Massive Publishing will partner with the digital comic platform Omnibus to fulfill the digital rewards for its Kickstarter campaign to publish Sean Gordon Murphy’s Zorro: Man of the Dead (see “Massive to Publish Sean Gordon Murphy’s Updated Take on ‘Zorro’”). When the first issue is released, on January 10, 2024, each backer will get a code allowing them to read the comic on the app and web reader as well as download it as a PDF.
The Kickstarter campaign for the four-issue miniseries and collected edition had a unique twist: Some of the stretch goals were tied to retailer-exclusive covers by Rafael Albuquerque, Dike Ruan, Joe Quesada, Walt Simonson, Humberto Ramos, Dan Panosian, and Sean Murphy. As these goals were met, the covers were made available for retailers to order. The campaign, which ended in November 2023, brought in $302,107 in pledges from 2,695 backers, so all the stretch goals were unlocked. The campaign page also included a “Support your comic shop!” button with a link to preorder the comics from Diamond.
The $300,000+ total would have put the Zorro Kickstarter in the top 15 Kickstarter comics campaigns of 2022 (see “Kickstarter Reveals Top 15 Comics Projects of 2022”).
Source: ICV2
