Welcome to this week’s installment of The Beat’s Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up! Join us for a glance right into a inventive new collection based mostly in LA, the return of a supernatural horror comedian, the continuation of a horror journey collection, and more!
B-Sides
Creators: Mike London (author), Greg Bourne (Creator/Editor), Nick Butterworth (product and ops), Fee Dublin (animator), Hayley Dwan (Artist), Rich Ivens (Artist).
Goal: $3,055
End Date: December seventh
Goodies: A full shade, 60+ web page perfect-bound print version and a digital PDF, 5 restricted version print covers (6 in whole), and more!
Centered on a dive bar in counter-cultural Sidetown, B-Sides explores the lives of characters residing their finest, dysfunctional lives away from the mainstream and the brilliant lights of the glamorous aspect of city.
Volume 1 is filled with lengthy and short-form tales from the forged of B-Sides. Some of our residents are more well-known than others… Keep your eyes peeled for real-life artists! Scan QR codes within the comedian to entry pop-up animated scenes.
B-Sides caught my consideration with its inventive artwork fashion and use of animations in its story. To then uncover that the comedian was centered on characters residing their each day lives, albeit dysfunctional, in LA resonated with me. Clearly it resonated with others as effectively, with over $2,000 crowdfunded, B-Sides is effectively on its strategy to turning into a actuality.
Become a backer right here.
Flesh of White
Creators: Erica J. Heflin (author), Amanda Rachels (artist)
Goal: $2,000
End Date: November nineteenth
Goodies: Digital copy, softcover copy, a deluxe version with sketches and autograph from creators.
Flesh of White is a supernatural horror, a narrative that touches on the all-too actual plight of these with albinism in modern-day Africa, the place native superstition makes them the topics of real-life horrors, as their flesh is believed to be a robust part in ritualistic spells. In addition to contending with the scary medical issues related to albinism, they need to vigilantly watch for individuals who would hunt them for his or her very flesh!
This is Flesh of white’s return to print in over eight years, with an outsized hardcover and epilogue that had by no means been included within the authentic printing. with over $1,500 crowdfunded for this rerelease, curiosity for flesh of white’s re-release is obvious.
Become a backer right here.
The Fox Came From the Woods: Issue 2
Creators: Daniel Brown (author), Eliot Min (Artist)
Goal: $2,500
End Date: November twenty third
Goodies: digital copy, bodily copy, variant covers from some well-known artists, and more!
The Fox Came From the Woods is a horror journey collection that follows Frankie as she searches to unravel the thriller of what occurred to her youthful sister Anastasia. She disappeared a 12 months in the past, is she lifeless? Alive– or are there darker, more mystical forces at work on this small island city? Frankie should cross the barrier between realms to find the reality. With monsters, demons and fairies at each flip. To survive she’ll must depend on a supernatural fox, Tomos, however can she actually belief him?
If you’re returning to woods us, thanks a lot. There wouldn’t be an Issue 2 with out the Kickstarter group.
If you’re new the Fox Came to the Woods, welcome. We’re doing the whole lot we are able to to verify that is a straightforward story to comply with and meet up with in our rewards and add ons.
The Fox Came to the Woods returns to The Beat! after a profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign they’ve already crowdfunded over $2,600 surpassing their authentic aim and with 101 backers its on its strategy to a brand new launch! If you’re a fan of horror, attention-grabbing characters, and an eerie however charming story, The Fox Came From the Woods is one other welcome addition to your comedian assortment.
GANNIBAL
Creators: MASAAKI NINOMIYA (WRITER AND ARTIST)
Goal: $9,500
End Date: November 22
Goodies: a digital copy of the Manga, then relying on how a lot you place into the Kickstarter, you will get the hardcovers for volumes 1-6 and more!
The 13-volume horror manga collection, revealed in Japan by Nihon Bungeisha, has change into a worldwide hit with publications in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, The Czech Republic, Turkey, Brazil, Korea, and Thailand. And now…
It’s making its English-language debut in restricted version hardcovers unique to Kickstarter for Halloween!
The story is about within the fictional “Kuge Village” within the distant mountains of Japan. Daigo Agawa, a younger father, has lately been assigned to the village’s sole police officer place after the mysterious disappearance of his colleague. While he’s first warmly welcomed, the unusual dying of an aged girl stirs suspicions
The Beat all the time strives to do their finest to maintain you all updated on promising concepts and comics alongside the best way. Although it is a manga it goes with out saying that GANNIBAL is one thing particular for horror and comedian followers alike. With $69,000 already crowdfunded followers have already established how badly they need a bodily English copy and with a present renewed for a second season GANNIBAL is about to make a big affect.
Become a backer right here.
BLOODSMITH
Creators: Morgan Quaid (Writer), David Swartz (Artist)
Goal: $2,539
End Date: November 18th
Goodies: a digital and bodily copy, variant editions, a restricted version, a collectors bundle, a t-shirt, and far more!
Sir Idris Harrow, Bloodsmith, the independently rich nobleman, is known as to the house of Lord Montague to analyze the obvious possession of a younger boy by a creature from the Abyss. Harrow quickly learns that this little one just isn’t the one sufferer however lots of of others all through town have been troubled by supernatural tumors, their minds and our bodies supplanted by a merciless, demonic intelligence.
Harrow and his crew (a mysterious girl named Tilda Abigail who shares a deep reference to the religious realm and carries a puppet by way of which she communicates, and Dane Flint, a gunslinger and tinkerer with a present for mechanical wizardry) should unravel the thriller and stand in opposition to the forces of darkness earlier than London is overrun.
BLOODSMITH caught our consideration with its visuals, the artwork is incredible and the story is attention-grabbing. Having completely different characters come collectively to combat what look like eldritch horrors tends to be loads of enjoyable. BLOODSMITH appears paying homage to comics like Hellboy and with over $1,500 crowdfunded of their $2,539 aim it’s gaining momentum.
Become a backer right here.
INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS
Creators: Anthony Stokes (Writer), D.N.S (Artist)
Goal: $2,500
End Date: November thirtieth
Goodies: Digital and bodily copy, variant covers, a signed copy, and far more!
When a highschool bully pushes a latchkey teenager’s corroding psychological state over the sting, Tyler’s thoughts fractures, birthing a ravenous demon fashioned from his damning intrusive ideas. In order to maintain his darkness at bay, Tyler should be taught to like himself earlier than he atrophies and consumes the whole lot and everybody he’s come to know.
At 3 years previous, Tyler was deserted on the steps of a police station. Now, at age 16, he’s liable to migraines, evening terrors, & sleep paralysis. His psychological well being turns into even more strained when his sleep paralysis demon bites certainly one of his classmates.
Intrusive Thoughts is a particular story for me as a result of it offers with themes of loneliness, nervousness, and despair. I wrestle with all 3 so engaged on Intrusive Thoughts offered an actual sense of catharsis. I hope readers get the same feeling when studying it.
There’s curiosity within the comedian, and when you learn the outline, it’s not exhausting to see why. To give attention to a personality with trauma and points equivalent to loneliness, migraines, evening terrors, and sleep paralysis—all of which culminate in his sleep paralysis demon truly biting certainly one of their bullies—INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS seems to be one thing readers wouldn’t solely be capable to join with but additionally get pleasure from studying.
Become a backer right here.
FRAKENSLAVES
Creators: Kevin and Matt Fitzgerald (creators/Writers), Anna Engel (creator function)
Goal: $2,500
End Date: December third
Goodies: Digital and bodily copies, stickers, playing cards, a themed first help equipment, posters, and more!
What if … Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus was a real story?
What if Victor Frankenstein’s Journal, the misplaced secret to re-animation, had remained frozen within the arctic for over 200 years?
And … what would occur if his Journal WAS discovered, and its secrets and techniques had been unlocked to create and mass-manufacture a product constructed from human limbs?
Well my associates, it did occur … and the occasions are unfolding proper now, as you learn this.
FRAKENSLAVES has efficiently crowdfunded over $1,600 of its $2,500 aim. The curiosity is clear, and with a compelling hook, followers have embraced this comedian’s potential, story, and impending launch.
Become a backer right here.
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