The Reward - Tales of Alethrion (Kickstarter)

A reader Karen Agerbo Bennetzen just informed me of a Kickstarter project she's working on called The Reward - Tales of Alethrion. The Reward is the title of a nine-minute graduation short film directed by Mikkel Mainz Elkjær and Kenneth Ladekjær. They are now trying to raise funds to turn the short into an animated series.

Check out their Kickstarter page for more details: https://kck.st/ZsMKBW

And this is the 9 minute short:

BLACK IDOL Vol 1 (Kickstarter)

Peter Popken (blog) has just launched a Kickstarter project for his graphic novel BLACK IDOL Vol 1. It's going to be a 60-page hardcover and needs funding to push it through to print.

Check out the preview pages at https://kck.st/QGcDcI

Peter Popken is a concept artist who has worked on major films such as V for Vendetta, Hugo, Bourne Supremacy, and many more.

Masaaki Yuasa's "Kick-Heart" (Kickstarter)

Kick-Heart is an animation about two pro-wrestlers with secrets: one's a sadistic and the other a masochistic.

Director Masaaki Yuasa has put this film project on Kickstarter and is hoping to raise $150,000. It's going to be a 10min animated short film but if they manage to raise $1 million, they will turn it into a feature film.

Check out the Kickstarter page for more details: https://kck.st/P5ebl3