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Crowdfunding Corner: Worlds Beyond Number gets an Official Graphic Novel from Skybound

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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!

Worlds Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel

Worlds Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel

Publisher: Skybound
Creative Team: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Lou Wilson and adapted by Jadzia Axelrod and illustrated by Sarah Webb.
Launch Date: Launching Soon
Risk: Low – Skybound has run numerous previous successful crowdfunding campaigns

Skybound has announced World’s Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel, a brand-new Kickstarter campaign based on the acclaimed narrative podcast series from the stellar World’s Beyond Number Team of Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson! 

The original graphic novel at the heart of this epic campaign is Worlds Beyond Number Presents: The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One: Prelude – the first book in The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One saga. Adapted by Jadzia Axelrod and illustrated by Sarah Webb, this 240-page hardcover tells the story of how Suvi (the Wizard), Ame (the Witch), and Eursulon (the Wild One) first met, and the summer adventure that changed their lives forever. 

Fans can sign up for the mailing list now at WorldsBeyondNumberKickstarter.com to receive all campaign details and updates ahead of its launch on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 6 a.m. PT. Additionally, fans that join the mailing list will receive a free “BE KIND” pin for pledging any physical tier! 

You can watch the new campaign video right here:  Worlds Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel Kickstarter Teaser

Snow falling, over endless white sand… So begins the prelude to The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. In this prequel, we meet Suvi, Ame, and Eursulon as children, and see them thrust from the known into peril, confusion, and new worlds they will struggle to understand. This is the story of how our trio met, and the events that would bring them back together so many years later.  

Fans won’t want to miss backing the campaign to secure exclusive rewards including Bookmarks, Stickers, Patches, Pins & Prints (each with Wizard, Witch, and Wild One variations), and an abundance of stretch goals to be unlocked! 

The World’s Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel campaign will be live on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 6 a.m. PT, with stretch goals and campaign-exclusive products to be announced through the close of the campaign on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 12 p.m. PT.

Preview: Strong Female Protagonist, Book Two

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Strong Female Protagonist, Book Two

Brennan Lee Mulligan (w) • Molly Ostertag (a)

Alison Green used to be a superhero. With unlimited strength and invulnerability, she fought crime with a group of other teens under the alter ego Mega Girl. All that changed after an encounter with Menace, her mind-reading archenemy, who showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy that made battling giant robots suddenly seem unimportant.

Now, Alison is going to college in New York City, trying to find ways to actually help the world while making friends and getting to class on time. It’s impossible to escape the past, however, and trouble comes in the form of mysterious murders, ex-teammates with grudges, robots with a strange sense of humor, an inconvenient crush, a cantankerous professor, and many different kinds of people who think they know the best way to be a hero.

TPB • FC • $24.99 • 366 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-0-692-90610-1

Review: Strong Female Protagonist

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logo2Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag‘s webcomic Strong Female Protagonist follows the life and times of twenty-something Alison Green (AKA Mega Girl) former super-hero, current university student.

The story begins with Alison, but it quickly unfurls to include a large variety of characters including an angry, cocky current-super hero named Furnace (a real hot-head, badum-cha), Alison’s friend and room-mate who is a wanna-be political activist with a bit of first-world-white privilege to overcome first who sometimes misuses her friend’s super powers, Alison’s former super-team, her doctor, her family, and the students on campus are all woven into the tapestry of the story. All are important and surface in ways you won’t expect.

The comic also showcases Mulligan’s degree in philosophy by tackling many current-event issues, like date-rape, organ donation, foreign aid, etc.

Perfect for the feminist, the twenty-something struggling to find their place in the world, and generally anyone with a human soul who loves superheroes.

Story Brennan Lee Mulligan  Art: Molly Ostertag
Story: 10 Art: 10 Overall: 10 Recommendation: Read it NOW, why aren’t you reading it yet?!

Top Shelf Gets a Strong Female Protagonist

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DiamondAdTemplateWith superstrength and invulnerability, Alison Green used to be one of the most powerful superheroes around. Fighting crime with other teenagers under the alter ego Mega Girl was fun until an encounter with Menace, her mind-reading arch-enemy. He showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy, and suddenly battling giant robots didn’t seem so important.

Now Alison is going to college and trying to find ways to help the world while still getting to class on time. It’s impossible to escape the past, however, and everyone has their own idea of what it means to be a hero..

Strong Female Protagonist has been published online since 2012, where it’s attracted a large fan base, and earned glowing reviews. After a wildly successful Kickstarter, Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag are now bringing their series to print, with a book collecting the first four chapters and bonus material, self-published by the authors and distributed by Top Shelf.

You can finally find a Strong Female Protagonist on bookshelves this December.