Nicholas Doan and Gwendolyn Dreyer are two of my favorite people in the comics community. They are incredible at giving of their time and knowledge along with making dope ass books. I brought them on the show to talk about anthologies in conjunction with the launch of my new anthology Monsters and Other Scary Shit. Click here to check it out. For just $40, you get a hardcover of the book, digital print, and pdf including shipping in the USA! Nick and Gwen put together the ama

I've said it before, but finding horror comics for kids is tough. The options are pretty limited. Fortunately, there have been a handful of titles that have popped up in recent years such as Oddly Normal or C is for Cthulhu. Writer Nicholas Doan is doing his parts to keep kids entertained with the macabre with Monster Elementary. He's turned to Kickstarter to fund the second graphic novel in the series, entitled Monster Elementary and the Egyptian Curse. Doan had previou

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2015 STAN SAKAI JOINS THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR THE FOLLOW UP VOLUME TO THE ALL-AGES, AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC NOVEL, “MONSTER ELEMENTARY” Los Angeles, CA (July 31, 2015) – Stan Sakai, celebrated creator of the critically acclaimed Usagi Yojimbo and artist for 47 Ronin, joins the Kickstarter campaign for Monster Elementary and the Egyptian Curse, the follow-up to Nicholas Doan’s all-ages, award-winning graphic novel, Monster Elementary. Saka

Kickstarter is a wild and crazy place, with well over a hundred comics campaigns going on at any given time. Each week, Kickstarter Watch is going to highlight five campaigns that are currently active. Some will be funded, some will be well on their way, and others will just be embarking on their adventure to become realized. If you are a fan of crowdfunding, definitely take a peek at the books highlighted below! THE SECRET LOVES OF GEEK GIRLS Campaign created by Hope Nichol

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2015 “MONSTER ELEMENTARY AND THE EGYPTIAN CURSE,” THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE ALL-AGES, AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC NOVEL “MONSTER ELEMENTARY,” LAUNCHES ON KICKSTARTER Los Angeles, CA (July 6, 2015) – Author Nicholas Doan has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Monster Elementary and the Egyptian Curse, the follow-up to his all-ages, award-winning graphic novel, Monster Elementary. Monster Elementary, Volume 1, was funded by Kickstarter backers on August 7,

Nicholas Doan writes; I want to tell you about the weird journey of how MONSTER ELEMENTARY: An All-Ages Graphic Novel, came to be a Kickstarter project. It started out as a simple, insignificant snowball and became an avalanche! The awesomest, most amazing avalanche ever! It Started with DC Comics’ web imprint, Zuda. When I first heard of Zuda, I set 2 goals for myself. 1 – Be the first ever Zuda contest winner! 2 – Be the first ever 2-time Zuda contest winner! I (sort of) co

The magazine that pulled back the curtain on movie special effects, Cinefex, is making its move to the iPad, and you have a chance to nab the entire digital archive. Plus, a group of scientists want to bring zombie ants to your living room (figuratively speaking), and two funny horror comics are headed to print. Cinefex Classic Collection for iPad Since 1980, Cinefex Magazine has taken us behind the scenes of special effects and animation in film. It documented the secrets of

Bleeding Cool’s Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn’t. Each week he will point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn’t normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention. Shawn is the Manager of Comic Book Programming for the Phoenix Comicon. He is currently working on the Nothing Can Stop Me Now: Stories Inspired by

Where do little monsters learn how to go bump in the night? Duh. Monster School. Unfortunately for Desmodus the vampire, Lukos the werewolf, Francesca the promethean, Rags the mummy, and Gilda the… Black Lagoon-ian, their school has been shut down by the FBI, and now they have to endure a true horror: human elementary school. Yuck. Monster Elementary is a new graphic novel that collects various stories about these kids and their school-bound adventures that looks like a ghast

There’s Monster University, Monster High and soon, with a little help from Kickstarter, Monster Elementary. Written by Nicholas Doan, the graphic novel is an all-ages comedy adventure about five monster children — there’s a vampire, a werewolf, a laboratory-constructed girl, a mummy and a lagoon creature — who are forced to attend public school after their private monsters-only institution is raided by the FBI. The 90-page book will feature short stories illustrated by the li