First, before anything else: Len Wein died. There’s nothing I can say here that isn’t already all over the news. Except thank you, sir, for how your work changed me personally. It’s shame he can’t read that I said that. Lion Forge and Dark Horse are both donating money to hurricane relief funds. Lion Forge…
Previously, On Comics: From Independent Creators To Summer of Love
Independent comics are making waves this last week, with new projects in the works from Zainab Akhtar’s second volume of Critical Chips to a critical comics and essays zine about Joss Whedon and his problematic creation called We Told You So. Critical Chips 2 is a zine full of comics, original illustrations, and essays examining…
Kickstarting the End of Summer
It’s the end of the month, which means it’s a perfect time to take a look at some assorted comics crowdfunding campaigns! Summer 2017 – 2dcloud Juliacks, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Leif Goldberg, Xia Gordon (contributors) 2dcloud continues their run of Kickstarters to fund another season of really interesting projects — 3 books and two zines. Perfect…
Previously On Comics: Whedon, Boy Bye
In with a bang: Joss Whedon, whose widely read Astonishing X-Men run featured the small, supernaturally lethal Kitty Pryde inexplicably reuniting with the giant, super-strong ex who broke her heart twice–first by infidelity and then by entitled violence against her new lover–turns out to be a gaslighting cheater who engaged in inappropriate relationships with “needy”…
Immortal Souls: Queer Witch Comics from Power & Magic Press
Joamette Gil is on fire. Hot on the heels of Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology, Power & Magic Press is back with a new anthology called Immortal Souls (The Next Queer Witch Comics Anthology). The response to Gil’s previous call for submissions was overwhelming, and not every piece could be included in the original…
Kickstarter: Interview with Artist Katie Wadley (dorkbait)
You might know artist Katie Wadley from her three successful Kickstarter campaigns, two of which were compilations of her Bucky Barnes centric Inktober series. Or you’ve seen her work in Raw, the Hannibal fanwork anthology, and more recently the Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes fanwork anthology, Not Without You. She has a new Kickstarter for a Marvel…
Choosing Comics for Choice: An Interview with Editor Hazel Newlevant
Comics for Choice is a black and white comics anthology that features 60 contributing artists and writers, 41 stories, and is raising money for the National Network of Abortion Funds. You might recognize the publisher and co-editor Hazel Newlevant from her book, If This Be Sin, or her previous crowdfunded anthology, Chainmail Bikini: The Anthology of Women…
Kickstart Your May!
It’s May and there’s a whole new crop of interesting comics projects out there to throw your money at! These crowdfunded comics include anthologies, creator-owned series, autobio, and one publisher bundle. The Beyond Anthology 2 + The Beyond Anthology 1 Reprint Sfé R. Monster & Taneka Stotts (editors) The initial Beyond Anthology smashed their fundraising…
Red Carpet Heroes: Kicking Ass & Wearing Heels Vol. 2
Just about anything with Emma Frost looking her diva best is going to make me pause, which is how I stumbled upon Chris Panda. Continue scrolling through the French comic book artist’s Twitter feed or website and you’ll find many more comic fashion gems — all of which will be available in the second volume of Kicking…
Chiodo Comics’ Joey Ryan Dickstarter Asks You For a Chance
Remember that GIF you saw once of a wrestler destroying his opponent simply with the power of his own penis? This GIF: Well, that wrestler’s starring in his own comic… as the Chiodo Comics’ funding Kickstarter makes it into the black. At time of writing there are no stretch goals announced, but with the campaign closing in the…
GOLGOTHA: Top Cow’s Latest Journey Through Time and Space
The GOLGOTHA is mankind’s first mission to colonize a new world. It will take 80 years for the vessel to travel across space, where its passengers will awake from cryosleep to an untouched civilization that they will call home. But when the crash-landing wakes Captain Michael Lawton from his nightmares, he discovers that technology caught up…
Women Making Comics: Catching Up with Emet Comics’ Maytal Gilboa
Two and a half years ago, a rogue group of screenwriters and filmmakers inspired by the creative freedom they saw in the comics medium founded Emet Comics. With their first publishing effort–a wildly successful Kickstarter for the beloved Finding Molly: An Adventure In Catsitting–the company and its founder, Maytal Gilboa, made a clear statement: they might…
