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the influence of the 70’s four-colour heroes is a power that instilled a genuine sense of the power of justice in a lot of people my age who grew up reading them. There was nothing a true crusader borne of the spot-colour process couldn’t do. They could absorb damage, push …

I’m a fan. I go to conventions; my heart literally skips beats at the thought of sharing a few moments of time with my fandom idols and I get euphoric when I’m in their presence. Yeah, I spend money to get into these events and I part with hard-earned cash …

A very wise creator recently told me that she really admired crowdfunding projects and tended to contribute to them whenever she could because of the passion they represented. I can see her point. I mean, it’s a very vulnerable thing for someone to place themselves in the public eye, present …

You know, Jan Duursema and John Ostrander are names from the heady days of my youthful comic reading. Titles like Arion, Lord of Atlantis, Wonder Woman, Hawkworld, and then there are the Star Wars titles from Dark Horse Comics: Star Wars: Legacy or Star Wars: Republic. The high quality collaboration …

This post is a round-up of both current and recently completed crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or other platforms by Chicago-based comic creators.

Whether you know me personally as Daniel or just through this blog as the writer/editor Pop Mythologist, I need your help. My Kickstarter for my book, 'Your Superhero Origin,' will launch on Thursday, March 24, and there’s a lot riding on it.

I’ve admired Linda Park for her performance as Ensign Hoshi Sato on Star Trek: Enterprise for a long time now. Imagine my joy when I got handed her phone number and told that she’s looking forward to chatting with me. Yeah… I was giggling like a typical Trek fanboy but the …

The creator of the 'Rock, Paper, Cynic' webcomic is doing a kickstarter for an album that he describes as being a "musical mad science experiment."