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Crowdfunding Corner: The FUN Starts Now! Skybound Launches Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun Kickstarter

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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.

All crowdfunding has an inherent risk, so do your research before backing any project.

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun

Publisher: Skybound
Writer: J.L. Westover
Artist: J.L. Westover
Launch Date: Currently funding – Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 12 p.m. PT
Risk: Low – They’ve been involved in previous campaigns

We’ve experienced Failure, felt all the Feelings, and now, it’s time for some Fun! Skybound has launched a new campaign for Kickstarter-exclusive Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun, collecting Mr. Lovenstein comics from webcomics superstar J.L. Westover, who returns to follow up his previous Kickstarter hits with his biggest campaign yet! 

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun is the final entry in the Mr. Lovenstein trilogy of small but mighty square books, and this one is packed to the gills with over 200 pages of J.L. Westover’s FUNiest comics ever, including 12 book-exclusive comics, along with secret panels and additional guest comics. Every copy comes with a 100% Fun Guarantee. But the “fun” doesn’t stop there. 

A comic strip featuring a UFO and aliens. The first panel shows a small green alien greeting with 'hewwo!' as it steps out of the UFO. The second panel has another alien demanding, 'Get back in here!' The third panel shows a crowd of Earthlings shouting, 'Puny Earthlings! Surrender now or face the wrath of...'. The final panel depicts the aliens collectively yelling, 'We want little dude!'

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: New Heights is a Kickstarter-exclusive collection featuring all Mr. Lovenstein comics that could not be contained by a mere square. That’s right, there’s two whole inches added onto this one, making this the tallest Mr. Lovenstein book ever made, and that’s how you know it’s the best. 

Looking for the ultimate Mr. Lovenstein collection? Don’t miss Mr. Lovenstein Presents: All of It, a complete collection of every Mr. Lovenstein Presents book available in a Kickstarter-exclusive slipcase. The slipcase will house the two previous books, Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure and Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings, in addition to Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun and Mr. Lovenstein Presents: New Heights. 

Additionally, fans that back the campaign at higher tiers can secure special rewards from stretch goals including bookmarks, die cut stickers, art prints, and more yet to be announced. 

This is the third partnership between J.L. Westover and Skybound, following the highly successful Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings and Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure campaigns which earned a whopping $575,000 combined total, making them some of the most funded webcomics graphic novel campaigns of all-time.  

The Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Fun campaign is live now on Kickstarter, with stretch goals and campaign-exclusive products to be announced through the close of the campaign on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 12 p.m. PT. 

Live. Laugh. Lovenstein. Skybound announces J.L. Westover’s Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings

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Skybound and Image Comics have announced Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings, the upcoming collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics from webcomics superstar J.L. Westover that celebrates feelings in all forms. He helped us accept our failures in the Eisner Award-nominated OGN Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, and now he’s going to help us feel our feelings when this hardcover hits comic book stores on September 17, 2024. 

Massively popular webcomics author J.L. Westover follows up his Eisner-nominated debut by taking readers on a rollercoaster of emotions in Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings. This brand-new hardcover collects over 200 pages of fan favorite Mr. Lovenstein comics, along with brand new, book exclusive comics. 

Get ready to catch feelings in this brand-new collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, including exclusive never-before-seen comics that can’t be found anywhere else. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll wonder if the tingling sensation in your stomach are butterflies…or something…else…! 

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings

Get a look at J.L. Westover’s Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure

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Skybound has unveiled a first look at the upcoming hardcover Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, a collection of fan-favorite Mr. Lovenstein comics by webcomics superstar J.L. Westover that celebrate failure in all its (hilarious and heartbreaking) forms, coming November 2022. The first look features a sneak peek offering of book-exclusive comics and secret panels which have never seen print, as well as an introduction by leading webcomics voice Lunarbaboon.  

In his (incredibly sweaty) new book, Westover offers up painfully hilarious observations and cringeworthy situations, uniting us all through one of life’s most relatable experiences—failure.  

The beautifully thicc 6” x 6” hardcover collection features over 200 pages of comics, including secret panels, book-exclusive comics that can’t be found online, and an introduction by Lunarbaboon.  

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, and everywhere books are sold on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. 

Fail Up with Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure from J.L. Westover

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Image Comics and Skybound announced the upcoming hardcover Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, a collection of fan-favorite Mr. Lovenstein comics by webcomics superstar J.L. Westover that celebrate failure in all its forms. The book will be published on November 2.

In his (incredibly sweaty) new book, Westover offers up painfully hilarious observations and cringeworthy situations, uniting us all through one of life’s most relatable experiences—failure.

The beautifully thicc 6” x 6” hardcover collection features over 200 pages of comics, including secret panels, book-exclusive comics that can’t be found online, and an introduction by leading webcomics voice Lunarbaboon.

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure first launched as a hit Kickstarter campaign in April 2021, earning worldwide media coverage and earning nearly $225,000, making it a top 10 webcomics graphic novel campaign of all-time.

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, November 2, and everywhere books are sold on Tuesday, November 8.

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure