Welcome back to our weekly Kickstarter Round Up for the last full week of February.
Today we start with, Cthulhu Is Hard to Spell: Three Lovecraft Comic Anthologies by Russell Nohelty.
The complete comic anthology trilogy with 107 total stories about Lovecraftian gods and monsters.
We’re back again for the third volume of Cthulhu Is Hard to Spell, featuring everything you loved about the first two volumes, with even more Lovecrafty goodness. These books are our love letters to Lovecraft fans of all kinds, from those that obsess about Cthulhu, to the ones that never want to leave Arkham, to the ones that keep a copy of the Necronomicon under their pillow, and everyone in between. Whether you are a casual fan or a rabid one, we’ve got you covered. The volume features stories by Trina Robbins (the first woman to draw Wonder Woman), David Pepose (Scout’s Honor), Christian Gossett (The Red Star), and a fantastic cover by Aaron Alexovich (Invader Zim), among many fabulous writers and artists. In total, over 75+ creators contributed 34 incredible stories to this third 180-page hardcover collection, and the results are pretty mind-blowing.
Then we’ll keep going with the creepy with, Two-Eyed Tales Magazine B&W Horror Collection: Man & Nature by Joseph Duis.
Three short, self-contained stories themed around human fear of animals in a 36-page magazine format similar to CREEPY and EERIE.
If you keep both eyes open, everything has the potential to be the nexus of a horror story. Two-Eyed Tales Magazine – so named because each story was inspired by real-life events, whether personal or historical – is the second in our line of black & white horror short comic story collections, and includes three new self-contained, standalone stories. Some of my main inspirations for Two-Eyed Tales were black & white horror anthologies that first came about in the 1970s such as Warren’s Creepy and Eerie. More recently I’ve also gotten into Skywald’s 1970s horror magazines, Nightmare, Psycho, and Scream. And while we paid homage to horror manga by making the first one manga-sized, in this case I wanted to reference classic 1970s horror magazines by making our second one magazine-sized.
We’ve also got, Ancient Futures by Steven White on offer.
A sci-fi fantasy graphic novel series blending Afropunk, weird science, conspiracies, and hip-hop influences.
Welcome to Ancient Futures, an immersive graphic novel series with a dark noir quality. It’s a love story told through the eyes of AfroPunk Assassins at the end of SpaceTime — caught up in humankind’s ultimate existential moment. Just like Valentino Cruz, the main character, Ancient Future’s creator Steven White (aka Seven) was pursuing a glamorous international career — with a freshly minted advanced degree, consorting with global elite and the enforcers that serve them …”hunting dangerous people for large sums of money.” When the world changed and the glamour ended, Seven began to take the seeds of an idea, reflect on his own journey and develop it into a full blown story – a curious investigation into an alter-ego… Valentino Cruz, a character imagined and ten years earlier.
If, like me, you love coffee, Caffeinated Hearts by Jonathan Hedrick & Stefano Cardoselli might be for you!
A one-shot slice-of-life comic book that pairs well with a cup of java.
Caffeinated Hearts is a 24-page slice-of-life one-shot comic book set in a coffee shop with a cyberpunk backdrop. It combines Mr. Hedrick’s love of storytelling with Mr. Cardoselli’s dynamic artistic talent! Four interwoven vignettes are told within this single issue: “Balance” – the first sip about a bitter man down on his luck. “Forward” – a look at a warm chain reaction of kindness among strangers. “Relax” – a soothing break from the daily chaos. And “Finish” – the climatic end to a long day that reveals the grinds at the bottom of a mug.
And lastly, there is, The Hunger by Garrett Gunn.
A young woman with a haunting past provides for her community and cares for those she loves, in hopes of redeeming herself for her sins.
Hunger is a distant memory. Humanity has evolved to survive off hydration, and communities have gathered around bountiful, government-controlled, fresh water springs in an otherwise destitute environment. Alora is a hydro officer tasked with collecting the community’s most valuable resource — water — and distributing it to the vulnerable members of Hope Spring’s. One day after doing a hydro run, Alora’s mother becomes ill. Desperate for more water, she rushes to the springs — only to discover her peaceful days within Hope Springs will never be the same again.
If there is nothing here to interest you, be sure to check back next week!
