Crowdfunded Comics

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In the 21st century, with the comics industry increasingly dominated by major media conglomerates, a number of smaller comic-book creators have turned to crowdfunding in order to get their comics published, directly appealing to consumers for funding.

Oftentimes, it's webcomics that use crowdfunding which often have Webcomic Print Collection runs, collected works, reissues and also limited edition or special exclusive variants.

Examples of crowdfunded comics:

• The Accords
• The Adventures of Aero-Girl
• Albert Einstein: Time Mason
• Alt★Hero
• American Dreams (2021)
• America's Kingdom
• Amorini: Amateur Cupid
• Apama - The Undiscovered Animal
• Arachna
• AstroWitch
• The Backwards House
• Bad Wolf
• Battle Chasers ^note Originally published by Cliffhanger Comics in the 90's, but now published via crowdfunding/
• Beyond the Western Deep
• Bingo Love
• Black Bishop
• Black Hops
• Body Bags (1996)
• BRZRKR
• Burlap
• Ctrl+Alt+Del ^note A collection of 10 years in 3 volumes, physical edition, was crowdfunded by the community.
• Cyber Frog ^note The original series was published conventionally in The '90s, but more recent stories are crowdfunded.
• Death Nell
• Death Sentence
• Death Vigil
• Destiny, NY
• The Elf With No Name
• Epic: Superteenage Wasteland
• Erika and the Princes in Distress
• Ever After Verse
  • The Beast and Snow
  • Nightmare In Wonderland
  • The Witches of Oz
• Flare ^note Originally published conventionally, but new issues and trades are crowdfunded.
• Flesh Eating Cheerleaders From Outer Space
• The GaMERCaT
• Gaslighters
• Gemshock
• Girl Genius ^note Originally published in print, now a webcomic with crowdfunded collections.
• Give Em Hell
• Gold Digger (Antarctic Press)
• Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony
• Grimm Fairy Tales
• Hairology
• Haunted
• Hound
• Isom
• I Summoned Cthulhu to Fund My Kickstarter
• Jawbreakers
• Kamen America
• Knightwrath
• Kyrie
• Lady Death ^note Whereas previous series had been published conventionally, those series published by Coffin Comics are now crowdfunded.
• Leaving Megalopolis
• Lightbringer
• Like Father, Like Daughter (2018)
• Magic Powder
• Magnus
• Maliki ^note The webcomic started in 2004, Ankama started releasing the series in physical form in 2006, but the creator switched to crowdfunding in 2015.
• The Mighty Mite
• The Misadventures of Bombshell & Atomica
• Nexus ^note Originally published traditionally, but later stories would be done via crowdfunded.
• Night Wolf
• Ninja High School
• Nothing-Man
• OnlyFriends with Penn
• Patriotika
• The Pride
• Princeless
• Prison Witch
• Private American
• Private Dance
• Pumpkin (Jason Conley)
• Punchline and the Vaude-Villains
• Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love
• Roy Thomas' Anthem ^note The first four issues were published traditionally, but subsequent issues are now crowdfunded
• Saucer Country ^note Originally published by Vertigo Comics, but was cancelled after 14 issues due to poor sales. It then moved to IDW Publishing, under the new title Saucer State, but was again cancelled, after six issues, due to poor sales. The creators finally went to crowdfunding to produce an omnibus edition of the entire comic, plus new chapters that would give the story a proper ending.
• Saving The World
• Scurry ^note Originally published on the web, the author later used crowdfunding to fund a print release.
• The Secrets of Willowmyst
• Shi ^note While older issues followed the traditional publishing methods, more recent stories have used crowdfunding
• Simon Says: Nazi Hunter
• Slightly Damned
• Slice of Life (2021)
• Smoke Weed, See the Future
• South Pole Santa Claus
• Star Noir
• Sunstone
• The Switch Electricia
• Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
• TEZUCOMI
• Thin Blue Line
• Trekker
• Trigger Girl
• Unico: Awakening ^note The series begun as a Kickstarter campaign by Tezuka Productions for Volume 1. Future volumes and supplemental material are published traditionally after Scholastic picked up the rights in Fall 2023.
• Vampire Blood Drive
• Vanya the Lost Warrior
• The Vigilant: The Dimensional Protectorate
• Wild Wisps