Mitch Gerads

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Minneapolis, MN

Comic book illustrator. TWIX addict. Purveyor of awesome. Currently working with Image Comics, IDW, BOOM! Studios, Adult Swim, and ComicTWART.com

Monster! by Reve Studios

Save your land by defeating the Monsters that roam and destroy everything in their path in this 2D side scrolling puzzler adventure.
- Video Games
- Minneapolis, MN
- 3% funded $2,739 pledged
- 61 backers
Funded!
Art Hog By Andrew Robinson by Essential Sequential

A new art book by Andrew Robinson is looming. We're looking for a little help to get the ball rolling.
- Art Book
- Springfield, NJ
- 147% funded $3,693 pledged
- 68 backers
- Funded Apr 01, 2012
Dr Goyle returns for all ages in 6 new issues!! by Mark Stegbauer

Dr Goyle is the monster fighting, mystery solver with a chisled jaw (literally)! Action,mystery and humor abound!
- Comics
- Madison, WI
Funding Unsuccessful (12/12/2011)
Funded!
NIGHT FOLK: A Novel by Matthew Dow Smith

A young girl makes some unusual new friends in a Dark Fantasy novel for Young Readers from writer and artist Matthew Dow Smith.
- Publishing
- Saratoga Springs, NY
- 123% funded $6,164 pledged
- 108 backers
- Funded May 02, 2011
Funded!
ATHENA VOLTAIRE and the Volcano Goddess - A Comic Book Project by Steve Bryant

ATHENA VOLTAIRE, the adventures of a globetrotting aviatrix, has been nominated for 2 Eisner Awards. Help get this series back into comic shops!
- Comics
- Bloomington, IL
- 149% funded $10,450 pledged
- 161 backers
- Funded May 25, 2010
The Birth of Venus Comic Series - Issue #1 by Andrew Makishima

This is an original comic series about the "Mother of all Superheroes!" Help us complete the first issue and bring it to Wondercon in April!
- Comics
Funding Unsuccessful (03/01/2010)
Zombie Fortress for the iPhone - Fight back the zombie horde! by Rick Marson

Using an array of weapons you collect or build, defend survivors who make their way to your base through a zombie horde in this game for the iPhone.
- Video Games
- Lodi, CA
Funding Unsuccessful (04/06/2010)
Funded!
Send a Postcard, Get a Postcard by GLR

A Community Art Project That Aims To Make The World A Much Smaller Place.
- Publishing
- 3,040% funded $456 pledged
- 182 backers
- Funded Jan 28, 2010
Funded!
Tigerbuttah: A Hand-Painted All Ages Story Inspired by Golden Books by Becky Dreistadt

We're printing a 24-page Golden Book! The book is about Tigerbuttah, a little tiger who doesn't know much about the world. It is 100% hand-painted!
- Children's Book
- 175% funded $8,786 pledged
- 261 backers
- Funded Jan 16, 2010
Funded!
Dear Mr. Watterson - a cinematic exploration of Calvin & Hobbes by Joel Schroeder

Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary film that will celebrate and explore the art and impact of Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson.
- Documentary
- Los Angeles, CA
- 204% funded $24,548 pledged
- 359 backers
- Funded Mar 15, 2010

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Monster! by Reve Studios

Art Hog By Andrew Robinson by Essential Sequential

Dr Goyle returns for all ages in 6 new issues!! by Mark Stegbauer

NIGHT FOLK: A Novel by Matthew Dow Smith

ATHENA VOLTAIRE and the Volcano Goddess - A Comic Book Project by Steve Bryant

The Birth of Venus Comic Series - Issue #1 by Andrew Makishima

Zombie Fortress for the iPhone - Fight back the zombie horde! by Rick Marson

Send a Postcard, Get a Postcard by GLR

Tigerbuttah: A Hand-Painted All Ages Story Inspired by Golden Books by Becky Dreistadt

Dear Mr. Watterson - a cinematic exploration of Calvin & Hobbes by Joel Schroeder

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