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: Evel Knievel #1
What it’s about: The legendary daredevil Evel Knievel makes the death-defying leap into comics in his very first full-length series from the fine folks at Half Evil Comics!
Brought to life by Ringo Award-winning writer Rylend Grant (THE JUMP and THE PEACEKEEPERS), artist Dave Acosta (TERRORWAR, ELVIRA, and DRAGON), Letterer HdE, and editor R.E. Nelson… with some real bitchin’ covers by Ray-Anthony Height, Flops, Jon Pinto, and Fabio Alves.
Made possible with TONS of support from the Evel Knievel Brand, Kelly Knievel (Evel’s son), and the fine folks at the Evel Knievel Museum.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #2: Macabre Valley #1
What it’s about: A young reporter gets a job covering the night cops beat at a newspaper in South Texas. When a Border Patrol agent is gruesomely murdered, our hero must untangle a violent mystery with a beloved local priest and a werewolf at its dark center.
Macabre Valley #1 is a 30-page horror comic by writer Zack Quaintance (Death of Comics Bookcase), artist Anna Readman (2000AD, Peachfuzz), colorist Brad Simpson (Local Man, Coffin Bound), Eisner-nominated letterer Becca Carey (Absolute Wonder Woman, Exquisite Corpses), and designer Jared K. Fletcher (Paper Girls).
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #3: Stellar Remnant #1
What it’s about: In the chaos of a galactic war, what happens when the ghost of your past returns as your greatest rival?
From DC Comics Milestone Initiative Alums Nathan Cayanan (I Know What You Did Last Crisis, Suspicious Activity) and Daimon Hampton (DC GO! Series Jon Kent: This Internship Is My Kryptonite and Sound of Solace) comes a new miniseries about a disillusioned sentai soldier who learns that his long-lost partner now fights for the alien enemy. As he’s pulled into an intergalactic conspiracy that could end humanity, he must confront not just the war she’s hiding, but also the feelings he never buried.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #4: Tripwire: From the Archive – Vol. One: Comics
What it’s about: Tripwire: From The Archive: Volume One Comics is the first in a three-volume book series that offers reprints of classic interviews from Tripwire’s vaults both in print and online. With thirty three years to choose from, we have an unparalleled archive of interviews with the most important creators in the fields of comics, film, TV, art and illustration. We thought we would kick it off with comics so this volume includes interviews with the likes of Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Will Eisner, Dave McKean, Harlan Ellison, Ian Rankin, Joe Kubert, Walter Simonson, Brian Michael Bendis, Pete Milligan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kyle Baker, Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Frank Quitely, and more.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #5: The Green Archer
What it’s about: A 150-page epic comic anthology based on the 1923 novel by Edgar Wallace, whose best-selling adventure once inspired a wildly popular movie serial.
Co-written by Benjamin Liska (The Press Guardian & The Clock: 1942) and Dr. Anjuli Shere (Johnny Dollar), with art by Dan Butcher (Vanguard), Marc Oliver (Necropolis), Matt Plog (Ghoul Scouts), and Lianna Weidle (Bad Wages), The Green Archer spans centuries of myth, folklore, and action. From the Scottish Witch Trials to WWII Nazi conspiracies, from cyber hackers to the undead hordes of 2100, each Green Archer incarnation must rise to defend Garre Castle—and Scotland itself!
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
Project #6: Hallowzine.ink III
What it’s about: Last year, Hallowzine.ink II was unleashed as a full-color 48 page zine roaming the earth in search of lost souls. Now, a year later, Hallowzine.ink III lies within the earth, waiting to be awakened.
Night of the Living Dead, Carnival of Souls, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Creature from the Black Lagoon—even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—all of these things have one thing in common, which is that they were originally black and white! The black-and-white medium has endured because it lets the reader use a little bit more of their imagination in how the artwork looks—and horror and humor thrive on imagination.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter campaign.
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.
