(07-04-2023, 05:17 PM)Dartz Wrote: Friend of mine is Kickstarting his self-published comic - Worldender

Ken Mahon.

A polygenreous exploration of the life of the Immortal Gilbert Marlowe. Either Slice of life, or Science Fiction, Sports or Horror or Fantasy.

Jason Yungbluth, dba Death Ray Graphics, Wrote:(Image desc: Space. We can see Sol in the distance between Earth, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, and what's probably the Moon. The eastern portion of North America is still mostly in night, so from the New Jersey border westward, we can see the golden lights of a great many cities. The Moon is also covered with urban light, as well as one group of hexagonal light-lines.
"In the not-too-far-distant future, humanity has taken to the stars and joined the brotherhood of prosperous, peace-loving worlds that constitute the galactic alliance known as U-Fed.
"Having put aside war and prejudice, mankind is fueled by grit and compassion in equal measure, and all the treasures of outer space are yours for the taking as long as you play by the rules--
"--and as long as you don't try to change the rules.")

This is the future of Kobayashi Maru, an action parody of Star Trek (as well as other sci-fi standouts) that I would like to pitch to major publishers early next year.

I created and published the first issue of Kobayashi Maru several years ago (the "pilot", if you will), and then put it on hold to pursue other projects. Now I would like to bring the project back to life! In order to follow that dream, I need to pay for the artistic talent that I want to bring on board to supplement my own artwork and turn Kobayashi Maru into a project that will really stand out in a crowd. And you can help bring this project to life by funding the Kobayashi Maru: Source Code sketchbook!

Source Code will contain character profiles, development art and  nuggets of story info that will introduce you to the world I am building... including background information that will only be disclosed later in the series but that you will be the first to learn!

If this Kickstarter is successful, I will be able to hire the artists I want to assist me on this project and create a set of completed pages to display in a second Kickstarter that will fund the completion of a new, revised first issue of Kobayashi Maru, From there it will be sent off to Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics... anyone insane enough to open my envelope! (Or, if things go REALLY well, I may just publish Kobayashi Maru as a graphic novel on my own! Who knows??)

If you are a fan of science fiction and would enjoy an original comic book series with a skewed take on Star Trek--the series and its fandom-- with touches of Quentin Tarantino, Philip K. Dick and Rick and Morty thrown in for good measure, I hope you will choose to get in on the ground floor of Kobayashi Maru and Kickstart Source Code,  an exciting, limited edition one-off that will not be printed again!

Onyx Path Publishing Wrote:Do not concern yourself with what’s above you. From here on out, the only way forward is down.

The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend. The World Below provides, but only to the worthy.

Your surroundings are horrific and wondrous. Extract gemstones and find natural springs of nourishing water, but be cautious: excavate too far, and you’ll wake the creatures in the walls, the caves, and the Dark.

The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.

Expect threats and risks, joys, and discoveries. The World Below promises a hard, harsh existence, but when the light of hope gleams in the thick darkness, it feels as bright as the sun.

Sean Owen Roberson, Creative Director and business partner at Palladium Books, Wrote:The Best Selling Hit RPG from 1985 is Back!

This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Kickstarter campaign features a relaunch of the original TMNT role-playing game and sourcebooks, sought-after collector items that have enthralled generations since their release in 1985 as one of the first licensed TMNT products.

They are returning to print as two, officially licensed, deluxe hardcover collections of the RPG and all sourcebooks. Each is completely remastered, includes rules clarifications, and is updated to full color. Bonus material includes an array of new artwork, never-before-seen behind-the-scenes info and art, remembrances, and tributes by renowned comic book and RPG creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Freddie E. Williams II, Sophie Campbell, Jim Lawson, Ciro Nieli, David Petersen, Steven Cummings, Ramon K. Perez, and many more.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
& Other Strangeness Redux Edition
This 256 page full color reissue contains the following remastered with modern layout:

• NEW Homage Cover Art by Freddie E. Williams II, with color by Michael Majestic.
  
• The classic 1985 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness core RPG book. Now in full color.
  
• The Turtles Go Hollywood adventure book. Now in full color.
  
• The Truckin' Turtles adventure book. Now in full color.
  
• Featuring 8 pages of original comics created for the RPG by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Now in full color.
  
• Featuring 35 original mutant animal illustrations for the RPG by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Now in full color.
  
• Featuring all-new rules for creating 5 new mutant animals (the Gecko, Great White Shark, Ring-Tailed Lemur, Penguin, and Alligator Snapping Turtle) with one or more illustrated by Sophie Campbell, plus a new "Feral" hand-to-hand combat style for mutants who grew up in the wild, and an equipment chapter updated with modern gear not available in 1985.
  
• The Redux Edition includes the classic rules clarified and updated to provide ease of play for fans old and new alike.
  

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transdimensional Adventures Redux Edition
This 256 page full color reissue contains the following remastered with modern layout:

• NEW Homage Cover Art by Freddie E. Williams II, with color by Michael Majestic.
  
• The fan favorite Transdimensional TMNT sourcebook with rules for creating humanoid mutant dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals like the saber-toothed tiger and mastodon. Plus fan-favorite easy to use time travel rules, magic, and more! Now in full color.
  
• The TMNT Guide to the Universe sci-fi sourcebook and adventure supplement with weird aliens, high-tech gear, and rules for creating futuristic craft and piloting them in dogfights! Now in full color.
  
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures the best selling TMNT RPG adventure book with memorable villains and dastardly plots. Now in full color.
  
• Featuring 10 pages of original comics created for these sourcebooks by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Now in full color.
  
• Featuring 33 original mutant animal illustrations created for these sourcebooks by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Jim Lawson. Now in full color.
  

Quote:The time loop is coming to an end. With limited restarts remaining, Zorian and his allies must redouble their efforts to discover how they can prevent the release of an ancient primordial being once the time loop expires and they are returned to the real world—where choices can’t be undone.

Onyx Path Publishing Wrote:Never before has Creation known the perils of the Abyssal Exalted. They have emerged from the gloom of the Underworld as champions of death, sworn to the service of the Deathlords and the Neverborn. Each was offered the gift of the Bleak Exaltation at the moment of their own demise, and each chose to willingly become an agent of the apocalypse. Their motivations are as manifold as any others — they may seek destruction or domination, malice or justice, ancient secrets hidden and forbidden or sheer iron-willed survival.

In service to their lieges, these deathknights will grind the Underworld to heel and scour life from the face of Creation. Or…they might break from those oaths and set themselves up as death’s own Lawgivers, ruling empires of the dead as sages, arbiters, and reapers. All that can be known for sure is that with the Abyssal Exalted loosed upon the world, it will never be the same again.

Capt. Robert Brown, Master after God and Dr. Leguminous Calgori of the temporal airship HMS Ophelia, Wrote:Abney Park is having a virtual concert, you watch from home! December 16th, 2023, at 6:00pm, PST. This concert will will be all the fun of a live concert...but from the comfort of your home! Abney Park's live streaming concerts put you right at the front of the stage, the best view in the house...but you control the volume, you get to choose who you sit next to, and you can watch in your pajamas!

Since this show features Jody, we'll be doing a lot of classic Abney Park songs that she recorded on. And because this show is two weeks from Christmas, we'll be doing a lot of Abney Park unique and dark Christmas songs, like "Your a Mean One Mister Grinch", and "The Crimson Intruder".

Robert J Woodhead Wrote:Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS II - Lovers Again - takes place within the solar system during 2090 A.D. Eighty years have passed since the events of Space War I, and U.N. Spacy has encountered little in the way of further interstellar threats to humanity’s homeworld. This long peace is suddenly shattered when a previously-unknown, highly aggressive humanoid alien race, the Marduk, launches a surprise attack.

During the first wave of assaults, it quickly becomes clear that not only does this new adversary appear to be immune to U.N. Spacy’s musical Minmay Attack, but the Marduk can inspire their soldiers using their own songstresses, the Emulators. During a front-line reporting assignment, Tabloid TV reporter Hibiki Kanzaki locates and rescues an Emulator in distress, Ishtar.

With the Minmay Attack no longer effective, U.N. Spacy is forced to deploy its entire arsenal in a desperate attempt to protect the Earth from utter devastation. Meanwhile, Hibiki, Ishtar, and U.N. Spacy ace pilot Silvie Gena race against time to discover the secrets hidden aboard the SDF-1 Macross fortress, hoping that they will provide the key to ending the conflict between humanity and the mysterious Marduk.

Quote:Confirmed Contents (Basic Blu-ray)
The Basic Blu-ray will contain the following:

• All 6 episodes of Macross II in HD with Japanese audio on a BD-50 disc, encoded at a bitrate just below the point at which your Blu-ray player will catch fire.
  
• Three types of English subtitles; our regular colored subtitles, colored SDH subtitles, and SDH captions.
  
• Two Japanese commentaries featuring production staff: Tomita Sukehiro (Story Editor/Screenwriter), Mikimoto Haruhiko (Character Design) & Sasaki Shiro (Music Producer) and voice actors: Takayama Tsutomu (voice of Hibiki Kanzaki), Kasahara Hiroko (voice and singing voice of Ishtar) & Toma Yumi (voice of Silvie Gena).
  
• Clean opening and ending credits sequences.
  
• List of all Kickstarter backers on the disc.
  
• Liner Notes booklet containing interviews with Takanashi Minoru, Tomita Sukehiro, Mikimoto Haruhiko, Yatagai Ken'ichi, Honda Yasunori and Sasaki Shiro.
  
• Folded printed insert containing a poster on one side and a list of backers on the other.
  
• Reversible cover slip; can be configured between traditional and graphics-heavy presentation.
  
• As with all our Blu-rays, the disc will not be region-locked.
  

Additional Features Being Developed
We can't 100% confirm these contents, but they will be added if rights clearances can be obtained.

• English-language dub - we are almost certain we will be able to include this, but we can't absolutely guarantee it at this point.
  

(12-16-2023, 06:46 PM)Mamorien Wrote: Did AnimEigo do the original English release of this one? Somehow, I thought it was US Renditions.

(12-16-2023, 06:46 PM)Mamorien Wrote: ... double that (so it's now US$150) to be listed as one of 80 Patrons on the second page of the loading screen; $250 to be a Prominent Patron on the first page; ...

(12-16-2023, 07:14 PM)robkelk Wrote:

(12-16-2023, 06:46 PM)Mamorien Wrote: Did AnimEigo do the original English release of this one? Somehow, I thought it was US Renditions.

It was originally USR, yes.

"James Bell, Crowdfunding Concierge, or else someone acting on his behalf, Wrote:Get ready Storypath fans! It's been several years since crowdfunding campaigns launched Scion Second Edition and the Trinity Continuum and both lines have flourished. But stock on those important core books has now sold through and it's time to reprint these foundational books for both game lines so that new players can use the rulebooks at the table and proudly display them on their shelves!

It's time for a Reprint Repro-A-GoGo!

Quote:This Kickstarter is for my new comic book: 'Blackthorne's Coven: Lily' which is a spin off story from my series, Brandi Bare. Introducing a brand new character named Lily, who has started down a path that leads her towards the resident witch of our little universe here, Ms. Blackthorne!

Lily is a (slightly frustrated) college art student, looking for more out of her life. Ms. Blackthorne is, to outward appearances the Dean of Foreign Studies. She also happens to be the resident witch on campus!

At the college library, Lily comes across a magical tome (which has had previous appearances in my other comics, like Redhead Tales 1 and 2). This will bring her into contact with Blackthorne, who is looking for that special someone to help with her sinister plans...

We'll also get a few cameo appearances from other characters from my comics, such as Brandi Bare and more. ?