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!
Testaments of Terror #1
Publisher: Summit Comics
Creative Team: (w) Adam Barnhardt (a) David Hutajulu
Launch Date: July
Risk: Low – Previously launched Summit: Pinnacle #1 seems to be close to delivering on time, though not delivered yet.
Written by Adam Barnhardt and drawn by David Hutajulu, Testaments of Terror #1 will showcase Bloodwake: Breaking the Abyss and will launch just as summer really gets started in early July. Underwater royalty, Bloodwake is a character exiled from his homeland, resulting in a summer camp slasher the sea creature finds himself in the midst of.
Testaments of Terror #2 will then launch late summer and feature a story called Harrow: Feast in the Furrow, written by Barnhardt with art by Michel Abstracto. A scarecrow possessed by the spirit of an early Midwestern settler, Feast in the Furrow evokes the stickiness of humid late summer days through a sweaty murder mystery the eponymous anti-hero finds himself embroiled in. The lead suspect? A murder of crows who’ve seemingly managed to form a human body and force it to do their bidding.
Marcus Walker: Kingslayer Protocol
Publisher: N/A
Creative Team: (w) Chris Yates (a) Simone Ragazzoni (c) Antonio Antro (l) Taylor Esposito (logo) Ryan Clark (editor/graphic designer) Trevor Richardson
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 2, at 12pm EDT
Risk: Medium – A first project always has risks, most likely delays, but the team are professionals in the industry
As the war wages on between Kaijus and Kingslayer Mechs in New Honolulu City, Marcus Walker is forced into hiding under the watchful eye of his authoritative family, determined to protect him. This unexpected turn of events forces Marcus to confront the relentless dangers of his choices head on as the sinister forces dredge up old secrets from his bloodline’s past and threaten his future.
MARCUS WALKER: KINGSLAYER PROTOCOL is a brand new 48-page comic that is an ideal match for fans of Ultraman: Rising, Big Hero 6, and Power Rangers. Debut writer Chris Yates and rising star artist Simone Ragazzoni (Robotech: Rick Hunter, Power Rangers Universe, Dune: House Corrino) present a brand new tale that explores the themes of family and self-discovery through explosive manga-inspired action with real consequences!
Featuring exclusive covers from NYT Bestseller Sean Murphy (Batman: White Knight [Murphyverse], Tokyo Ghost, Chrononauts), Siya Oum (Neo Wonderland, Lola XOXO, Lady Mechanika), NYT Bestseller Rob Guillory (Chew, Farmhand, Mosely), and Kevin Keane (King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, Rat City).
MARCUS WALKER: KINGSLAYER PROTOCOL is 100% Complete. We are asking backers to help us cover printing, fulfillment, and shipping expenses. In addition, we have a clear estimated timeline and path forward for a Summer 2026 delivery.
Stephen R. Bissette’s TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions
Publisher: Lighthouse
Creative Team: (w/a) Stephen R. Bissette
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 16, at 11am EDT
Risk: Medium – A first project always has risks, most likely delays, but the publisher and those involved are professionals in the industry
Will Eisner Hall of Fame creator Stephen R. Bissette’s TYRANT, the never-before-collected dinosaur masterpiece, is now live on Kickstarter from new publisher Lighthouse. The campaign offers multiple deluxe editions designed by acclaimed cartoonist Jim Rugg as well as rare & limited premium items.
The first 500 backers who pledge for any edition of the book will receive a randomly selected signed art print from Stephen R. Bissette’s personal archives! “Been a terribly long time adrift in an ocean of tears,” said Bissette. “But Lighthouse shines the light! Yes, it’s for real, Lighthouse has brought my personal primordial ‘lost Odysseus’ back into harbor. My orphaned ‘S.R. Bissette’s TYRANT’ is at long last out of the egg he’s been stuck half-way-in-&-out-of for decades now. We’re excited to go!”
Lighthouse founder and publisher Chris Stevens previously published the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM (also designed by Rugg) and has savored the relationship with Bissette, which developed since the legendary John Constantine co-creator and SWAMP THING artist’s participation in that project.
Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #4
Publisher: RNM Press
Creative Team: (w) Patrick Coyle (a) Gonzalo Martinez, Gonzalo Ruggieri (c) Arthur Hesli (editor) Heather Antos
Launch Date: Currently funding – Ends April 16, at 4pm EDT
Risk: Low – Three previous projects all delivered
Even an immortal mummy can run out of time!
RNM Press is thrilled to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Bixby Grant: Fangs & Brimstone #4, the next chapter series writer and creator Patrick Coyle’s celebrated supernatural noir, blending hardboiled detective fiction, occult horror, and monster politics into a sharp, character-driven mystery.
With pencils and inks by Chilean artist Gonzalo Martínez (Road Story, The Quique Hache Detective), colorist Arthur Hesli (Thunderbolts, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and editor Heather Antos, with cover art by Declan Shalvey (Immortal Hulk, Thundercats) and Elsa Charretier (Harley Quinn, Star Wars). Letters by Coyle.
The clock is ticking in Harbor City: if there is a fifth ritual killing committed by the sinister cult started by Bixby Grant’s brother Max, a hellmouth will open and bring about hell on earth. To find the ancient dagger needed for this killing, Bix has chased a ghost, had his arm ripped off, thrown a cat-burglar off a building, shaken down mystics, been brain-probed by a nine-year-old witch, and is now in the clutches of the mysterious society of monsters known as The Council Macabre. With the help of Diego, the rockabilly vampire, Bix discovers the identity of the killer who has picked up where his long-lost brother left off in a secret lair beneath the streets of Harbor City.
Issue #4 also continues the eight-page backup Zombietown, featuring art by Argentinian artist Gonzalo Ruggieri (Rumble, Convert, Two Moons), which follows Detective Maritza Ramirez deep into the undead-controlled quarantine zone known as Z-Town, where her search for the truth behind her father’s disappearance puts her face-to-face with Il Cosa Muerte, the zombie mafia!
