It’s been a minute, right? But we’re back again with our weekly Kickstater Round Up!
We’re starting out with one of the most highly anticipated books I’ve seen in a while. The Woman and the Woods and Other North American Stories put together by Spike Trotman’s Iron Circus Comics.
It’s an all-new anthology of comics inspired by original North American folktales. From the thrilling tale of Chokfi the trickster rabbit, to the stirring story of the White Horse Plains, the book features more than 100 pages of entertaining and educational stories by artists and writers from Indigenous people across the continent.
There is also, The Baboon: Skull of a King by Jamie Jones.
An ancient treasure of a long dead king, an old rival, and a cursed tomb.
Freelance adventurer and all around good guy Barton Marlow Jr., AKA THE BABOON, has been contacted once again by the Briefer Museum of Natural Oddities to find, and bring back, the fabled Gem Encrusted Skull of the great King _____. But he is not the only adventurer looking for the ancient artifact. And when the old foe shows his face, Jamie, the Baboon’s trusty ward, looks to switch teams. But personal problems are quickly shelved as problems go bad to worse when the king’s tomb reveals an ancient curse! How will the Masked Myth make his way out of this one?
We can’t forget, Black by Tobias Taitt and Stephen Anthony Davids.
An autobiographical graphic novel following a second-generation Windrush descendent through life in social care in the 1970s.
Tobias Taitt never knew his father, but he knew his mother all too well. After she killed his uncle, three-year-old Tobias was condemned to spend his early years in a series of bleak children’s homes. As a black youth growing up in Seventies’ Britain he learned first-hand that the world could be a cold and uncaring place for a child of the state. But he also learned to navigate—and eventually to buck—the system.
There is also,also, Shrinking Violet by spacecrumble.
Following a shy, awkward plant-lover and a charismatic rascal on their adventures in 3 different universes.
“Hello, this is Anna from klub zin. My new comic book project is in collaboration with the wonderful spacecrumble! I’m a big big fan of their work and admire how fluent they are in so many different styles. To celebrate that, we decided to publish a comic featuring a set of stories, all taking place in distinct universes. Not only will it change the mood of the comic, but the art as well!”
And last, but not least (it sounds so weird and cool) is, The O.Z. #1–2: A Fantasy Project Reimagined by David Pepose & Ruben Rojas.
Haunted by her past, a disillusioned Iraq war veteran must survive the war-torn land of Oz.
What if The Hurt Locker took place in The Wizard of Oz? Find out in The O.Z., an action-packed fantasy comic series from Ringo Award–nominated writer David Pepose (Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, Scout’s Honor) and superstar artist Ruben Rojas (Proton) that transforms a childhood classic into a war story for the ages. Returning to Kickstarter with our double-sized, 44-page second chapter, this campaign is dedicated to bringing this adrenaline-fueled twist on L. Frank Baum’s iconic Oz novels to life. Fans of Mad Max: Fury Road, The Old Guard, and Fables will not want to miss out on The O.Z.
So that’s it for this week’s Kickstarter Round Up. Be sure to swing by again next week.
