The Best Comics Launched on Kickstarter: October 15, 2024 (Part One)
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HOSPICE- TRADE PAPERBACK - HORROR SHARED UNIVERSE
by Travis Gibb
This volume is a collection of 6 issues of HOSPICE. Created by some of the best of indie comics!
The Basics:
Goal: $8000
End Date: November 4, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024 / April, 2025
No. Pages: 160+
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $15
Lowest Print Tier Price: $29
At a Glance:
“…a chilling, interconnected world that pushes the boundaries of horror storytelling…”
Unique storytelling concept interpreted by six different teams
Sharp, varied selection of interior art, colors and composition
Killer, appealing cover art and design options
Very reasonable pricing for the basic rewards tiers
LOST COMPANY: Into the Everneath
by Andy Suriano
Prestige Format Graphic Novel, Miniatures, Encounters and Exclusive Art
The Basics:
Goal: $7500
End Date: November 14, 2024
Estimated Delivery: February, 2025
No. Pages: 200
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $25
Lowest Print Tier Price: $65
At a Glance:
“Welcome to the World of the Severed Veils, a science fantasy epic that stretches from boots-on-the-ground survival to wholesale cosmic combat!”
11” x 7” format
Gorgeous interior art, colors and composition
Eye-catching cover art and design options
Basic print reward tier is pretty expensive relative to the volume of content and does not qualify for stretch goals or unlocks
Higher tiers include miniatures & TTRPG materials
Daystar & Trial + Error
by Matt Emmons
Two new graphic novellas - A cosmic horror story about animals grappling with sentience, and a Choose Your Own Adventure book!
The Basics:
Goal: $10,000
End Date: November 14, 2024
Estimated Delivery: May, 2025
No. Pages: 60/42 (two comics)
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $12/$13
Lowest Print Tier Price: $18/$20
At a Glance:
“DAYSTAR follows Mesmo the rat as he struggles to make sense of his newfound sentience - and survive the changed world he now finds himself in.”
“TRIAL + ERROR is a choose your own adventure comic where you are a newborn artificial creature (known as E.L.M.s - Ethical Lab Mammals) who must escape the derelict lab you were created in. ”
6” x 8” format
Captivating interior art, colors and composition
Top-notch cover art and design
The Last Band On Earth - a graphic novel by Elaine M. Will
A semi-post-apocalyptic horror story about music and mental illness.
The Basics:
Goal: $2899
End Date: November 14, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024 - February, 2025
No. Pages: 224
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $8
Lowest Print Tier Price: $19
At a Glance:
I backed this one
“…the story of The Dead Layaways, a noise rock band trapped in a semi-post-apocalyptic city ruled by demons.”
Advanced, detailed grayscale art and composition
Simple and effective cover art and design
Very inexpensive basic rewards tiers
Ships from Canada
The Devil in Disguise #1 - Celebrating 15 Years of Dren!
A 1950s housewife plans revenge when the German officer who held her captive during WW2 moves onto her street in this NSFW thriller.
The Basics:
Goal: $100
End Date: October 22, 2024
Estimated Delivery: November, 2024
No. Pages: 20
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $8
Lowest Print Tier Price: N/A
At a Glance:
Some NSFW content
Attractive cover art and design
Excellent interior art, colors and composition
Digital only
Basic PDF reward tier is expensive relative to the volume of content offered
The sci-fi epic EXILIUM continues with FOUR new issues!
by Ben Slabak
We're back with issues 3 & 4 of Exilium Season 2 and issues 3 & 4 of Exilium: Vanguard
The Basics:
Goal: $2011
End Date: November 5, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024
No. Pages: 30 (x2 issues)
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $11
Lowest Print Tier Price: $24
At a Glance:
“…a new team tasked with an impossible mission as they pursue an interstellar visitor that may well hold the key to the survival of life on Earth as we know it.”
Discounted catch-up rewards tiers available
Colorful, vibrant cover art and design
Clean, solid interior art and composition
BURGER #2: Tissue Damage
A psychological, psychedelic, body horror comic miniseries that follows an angry young man on a doomed quest to find his better self.
The Basics:
Goal: $3906
End Date: November 14, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024
No. Pages: 32
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $6
Lowest Print Tier Price: $11
At a Glance:
“…a gruesome, at times darkly humorous psychodrama - not for the fainthearted.”
Detailed, fascinating grayscale interior art and composition
Intricate, grayscale cover art and design
Catch-up rewards tiers available
Ships from the UK
HELLCATS #1 - THE EXPATRIOT!!!
ck Liberty forms a team of heroes, vigilantes, & criminals to battle UNITY & prevent him from annihilating the entire HYPERVERSE!!!
The Basics:
Goal: $4,000
End Date: November 14, 2024
Estimated Delivery: March, 2025
No. Pages: Not specified
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
“This TOP SECRET POWDER KEG of a unit, composed of HYPERVERSE heroes, vigilantes, & criminals, is tasked with finding the construct UNITY & stopping him from annihilating the entire HYPERVERSE!”
Sexually explicit: “Rated M for nudity, language, and adult situations.”
Dark, muddy colors
Available nude cover options are cartoonish and unappealing
The Basics:
Goal: $2000
End Date: November 10, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024
No. Pages: 64
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $7
Lowest Print Tier Price: $15
At a Glance:
“From the horrors of life in the apocalypse, to childhood pranks gone wrong and monsters under the bed, this anthology showcases expertly crafted works by 6 independent creators.”
Suggested for mature readers
Underground comics style of art and presentation
Black-and-white interior art