Author: matthewephotography@yahoo.com
Welcome to this week’s The Beat’s Comics Crowdfunding Roundup! Join us as we take a look at a century of historical retellings, the history of a beloved board game, a giant from Oklahoma, and four of our favorite stories. Black coal and red bandanaAuthor: Working Class HistoryGoal: $10,000End Date: September 5Bonuses: Get the digital eBook for $9, the print edition for $18, past copies of various projects for $35, and on the higher plan you get the Radical Labor History Combo for $100! An illustrated history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, by Raymond Tyler. Illustrations by Summer McClinton. “By…
Designer: Scott Almes Publisher: Button Shy Players: 1 Age: 10+ Duration: 20 minutes Played with a review copy provided by the publisher Modern life is filled with constant worries: busy work, unpaid bills, health concerns, etc. Why not let the rich aroma of your favourite tea take over your mind and forget your burdens, even if just for a moment? A Nice Cuppa is the seventh game in Button Shy’s Simply Solo series. Designed by Scott Almes, the game challenges players to deal with their worries over eight turns by carefully managing their cards. As worries unfold, life becomes complicated…
“This project has been a labor of love for Tom and I since 2019, and we’re thrilled to be bringing it to life in the 50th anniversary year of D&D,” said Van Lente. “It’s been a lot of fun following the story of the idea, from the invention of chess and early wargames, to the birth of TSR in the 1970s, and all the innovations that gamers and designers have made to the RPG genre since then, all the way through to Baldur’s Gate 3.” “The tabletop gaming industry is where I learned to be a professional artist,” says Fowler,…
Gabriel Nieve I don’t care what the history books say: The biggest event of 1996 wasn’t Bill Clinton’s reelection or the premiere of the classic movie “Independence Day.” It was the release of all four volumes of Mark Waid and Alex Ross’ DC Comics series, “Kingdom Come.” On Saturday, at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, Waid appeared alongside key members of the team making the Kingdom Come documentary during the “The Legend of Kingdom Come: Documentary Preview” panel. Moderated by The Wrap’s Mike Rowe, Waid was joined by director Lemsey Atassi, producer Sal Abinanti, and Arrowverse writers Shauna Benson and Julie…
Fantasy Tavern Brawl Designer: Adrao Publisher: Amuri Studio Players: 2-5 Ages: 14+ Time: 10-15 minutesI played a prototype copy provided by the publisher. summary: Your adventuring group stumbles into a tavern during a tavern brawl. Lead your 11 dwarf, orc adventurers/patrons, etc. and try to keep everyone trapped inside the tavern for the duration of the brawl. You’ll need to place, flick, and throw cards and crafting moves to trap the cards and adventurers inside the tavern. Fantasy Tavern Brawl is a high-energy dexterity game with strategic elements inspired by fantasy role-playing games. It was designed by indie designer Adrao,…
On Tuesday, Rebellion launched its first-ever Kickstarter campaign for Roxy, a romance anthology that evokes classic British romance comics while updating them for the 21st century. The book features four stories, one of which, “What I Was Made For” by Nadia Shamus and Joes Stone, is available for an exclusive preview by The Beat today. The original Roxy was a British girls’ romance comic published weekly by Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications from 1958 to 1963, totaling 288 issues. This latest anthology includes the main cover by Hannah Templer, a retro Roxy paperback edition, and a hardcover edition by Marguerite…
If you’re looking for a Darkwing graphic novel collection, the Darkwing Duck Kickstarter is the place for you. But hurry, it’s ending soon – on Wednesday, July 3rd at 3pm EST. Three graphic novel volumes, Darkly Dawns the Duck, Cowl & Fowl, and Heroes and Villains, will be released and offered in several versions, including paperback, hardcover, hardcover signed by author Tad Stones, and a remarked premiere oversized edition. Darkly Dawns the Duck features issue #4 of the 1991 Darkwing Duck series released by Walt Disney Productions, as well as Marvel Comics stories that appeared in Disney Afternoon #1-10 from…
Invader Comics has launched a Kickstarter for the second and final installment of their atmospheric horror two-parter, “Animals,” written by Keith Foster and illustrated by Ed Condon (Issue 1) and Nico Mieres (Issue 2). In addition to backing the project for Issue 2, readers will also get the debut issue and some bonus goodies. Animals follows Pacific Northwest wildlife ranger Dan Simmons and sheriff Jack Bertrand as they try to discover what is causing a mutant virus to infect and reanimate the local wildlife. The animals are already attacking humans, and things are getting worse faster than the humans can…
Designers: Richard Garfield, Ken Jennings Publisher: Nighthawk Games Players: 2-12 Ages: 12+ Time: 30 minutes Half Truth: Second Guess is the standalone sequel to the 2020 board game Half Truth. Each question has six answers, half of which are wrong. Team up with other trivia enthusiasts to find the Half Truth of a question. What’s special about Half Truth as a trivia game is that you don’t have to find all the right answers, you can give 1-3 answers. The more you guess, the more points you get, but if you get even one wrong answer, you get 0 points…
The 1972 TV movie Kolchak the Night Stalker quickly became a cult favorite and even spawned a TV series starring actor Darren McGavin. Horror legend Richard Matheson wrote the film’s screenplay based on Jeff Rice’s then-unpublished novel, and the film, released the following year, is still beloved by horror fans around the world. Now, fans can pick up a special edition hardcover from Monstrous Books, featuring art by Russ Brown and a host of unique extras from this modern horror master. The campaign, which launches today on Kickstarter, allows fans to back a limited edition (1,973 copies) hardcover edition of…