Here at Fanbase Press, we strive to provide an outlet for up-and-coming creators to promote and showcase their incredible works. With thousands of creators utilizing crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo to make those works a reality, we will highlight these talented creators and their noteworthy campaigns through #CrowfundingFridays! We hope that you will join us in giving these projects a moment of your time (and possibly your support)!
Project #1: Cane L. Grey: Werewolf Bounty Hunter
What it’s about: Deep in the Louisiana Bayou, a darkness that has been growing for decades has breached the surface of the rancid waters. Bounty Hunter, Cane L. Grey, has been dispatched to find out who or what has been killing children. A 28-page horror action comic with a hint of comedy in the vein of Hellboy, Swamp-Thing, and the X-Files. Story and Artwork by Chris Holmes.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #2: Adelita 3017
What it’s about: Set in the year 3017, in a post-apocalyptic Mexico, Adelita tries to save a world ravaged by war, famine, and disease. An action-adventure comic with a compelling story and a mystery that will unravel throughout the mini-series. (Below cover credits: Pencils by Ariel Medel, digital paint by Diego Olascoaga.)
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #3: Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: Origins
What it’s about: Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: Origins is a 28-page YA/Middle Grade horror mystery comic. Origins can be read as a stand-alone comic, but it also functions as the prologue for the larger hardcover graphic novel, Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: La Llorona in the Machine available to pre-order in 2023. Young Mary Shelley encounters an occult scientist, Dr. M, and a living book of spells, Necro, who split her into two versions of herself—one the literary giant who goes on to write Frankenstein, and the other, a supernatural girl, Shel, who spends her immortality fighting evil humans who exploit monsters. Writer Jessica Maison (Plastic Girl, Pistil, Cthulhu is Hard to Spell, and Nightmare Theater anthologies) and artist Anna Wieszczyk (Godkiller, Home, Interesting Drug & Lucid, Popgun vol. 4, and Spera anthologies) have teamed up to bring you an alternate Mary Shelley story that will leave you spellbound. Letterer and designer, Joel Rodriguez (The Dusk Country Chronicles, Stake) completes the team.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
BONUS PROJECTS!
Four indie comics juggernauts have combined their powers in true Voltron fashion to highlight a very important topic for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – strong women. Unlikely Heroes Studios (Miss Medusa’s Monstrous Menagerie), Charlie Stickney (The Game), Insymmetry Creations’ Steph Cannon and Matt Knowles (Heirs of Isildur: The Perilous Prospects), and Skeletal Press’ Ryan Cummins (Rayna: The Bastard Queen) decided to offer an absolutely awesome premium for backers who support ALL FOUR projects at a shipped tier: an exclusive metal print, featuring all four women. Until November, you can pre-order an incredible variety of really cool loot across all four campaigns, including stunning variant covers, playing cards, shirts, socks, metal covers, collectible colored vinyl (metal music), custom branded leatherwork, lifesize standees, and even a full-size sword replica! If you back all four at a physical tier, you will receive the unbelievable metal print with art by Von Randal and Robert Nugent as an added bonus!
If you have a crowdfunding campaign that you would like to have included in Fanbase Press’ #CrowdfundingFridays series, please contact barbra (at) fanbasepress (dot) com for details.
