Tag: Andrew MacLean

Crowdpuncher | Derek Laufman returns to ‘Crimson Fall’

Check out crowdfunding campaigns you can support by Andrew Maclean, Erik Whalen, Mark Bertolini, James Boulton and more.

Welcome to Crowdpuncher, where we round up cool comics crowdfunding campaigns. If you’re looking to support a creator or project directly, you’ve come to the right place.

 Derek Laufman, creator of the excellent RuinWorld and many other comics, shared a new webcomic called Crimson Fall: Lambs of God not too long ago. It’s about Sir Duncross, a former-knight-turned-mercenary who stands between the surface world and “what lurks beneath the surface of this horrid land.”

The comic can be read online or bought in print from Laufman’s store, and now he’s returning to this world for a new graphic novel that he’s crowdfunding: Crimson Fall: The Shore Tower.

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A slew of awesome creators deconstruct ‘The Dark Knight Returns’

‘Shitty Dark Knight’ brings together Dave Baker, Andrew MacLean, Jim Rugg, Zack Soto and more for the ‘worst possible execution’ of Miller’s classic comic.

In a week full of news and announcements about comics and related stuff, this right here is the one that most intrigues me. Several creators, including Zack Soto, Paul Maybury, Malachi Ward and Jim Rugg, have come together to “redraw” The Dark Knight Returns, the classic Frank Miller/Klaus Janson/Lynn Varley magnum opus from the 1980s. Their goal is to see how well the visual storytelling holds up.

Titled Shitty Dark Knight, the book can be pre-ordered from Dave Baker’s online store, and will also be available this week at Comic-Con International.

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Andrew MacLean’s ‘Head Lopper’ goes vinyl

Get your own vinyl figure of Norgal, the head-lopping star of the Image Comics title.

Norgal, the star of Andrew MacLean’s Head Lopper title, will become a fist-pumping vinyl figure, thanks to Skelton Crew Studio.

Skelton Crew will produce two different Norgal figures — your standard Norgal, and your “bog blue” variant. You can purchase them now for $48 each; after July 2 the regular Norgal will go up in price to $55, while blue Norgal will no longer be available. Also, if you order the regular one in June, you’ll get a map of Barra, the setting for Norgal’s head lopping in the first four issues of the Image Comics title.

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