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Jake Tapper Makes his Graphic Novel Debut with The Butcher: The Decades-Long Hunt for Klaus Barbie, One of the World’s Most Notorious Killers

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Stepping away from the newsroom to the creator’s chair, award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author, Jake Tapper, tackles the hunt for one of the most terrifying war criminals of the 20th century with his debut graphic novel, The Butcher: The Decades-Long Hunt for Klaus Barbie, One of the World’s Most Notorious Killers, publishing June 1, 2027 via Top Shelf Productions.

The Butcher is the compelling true story of Klaus Barbie, the mass murderer who escaped justice and thrived for decades, the Nazi hunters and journalists who tracked him down, and the shocking investigation that revealed who helped him escape to begin with.

Using his investigative skills and researching from source material in four different languages — German, English, Spanish, and French — Tapper has chronicled the shocking pursuit of one of the world’s most sought after war criminals in excruciating detail, as writer AND illustrator! 

Book cover of 'The Butcher' by Jake Tapper, featuring a crowd raising glasses in celebration, with a central figure dressed in a green outfit and red gloves, set against a backdrop of mountains and a city.

Exclusive: Get an Exclusive Limited Edition Original Sketch Card by Joe Atalla with Sir Reginald & The Clockwork Heart

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Goats Flying Press has announced Sir Reginald & the Clockwork Heart, an all-new pulp adventure anthology featuring a cadre of all-star comic creators. The gorgeous, 96 page, full-color, hardcover book features five interconnected adventures written by Joe Atalla and illustrated by a cadre of sensational superstar creators — Eisner Award-Nominee Juni Ba, Eisner And Ignatz Award-Winner Jesse Lonergan, superstar Illustrator Dimitrios Pantazis, and smash-hit indie creator Armand Bodnar. The book is colored by Brad Simpson, with letters and design by Jeff Powell. Sign up here to be notified when the project is live on Kickstarter.

From scorching deserts to fathomless oceans, from sacred temples to ancient graveyards, Sir Reginald and the Clockwork Heart follows the eccentric adventurer Sir Reginald, intrepid gentleman (and skeleton) adventurer and his loyal ghostly butler Mr. Spittle, on a series of extraordinary expeditions. On each adventure, Reginald finds a mysterious artifact to add to his growing collection. However, there is more to these missions than meets the eye… What is Sir Reginald really scouring the globe for? And what is the secret project he keeps hidden even from his close confidant Mr. Spittle in his secret workshop? 

Sir Reginald & the Clockwork Heart features five fantastic tales and one overarching mystery:

  • The Curse Of Osiris, featuring art by Juni Ba – A lost pyramid, an ancient god, and a forbidden resurrection, brought to life by Juni Ba.
  • In The Deep Below, featuring art by Joe Atalla – Something unthinkable lurks beneath the waves near an old fishing hamlet, where the shadows run deeper than the darkest ocean. 
  • The Lost Temple, featuring art by Jesse Lonergan – Sir Reginald returns to the ruins of an ancient temple to right a wrong he himself started many moons ago. 
  • Wyrm Of Destruction, featuring art by Dimitrios Pantazis  – An expedition to an old Barrow in the English countryside sets loose a fierce dragon.
  • The Clockwork Heart, featuring art by Armand Bodnar – In this 28-page climactic story Sir Reginald faces off against his old nemesis, Prof. Zardoc, in a race against eternity itself to uncover the secret of the Clockwork Heart, and undo the greatest regret of his life…no matter the cost! 

As part of the crowdfunding campaign, you’ll be able to get an exclusive limited edition original sketch card by Joe Atalla! Check out a card below and some preview art and sign up so you don’t miss Sir Reginald & the Clockwork Heart when it launches!

A cartoon character with a worried expression, wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie, with sweat drops on its forehead and an exclamation mark in a speech bubble above its head.

The Curse Of Osiris, featuring art by Juni Ba

A comic-style illustration featuring a desert landscape with pyramids and an airship. The title reads 'The Curse of Osiris.' The scene includes anthropomorphic characters discussing a treasure hunt and solutions to problems in a whimsical setting.
A comic panel depicting two characters riding camels in a desert at sunset, alongside ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and illustrations of Osiris, an ancient Egyptian king. The characters discuss the secrets of the Book of the Dead and the afterlife, with one character commenting on a disturbed entrance to a tomb.
A dark, illustrated scene depicting an ancient tomb with hieroglyphics, featuring ghostly figures among stone steps. Dialogue bubbles contain references to Egyptian beliefs and the judgment of Osiris.
A comic-style illustration showing two anthropomorphic characters, one with a robotic appearance commanding a machine and the other wearing glasses and a lab coat. The background features futuristic technology and a timepiece. Text bubbles convey dialogue about a sinister plan involving the character Osiris.
Comic panel depicting a confrontation about the nature of eternal life, featuring a character in a menacing costume and dialogue expressing the desire to obtain eternal life.

The Lost Temple, featuring art by Jesse Lonergan

A comic panel titled 'The Lost Temple' featuring a distant view of a temple amidst lush greenery. The foreground shows a character with a skull-like head looking towards the temple, while smaller panels include scenes of exploration and a cracked ground detail.
A comic panel featuring a character dodging a leaping leopard, with vibrant jungle foliage in the background. The scene includes action sound effects and expressions of tension, highlighting the dramatic moment.
A comic panel depicting a character exploring an eerie, ancient environment. The scenes include a figure in a stylish outfit, various creatures, and atmospheric backgrounds, with a mix of dark and vibrant colors conveying suspense and action.
A comic panel depicting a figure in a white outfit exploring a dense jungle, encountering ancient ruins, stone faces, and animal creatures like a lion and monkeys.
A comedic comic panel featuring a character wearing a skull mask and a military outfit, encountering a group of alarmed monkeys. The character appears startled and is screaming, while the monkeys are depicted in various expressions of shock and fear, set against a jungle backdrop with ancient ruins.

Crowdfunding The Estranged #1, Body Bags Omnibus

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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!

The Estranged: Issue One

Comic book cover of 'The Estranged' featuring two women hugging, with flames and sparks in the background.

Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: Jason McNamara, Matthieu Pereira, Dave Kemp, Konner Knudsen
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends November 11 2026 12:38 PM EST
Risk: Low – There’s previous campaigns and they’re marked as fulfilled with no complaints in the comments

Some towns never forget, some wounds never heal, and nothing is more horrific than a broken heart…

Now live on Kickstarter, acclaimed writer Jason McNamara (Phantom Limbs) returns with THE ESTRANGED, the all-new five-issue supernatural horror series illustrated by Matthieu Pereira (The Warden), with colors by Dave Kemp (Thor) and editing by Konner Knudsen. 

Heather and Albion were best friends on the cusp of becoming more when a vicious killer began to stalk Braddock, Texas. Heather narrowly survived an attack, only to find herself accused of being the killer herself by fearful townsfolk. Under suspicion and ostracized, she was forced to leave Braddock and a heartbroken Albion behind.

Now, 13 years later, Heather has returned to Braddock to rebuild her life. As she and Albion attempt to reconnect, a dark presence in town has also reawakened. As locals begin to go missing, suspicion falls on Heather again. Can she find her way to the truth before she and Albion are torn apart forever?

Drawing from the atmospheric dread of Salem’s Lot and Twin Peaks, The Estrangedmakes its small-town setting a character of its own, exploring identity, the cruelty of public perception, and the devastating ripple effects one person’s pain can have on an entire community.

BODY BAGS: Omnibus – Oversized Slipcase Hardcover

A comic book cover featuring a muscular character wielding a sword covered in blood, alongside a female character holding a weapon. The background is colorful with the title 'BODY BAGS #1' prominently displayed.

Publisher: 12-Gauge Comics
Creative Team: Jason Pearson
Launch Date: Funding now – Ends November 19 2026 9:35 PM EST
Risk: Low – The project will be delivered but there’s a chance it won’t make its expected release date

12-Gauge Comics has launched a new Kickstarter Campaign for the BODY BAGS: Omnibus, the definitive collection of Jason Pearson’s massively influential treasury of published comics, revolving around the Body Bags mercenary duo of Mack Delgado, AKA Clownface, and his teenage daughter, Panda, as they collide with a deranged rogues gallery in the streets of Terminus, Georgia. Published from 1996 to 2008, the BODY BAGS saga spans the foundational four-issue miniseries, two one shots, and multiple short stories. Pearson passed away from natural causes in 2022, leaving behind a mourning family of creators he helped shape with his transcendental work.

All profits from the campaign benefit Pearson’s family. 

12-Gauge Comics is also proud to reveal a set of variant covers for “Fauxsimile” editions of BODY BAGS: Father’s Day #1, printed with card stock covers and hearty newsprint interiors. These cover artists are comprised of veteran comics trailblazers deeply inspired by Pearson and Body Bags: 

• Chris Brunner & Rico Renzi (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, The Ride, Spider-Gwen, Loose Ends)
• Tomm Coker (Undying Love, Daredevil Noir, The Black Monday Murders)
• Michael Golden (The Micronauts, Batman, The ‘Nam, co-creator of Rogue)
• Andrew Robinson (The Fifth Beatle, Harley Quinn, Superman Rebirth, Dusty Star)
• Matteo Scalera (Secret Avengers, Indestructible Hulk, Batman, Deadpool)
• Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, The Ride, Matador)

BODY BAGS: Omnibus collects the entirety of the published Body Bags library, including: 
The original Body Bags 4-issue miniseries, “Father’s Day” (1996)
The short story “’World Destroyer” (1998) 
The short story “Well, It’s About Time!” (2000) 
The short story “Hit Da’ Switches” (2006)
The standalone issue “’One Shot” (2008)
The short story “Where There’s Smoke There’s BEEP” (2015)
The short story “Star Trek vs. Star Wars” (2015)
The short story “Pissed Off” (2015)
The short story “’Inner Child, Inner Hell” (2015)

The omnibus will collect these stories in a handsome hardcover with a slipcase initially designed by Pearson and completed by acclaimed designer Sasha E Head. The page count currently clocks in at 275+ pages; 25 more pages will be added if the project achieves stretch goals.

Preview: Three Bee Honey Vol. 1

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Three Bee Honey Vol. 1

(W) Desi St. Amant (A) Jon St. Amant

Claire’s hive is in trouble! She and her sisters haven’t foraged enough food to survive the coming winter. Now Claire, a lonely worker bee, has to keep up with the growing work demands or risk starvation.

As if that’s not enough, she must also avoid the neighboring hive’s pesky drones, bee-hunting predators, and Nia, the Queen’s bossy hive deputy.

And when Claire begins training her two sisters, Hannah and Abi, the pressures only increase. But it’s through these struggles that Claire discovers what she’s capable of… and much more.

Cover art for the comic book 'Three Bee Honey', featuring three stylized characters dressed in bee-themed outfits sitting on a large flower against a colorful sky.
A four-panel comic featuring characters discussing the concept of being proactive, illustrated with playful expressions and gestures.
Comic panel featuring four young characters in bee-themed outfits. Two characters are discussing how to communicate with bees through dance moves, while others encourage a character named Abi to join in and have fun dancing.
A comic panel featuring characters discussing a dance that communicates food location. One character demonstrates the dance while others watch excitedly. The dialogue emphasizes the importance of the dance in directing others to food.
A whimsical scene depicting two characters with antennae walking down a bustling market path named 'Garden Walk', surrounded by various anthropomorphic insect characters and colorful stalls under a nighttime sky.
Comic page titled 'Chapter 3: Down Below' featuring a colorful illustration of various characters exploring a fantastical environment, including signage for 'Garden Walk,' 'Antennae Therapy,' 'Leaf Market,' and 'Exo Gear.' Two characters express surprise and intrigue in dialogue bubbles.
A whimsical scene depicting a colorful, wooden building labeled 'GRUBZ' with a pink awning and festive lights, surrounded by cartoon-like insects dancing and enjoying music. Three young girls, dressed in similar outfits, express excitement about entering the lively establishment.

Preview: You Wish (Book 3): Crunch Time

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You Wish (Book 3): Crunch Time

Jeff Victor

​Avery and Gribblet have been reunited, and even found a new friend in the warrior woman Solong, but their adventure is just getting started! When Avery’s mother falls mysteriously ill, the three friends rub the magic lamp and travel back into the genie world to search for a cure… with a gruesome bounty hunter named Crunch Gunderson hot on their trail. Meanwhile, far away in a mysterious amber prison, a hooded figure is slowly gaining power, plotting a confrontation with our heroes. As sinister forces start closing in, Avery and her friends are caught in a desperate race against time!

A colorful book cover featuring a young boy holding a small red creature, looking frightened as a large, gooey monster looms in a doorway. The title 'YOU WISH - Book 3: Crunch Time' and the author's name, Jeff Victor, are prominently displayed.
A colorful cartoon scene inside a barn featuring a group of animals and children. A ghostly character comforts a small creature, while a girl and a boy express delight over the adorable animals around them. The barn is filled with hay and creatures, creating a cheerful farm atmosphere.
A comic strip featuring two characters conversing about a device that may help them fly. One character expresses doubt while the other successfully demonstrates its effectiveness, leading to excitement and praise.
Two cartoon characters flying through the sky with a red, fiery creature above them, excitedly announcing their next destination, 'Atro city!'
A vibrant comic panel depicting a whimsical marketplace. The top panel shows a red bird character looking hopeful as they approach a vendor selling fresh fangsloths. The bottom panel features the bird speaking to various characters, including a green vendor offering delicious Kruglach leaves, while others look on, creating a charming and lively scene.
A colorful comic strip featuring various characters, including a girl with braids, a smiling boy, an orange fish-like creature, a green amphibious character, and an elderly man with a serious expression, involved in humorous dialogue.
A green, grumpy monster with an open mouth and exaggerated features looks surprised in a comic panel. A second panel shows him yelling confidently about capturing someone. The bottom panel features a girl leaping in the air, poised for action, while the monster extends its long tongue towards her, threateningly declaring 'Prepare to be CRUNCHED!' The scene is colorful and cartoonish, set in a chaotic environment with scattered pots around.
A colorful animated scene showing a large, orange, gooey monster with a menacing expression, surrounded by small, round creatures with big eyes, while two characters—a ghost and a boy—look on in surprise.

Nirvana is Here is a fantastic crime thriller that touches upon real world issues and social issues

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A chance encounter in a flea market parking lot and a severed finger embroil two Vietnamese German siblings ― and a vividly drawn cast of eccentric neighbors, a tough teen biker with a crush, a rollerblading girl gang, and many others ― on a mission to save a desperate young Vietnamese woman from her pursuer.

Two German siblings, 12-year-old Tâm and 14-year-old Dennis Nguyen, encounter a young Vietnamese woman in trouble in a flea market parking lot. When Tâm’s spy movie-obsessed schoolmate, Alex, discovers an abandoned backpack with a photo of a happy couple with Tâm’s address on the back, it will lead the two to discover a severed finger. Worried, Tâm searches for the desperate woman, aided by her reluctant brother, and eventually finds Hoa Bin, who escaped from her kidnapper ― who’s still tracking her down. Drawn to Hoa Bin, Tâm vows to save her ― even if she has to break her stern-but-loving mom’s rules, dodge the bad guys in wild chases through the Berlin streets, and combine the forces of Marina, the Nguyens’ tough-chick neighbor, Jutta, an elderly retired actress, a rollerblading girl gang, and many others to do so.

In Ross’s empathetic, loose-but-controlled lines, cartoonishly expressive kids interact against and within the realistically depicted urban environments, given texture and grit by screen-tones. Nirvana Is Here is a contemporary crime thriller that has adventure, diasporic, coming-of-age, and love story elements, set in Berlin’s working-class Lichtenberg district against a backdrop of very current social issues.

by: Mikael Ross
Translation: Nika Beauchamp

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Crowdfunding The Diabolist #1, Darkest Dungeon, Adventure Time Deluxe Comics Library

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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!

The Diabolist #1

A playing card design featuring a muscular character with a skull face, crossed arms, holding an ace of hearts and an ace of spades. The background includes ornate designs and a skull emblem.

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.

Cover of the graphic novel 'Darkest Dungeon', featuring the title in bold red letters with a torch icon and an illustration of characters from the series.

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.

Adventure Time Deluxe Comics Library

A 3D rendered cover of 'Adventure Time: Bite-Sized Library Edition Volume One' featuring a cartoonish character resembling a game console against a backdrop of stylized clouds and mountains.

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: 

Stagtown Vol. 1 has a lot of potential and is interesting but leaves too many questions

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A young woman investigates the strange events terrorizing her hometown in this heart-pounding horror graphic novel.

Something mysterious is happening all around Stagtown: Cameras are appearing everywhere on the streets, and even in the corners of apartments and homes. Cutting one down only spawns more in its place. Someone is surveilling the residents and now that Frankie is back home from college, she is going to discover who—or what—is behind this.

After the shocking death of her neighbor Jeremy, Frankie becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these occurrences. Armed with Jeremy’s box of cryptic clues, a loyal cat companion, and the help of Jeremy’s friend Felix, Frankie embarks on a perilous journey through town. Her quest leads her to a sinister marble house, a blood-stained carousel, a dark underground cellar filled with traps, and more. Each encounter brings her closer to the horrifying truth, culminating in a desperate attempt to escape Stagtown once and for all.

With beautifully haunting illustrations and a terror-filled story, Stagtown is a masterpiece of psychological horror. This volume includes the complete first season of the Webtoon comic, along with a bonus mini-comic.

by: Punko

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My Name is Benny Vol. 1 has a few laughs… just a few

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Follow the adventures of quirky preteen Benny in this slice-of-life middle grade series from Webtoon that combines outlandish humor of Regular Show with the grounded setting and wacky characters of The Loud House for an irresistible reading experience.

Follow the adventures of precocious preteen tomboy Benny, who is never seen without their trusty gasmask (don’t ask), and her fellow latchkey kids as they discover increasingly creative ways to stave off boredom in their suburban neighborhood. From waging war on insect home invaders to going all out for Halloween, Benny is down for weirdo adventures all day every day. Told through a series of short comic stories illustrated using digital watercolors, My Name is Benny is equal parts hilarious, awesome, and fun!

by: Sokomin

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Crowdfunding Corner: Dusk Omnibus: 20th Anniversary, Bixby Grant, Private Eye: Fangs & Brimstone #5, TEZUKA! God of Manga

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Bixby Grant, Private Eye: Fangs & Brimstone #5

Cover art for 'Bixby Grant: Private Eye - Fangs & Brimstone Part 5', featuring a masked detective in a trench coat holding a dagger in a dark, green-tinted sewer environment, with a frightening creature lurking in the background.

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!

Cover art for the 20th Anniversary Omnibus of 'Dusk', featuring an illustrated woman and a stylized male figure with a mysterious background.

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

Graphic promoting the documentary 'Tezuka! God of Manga,' featuring cartoon characters and bright starburst background.

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.  

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