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Holy smokes, I’m exhausted.

November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Dead Hours

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46 minutes to go!

Dead Hours @deadhours.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hi everyone!

I launched my Kickstarter campaign for A Great & Terrible today. I’m super excited (also terrified).

If you enjoy the #wizardofoz or frankly anything fantasy/adventure this might be for you! I hope you’ll back it, or give it a share.

✌🏻💚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

It’s the final 24 hours of the AG&T campaign! I hope if you haven’t yet that you’ll check it out and consider backing it on Kickstarter!

Thanks for all the support ya’ll!
#comicsky

Dead Hours @deadhours.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hi everyone!

I launched my Kickstarter campaign for A Great & Terrible today. I’m super excited (also terrified).

If you enjoy the #wizardofoz or frankly anything fantasy/adventure this might be for you! I hope you’ll back it, or give it a share.

✌🏻💚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

BTW, today is my birthday, so if anyone out there is feelin’ spooky today, backing this #comic and helping me hit a stretch goal would be rad!

6 days left 💚✌🏻

Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 13d

A Great and Terrible #1 by @deadhours.bsky.social Where are my Wicked fans at? Get this, you won't regret it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM

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Frankee White

@daydreamcomix.com

I JUST CAME FROM HELL has launched on Patreon!! As a gift, the cover and first three pages are free to view both on BlueSky and Patreon! Updates will occur every Tuesday moving forward.

If you enjoy these pages, please share and help us spread the word!

Read here: www.patreon.com/posts/142138...

Cover of I JUST CAME FROM HELL. It shows a pregnant Jes holding her belly in front of a negative tree. A pair of bloody hands reach out to grab her.

Page 1
Five Panels

1 - EXT. Wide shot. The entrance to Cebe’s Hand, a wild swampland in the Florida Panhandle. While not as wild as being inside Cebe’s Hand will be. There is still tons of foliage and greenery around. A deer drinks from a nearby bed of water. An alligator lies in wait.

JES (Off-Panel): June 6th, 2017.

JES (OP): Lisa Leung arrived in Devil’s Garden, Florida with her now deceased fiancé, Jonathan Johnson, to visit his estranged parents, William & Mary, also now deceased.

2 - The Alligator slowly and quietly swims up towards the deer, who unknowingly continues to drink.

JES (OP): What was supposed to be a day of reconciliation transformed into a night of horrors.

3 - Suddenly, the deer jerks its head up from drinking.

SFX: shf shf

JES (OP) A night where only Lisa would survive.

4 - …and darts away before the Alligator can strike.

JES (OP): Supposedly, a church fire would claim 33 souls that night. Their bodies have never been found.

JES (OP): But that doesn’t explain what happened next.

5 - Lisa, the noise that alerted the deer, walks down a dirt road, naked and bloodsoaked.

JES (OP): The following morning, as the sun’s light broke over the horizon…

JES (OP): …Lisa was seen stumbling, naked and bloodsoaked, down an old dirt road that leads from Cebe’s Hand, a tangled web of swampland that stretches across the Florida panhandle.

Page 2
Seven Panels

1 - Sheridan Porter, a white man in his late 50s with leather tan skin, drives a middle of the road pick up truck. Not new, but not a beater either. It’s well maintained despite its age. He had a quizzical look on his face as he tries to make sense of this figure he sees ahead.

JES (OP): Sheridan Porter, a Good Samaritan, who happened to be driving to his favorite fishing spot, was the first to find her.

2 - Wide shot of the truck pulling over as it nears Lisa.

JES (OP): When he noticed the state Lisa was in, he pulled to the side of the road to help.

3 - Sheridan exits his truck as Lisa passes him by.

JES (OP): As Sheridan approached, he could hear her talking to herself.

LISA (to herself): I don’t know. I don’t know. I took a leap of faith…

4 - Sheridan approaches Lisa who does not notice him at all.

JES (OP): If this all wasn’t strange enough, Lisa didn’t even notice him.

JES (OP): It was like she was somewhere else. Lost in her own mind.

LISA (to herself): This isn’t right. It shouldn’t be possible, but you’re still here.

5 - Lisa collapses into Sherdian’s arms.

JES (OP): Sheridan stopped her and asked for her name and she immediately collapsed in his arms.

SHERIDAN: Ma’am, are you okay? What happened to you?

6 - She weakly looks up at him. We can see both of them in this panel.

JES (OP): She looked at him, finally realizing where she was, and quietly uttered a single sentence.

7 - Extreme close-up on Lisa’s exhausted, bloodsoaked face.

JES (OP): M-my name is Lisa Johnson, and…

October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

While I have my own stories I’ve wanted to make for a long time now, my priority is still helping others. One way or another, trying to lift up the rest of this community, as high as it can go.

Charlie Stickney @charliestickney.bsky.social · 16d

Comic creators, what is success for you?

For me, it's having built an audience that empowers me to tell a long-form story. By January we'll have completed the equivalent of 35 DM issues of the White Ash Saga. Not many indie series reach those #'s. And we're just getting started.
We're not alone...

October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM

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Jonathan Hedrick

@jonathanhedrick.bsky.social

2️⃣ DAYS REMAIN to back FOOTPATH: DANGEROUS NIGHTS on @kickstarter.com! ⌛
Now's the time to visit our project page and check out the fantastic rewards that we're offering in this campaign.
Do it now before it's too late!

Synopsis in the alt text. ⤵️ #ProjectWeLove 💚

FOOTPATH: DANGEROUS NIGHTS 🎯
Live on Kickstarter! #ProjectWeLove 💚

Synopsis:
"An exclusive mega-party is held annually by the wealthy host at his mansion on a private island.
But what if the event is just a front to auction off horrendous experiments to the highest bidder in a secret lab underneath the estate?
That's the mission! Find the lab and shut it down by any means necessary. Rowan Kelly, aka 'Footpath,' has her hands full when the mission runs into a brick wall. A brick wall that fights back!
Get ready for 'Footpath: Dangerous Nights'!"

Written by Jonathan Hedrick
Pencils & Inks by Marcelo Salaza
Colors by Matheus Huve
Letters by Saida Temofonte
Created by Alfred Paige

October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Freakin’ amazing piece of art by @mesiasart.bsky.social of Liz. I’m super appreciative of this opportunity I’ve gotten to work with such an awesome team to make AG&T a reality. ✌🏻💚
#comicsky

October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM

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Jonathan Hedrick

@jonathanhedrick.bsky.social

@kickstarter.com page setup dragging you down?
Let my friend @joeygalvez1984.bsky.social take it off your hands and make a beautiful campaign page for you that’s sure to impress!

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October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Ty Luke!! I’m gonna have to check this one out! 💚

Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 20d

A Great and Terrible #1 by @deadhours.bsky.social You know what I realized this reminds me of? American McGee's Alice! But better because it's Chris Benamati's Wizard of Oz!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

I’m convinced that getting the word out on your campaign on social media is just completely broken.

October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Seeing who backs your campaign, who doesn’t, and who does but then drops their pledge is wild work and I kind of hate that. I get that it’s analytics, but dang. 🫠

Anyways, we lost some backers, and if there is anyone out there that wants to support an #indiecomic based on the Wizard of Oz… hi 👋

October 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Holy crap today has been insane.

October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

That’s what I’m talkin’ about! @wellsthomp.bsky.social you’re a terrific person too!

Wells Thompson, SMUT vol. 1 Coming Soon! @wellsthomp.bsky.social · 26d

@therealgstoye.bsky.social is an incredible writer with a kind and thoughtful demeanor who’s work absolutely reflects the inner bounds of his own humanity.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...

Paterfamilias

A story of a father who would do anything to rescue his daughter... no matter who he hurts.

www.kickstarter.com

October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Sometimes this #comics community feels broken and fractured beyond repair.

Let’s start this weekend saying something kind about someone, their work, and I’ll share it! Post it in the thread!

October 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM

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Anas Abdulhak - أنس عبدالحق

@anasabdulhak.bsky.social

We are 3 backers away from hitting 115 and we're SO close to 70% funded! 🥹

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

Etheres: Ringo Award Nominated One-Shot Comic Returns

Anas Abdulhak and Dennis Menheere invite you to journey into Etheres, a realm where souls go when they don't belong anywhere else.

www.kickstarter.com

October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Kody Okamoto

@kodyisover.com

hello to all the new folks here! this is my entire deal. I pour all my energy and passion into making this comic and it would rule if you checked it out.

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · May 12

Happy #WebcomicDay!! I'm Kody and I make KEEPING TIME. It's a queer, slow burn, absolute bummer of a romantic drama between bandmates with a complicated history, set against the backdrop of the '00s. It updates Tuesdays!

🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

A comic page from KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Japanese American man, has stopped playing a piano, and looks out towards Denver, a blond punk in a leather jacket with a neck tattoo who is standing in front of him like he's seen a ghost. The blue light of the stage clashes with the warm light of the bar that illuminates Denver's back. The narration reads, "… the rest of the song suddenly comes flooding back to you." A caption title says, "CHAPTER 1: 2:45 AM"

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. In the foreground, a blond punk with a neck tattoo lifts the lid of a dumpster, while two figures stand behind him. He says, "Oh. I mean, I dropped in on the pizza place next door for a slice, too."

Part of a comic page. Denver, a blond punk with a neck tattoo glances towards Daniel, a Japanese guy in a winter parka. In the final panel, Denver asks, "...Walk you home?"

October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Thanks Luke! 💚

Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 27d

A Great And Terrible by @deadhours.bsky.social ! There's plenty of Oz spinoffs out there, but this one feels like it's got something special going on. Please back it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

A Great and Terrible #1 - Follow the Broken Brick Road

After one reckless choice Liz is thrust into a storybook world where escaping her past means embracing her future.

www.kickstarter.com

October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Dead Hours

@deadhours.bsky.social

Lost a backer last night and that’s super sad, but we’re still funded and can make it up!

If you pre-order my 30-page comic, and add-on a limited cover or print, I’m sending 15% back to the artist that created the piece as a bonus.

I hope you’ll jump on board and help me make more. 💚✌🏻