The Best Comics Launched on Kickstarter: October 22, 2024 (Part One)
To visit the Kickstarter page for any of the projects below, simply click on its title.\
The Vicious Circus 4-Issue Killer Clown HALLOWEEN HORROR BOX
4 issues, 96 pages of Halloween-themed killer clown horror await you in a custom collector box!
The Basics:
Goal: $1000 (186% funded)
End Date: October 30, 2024
Estimated Delivery: November, 2024
No. Pages: 24
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
FULL DISCLOSURE: This one is MINE, so I definitely like & recommend!
“…one-shot tales of our supernatural killer clown antiheroes and their hunt for abusers on the spookiest night of the year..”
Four 24-page horror comics, optionally available in a 10.75” x 8” x 1.625” collector box
Deluxe upgrades include creator autographs and an interior remarque sketch by co-creator, Amanda Rachels
Discounted catch-up rewards tiers include the massive, reasonably priced Vicious Circus Omnibus
Miskatonic High Issue 24 - The Carnival
by Mike Shea
It’s all fun and games until Sarah recognizes someone in the freak show. Soon it's carnies vs. rat things with the teens in the middle!
The Basics:
Goal: $300
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: December, 2024 - January, 2025
No. Pages: 24
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
“comic series about the teens who take on Lovecraft monsters and their small-town high school...they're just not sure which is worse.”
Nice, stylized interior art, colors and composition
Solid, attractive cover art and design
Discounted catch-up rewards tiers (700+ pages)
Jason Pearson’s BODY BAGS Artist's Edition
This "Original Art Omnibus" Edition Hardcover features full-size 12” x 17” color scans of all the original BODY BAGS comic art pages.
The Basics:
Goal: $45,500
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: April, 2025
No. Pages: 200
Lowest Digital Tier Price: N/A
Lowest Print Tier Price: $150
A Haunting on Mars #1-#4
by Zach Chapman
Half of the team is dead! But are they? Cass finds herself in hellscape of Emmeric's creation!!
The Basics:
Goal: $2000
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: February, 2025
No. Pages: Not specified
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
I backed this one.
“…blends horror, science fiction, and social commentary. The series is about a corpo team sent to a dead colony on Mars to uncover secrets that cause their sanity to unravel.”
Impressive interior art, colors and composition
Killer cover art and design
Catch-up rewards tiers available
Like Father, Like Daughter: The Five Stages of Grief #1
by Phil Falco (Lifeline Comics)
The world's only superhero is DEAD! Can his teen daughter fill his shoes? PART ONE: DENIAL!
The Basics:
Goal: $8000
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: April, 2025
No. Pages: 200
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
“A father with superpowers, left his wife and daughter to become “Invulnerable” - the world’s only superhero. Ten years later, his daughter discovers that she has inherited the very superpowers that made her father leave their family.”
Stylized, attractive interior art, colors and composition
Solid cover art and design
Discounted catch-up rewards tiers available
DAUGHTERS OF DJANGO - A Grindhouse Western Graphic Novel
Charlie's Angels meets Django Unchained: A hard-edged Western from Sherman Augustus, actor from Into the Badlands & Stranger Things.
The Basics:
Goal: $1500
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: July, 2025
No. Pages: Not specified
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $10
Lowest Print Tier Price: $25
At a Glance:
“…an action-packed Western set in the roaring '20s and tells a story weaved in with real world historical places and figures such as the African American movie studio Lincoln Motion Picture Studio and newspaper The Monitor. ”
Stylized, appealing interior art, colors and composition
Really eye-catching cover art and design
No information on end product specs
One More Year - a comic about love, fear and sacrifice
by Simon Birks
Ophelia receives her yearly visit from Jacob, who has a proposal from his boss - $5M for her soul - but Ophelia has other ideas...
The Basics:
Goal: $1296
End Date: October 31, 2024
Estimated Delivery: February, 2025
No. Pages: 52
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $6
Lowest Print Tier Price: $12
At a Glance:
Supernatural mystery
Solid cover art and composition
Clean, professional interior art, colors and composition
Ships from the UK
Legends of the Realm 1-5: Shadows on the Wing
by Jack Holder
Our young mage journeys to the Mountain of Shadow. He hopes to learn new magic, but will his own pains lead to his death?
The Basics:
Goal: $3500
End Date: November 22, 2024
Estimated Delivery: May, 2025
No. Pages: 30
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
“Camriddeon is a young mage in a kingdom of chaos. Appointed to the court of Dannisfire, a land of floating cities, harsh magics, and enemies without and within.”
Terrific interior art, colors and composition
Good cover art and design
Catch-up rewards tiers available
ROBUST HEAT #1-6: An LGBTQIA+, Decopunk Drama Saga
#6: Her late father's dire fear of drowning is not the tid-bit of story Soozi expects to hear when she asks Daniel about how they met.
The Basics:
Goal: $2165
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: February, 2025
No. Pages: 28
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $5
Lowest Print Tier Price: $10
At a Glance:
“…the saga of Roderick Jung, a polyamorous-bisexual man with his partners: Daniel and Jinny, and their daughter Soozi…”
Stylized, attractive art, colors and composition
Solid cover art and design
Catch-up rewards tiers available
Ships from Canada
Flux Destiny: Volume 1
by Flux Destiny
A web graphic novel about a new magic system called "karmastry" that bends reality—but at the risk of literal cosmic PAYBACK.
The Basics:
Goal: $7000
End Date: November 21, 2024
Estimated Delivery: November, 2024
No. Pages: 200+
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $10
Lowest Print Tier Price: $150 (Really.)
At a Glance:
“…everything revolves around karmastry—a unique magic system that lets users manipulate the universe itself. With karmastry, people can control the weather, design new species, or even bend the laws of physics.”
Manga-inspired, limited color interior art and composition
Sharp cover art and design
Print copy only available beginning at $150 reward tier. Really.
Mostly spun to support a RPG system.
The Book of Shame: An Extra Fabulous Experience
Two new comic collections and the official box set from Extra Fabulous creator Zach M. Stafford!
The Basics:
Goal: $40,000
End Date: November 13, 2024
Estimated Delivery: April, 2025
No. Pages: 160/64
Lowest Digital Tier Price: $15
Lowest Print Tier Price: $30
At a Glance:
Corporate comic (Skybound)
“…positively gaped full of naughtiness such a BAD WORDS and CRUDE HUMOR.”
Collections of 4-panel comic strips
Fun cover art and design