davidh777

On the It’s Alive Facebook page, Drew Ford’s wife posted a photo of him in the ICU unresponsive and hooked up to tubes. Haven’t seen any updates in the last couple days.

Edit: Drew has passed away from Covid-related pneumonia.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/drew...m-coronavirus/

tonyc3742

That's terrible and sad His wife Kiki's writeup on the GoFundMe page is heartwrenching.

I'm not sure when I started but comics are about 25% of the projects I've backed on KS.
Currently active ones:
The Complete Giant Days which I think I read through on Comixology Unlimited, but I haven't touched that app since the great reboot debacle, and this series is worth a revisit.
Destiny vol 6 - I just recently received my all-in pack with 1-5 and the spinoffs.
Recently completed or fulfilled -
Plastic Farm - I know nothing about it, it looked cool
Trekker Blood in the Wind - pretty much all in on anything Trekker. Up till recently I had my b/w original Dark Horse issues by my desk.
Red, White and Broke looked fun
Collectors , Love and Capes and Impossible Jones were good finds.
A bunch more but those are recent ones. Another 'genre' that appeals to me is physical copies (or PDF, depending on pricing) of webcomics I used to read.

I'm always looking for some new, interesting comics to check out.

Pricing for crowdfund comics is weird - there are some where PDF copies are 50% or more of the price of the physical, and others where the PDF version is only 5 or 10 bucks. I'll try many things for 5 or 10 bucks, and if the PDF is 60% or more of the physical price, I'll usually go for physical, especially if it comes with the PDF.

Trevor

I hate to admit it, but I’m considering the Bad Idea Kickstarter.

Red Hood

Same here but I hate that they are pulling some bs with the tiers and capping them before their limit.

majorjoe23

There's a documentary about Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens with a Kickstarter live. One of the rewards is a comic written by the film's screenwriters, Paul De Meo and Danny Billson, with art by Adam Hughes.

The Rocketeer and Dave Stevens: A Documentary Film by Art for Arf'sake — Kickstarter

majorjoe23

There's a Kickstarter going for Madman and It Girl retro-style action figures:

Mike Allred's Frank Einstein & It Girl Retro Action Figures by Christopher Irving — Kickstarter

fujishig

Jeff Smith has a new kickstarter for basically proto-Bone (the Thorn strips he drew in college):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...d=k3o9chtfsr9i

rocket1312

I was so excited to see this, but was bummed to see that the original art reward sold out almost instantly. I'm still excited for the book, but getting an original Bone piece by Smith, who does not sell his original art, is pretty high on my list of collecting goals and I wonder how many more opportunities I might have. I do have a remarqued hardcover, which is nice, but it's obviously not suitable for display.

Trevor

I’ve had the old collection of that Thorn strip in my ebay searches for years, never found it in my price range, and now I see it’s in the 10k tier iirc.

I’ll happily get this book instead of the original printing. But I won’t do the Kickstarter, seems light on rewards for the price. Will get it from DCBS someday for about half this price.

fujishig

Yeah the exclusive is basically if you like this enough to want it in hardcover.

Trevor

Crap, yeah, I guess I do want it in hardcover.