Kickstarted: AFTERLIFE INC. VOLUME 4: MAN MADE GOD

In our Kickstarted feature, we take a look at those comics-related projects on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter that we feel warrant extra attention...

Matt C: So, full disclosure: Jon Lock, creator of Afterlife Inc. and founding member of Big Punch Studios is a friend, and of course we like to support our friends in their creative endeavours. But you may have noticed a lack of articles under the 'Kickstarted' heading and that's probably because after a brief infatuation with Kickstarter a couple of years ago I've become an awful lot more picky when it comes to projects I'm willing to get behind. If you've been down the Kickstarter road more than a few times then chances are you've found a few gems along the way but also quite possibly projects that were far less than your expectations lead you to believe, and maybe you've also been burnt seeing money pledged disappear into the void when creators go AWOL. 

Kickstarted: MELKSHAM COMIC CON 2014 - THE EXPANSION

In our Kickstarted feature, we take a look at those comics-related projects on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter that we feel warrant extra attention...

Matt C: A little over a year ago, we at The PCG were entirely oblivious to the fact that a bona fide comic convention had been held less than 60 miles away from us in August 2012. Then, in early 2013, an article at Bleeding Cool alerted us to a Kickstater campaign that had been started to help fund the second annual Melksham Comic Con. While the first one had passed us by, considering its proximity made it the closest convention to our stomping ground, there was no way we were going to miss it this time around.

We duly invested some cash in the campaign and were of course enormously pleased to see it hit its target, enabling con organizer Hayley Spencer and her team of Brians (yes, well get to that) to mount the event at the end of August. When August came around we set off towards Wiltshire, unsure of quite what to expect. A small town just outside of the Cotswolds, not the most obvious place for expressing a love of comic books… Would it be any good? Had our money been well invested?

Kickstarted: MELKSHAM COMIC CON 2013

In our Kickstarted feature, we take a look at those comics-related projects on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter that we feel warrant extra attention. We’ll highlight the ones currently looking for funding as well as reviewing those that have been completed, with the finished product now in the hands of the contributors.

Matt C: If you’re a fan of the funny books, you can’t deny the allure of a comics convention. They offer the chance to mingle with folks that don’t sniff at your obsession, whether they’re like-minded fanboys or girls, friendly retailers tempting you with their wares, or creators who produce those sequential art delights we love with a passion.

Spotting the Bleeding Cool article during downtime at the LSCC last weekend put this project on my radar, a convention that was held last year and completely skipped my attention. That’s not surprising in itself (plenty of things skip my attention these days!), but it’s the fact that it’s just an hour up the road from me that had me raising an eyebrow as makes it, by default, my ‘local’ con!