Youāll have to excuse me, Iām in a bit of a mood. My eldest dog has had diarrhea the past two days because we mistakenly bought the wrong kind of wet food, and so our mornings just consist of shampooing various carpets. Also, we live in an unjust society that has abdicated its responsibility to…
Scorpio Vol. 1, collecting issues 1-3 in 80 full color pages of the urban fantasy Zodiac comic, is now live on Kickstarter. Each issue focuses on a different holder of the celestial powers of the Zodiac, starting with its protagonist Daniel Shim. Daniel Shim is a young, ambitious CEO who finds himself entangled with the…
A creature of myth stalks Venice Beach, California. But itās not your typical vampire or werewolf. No; it is Adam, a Golem, the animated clay monster of Jewish myth created to protect the people, whose often single-minded pursuit of justice can make them as much of a threat as those they are created to stop….
Iāve always been a sucker for a good anthology, going back to classic EC comics reprints and continuing to things like James Tynion IV and Steve Foxeās Razorblades, and Iām always on the lookout for more. Thatās why I was excited to talk with writer/artist/publisher/podcaster Matt Emmons about his just launched Kickstarter campaign for Vol….
All of you who read our site regularly may know me as a writer, podcaster, editor and crowdfunding correspondent. But what you may not know is that while Iām all those things by night (and later afternoon, early morning and the occasional lunch break), by day Iām the director of IT at a regional theater…
Reburn is a futuristic dystopian comic about revolution and what happens when revolution goes awry. This interview with writer Alyson Shelton, artist Elise McCall and series editor Jessica Petelle delves into the visual world of Reburn, the complications of long-distance collaboration and the many perils of Kickstarting an ongoing series. Tiffany Babb: Can you give…
In the modern comics landscape, I feel like the mainstream, and much of the independent, press tends to overlook the all-ages market. Sure, there are the lip service articles when a new Dogman or Raina Telgemeier book comes out and sells 10 times the best-selling floppy of the year, but thereās little focus and little…
After a bit of a hiatus, itās time to return to Crowdfunding Q&A. Currently on the blockchain-free comics crowdfunding platform Zoop, Thirty-Three is an action comedy family drama. Thatās a lot of adjectives right there! ComicsXFās own Cat Purcell reviewed the book when it was on Kickstarter, a review you can read here, but after…
Tiger-men are cool. Whether itās Prince Tuften of Kamandi, Shere Khan from Talespin or Bronze Tiger when he wears that mask, thereās something about a human/tiger hybrid that strikes fear in the heart of pretty much anybody and inspires awe in the others. And now, a new Tiger-man has joined their ranks. Blighter is a…
For all my crowdfunding pieces, I have stuck to the big boy of the crowdfunding industry, Kickstarter. But there are plenty of other games in town. One of these other platforms is Zoop, which focuses specifically on comics. Among the projects on Zoop right now is The Brothers James, from Brian Level, Ryan Ferrier and…
RPGs and comics: two great tastes that taste great together. From the Dungeons & Dragons comics of the ā80s to Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hansā meditation on games and aging, DIE, there is a history of comics and gaming blending together. A new addition joins the ranks this week, when Mark Sable (Miskatonic) and Chris…
An online binge shopper receives a grisly package. A horde of the decaying undead grapples with its dwindling humanity. A family man endures an endless grind of the mundane as cosmic madness looms outside. The Beauty and The Realm creator Jeremy Haun returns to horror with Haunthology, a black-and-white graphic novel of interlocking short comic…
My wife watched a bunch of āmurder showsā this past year, a mix of true crime documentaries and crime fiction. Mare of Easttown, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, Mary Kills People. Up and Vanished. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (and the movie that came out around the same time…
You open the door to the record shop, and waiting for you is an old friend, or maybe someone youāve never met before, there to sell you a record and tell you a spooky tale or two. Thatās the experience youāll get when you back Dead Beats 2: London Calling, the new anthology that launches…
Horror, queerness and New Jersey. Could a headier mix of topics exist? Iām not sure, but writer Emmett Nahil and artist George Williams are looking to explore it in the new graphic novel Let Me Out, currently wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign. Before the funding window closes, I was able to ask Nahil about the…