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Rocketship Entertainment and 11 Bit Studios partner for Frostpunk 1886: The Graphic Novel

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Rocketship Entertainment and 11 Bit Studios have announced they will partner for Frostpunk 1886: The Graphic Novel. Harvey Award-nominated writer Justin Jordan and Eisner nominated artist Ryan Benjamin will adapt Frostpunk, the critically acclaimed city building survival game.

In the summer of 1886, the snowstorms began. Crops failed, people starved. Millions fled south. They met only chaos, famine, and death. In the farthest reaches of the resource-rich north, the British Empire began construction of heat-bearing generators, where a chosen few could survive safe from the chaos of crumbling civilization. They ran out of time. An apocalyptic ice storm came from the south, devouring all in its path. People fled in panic. Some managed to cross the seas and reach the site of a generator only to find it frozen solid. The generator was designed to power a city capable of weathering the end of the world… It falls to us to build it.

Originally released in 2018, Frostpunk was a massive indie success, highly regarded for its unique blend of city-building, survival, and intense moral storytelling within a frozen, post-apocalyptic setting. In 2024, the highly anticipated sequel Frostpunk 2 garnered huge sales and even more critical acclaim, and recently, 11 Bit Studios announced that in 2027 they will release Frostpunk 1886, a ground up remake of the original game in Unreal Engine 5.The Frostpunk universe’s story begins like this:

The Kickstarter for Frostpunk 1886: the Graphic Novel launches this summer featuring exclusives and will be followed by retail distribution through Simon and Schuster and Lunar Distribution.

Rocketship Entertainment reveals its Spring and Summer 2026 Slate

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Rocketship Entertainment has announced its spring and summer release slate today. 2026 marks the publisher’s biggest release year to date. Following the announcements at ComicsPRO that Rocketship will be launching its first ongoing monthly comic series, Empiria by David K. Wilson and Jacque Solomon, and that they’ve inked a new partnership with Panick Entertainment, the publisher will roll out nine titles over the next six months. Plus, Rocketship will also be expanding Bottlerocket, its young readers’ imprint, with two new titles.

CinnamonRoll

Written and Illustrated by: RE ME
250 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-18-6
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-17-9

Prepare to be captivated by the enchanting tale of Satu, a guy who reigns supreme as the most sought-after heartthrob in his school. It seems that every girl is smitten by his charm, yet he remains blissfully oblivious to their adoration. Deep within Satu’s heart lies a love that transcends all others, a love reserved solely for the captivating Rin. However, there is a formidable obstacle standing in his way… Rin’s icy demeanor.

Will Satu be able to thaw the frosty walls that protect Rin’s heart? The answer, my friends, is a resounding “perhaps.” For Satu is not merely a handsome and intelligent young man, but he is also a self-appointed cupid, tirelessly extending his assistance to his friends as they navigate the treacherous waters of love and romance. Will his advice be met with success and jubilation? Ah, that remains to be seen.

Embark on this captivating journey alongside Satu and his friends as they unravel the complexities of love, friendship, and the human heart. Brace yourselves for a rollercoaster of emotions, as laughter intertwines with tender moments, and unexpected twists and turns keep your heart racing with anticipation.

Join us now as we delve into the vivid tapestry of CinnamonRoll, an enthralling adventure that will leave you yearning for more with every page turned.

Artist and writer RE ME is the creator of CinnamonRoll, and he is also known for creating webcomics Ski and Sleeping Napoleon.

The deluxe hardcover features a leather-bound, heart-shaped, die-cut center with an embossed and foil-stamped design.

Gunpunch

Written and Illustrated by: Fernando Pinto
140 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-34-6
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-33-9

An original graphic novel from writer and artist Fernando Pinto (Eat Fighter, Savage Dragon). Evan had an alright life, a job he didn’t mind and a long-distance girlfriend he liked well enough. Then, he lost both on the same day, met a mysterious girl, and wound up transformed into GUNPUNCH… who is supposedly Earth’s last hope against an invasion of shape-shifting Draxans.

Armed with a high-tech symbiotic armor grafted onto his body, Evan lurches through citywide chaos, corporate secrets, alien recruiters, and a supporting cast of eccentrics while trying to decide whether any of this heroic destiny is actually worth the trouble.

Writer and artist Fernando Pinto has worked on projects for Image Comics, WEBTOON, Mirage Comics, Boom! Studios and many more. He’s best known for Savage Dragon, Eat Fighter, and Long Ago & Far Away.

Two Suns

Written by: Carlos Giffoni
Illustrated by: Juan Doe
120 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-37-7

From writer Carlos Giffoni (Strayed, Space Riders) and artist Juan Doe (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fantastic Four), Two Suns centers on a scientist suffering from amnesia who wakes up on a wild alien world and struggles to survive its perilous environment as returning memories reveal the wicked actions that led him there.

As Giovanni explores a surreal island filled with mind-bending wildlife, he slowly recaptures memories of his dying home planet, his relationships, and the catastrophic mistake he hopes to erase.

Two Suns delivers a visually ambitious, emotionally charged sci-fi graphic novel that blends isolation, survival, and redemption into a premium-format hardcover package.

Carlos Gifoni is a writer and musician whose comic work has included Strayed, Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness, and stories for anthologies on Image Comics and IDW.

Juan Doe is a veteran comics writer and artist with over fifteen years of experience whose credits include Strayed with Carlos Giffoni, Guardians of the Galaxy, Bad Reception, Dark Ark, and The Fantastic Four.

This over-sized deluxe hardcover has 4C edge printing with a neon ink and an iridescent foil cover.

Apocalyptic Horseplay

Written and Illustrated by: Boredman
204 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-51-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-90-2

The terrible Horsemen of the Apocalypse have reformed and sworn off their ancient ways. Now retired and leading peaceful lives in a small town in England, these ancient calamities eventually find their anonymity, as well as their very existence, threatened by the arrival of one nosy student journalist… And a child who could bring about the End of the World.

This first volume of Apocalyptic Horseplay contains the entire first half of the series (Chapters 1-4), including additional art and Footnotes on the lore and characters.

Boredman, the writer and artist of Apocalyptic Horseplay, is a Belgian-based French cartoonist and the creator of the hit webcomic UndeadEd. He has been making cartoons and webcomics for more than fifteen years, publishing almost exclusively on WEBTOON since UndeadEd’s official release.

The deluxe hardcover features spot UV, embossed designs, and neon green ink.

1000

Created and Illustrated by: Sanford Greene
Written by: Chuck Brown
168 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-952126-29-1
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-952126-66-6

From multiple Eisner Award-winning creator Sanford Greene comes 1000, winner of the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Webcomic.

Set in a modern world of aliens, warlocks, zombies, and ancient beasts, 1000 follows Dragon Son, a supreme entity who has abandoned all creation as he struggles to return to his true dragon form by completing one thousand acts of repentance.

Joined by five other agents secretly policing a collapsing civilization, Dragon Son must confront supernatural threats, ancient powers, and the consequences of his own failures in a kinetic fantasy epic built for readers who love mythic scale and contemporary style.

Creator and artist Sanford Greene is a multiple Eisner Award-winning comics artist and creator who has worked professionally for over fifteen years across Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. His credits include Power Man and Iron Fist, Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Doom for Marvel. He is the co-creator and artist of Bitter Root (Image Comics), the Eisner Award–winning dark fantasy series set during the Harlem Renaissance. In 2020, Sanford won the Ringo Award for Best Artist for his work on Bitter Root.

Writer Chuck Brown is an Eisner and Ringo Award-winning writer who has worked on comics such as The Punisher and Black Panther for Marvel, Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics, and Bitter Root for Image Comics.

The 1000 hardcover is presented in a deluxe, soft touch cover, with rounded edges and Sanford Greene’s original line art debossed with spot UV, and foil stamping of the logo and Sanford Greene’s signature.

The Chum Brothers

Written and Illustrated by: Jessica Warrick
150 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-75-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-53-7

From creator Jessica Warrick comes Gil and Fin Chum, fish-human hybrid psychic twins who stumble into their own private-eye business in Loreland, a modern city inhabited by mythical creatures, humans, and everything in between.

Their first major case drops them into a seedy gnome slavery trafficking ring and a world of clubs, conspiracies, and magical lowlifes.

Know Your Gnomes launches The Chum Brothers with a mature, irreverent mix of detective fiction, fantasy satire, and chaotic sibling energy.

Jessica Warrick is the writer and illustrator of The Chum Brothers. Based in Portland, Oregon, she spent years working as a freelance illustrator with a focus on children’s publishing before launching this adult-skewing comics project.

Average Adventures of an Average Girl

Written and Illustrated by: Laura Romagnoli
176 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-57-5
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-56-8

If something can go wrong, it surely will… But at least it will make a memorable story. Average Adventures of an Average Girl follows a young would-be artist through bad luck, daydreams, embarrassment, and the tiny catastrophes of everyday life.

This print collection gathers some of the most beloved strips from Laura Romagnoli’s webcomic along with additional material, balancing cringe-comedy and self-awareness with a warm arc of personal growth. The result is a charming volume about learning to laugh at yourself, survive the weirdness of daily life, and embrace the mess.

Laura Romagnoli is also the creator of Of Men and Magic, along with being an editor for Tacotoon, the first Italian platform for WEBTOON.

#Blessed Volume 2

Written and Illustrated by: M. Victoria Robado
240 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-78-0
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-77-3

Joanna is a twentysomething office worker who accidentally swiped right on an entire pantheon of gods and goddesses. Now, her love life is tangled up with destiny itself.

Volume 2 of M. Victoria Robado’s hit WEBTOON series continues the romantic, comedic, and supernatural fallout as divine suitors compete, tensions rise, and Joanna’s ordinary life keeps colliding with ancient prophecy.

M. Victoria Robado is an Argentinian pop artist and comic creator based in Maryland. Having worked professionally as a comic artist and illustrator for nearly ten years, her credits include work for WEBTOON, Mattel, Legendary, Warner Music, Archie Comics, Oni Press, Comics Kingdom, and Hot Topic merchandise licensing.

Eat Fighter

Written by: Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente
Illustrated by: Fernando Pinto
296 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-52-0
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-45-2

Eat Fighter follows Miss, a thirty-something fitness fanatic who abandons her kale-and-step-count lifestyle to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit.

Inspired by the legacy of her late brother, she heads to Seoul to chase the title of World Champion Eat Fighter, but her impossible appetite and zombie-slaying circumstances suggest something much stranger is going on.

The result is a chaotic, high-concept collected edition that blends sports parody, body horror, action, and deadpan humor.

Fred Van Lente is a six-time New York Times bestselling comics writer, novelist, and playwright.

Crystal Skillman is an international award-winning playwright, fictional podcast writer, and comic book author.

Writer and artist Fernando Pinto has worked on projects for Image Comics, WEBTOON, Mirage Comics, Boom! Studios and many more. He’s best known for Savage Dragon, Gunpunch, and Long Ago & Far Away.

Spirits: The Soul Collector Part 1

Written by: Colin Lor & Joseph Grabowski
Illustrated by: Colin Lor
188 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-952126-70-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-952126-69-7

Spirits are the living essence of the natural world. Most people cannot see them. But twelve-year-old Will Thompson suddenly can, and that gift becomes essential when his younger brother’s soul is stolen.

Will is pulled into a hidden world of supernatural beings, looming danger, and spiritual rules he barely understands, all while racing to save his family.

Writer and artist Colin Lor has worked in comic books, animation, and role-playing games throughout his career. He pitched the idea of creating comics to writer Joseph Grabowki, and the result was Spirits: the Soul Collector.

The deluxe edition features an anti-scratch matte finish with spot UV dust jacket over a clothbound hardcover with debossed foil stamping.

Commander Tomorrow

Written by: Kevin Conn
Illustrated by: Nate Lovett
130 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-55-1
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-54-4

From writer Kevin Conn and artist Nate Lovett comes COMMANDER TOMORROW!

Have you ever wanted to be something more than you are? Commander Tomorrow follows Kyle Landon, a dreamer struggling to figure out who he is and where he is heading while battling depression and bouts of anxiety.

When Kyle is pulled into the universe of his favorite childhood cartoon and toy line, he becomes Commander Tomorrow: The Space Adventurer, joining Vega and Ascendor to battle the villainous Zygore and his army of Slymeborgz.

Blending cosmic adventure, self-discovery, and all-ages action, the book offers a hopeful story about heroism, imagination, and facing your inner world while saving an outer one.

Commander Tomorrow is writer Kevin Conn’s first graphic novel. He is a comedian, public speaker and a trained Peer Specialist who has worked with NAMI, In Our Own Voice and The Chris Atwood Foundation.

Artist Nate Lovett has been drawing comics and illustrations professionally since 2007 with projects such as Marvel Comics Presents, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Paw Patrol, and GI: Joe.

Rocketship Entertainment launches its first monthly comic with Empiria

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment has announced they will be publishing Empiria, an allegorical fantasy epic exploring corruption, prejudice, and disparity from writer David K. Wilson and illustrator Jacque Solomon with lettering by Scott O. Brown. Empira will be the first monthly comic ever released by Rocketship Entertainment, and it will be distributed to the direct market through Lunar Distribution.

Happily ever after is over, but this story– book is just beginning. In a world where elves rule over humans, gnomes, unicorns, dragons, and mermaids , corruption has taken the glint off this fairytale. In the province of dragons and unicorns, old wounds of apartheid are ripped open when a unicorn is assaulted by a gang of fascist dragons. A resentful human peasant joins an anti-elf church, spurred on by a blowhard demagogue. The greedy elven king urges his subjects to buy his magic crystals while he does nothing for his people, and his daughter is disgusted that she must act as the public face of his scheme while doing everything possible to set things right. And tensions that have been boiling over amongst these communities explode when the elven prince is abducted from his birthday party on live television.

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Rocketship Entertainment will be publishing TurtleMe’s The Beginning After the End novels

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment has announced that it will be publishing the novels behind the award-winning webcomic and anime phenomenon The Beginning After the End by author Brandon Lee, aka TurtleMe. The first three volumes will launch in a Kickstarter campaign on August 5^th featuring softcover editions and deluxe hardcover illustrated editions along with exclusive merch. Those volumes will release in retail in 2026, followed by campaigns for the final nine volumes.

The Beginning After the End follows the story of King Grey, who once benefited from unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability, but now finds himself reborn in a society dominated by magic. Given a second chance at life, the once-king strives to understand his role in this new world and the purpose of his reincarnation while correcting the mistakes of his past.

Backers of the campaign can bring home the first three volumes of the series in hardcover or softcover editions. The hardcover is a deluxe illustrated edition that will contain ten full color original illustrations for each volume with covers that depict imagery and scenes from their respective volumes in debossed fourteen karat gold and mother of pearl on a die-cut barn door. Deluxe hardcovers will be clad in a leather-bound slipcase with a wraparound gate that is secured by a zinc alloy sword fitted into the sheath of the door. The campaign will also include a blind box collector’s enamel pin set and a gift box set featuring acrylic standees, a replica of the sword Dawn’s Ballad, and the maps of Alacrya and Dicathen.

SDCC 2025: Rocketship Entertainment Takes Off with Panels, Signings, and Exclusives

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment will make its appearance at San Diego Comic-Con from July 24-27, 2025 at the San Diego Convention Center. The Rocketship Way Station (booth #2707) will be on the main show floor where fans can pick up graphic novels, games, and merchandise.

Among the merch fans can purchase will be a limited run of 300 exclusive shirts featuring key art from the upcoming Crunchyroll anime adaptation of Let’s Play! In addition, at the Rocketship panel one lucky fan will walk away with a one of kind hand drawn shikishi illustration of Bowser by series director Daiki Tomiyasu and signed by both Director Tomiyasu and creator Leeanne M. Krecic!

Creator Leeanne M. Krecic will be at the Rocketship booth throughout the weekend for signings of a special poster from the upcoming Crunchyroll anime adaptation! Creator Nick Seluk will be signing and doing free sketches all weekend of your favorite Heart & Brain characters! On Friday, Thom Zahler will be signing free Cupid’s Arrows prints from 2:00-3:00 PM for the launch of Cupid’s Arrows: Volume 2.

On Saturday from 10:00-11:00 AM, Rocketship Co-founder and creator Rob Feldman will be signing prints and copies of his Ringo-nominated series Cyko KO with special guests Jon Heder(Napolean Dynamite, Blades of Glory) and Efrin Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite, Eastbound and Down), who voice Cyko KO and Lil Kahuna respectively in the Ckyo KO animated series. And for Monsterverse fans, later Saturday from 3:30-4:30 PM, creators David M. Booher, Rosie Knight, and Drew Zucker of Monsterverse: Declassified will be signing free prints and copies of the book, which will both be available at the booth. Finally, the Rocketship booth will feature portfolio reviews for new and aspiring artists to have their work critiqued by Rocketship CEO & Publisher Tom Akel and Eisner nominated artist Ryan Benjamin. In addition to its activities at the Way Station, Rocketship Entertainment will be hosting the Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment panel with Leanne M. Krecic, Ryan Benjamin, Fernando Pinto, Thom Zahler, Nick Seluk, and Tom Akel. Ryan Benjamin and Comic Pro Boot Camp will also be hosting Learn How to Draw Professional Comics.

Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment

Saturday, July 26^th 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 26AB

Rocketship Entertainment, the 2021 Ringo Award winner for favorite publisher, has quickly become an industry leader in publishing hit webcomics and webtoons and a growing force in independent publishing. Hear from CEO & publisher Tom Akel, creator Leeanne M. Krecic (a.k.a. “Mongie,” Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath), creator Ryan Benjamin (founder, Comic Pro Boot Camp, co-creator of Stan Lee’s Genesis), creator Fernando Pinto (Gunpunch, Eat Fighter), cartoonist Thom Zahler (Angry Birds, Cupid’s Arrows), and NYT bestselling author Nick Seluk (Heat & Brain, Awkward Yeti). They’ll talk about the transitions from webcomics to print and back and what’s coming to Rocketship, T-Minus 10 tabletop, and Bottlerocket! all ages comics. The panel will include an exclusive look at the upcoming Let’s Play anime series premiering on Crunchyroll this fall, at the Cyko KO animated pilot starring the cast of Napoleon Dynamite, the upcoming Angry Birds graphic novels, and a special Let’s Play giveaway!

Learn How to Draw Professional Comics – Comic Pro Boot Camp

Thursday, July 24th, 11:30 – 1:00 PM

Room 3

Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, Punisher), Ryan Benjamin (Batman Beyond, Grifter), Carlos D’Anda (Justice League vs. Godzilla), and Alex Sinclair (Hush 2, Justice League) will run a hands-on drawing workshop teaching professional strategies from pencils, inks, and colors. Each attendee needs to bring drawing materials.

Rocketship Entertainment signs with Lunar Distribution to service the Direct Market and hires a new VP of Sales and Marketing

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment has announced that it has signed with Lunar Distribution to distribute to direct market comic book shops.

To further efforts across both specialty and mass markets, Rocketship has hired Danielle Garre as VP of Sales and Marketing. Garre joins Rocketship with decades of entertainment experience, most recently as VP of digital for NBC Late Night, including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live, and SVP of digital for Comedy Central.

Garre will lead sales across all channels for Rocketship, its young readers imprint Bottlerocket!, and T-Minus 10 Games.

Rocketship continues to be distributed to the book market worldwide through Simon & Schuster.

SDCC 2024: Legendary Comics reveals Pacific Rim: Final Breach

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

During San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary Comics has announced a 3-book graphic novel sequel to Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim Uprising that will pick up on the franchise storyline and take it in bold new directions. With a new cover featuring the likenesses of Charlie Hunnam (Raleigh), John Boyega (Jake Pentecost), and Charlie Day (Newt), Pacific Rim: Final Breach is written by Joshua Fialkov with art by E.J. Su. Partnering with Rocketship Entertainment, the book trilogy is being pre-sold on Kickstarter paired with exclusive merchandise available only through the campaign. The Kickstarter campaign for Pacific Rim: Final Breach launches on Wednesday, July 31. You can sign up to be notified as to when it launches.

Humanity faces its ultimate threat as the Precursors unleash a new wave of devastating Kaiju assaults on Earth in Pacific Rim: Final Breach! After years of failed attempts to enter the Anteverse, the trans-dimensional realm from which all Kaiju emerge, Jake Pentecost and Hermann Gottlieb conceive a daring last-ditch plan whose success hinges on finding legendary Jaeger pilot Raleigh Becket—the only human being to ever survive behind enemy lines. Living in exile off the grid, Raleigh must choose assured annihilation or confront his past and team up with a new generation to pilot the brand-new Gipsy Destroyer, the last Jaeger standing. Tensions escalate and old wounds reopen as the PPDC finally crosses the breach to confront what lies on the other side… It’s time for humanity to meet its true enemy and cancel the apocalypse once and for all.

Rovio Continues Angry Birds’ 15th Anniversary Celebration by Partnering with Rocketship Entertainment for New Middle Grade Graphic Novels and Young Readers Comics

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment and Rovio Entertainment have entered into a multi-book publishing agreement to bring all-new Angry Birds middle grade graphic novels and young readers comics to fans starting later this year. Facilitated by Angry Birds’ licensing agency, IMG, this collaboration is part of the 15^th anniversary celebration of the beloved franchise.

The graphic novel series will be written by 3x Eisner Award-winner and New York Times bestselling author Paul Tobin and illustrated by renowned artist Thom Zahler. The young readers comic series, which will release in comic shops in 2025, will be written by best-selling author Katie Cook.

Three graphics novels – The Haunting of Hog House, Level Up, and Breaking the Bank are currently planned and will be offered in a Kickstarter pre-order campaign along with limited edition exclusive merchandise.

The first book, The Haunting of Hog House will release spring ’25 and is described as:

Chuck inherits a castle! It’s old and spooky and needs a serious amount of restoration, but…wow! A castle! Chuck’s not really sure who left him this castle in their will (it’s a mystery, even to the lawyers) but he’s eager to start living life as the lord of a castle. EXCEPT…he finds out that he’s only one of the people who inherited the castle…

SDCC 2024: Rocketship Entertainment reveals its panels, signings, and portfolio reviews

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Rocketship Entertainment is heading to San Diego Comic-Con being held from July 25-28, 2024 at the San Diego Convention Center.

The Rocketship Way Station (booth #2707) will be on the main show floor where fans can pick up graphic novels, games, and merchandise.

Creator Leeanne M. Krecic (Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath) will be at the Rocketship booth throughout the weekend for signings, along with scheduled signings with creators Ryan Benjamin (Brothers Bond, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Thom Zahler (Cupid’s Arrows, Warning Label), Reilly Brown (Outrage), Sanford Greene (1000), David Stoll (Metaphorical HER), Danni Shinya Luo (Bleeding Edges), Tom Akel (Stan Lee’s Backchannel, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Ryan Dunlavey and Adam Guzowski (Action Philosophers) and Rob Feldman (Cyko KO). The signing schedule will be posted at the Rocketship booth, and there will be free prints available for every signing while supplies last.

Finally, the Rocketship booth will feature portfolio reviews for new and aspiring artists to have their work critiqued.

In addition to its activities at the Way Station, Rocketship Entertainment will be hosting its own panel Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment with Leanne M. Krecic, Ryan Benjamin, Sanford Greene, Thom Zahler, and industry legend Marv Wolfman. CEO & Publisher Tom Akel will also appear on the Kickstarter panel, Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond, and Ryan Benjamin will be hosting the Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Boot Camp.

Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment
Saturday, July 27^th 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 24ABC

Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond!
Thursday, July 25th, 4:30 – 5:30 PM
Room 29CD

In 2023 comics on Kickstarter grew creator revenue 31 percent over a year and maintained a 78 percent success rate. Kickstarter’s head of publishing Oriana Leckert,Rocketship Entertainment CEO & publisher Tom Akel, Bad Idea CEO Dinesh Shamdashani, Clover Press publisher Hank Kanalz, comics writer and Kickstarter Advisory Board member Kat Calamia, and Mythworks co-founder Ray Chou discuss best practices, success, and failures, and what’s next for crowdfunded comics!

Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Bootcamp
Thursday, July 25th, 2:30 – 4:00 PM
Room 3

Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, Punisher), Ryan Benjamin (Batman Beyond, Grifter), and Alex Sinclair (Batman, Justice League) hold a hands-on drawing workshop focused on the process of creating comics. Don’t forget to bring your sketchbooks and art to follow along with Comic Pro Boot Camp.

Crowdfunding Corner: Stan Lee’s Genesis, the official tabletop game honoring Stan Lee

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Backer Beware: Crowdfunding projects are not guaranteed to be delivered and/or delivered when promised. We always recommend to do your research before backing.

The first ever Stan Lee tabletop game is now on Kickstarter! Produced by Rocketship Entertainment, T-Minus 10 Games, and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment.

In Stan Lee’s Genesis, players must harness their creative energy to give birth to a unique universe. Stan Lee’s Genesis is intended to put the power of creation into the hands of the players and honor the legacy of Stan’s brilliance as one of the preeminent creative forces of the 20th century. Every game is different as players both compete and collaborate as they construct a comic book universe full of heroes, villains, super teams, evil syndicates, galactic threats, and all-encompassing crossover events!

Recently announced, due to popular demand they are creating a solo mode for the game and there will be a Solo Story Campaigns Book included as a comic book with at least 10 solo scenarios.

The campaign for Stan Lee’s Genesis runs until Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:03 PM EST.

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