Welcome back to our weekly Kickstarter Round Up for the week of the fall equinox!
Today we start off with, BLIGHTER: Blightin’ It Up in the Blighthouse by Jeff Parker & Drew Moss which launched on Sept 21st.
A monstrous adventure starring a bad role model with the stripes to prove it.
BLIGHTER is a space-faring, action-packed suspense ride, chock-full of monsters…human and alien alike. Lord Vagro Blighter, renowned tracker from the Old World, comes to Earth to help us with the threats unleashing chaos all over our planet. He’s unmatched at hunting these fiends — just ask him, he’ll gladly tell you! Arvi, a ten-year-old orphan, has found that the best way to stay alive is to hide as one of the monsters… until she meets Blighter. Can a towering ego and savvy-but-optimistic child rid the world of these horrors? And does Lord Blighter have even more to hide than we know?
Next up, and just in time for Spooky Season is, Shades of Fear Horror Anthology edited by Allison O’Toole & Ashanti Fortson, launching today!
Experience terror in blood red, sickly yellow, and ethereal blue.
Ignatz Award winner Ashanti Fortson (Leaf Lace, Wayward Kindred) and Eisner Award winner Allison O’Toole (Wayward Sisters, Wayward Kindred) are launching the Kickstarter for Shades of Fear, an anthology of subtle, psychological horror comics with a focus on emotive and evocative color.
Shades of Fear takes a craft-based approach to anthology curation, driven by the guiding principle of precise, thoughtful use of color and design. The featured cartoonists will integrate narrative and color, selecting palettes for their expressive power. Their stories will show readers the horror of loss and sacrifice, of what lurks in liminal spaces, and of the unknowable that lies just beyond the veil.
Contributors to Shades of Fear include Eisner and Ignatz Award nominee
(Twins). Kickstarter backers can also pre-order Kaleidoscopic Night, a mixed-format interview between Ashanti Fortson and Eisner and Ignatz Award winner Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me). The discussion will explore evocative color, dread and color in art history, and the unique opportunities that cartoonists have to explore the limitless potential of color.
There is also, Hans Vogel Is Dead by Sierra Barnes.
An antifascist fairytale about a World War II fighter pilot navigating the afterlife.
The year is 1940, the Blitz is raging, and Hitler’s forces are sweeping across Europe. At the front of the invasion is the victorious Luftwaffe, and at the front of the Luftwaffe is Hans Vogel: fighter pilot, ace, and recipient of the prestigious Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross medal. Young, painfully shy, and with the backbone of a jellyfish, Hans keeps his head down and does what he’s told — but something still feels off. One night on a routine raid, Hans experiences a freak radio malfunction, is separated from his unit, and is shot down and killed. That’s where his problems start.
We can’t forget, Ruination #1–4: A Fantasy Adventure Comic Series by Ryan Bis.
A fantasy adventure comic about a group of young soldiers forging their own path in a world hellbent on destroying itself…again.
Saldyria was nearly destroyed during its centuries-long war with the mysterious rebels called the Fallen. After a truce was declared, the Saldyrians began rebuilding and gave birth to the first postwar children. All was peaceful until yesterday, when a group of Fallen viciously attacked Caldanna, a fishing village, in search of a powerful crystal held by one of its residents. Now, two Saldyrian soldiers are fighting to save their loved ones with surprising aid from a Fallen looking to end the violence. Pursued by Fallen soldiers, the group escaped through a strange portal in the woods. While they have bought themselves some time, the world on the other side of the portal may not be safer than their own.
And as always, last but certainly not least, we have Durruti: Shadow of the People by Brenton Lengel.
The true story of the life and death of anarchist Buenaventura Durruti, as told by a Ringo Award–nominated comic creator.
What if Braveheart was a bit more like V for Vendetta and set during the Spanish Civil War? What if the story revolved around the ultimate working-class hero: A modern-day Robin Hood with the future in his heart and a gun in every pocket? A man who battled the forces of evil — the powerful, the wealthy and the corrupt — on behalf of ordinary people inspired by the ideals of Liberty, Equality and Justice? That’d be a heck of a tale, wouldn’t it? Well, what if that man was REAL, his story is TRUE, and a Ringo Award–nominated comic creator has teamed up with a rising-star Spanish artist to tell it?
Make sure you swing by again next week to see what else Kickstarter has to offer.
