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After a few unstable years, the hobby gaming industry finally found its footing in 2024 - just in time for Trump's trade war to create an unstable 2025
In an industry that has been up and down the past several years, a quiet, stable 2024 was exactly what hobby gaming publishers needed.
March 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Free League’s Alien tabletop RPG evolves in new trailer, teasing new rules, solo mode, and weapons from Romulus
Alien: The Roleplaying Game is getting an Evolved Edition from Free League Publishing featuring updated rules and much, much more
March 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Smokey Bear returns to comics to help stamp out wildfires
The iconic US Forest Service mascot Smokey Bear is coming back to comics.
February 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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ExclusiveQueer adventure, magical erotica, and real world problems showcase the breadth of comics' potential in Iron Circus's 2025 publishing slate
With second volumes of acclaimed series, a new supernatural erotica collection and two mystery projects, Iron Circus continues to innovate and create comics for those who want more than superheroes
January 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Square Enix, Kickstarter, and the charity Comic Books for Kids have some thoughts about the comic industry, and you can watch them explain
Square Enix, Kickstarter, and the charity Comic Books for Kids took to the stage at New York Comic Con 2024 to share their thoughts about where the comic industry is, and we have video
November 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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The founder of Marvel Studios is launching a new comic book universe, and Popverse has the scoop
Marvel Studios founder David Maisel takes to Kickstarter to launch Ekos Vol. 1, the beginning of an all-new connected comic book universe. Popverse sat down with Maisel to hear about it
October 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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News you can use: The Comics Courier aims to engage more deeply with comics (and learn about new stuff) in an actual newspaper
Popverse co-founder (and former Deputy Editor) Tiffany Babb wants to talk to you about comics.
October 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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16 years after his death, Michael Turner's creator-owned universe finally gets its crossover in Ekos - and we have a first look
Ekos Vol. 1 launches on Kickstarter September 17, but Popverse has a sneak peek of the Michael Turner holofoil covers
September 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Todd McFarlane's Medieval Spawn Kickstarter raises $1.5M in four days
According to one backer, the project reached its $100K goal “in probably about a minute, maybe two”
August 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Epiphany Engine brings together 33 publishers for single, multiverse-spanning event
Spearheaded by publisher Tony Kittrell and editor Joseph P. Illidge, Epiphany Engine unites Black superheroes from across the indie comics world - and you can bring the project to life!
June 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Kickstarter loses its head of comics after an abbreviated 6-month stint
Kickstarter's head of comics Bryce Gold just headed out after just six months on the job.
December 08, 2023
Chris Arrant
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The secret origin of one of the most beloved comics in history is making a comeback, and you can help
Bone: Jeff Smith's original breakthrough strip set to return via Kickstarter this fall
July 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Explore the line between life and death in an exclusive preview of the Black Box Chronicles
The sci-fi anthology is currently nearing the end of its successful Kickstarter campaign
June 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Kickstarter recruits ComiXology's content lead to head its comic division
Amazon's original comics content head at ComiXology, Bryce Gold, is jumping to Kickstarter
May 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
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COVID Cop: Dean Haspiel introduces a satirical hero for the pandemic era
Prolific comic book creator Dean Haspiel launches a Kickstarter campaign for COVID Cop, a blending social satire with pulp superhero action.
March 23, 2023
Sam Stone
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Let's Play webtoon is getting into the dating game with a new dating sim
Leanne Krecic launches a new dating sim based on her webcomic Let's Play
February 14, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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See Thanos creator Jim Starlin's return to his favorite character, Dreadstar
Thanos creator Jim Starlin returns with his own creator-owned character, Dreadstar
January 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
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The most popular Kickstarter comics crowdfunding projects of 2022
Listening to the crowds behind the crowdfunding successes of Kickstarter Comics in 2022
January 20, 2023
Chris Arrant
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A hardcover edition of Klaus by Grant Morrison & Dan Mora is being Kickstarted by BOOM!
Buy now, get it for the holidays next year
November 25, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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A new crowdfunding campaign aims to restore 1947's All-Negro Comics to comic book history
The Kickstarter campaign funds a restored version of the first comic book entirely created by Black creators
November 08, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Indie anthology Off Into The Sunset gains a second life on social media, thanks to its creators
The collapse of the original project wasn't the end of the story for creators behind the failed anthology Off Into The Sunset
November 07, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Comic artist Simon Roy returns to his webcomic roots with Griz Grobus
A holy robot, a war god goose, and their comic that hit its Kickstarter goal in under a day.
November 02, 2022
Alex Jaffe
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Does BOOM! Studios' early success with Giant Days Kickstarter signal a new distribution method?
The Giant Days Kickstarter is a success! But what does that tell us about BOOM! Studios and Kickstarter?
September 27, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Erica Schultz shares family secrets of a Nazi hunter with Image Comics' The Deadliest Bouquet
The Deadliest Bouquet's Erica Schultz talks about the Kickstarter/Image Comics series
August 19, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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The top 10 Kickstarter comics projects of 2022 so far, and the stats behind it all
A look at the data behind Kickstarter's big Q1 2022 comics successes, and the comics division as a whole
July 08, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Members onlyKickstarter's comics director speaks on the successes in 2022, and challenges ahead for the company and crowdfunding in general
Inside the successes and challenges of Kickstarter's comics division with director of publishing & comics outreach Oriana Leckert
July 07, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Scott Snyder’s students create a comic book anthology inspired by his Substack course
Popverse chats with Scott Snyder Presents Tales from the Cloakroom’s editors Aubrey Lyn Jeppson and C.K. Lawson about their upcoming Kickstarter and how Snyder’s classes shaped the book.
July 07, 2022
Kat Calamia
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Ramón Pérez shares how his Kukuburi series is him "looking to escape the routine and ennui"
Writer/artist Ramón Pérez on his personal story he's been trying to tell for over a decade
June 10, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Jeehyung Lee delves into our own individual Hells in Gumaa: The Beginning of Her
Gumaa: JeeHyung Lee launches his supernatural horror story
May 26, 2022
Sam Stone
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Mike and Laura Allred have solved how to store your lunch: a Madman Lunchbox
What ginchy thing will the Allreds think of next?
May 20, 2022
Chris Arrant