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  2. Crimebuster
    Hello, friends!
    Just a quick message - there are only 9 hours left to get my new comic Quest #3. The campaign ends at 11 pm ET tonight. 
    if you missed the first two issues, don't worry, there's a special discounted catch-up reward tier so you can get the whole series with one click of a button. 
    Thank you all for your support! I really appreciate it!
    Here's the link again:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/quest-3?ref=d21edb





  3. Crimebuster
    Hey everyone! My new comic Quest #3 is now live on Kickstarter. I just can't stop making comics!
    If you like bronze Age style swords and sorcery, that's exactly what I'm trying to do here. I'm really excited for this issue, as it's the story I've had in my head since I began working on Quest. I'm really stoked to be able to share it with everyone!
    Here's the link for the campaign -- if you missed the first two issues, don't worry, I've added a special discounted catch-up reward so you can get the whole saga with one click. 
    And as always, I've also done a Tabletop RPG Edition with 8 bonus pages of gaming supplement material so you can play through the story from the comic in your own home game. So if you're a D&D fan, you won't want to miss it. 
    Thank you all for all your support with these comics over the years, I really appreciate it so much!

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  4. Crimebuster
    The Kickstarter for my new comic The Crimebusters #6 ends tomorrow, and I spent the week working on the back cover.
    This issue has a guest appearance by Joe and Frank Hardy. The Hardy Boys entered the public domain last year, though I haven't seen anyone else use them yet. 
    The name "The Hardy Boys" is still trademarked, so I can't use that on the cover. But I wanted to capture the feel, so I did an homage to the cover of their first book, which was drawn by Walter S. Rogers. That art is also in the public domain, but I wanted to redo it in my own style rather than use the original. 
     

  5. Crimebuster

    My new comic is here!

    By Crimebuster,


    The Crimebusters
    My new comic, The Crimebusters #6, is now live on Kickstarter!
    This one has been a lot of fun to work on. I love using public domain characters, so besides Crimebuster himself, this time around we've got Uncle Sam, Richard Upton Pickman from the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, and even The Hardy Boys, who slipped into the public domain last year a bit under the radar! 
    I've also got some really swell variant covers, including a cool 5th Anniversary Cover. Yes, it's been 5 years now since The Crimebusters #1 came out! To celebrate, I'm doing a series of 5th Anniversary covers for everything I publish this year, based on the Marvel 25th Anniversary covers. 
    You can get the new issue here! Thank you for all the support!!
     





  6. Crimebuster

    Join the QUEST! 😃

    By Crimebuster,


    Quest
    Hey there, comic friends!
    I'm super excited to tell you that my new epic fantasy comic Quest is coming to Kickstarter next month, and the pre-launch page is currently live. 
     

     
    This is an ongoing series inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and by classic swords and sorcery comics like Savage Sword of Conan. I've always been a huge fantasy fan, and it was fantasy that really got me into comics -- before I bought my first comic book, I was reading comics in the back of Dragon Magazine, so it's no wonder that Warlord and Conan the Barbarian were among the first comic books I bought. 
    Quest is going to be full of dungeon crawls and weird monsters, and the world is populated with characters right out of D&D, so if you are into that sort of thing, I hope you'll consider giving Quest a try!
    I already have the inked artwork done for issue #2 and am actively working on #3 at the moment, so I'm really committed to this series!
    I also have a bunch of variant covers to share with you, including two I did myself. And the D&D module variant will also include 8 bonus pages of gaming supplements so you can bring the world of Quest to your own home game!




     
    I'll have more soon, including a free pdf you can download with the first 5 pages as a preview. For now, here's the Kickstarter pre-launch link again.
    I love making comics, so I'm very excited for this, and I appreciate your support! Thank you!
  7. Crimebuster

    The Crimebusters #6 is coming soon!

    By Crimebuster,


    The Crimebusters
    It's been a long time coming, but I'm excited to finally announce that The Crimebusters #6 is coming soon!
    I'm tentatively planning a January Kickstarter launch, assuming the art is finished on schedule. You can click here to check out the pre-launch page and hit the "Notify me on launch" button to make sure you don't miss it. 
    This issue leans more into the Lovecraft side of things, as Trixie and Chuck investigate some spooky unsolved murders involving haunted paintings. 
    This issue also guest stars Uncle Sam... and The Hardy Boys!
    I'll have more about it as we get closer, but here are some of the covers:
     



  8. Crimebuster
    We're inside the final 29 hours on the campaign for my new fantasy comic Quest #2, and it's coming right down to the wire.
    I thought we had funded a couple hours ago, but no sooner did we cross the goal than someone canceled a pledge and we dropped back below the line.
    That means at the moment we're still $15 short of being funded. There's still plenty of time -- but also plenty of time for more people to cancel, so who knows!
    If you love epic fantasy and classic swords & sorcery, Bronze Age style action, check out Quest here!
    Thanks for all the support!



  9. Crimebuster
    My new comic Quest #2 is currently live on Kickstarter, and since this issue features my main character Vhess the paladin battling the undead, it only made sense to me to do a Walking Dead homage cover. You know how much I love my homage covers!
    This is an homage to Tony Moore's cover for The Walking Dead #19, the first appearance of Michonne. I'm only printing 30 copies, and it's only available as an add-on, so if you dig it get it before it's gone!

  10. Crimebuster
    Hello, friends!
    I'm excited to announce that my new epic fantasy comic Quest #1-2 is now live on Kickstarter! This is my ode to Bronze Age style swords and sorcery, and comics like Warlord and Conan, so if you like that sort of thing I think you'll like Quest!
    You can check it out here.
    I've also finished the other variant covers, and wanted specifically to mention the Tabletop RPG Edition. The cover is an homage to the classic D&D module "Keep on the Borderlands" by Jim Roslof, and the interior also includes 8 bonus pages of game supplement material so you can play through the adventure from the comic in your own home game. My DM and I have had a lot of fun putting it together, and I'm excited for people to read the comic and then play the adventure!
    Thanks everyone for the support!




  11. Crimebuster
    Well, the year is coming to a close, but I'm going to squeeze in one more Kickstarter campaign before 2023 ends. 
    This is for Quest #2! Quest is my new ongoing epic fantasy comic featuring a ragtag group of adventurers who are thrown together by fate and charged with an impossible quest with the fate of their world at stake.
    You know... the good stuff!
    The Kickstarter launches on October 23. I'm still working on the final cover, but here's a look at some of the covers you'll be able to choose from this time around:



     
    Here's the link again! Thanks for all the support, everyone!
  12. Crimebuster

    Going, going... gone! 👻

    By Crimebuster,


    comic books
    There are just 28 hours left in the campaign for the first trade collection of my comic The Crimebusters, and we're still $286 short of our funding goal. So if you're a fan of supernatural mystery adventure in the classic Scooby-Doo style, this may be the last chance to get The Crimebusters Volume 1! Your pledge could be the one that gets us over the line!
    Here's the link:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/crimebusters-vol-1
    Thank you all for your support over the years on this comic, I really appreciate it!
     

  13. Crimebuster
    It's here!
    Almost 5 years after I started working on the first issue of my first comic, The Crimebusters #1, I'm super excited to announce that the first trade collection, collecting The Crimebusters issues #1-5, is now live on Kickstarter! Besides having over 175 pages of action, I've also has the first three issues -- which were originally in black and white -- colored for the first time. 
    Thank you all for your support throughout this adventure! I really appreciate it very much!
    Here's a look at the three covers:



     
    Here's the link to the Kickstarter again. Thank you all and I hope you enjoy it!
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/crimebusters-vol-1/
  14. Crimebuster
    It's been nearly five years now since I began working on my first comic, The Crimebusters #1, and 4 1/2 years since it came out on Kickstarter. So it's not overstating it when I say it's all led up to this:
    The Crimebusters volume 1, which collects The Crimebusters #1-5 in one volume for the first time, is coming to Kickstarter on September 13!
    Additionally, I am currently in the process of having both issues #2 and #3 colored, meaning that the trade will present all five issues in color for the first time! So even if you've already read the first three issues, which were originally in black and white, the trade will provide a whole new reading experience. 
    I'm really jazzed to get this trade out to everyone, and to have it in my own collection! Thank you all for the support over the years, and I hope you dig it!
    Here's the link to the re-paunch page - just click the "Notify me on launch" button to make sure you don't miss anything.
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/crimebusters-vol-1/
    As always, there will variant covers in addition to the regular version. I haven't yet finished the Boy Comics variant, but here's a look at the regular edition and the cover for the Trixie Trouble Mysteries variant. See you there!!


  15. Crimebuster
    Hey everyone!
    We're less than 36 hours away from the end of the Kickstarter for my newest comic, the epic fantasy Quest #1, and we're thiiiiis close to funding. But we still need a little help getting over the line! Right now we're at 90% funded, with only $276 left to go to hit our funding goal. 
    So if you think you might like some indie fantasy comic action, you can check it out here! Thank you for all the support!
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/quest-epic-fantasy-adventure?ref=bjwa9u


  16. Crimebuster
    Hello, comic book friends!
    I'm so excited today to announce that my new comic book Quest #1 is now LIVE on Kickstarter!   I've been a huge fantasy fan for my whole life. Playing Dungeons & Dragons and reading their Endless Quest series of books as a child opened my imagination to new worlds of wonder. I would sit on the floor with my modules and play out whole campaigns by myself, creating stories of heroes and monsters, triumph and tragedy, before rolling the dice and starting it all over anew.   Quest is the culmination of a lifetime of dreaming. I first began creating the characters, world, and story of Quest way back in the mid 90s, and over the years, I've returned to them again and again, working to one day tell their tale.   And that day is today!   In Quest #1, you'll meet a ragtag band of adventurers, thrown together by fate and charged with an impossible quest to save their world -- a quest they know almost nothing about. It's filled with action from page one, and as the story progresses, so too will our heroes, growing in strength and tempered by loss as they try to learn the secrets that drive their mission before time runs out!   So gather your courage to the sticking point and join me for the start of an epic Quest! Because by supporting my comics and making my dreams a reality, YOU truly are the hero of this story! Thank you so much!! 🤗   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/quest-epic-fantasy-adventure?ref=bjwa9u  
  17. Crimebuster
    Well, I sent The Crimebusters #5 to the printer on Monday, so I'm launching my next Kickstarter next Monday!
    I'm tired!! 
    This one is a little different form the others, though, so hopefully it won't be as much work. I'm just doing a short, simple Kickstarter to print a new blank variant edition of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #1 so I can do sketch covers on it for fans of the series, or so they can draw their own covers, or commission someone else to do it. 
    Since the art is all done and everything, this should be really simple, and the goal is very low too since I just need to cover printing and shipping costs and not the art costs. 
    You can check it out here!
    My next new comic will hopefully be the first issue of my new ongoing epic fantasy series Quest. Once that is closer to being ready to launch, I'll do a whole journal entry about it with all the characters and variant covers and everything. 
    Thanks again for all the support everyone!!
  18. Crimebuster
    Man, doing these Kickstarters is such a massive amount of soul crushing work! 
    But, there's just one week left in the campaign for The Crimebusters #5, and making this comic a reality more than makes up for all the work!
    I'm really excited to say that we've hit our funding goal! And now we're close to unlocking the first stretch goal!
    My hope is that we can unlock a couple more after this as well, because I want to be able to give my backers as much stuff as possible to make it the most fun experience I can. 🤗
    I also just finished the back cover, which is a big tease for the main mystery of the series going forward, so I wanted to share that. 
    Thank you everyone for all the support, I appreciate it very much and I hope you dig the comic! 
    Here's the link to the campaign one more time if you want to check it out. 🙂

  19. Crimebuster
    So weird, I know I absolutely posted this back on Monday, but there's no sign of it. Apparently the boards just ate it. 
    Anyway, I'm excited to let you all know that my newest comic The Crimebusters #5 is now live on Kickstarter!
    This is sort of the culmination of everything that's happened so fr, bringig together subplots and loose ends and tying up characters arcs while also setting the groundwork for the next batch of stories. Plus, it's the first issue that I haven't drawn myself, as new artist Mac Radwanski has taken over. So this is a really big one for me!
    I also have added some catch-up reward tiers where readers can get a full set of all 8 comics I've done so far, either the regular editions or the super-rare exclusive variant editions, so if you haven't had a chance to check them out yet, this is a good jumping on point. 
    We launched back on Monday and have passed the halfway mark towards funding, so thank you to everyone for your support, I really appreciate it!
    I also wanted to let you know that I just added a couple add-ons some of you may or may not be interested in. They are on the pricey side, but it's two spots to be drawn into the next issue, issue #6 -- one as a hockey coach on a single page, and one as a murder victim who may be on a couple pages. 
    These are both one of one add-ons, and they are again on the expensive side of things, but if you want to get murdered in a comic and have Chuck and Trixie solve the case, this is your chance! These are both add-ons only, so if you've already pledged you can adjust your pledge level to select it as an add-on.
    I did one of these before and it worked out pretty well. I have ended up making the person from the cameo into a recurring character, though that's been easier because the reward tier for the cameo was claimed by my father-in-law 😁
    Here's the link again for The Crimebusters #5, and a look again at this issue's covers. Thanks!




  20. Crimebuster
    I'm nervous and excited to announce that my new comic The Crimebusters #5 is coming to Kickstarter on January 30!
    Excited because this one is the culmination of all the subplots I've been dropping hints for through the first four issue. This is where the bigger, over-arching mystery starts coming together.
    Nervous because this is the first issue of The Crimebusters that I haven't drawn myself. New artist Mac Radwanski did the art, and I think he's a lot better than I am!  But that means there are a lot more costs associated with this issue than with the previous issues, so I'm pretty nervous that I'm going to lose some money this time around. 
    I also am excited, though, for the Trixie's Mysteries variant co ver by guest artist Lenm, because this is probably my favorite yet!
    You can check out the pre-launch page now and click on the "Notify me on launch" button to make sure you don't miss any of the limited edition variant covers. 
    Here's a look art the regular cover by Mac, the Trixie's Mysteries variant by Lenm, and the Boy Comics variant by yours truly, which is an homage to Gil Kane's cover for Rex the Wonder Dog #11:
     



     
  21. Crimebuster
    We're down to the final 6 hours of the Kickstarter campaign for Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2, and boy, has this been a roller coaster!
    Right now we're just $261 away from unlocking the final stretch goal for bonus rewards, so I'm hoping we can hit that. And then I can rest my weary head!
    Here's the link one final time. Thanks for the support everyone!

  22. Crimebuster
    Well, there are just 6 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2. And man, it's been a roller coaster ride. Nothing has gone as expected, and it's been much more difficult than the first issue. Everything's topsy turvy!
    Having said that, we did hit the funding goal a couple days ago, so thank you all for your support! Now I'm hoping we can get to the stretch goals in the next few days so people can get bonus rewards, particularly the set of five new trading cards I have planned. I like to do trading cards with every issue, but the cost of producing them has gone up quite a bit in recent months, so unless we hit the stretch goal I'm not sure I can afford it this time. We'll see!
    I also have on deck a new Uncle Sam print by the series artist Jay Piscopo that I'd love to be able to send to everyone. Check it out:
     

     
    Additionally, I'm excited that the physical proof of my last comic, the Crimebuster 80th Anniversary Special, just arrived. Everything looked good, so I'm now just waiting for the printer to send me the comics! This is a 100-page giant featuring a never before published cover by the great George Tuska, so I'm excited just to have it in my own collection! The fact that I got to have a George Tuska cover on one of my comics is kind of amazing!
    I do have a few extra copies of this available as add-ons if you back Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, so if anyone missed it, there's a second chance to grab it.
    Here's a little unboxing video I did to show the proof:
     
    And here's another look at the Tuska cover:
     

     
    Thanks everyone!!
  23. Crimebuster

    My first crossover!

    By Crimebuster,


    comic books
    I'm really excited to share that I'm doing my first crossover with another comic!
    The short versions is that I've had artist Ryan Mendoza do variant covers for both issues of my series Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, which is currently live on Kickstarter.
    Ryan is the regular artist on a series called Miskatonic High. For those who aren't familiar with Miskatonic High, it's one of the most successful series on Kickstarter. They actually have a pretty regular distribution schedule, not monthly, but they get a lot of stuff out - their new campaign is issue #16, all of which have been done through Kickstarter. I think in the last 4+ years, so they're doing 4 issues a year or so, plus specials and stuff as well.

    Miskatonic High actually has a lot of similarities to my comic The Crimebusters, in that it follows a group of students (high school rather than college) who are constantly getting caught up in supernatural adventures. Just in the modern day instead of the 1950s. So I've been watching them closely since I began, as they're where I want to be. 

    So when we realized that their issue #16 would be live at the same time as Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2, we thought it would be cool to do a cross-promotion: anyone who backs both campaigns will get a special bonus print featuring the characters from both titles together.

    I suggested to Ryan that we do it as an homage to the classic cover of Justice League of America #21. Here's the print:
     

     
    If enough people dig it there's an outside chance we might think about doing a comic to tell the story in the print. That would be super cool, to do an actually story crossover!
    But for now, I'm just really excited to do this print crossover. It's really fun, and cool that other creators - who, let's face it, are more successful as well - want to work with me. 🙂
    Here's the link to Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam again: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/cthulhu-vs-uncle-sam-2?ref=7tnm0a
     
    And here's the link to Miskatonic High #16: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1442861719/miskatonic-high-issue-16-the-hunters-get-haunted
    And here are Ryan's two covers for Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam:


     
     
  24. Crimebuster
    Coming to the end of the first week, and we just passed 50% funded. So things are going pretty well!

    But it's been a lot more work this time than with most of my previous campaigns. For whatever reason, we're actually several hundred dollars behind where the first issue campaign was at the same point. So I am really grinding this one out, prooting it everywhere possible in a never ending losing battle against social media algorithms. It can definitely be a tough row to hoe, so I really appreciate all the support you guys have bene giving me, it helps a lot!

    I had been hoping to start working on the third issue at this point as well, but I've decided I better hold off until I see how this campaign ends up doing. Even if I hit my goal there's a reasonable chance I may still lose money on this issue, so I don't want to start spending more until I find out whether there's enough interest to warrant a third issue.

    I've got a big cross-promotion with the folks at Miskatonic High coming up, so we'll see how that imapcts anything. Once they are live I'll post all the details here.

    Still a long ways to go!

    Here's the link again if you didn't see it:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/cthulhu-vs-uncle-sam-2?ref=93y8kv

  25. Crimebuster
    Well, it took 15 months of work, but my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2 is now live on Kickstarter. 
    I'm really happy to finally have this done and get it out there to the world!
    Here's the link if you're interested:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/cthulhu-vs-uncle-sam-2?ref=cux6cc
    Thanks all!