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Hub for crowdfunded & self‑published indie comics. Creator spotlights • Campaign insights • Interviews • Reviews. https://thecomicspanelist.carrd.co/
IDW Dark acquiring Blumhouse' M3GAN, The Purge, and Happy Death Day is a masterclass in licensing strategy. Film budgets kill mid-tier horror franchises before they can really stretch their legs, but comics gives creators infinite canvas space to get weird. #HorrorComics 🔪🩸
The middle ground publisher in comics is officially dead, and creators should be celebrating. My latest Substack breaks down why corporate consolidation at BOOM!/PRH is the clearest signal that crowdfunding is now the primary engine for creative autonomy👇 thecomicspanelist.substack.com #Substack
The Purgatori and Chastity Kickstarter is entering in its final days! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha... #chaosComics #IndieComics
Wait, BloodWars from Deathblade the Awakening campaign is has Zombies??!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea... #skullvalleyComics #indieComics #Zombies
Felipe Cagno announces the date for The Few and cursed: The Great Deluge to go Live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fel... #tfac #indieComics #westerns
Did you missed the Most Backed crowdfunding Indie Comics video yesterday? Check it out now! youtu.be/HmgTp92SKw4 #indieComics #Kickstarter #mostbacked
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The World of Mega Centarri@kathyirvine.bsky.social · 6d agowww.kickstarter.com/projects/cen... Smelly & Baby Issue One - Wild Times is currently on Kickstarter in pre-launch. Please check us out to learn more and follow for launch notifications. #indiecomics #kickstartercomics #comicbooks #comics #follow #comiccon
#mostbackedIndieComics is up! Pre-launch hype vs. Day One reality: what do backer conversion rates actually tell us about indie comic campaigns? #Dracula: Book Four, #WandForHire #Kamenamerica #StreetFighter and the 853-backer wall ! youtu.be/HmgTp92SKw4 #IndieComics
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cen... Smelly & Baby is on Kickstarter in pre-launch. Please check us out and follow for launch notification. This is a satirical comedy about two best friends who accidentally become gangsters working for the local kingpin. #Kickstarter #indiecomics #follow #comics
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A lot of Projects from our Heat Index are going live!! Check out and back Achille & KiPI: The Disconnected. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Did you missed the new Indie Comics crowdfunding HEAT INDEX? Check it on our Youtube Channel youtu.be/-vNCbgPfucw...
DeathBlade was leading our Indie Comics crowdfunding HEAT INDEX but when it went LIVE, Something SHOCKING happened. Check out the full breakdown on my Youtube Channel. 👇 youtu.be/-vNCbgPfucw?...
Indie Comics crowdfunding Heat Index | End of September 2026
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A massive 3,000 pre-launch crowd turned into just 22 Day-1 backers. What happened to DeathBlade? We break down the wildest conversion puzzle in indie comics crowdfunding right now on this week’s Heat Index. Check out the full video breakdown below! 👇
Indie Comics crowdfunding Heat Index | End of September 2026
Over 3,000 pre-launch followers… but only 22 backers on Day 1?! What happened to DeathBlade? In this week’s edition of the Indie Comics Crowdfunding Heat Index, we break down one of the most shocking conversion drops we have ever tracked. Skull Valley Comics built massive anticipation for DeathBlad
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📰 Cosmic Lighthouse Launches Murderbot Graphic Novel on Kickstarter www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/cosm...
Murderbot Graphic Novel Launches on Kickstarter
The first-ever Murderbot graphic novel is live on Kickstarter, adapting Martha Wells' All Systems Red with art by Gary Erskine.
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Raw desire. Dark secrets. She thought the pledge was between two women but the dark had other plans. Check out the Kickstarter campaign by Stefan Stefanov ! An 80-page psychological & dark comic mystery. Support it here: pledge-1-a-18-nsfw-s... #IndieComics #ComicBooks #Crowdfunding
Pledge #2: The Hungry Dark
Raw desire. Dark secrets. She thought the pledge was between two women. The dark had other plans. For adult story lovers!
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What happens when Scream meets Twilight with a real killer that invades a nostalgic YA vampire fandom? I broke down FIXATION issue 1 @IDWPublishing by Amy Chase. Who is your prime suspect? 🔪🩸 Watch the full breakdown here: youtu.be/GNQk4r_Z2Tk #Comics #IndieComics #IDW
Fixation issue 1 review IDW Crime 2026
What happens when Scream meets Twilight in the Pacific Northwest? In this video, I break down FIXATION issue 1, the brand-new 40-page launch from IDW Crime, written by Amy Chase with art by Savanna Mayer and vibrant colors by James Fenner. We follow a dedicated superfan, Taylor. Who wins a trip t
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The Greatest American Hero from AmpComics continues to gather Pre-Launch Followers and the numbers look beautiful!! if you want to join the 4258 followers, you can do it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/amp...
If you missed my latest video, check it out on Youtube www.youtube.com/watc... #indieComics #CoffinComics #KamenAmerica
Most Backed crowdfunding Indie Comics - September 2026 Edition
It’s Monday, which means it’s time to check the numbers and break down today's official Top 10 Most Backed Indie Comics running right now! In today’s episode, we’re looking at massive campaign movements for Timothy Lim’s Street Fighter x Kamen America, which converted an insane 55% of its pre-launc
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@titancomics.bsky.social is bringing us Highlander: The Original Screenplay this December! Gregory Widen, the original writer, is adapting his first, unedited draft into a 4-issue series with artist Szymon Kudranski. (1/2) #Highlander #TitanComics #ComicBooks
There's a graphic novel from an Italian tech guy about a kid raised on a "tech farm", whose house cat turns into an evil AI oracle after an accident. An EVIL. AI. CAT. And the scary part isn't even the AI ! It's that this cat actually LISTENS to somebody!!! #indieComics
the New HEAT INDEX is now up!! Check out the video on my Substack 👇 thecomicspanelist.substack.com/p/the-heat-i... @11bitstudios.bsky.social @wiseacrecomics.bsky.social @badideahello.bsky.social @heyyej.bsky.social @corrierenerd.bsky.social @mrlovenstein.bsky.social
A proven playbook, Same producer and the same “First Ever Comic Book” branding, applied to a second IP. That’s a real, repeatable skill, not a coincidence. read the full breakdown on my Substack: 👇 thecomicspanelist.su... #indiecomics #comics #comicbooks
The first monthly ComicScene Comic Con will take place on our UK Comics Auctions and Sales Facebook group from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th September. A weekend to auction, sell and buy your comics www.facebook.com/share/g/1DjE...
Did a quarter-million dollars mean success for the POSTAL comic Kickstarter... or did it underperform compared to SWAT Kats? I'm breaking down the full campaign. What worked, the mid-campaign slump, and the $1 pledge strategy. Watch now 👇 youtu.be/E7lZ5TE46Qg #indieComics #Postal
POSTAL Comic Raised $250K… But Did It Underperform?
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Our series of Interview continues, this time with Lonnie Plater from darkcitycomics.bsky.social and his new campaign, EPIC : Arise Alphas. Read all about it on my substack post👇 thecomicspanelist.su...
Classic EC Comics homage or nostalgia trap? I just dropped a new video reviewing Stuff of Nightmares: The Cat in the Coffin #1 by R.L. Stine & BOOM! Studios. Campy dialogue, muddled pacing, but surprising heart. Full thoughts: 👉 youtu.be/hnY2sPOVsek #IndieComics #HorrorComics #ComicBooks
Since ive got a lot of new followers on Facebook and Subscribers on Substack, im resharing this Interview with Edward Brown , the creator of the Hottest project on our Indie Comics crowdfunding HEAT INDEX. Read it on Substack: thecomicspanelist.substack.com/p/interview-... #indieComics #substack
