eric Weiss famous before his life was taken from him.

At its heart, The Diabolist is also the story of a man attempting to reclaim that life.

What begins as a mission to expose the people responsible for framing Weiss increasingly brings The Diabolist into contact with the heroes, villains and extraordinary events of the larger Summit Universe, where even the world’s greatest escape artist could encounter something that even he cannot escape.

The Kickstarter campaign gives readers the opportunity to help bring The Diabolist #1 to print, with multiple physical and digital editions, exclusive campaign rewards, original artwork, and additional comics from creators within and beyond the Summit Universe.

The Diabolist #1 joins the rapidly expanding Summit Universe, which launched with Summit: Pinnacle #1 and continues to introduce interconnected heroes, villains and stories from a collective of independent comic creators.

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Darkest Dungeon: an original graphic novel

Publisher: Vault Comics
Creative Team: Chris Bourassa (W) John Lees (A) Maan House
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends October 30, 2026 at 12:00pm EDT
Risk: Low – Vault Comics delivers

The hotly anticipated Vault Comics backerkit campaign to publish a graphic novel based on the Darkest Dungeon series of games, developed and published by Red Hook Studios, is now live! 

From the combined madness of Red Hook Studios and Vault Comics comes an original canon graphic novelization set in the Darkest Dungeon universe. Horror enthusiasts and fans of the games will be treated to graphic novel storytelling at its best– a new adventure, unrelenting in the face of unending darkness. 

Guiding us into the depths are the creative team of acclaimed writer John Lees (The Nasty, Sink), comic artist and illustrator Maan House (Dark Souls: Mother of Mourning, The Cemeterians), and co-founder and Darkest Dungeon creative director, Chris Bourassa. 

This campaign features two editions of the Darkest Dungeon graphic novel:  standard and limited Deluxe Edition hardcover formats as well as a plethora of rewards, add-ons, and other enhancements to complete the reading experience. An immersive and challenging  dungeon-exploring minigame unique to the Backerkit campaign will allow the bravest backers to unlock additional book upgrades, bonus rewards, and secret reveals.

Debuting in 2016, Darkest Dungeon is a gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring, co-created by Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman. Players recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Widely acclaimed for its gameplay and storytelling, and notorious among gamers for its difficulty, Darkest Dungeon is among the most beloved independent games of the last decade. In 2023, Red Hook Studios, published the sequel, Darkest Dungeon II, which received widespread acclaim.

Together the Darkest Dungeon games have sold many millions of copies and are a cornerstone of the roguelike genre.

This collaboration between Vault and Red Hook was facilitated by Maximum Orbit.

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Adventure Time Deluxe Comics Library

Publisher: Oni Press
Creative Team: A lot, see below
Launch Date: Funding now – ends October 29 2026 11:59 PM EDT
Risk: Low – Oni Press delivers

 In celebration of over 15 years of Adventure Time comics and graphic novels, Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) present the ADVENTURE TIME DELUXE COMICS LIBRARY Kickstarter campaign! 

This definitive Adventure Time​comic collection inspired by Cartoon Network’s worldwide animation sensation features six oversized, deluxe library editions collecting more than 100 issues of Adventure Time comics straight from the Land of Ooo, alongside a huge array of limited edition, exclusive rewards, including a silkscreen travel poster; an exclusive metal Jake The Dog bookmark; limited-edition reprints of classic Adventure Time comics; and one-of-a-kind sketch covers by Nick Winn (Bloody Mary), Caroline Cash (Nancy), Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony), and more.

The ADVENTURE TIME DELUXE COMICS LIBRARY is the ultimate way to experience the main Adventure Time series in complete chronological order! Each of the six volumes in the ADVENTURE TIME DELUXE COMICS LIBRARY will come with an awesome, totally mathematical unique slipcase that is exclusive to this Kickstarter campaign! The ADVENTURE TIME DELUXE COMICS LIBRARY features unforgettable work from fan-favorite creators, including: 

• Chelsea Akpan (Lovefool!)
• Austin Baechle (Sesame Street)
• Corinth Boone (Peony)
• Box Brown (Is This Guy for Real?)
• Kenzie Bugg (Tuca and Bertie)
• Kevin Cannon (The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy)
• Jorge Corona (SWAT Kats)
• Delilah S. Dawson (Sparrowhawk)
• Marie Enger (Death to the Wizard Kings!)
• John P Golden (Over the Garden Wall: Circus Friends)
• Christopher Hastings (Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Twisted Ones)
• Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony)
• Mike Holmes (Wings of Fire)
• Beck Kubrick (Dead Girls)
• Joey McCormick (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Ian McGinty (Bee and PuppyCat)
• Jorge Monlongo (Napoleon Dynamite)
• Agustin Morales (Go Go Proton, Megahrtz)
• Ryan North (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl)
• Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb (Midas)
• Marguerite Sauvage (Archie) 
• Asia Simone (Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll)
• Zachary Sterling (Punch Up!)
• Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me)
• Nick Winn (Bloody Mary)
• And more!

For the ultimate Adventure Time comic collector in your life, Oni Press is releasing a facsimile set of four key number one issues from the Adventure Time comics series run from the past 15 years with new printings of: 

• ADVENTURE TIME #1 (Originally published in 2012 by Boom! Studios) ​by Ryan North (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl), Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb (Making Scents)
• ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #1 (Originally published in 2016 by Boom! Studios)​ by Art Baltazar (Tiny Titans), Katie Cook (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Tony Millionaire (Maakies), and Kat Leyh (Lumberjanes)
• ADVENTURE TIME #1 (Originally published in 2025 by Oni Press) by Nick Winn (Bloody Mary)
• FIONNA & CAKE CARD WARS #1 (Originally published in 2015 by Boom! Studios)​ by Jen Wang (Ash’s Cabin) and Britt Wilson (Cat Dad, King of the Goblins)

The entire ADVENTURE TIME DELUXE COMICS LIBRARY will be available as single volumes, together as a six-volume bundle, or inside of not one but two limited-edition boxsets: