Daniel Kalban
@dkalban.bsky.social
comic book writer: American Dreams (Band of Bards), Knightwrath, Rook & Knight, and other action packed, fun comics!
JewCE Awards 2024 Finalist
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Daniel Kalban
@dkalban.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Reintroducing myself!
I'm Daniel Kalban. I'm a comic book writer best known for American Dreams (2024 JewCE Awards finalist), Knightwrath, Rook & Knight, Sherlock Holmes: The Phantom Masquerade and more.
Find out more at danielkalban.com
I'm Daniel Kalban. I'm a comic book writer best known for American Dreams (2024 JewCE Awards finalist), Knightwrath, Rook & Knight, Sherlock Holmes: The Phantom Masquerade and more.
Find out more at danielkalban.com
We are so close to 20k! Who will get us there?!
We're also VERY close to unlocking our next stretch goal!
Don't delay! Back today!
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We're also VERY close to unlocking our next stretch goal!
Don't delay! Back today!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
Summit: Pinnacle #1 - A heroic new universe begins
The foundation of the Summit Universe begins now!
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
We are so close to 20k! Who will get us there?!
We're also VERY close to unlocking our next stretch goal!
Don't delay! Back today!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
We're also VERY close to unlocking our next stretch goal!
Don't delay! Back today!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
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Spotlighting GOLDEN SUN by Nate Shachter. A hero powered by Helios, striving to do what's right in the new #Pinnacle universe.
We are at almost 190% funded! Who is going to help us hit 200% today? 🤜💥
🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #GreekMyth #ComicBooks #Kickstarter
We are at almost 190% funded! Who is going to help us hit 200% today? 🤜💥
🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #GreekMyth #ComicBooks #Kickstarter
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Spotlighting GOLDEN SUN by Nate Shachter. A hero powered by Helios, striving to do what's right in the new #Pinnacle universe.
We are at almost 190% funded! Who is going to help us hit 200% today? 🤜💥
🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #GreekMyth #ComicBooks #Kickstarter
We are at almost 190% funded! Who is going to help us hit 200% today? 🤜💥
🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #GreekMyth #ComicBooks #Kickstarter
Happy Bill Murray Trapped In A Time Loop Day to those who celebrate.
a man in a suit is holding a squirrel in his lap
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a squirrel in his lap
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February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Happy Bill Murray Trapped In A Time Loop Day to those who celebrate.
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We see you clicking the link! We see you checking out the Phil Hester variant! Trench is just waiting for that notification to pop so he can welcome you to the ground floor.
We are closing in on 200% funded. Who’s going to be the one to make Trench’s day? 🤜💥
🔗 Make the move: readsumm.it/pledge
We are closing in on 200% funded. Who’s going to be the one to make Trench’s day? 🤜💥
🔗 Make the move: readsumm.it/pledge
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
We see you clicking the link! We see you checking out the Phil Hester variant! Trench is just waiting for that notification to pop so he can welcome you to the ground floor.
We are closing in on 200% funded. Who’s going to be the one to make Trench’s day? 🤜💥
🔗 Make the move: readsumm.it/pledge
We are closing in on 200% funded. Who’s going to be the one to make Trench’s day? 🤜💥
🔗 Make the move: readsumm.it/pledge
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#NoirChecklist for #TalkAboutAStranger:
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
#NoirChecklist for #TalkAboutAStranger:
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
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When you see all the crazy anti-communist propaganda like this, you need to remember the oath our elected leaders take, "...to protect America against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."
Because, today, like with HUAC, the enemies are IN our government, not of outside it.
#TCMParty #TheHoaxsters
Because, today, like with HUAC, the enemies are IN our government, not of outside it.
#TCMParty #TheHoaxsters
February 1, 2026 at 6:45 AM
When you see all the crazy anti-communist propaganda like this, you need to remember the oath our elected leaders take, "...to protect America against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."
Because, today, like with HUAC, the enemies are IN our government, not of outside it.
#TCMParty #TheHoaxsters
Because, today, like with HUAC, the enemies are IN our government, not of outside it.
#TCMParty #TheHoaxsters
Vesper leaps into action against his opponents in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social
Get in on the ground floor and be a founding member of this brand new superhero universe.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
Get in on the ground floor and be a founding member of this brand new superhero universe.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Vesper leaps into action against his opponents in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social
Get in on the ground floor and be a founding member of this brand new superhero universe.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
Get in on the ground floor and be a founding member of this brand new superhero universe.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
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Meet @SebastianPiccione: Our Retail Liaison and the writer behind the COBALT CRICKET! 🏏⚡️
With art by the incredible Elias Gambit Melendez, the Cricket makes his debut in #Pinnacle before jumping into the wider universe.
Back the ground floor to meet Sebastian’s creation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
With art by the incredible Elias Gambit Melendez, the Cricket makes his debut in #Pinnacle before jumping into the wider universe.
Back the ground floor to meet Sebastian’s creation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Meet @SebastianPiccione: Our Retail Liaison and the writer behind the COBALT CRICKET! 🏏⚡️
With art by the incredible Elias Gambit Melendez, the Cricket makes his debut in #Pinnacle before jumping into the wider universe.
Back the ground floor to meet Sebastian’s creation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
With art by the incredible Elias Gambit Melendez, the Cricket makes his debut in #Pinnacle before jumping into the wider universe.
Back the ground floor to meet Sebastian’s creation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
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Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation. | NY Times
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January 31, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation. | NY Times
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There are Federal Agencies that have never violated a court order in their entire existence. A federal judge in Minnesota reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had violated at least 96 court orders in January 2026 alone.
January 31, 2026 at 11:36 PM
There are Federal Agencies that have never violated a court order in their entire existence. A federal judge in Minnesota reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had violated at least 96 court orders in January 2026 alone.
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We are officially at 175% of our funding goal for PINNACLE #1! It is so inspiring to see the community rally around this new universe.
If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to jump in and benefit from all the stretch goals we’ve already smashed!
👉 Back the success story: readsumm.it/pledge
If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to jump in and benefit from all the stretch goals we’ve already smashed!
👉 Back the success story: readsumm.it/pledge
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
We are officially at 175% of our funding goal for PINNACLE #1! It is so inspiring to see the community rally around this new universe.
If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to jump in and benefit from all the stretch goals we’ve already smashed!
👉 Back the success story: readsumm.it/pledge
If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to jump in and benefit from all the stretch goals we’ve already smashed!
👉 Back the success story: readsumm.it/pledge
Delivery of freshly printed comics? Check!
Ordered more convention supplies? Check!
Ordered another rack as I have more books? Check!
Next step...new banner and some other stuff and then Im ready VERY early for my first con of the year.
Ordered more convention supplies? Check!
Ordered another rack as I have more books? Check!
Next step...new banner and some other stuff and then Im ready VERY early for my first con of the year.
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Delivery of freshly printed comics? Check!
Ordered more convention supplies? Check!
Ordered another rack as I have more books? Check!
Next step...new banner and some other stuff and then Im ready VERY early for my first con of the year.
Ordered more convention supplies? Check!
Ordered another rack as I have more books? Check!
Next step...new banner and some other stuff and then Im ready VERY early for my first con of the year.
Mom: I'm going to get the hummus.
Dad & I: *hum in harmony at the same time* *look at each other a bit stunned*
Me: Two grown men with but a single brain cell between them.
Dad & I: *hum in harmony at the same time* *look at each other a bit stunned*
Me: Two grown men with but a single brain cell between them.
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Mom: I'm going to get the hummus.
Dad & I: *hum in harmony at the same time* *look at each other a bit stunned*
Me: Two grown men with but a single brain cell between them.
Dad & I: *hum in harmony at the same time* *look at each other a bit stunned*
Me: Two grown men with but a single brain cell between them.
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The #Pinnacle community just hit a major milestone. 300 of you have stepped up to help us build a new superhero universe from scratch.
We are funded. We are focused. And we are just getting started.
Claim your spot on the ground floor: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #ComicBooks
We are funded. We are focused. And we are just getting started.
Claim your spot on the ground floor: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #ComicBooks
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The #Pinnacle community just hit a major milestone. 300 of you have stepped up to help us build a new superhero universe from scratch.
We are funded. We are focused. And we are just getting started.
Claim your spot on the ground floor: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #ComicBooks
We are funded. We are focused. And we are just getting started.
Claim your spot on the ground floor: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
#SummitComics #ComicBooks
The meme-ing Vesper is reminding you that Summit Comics is coming up with a brand new superhero universe for you to jump right into fresh!
The campaign is live!
Join the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
The campaign is live!
Join the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The meme-ing Vesper is reminding you that Summit Comics is coming up with a brand new superhero universe for you to jump right into fresh!
The campaign is live!
Join the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
The campaign is live!
Join the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
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The ground floor of PINNACLE is where the real work happens. 150% funded and the climb is just getting started.
Stop watching from the sidelines and become a Founding Member of the Summit Universe today."
🔗 Back the revolution: readsumm.it/pledge
Stop watching from the sidelines and become a Founding Member of the Summit Universe today."
🔗 Back the revolution: readsumm.it/pledge
January 31, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The ground floor of PINNACLE is where the real work happens. 150% funded and the climb is just getting started.
Stop watching from the sidelines and become a Founding Member of the Summit Universe today."
🔗 Back the revolution: readsumm.it/pledge
Stop watching from the sidelines and become a Founding Member of the Summit Universe today."
🔗 Back the revolution: readsumm.it/pledge
Vesper sneaks better than Solid Snake...but probably has a higher body count.
Find out more about this former super soldier sidekick in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social ! Now on KS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
Find out more about this former super soldier sidekick in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social ! Now on KS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
January 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Vesper sneaks better than Solid Snake...but probably has a higher body count.
Find out more about this former super soldier sidekick in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social ! Now on KS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
Find out more about this former super soldier sidekick in Pinnacle #1 from @readsummit.bsky.social ! Now on KS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...
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You've met some. Now meet more. The Diabolist. Noir. Trench. NeoGlyph. The Twin Flames.
This is just a taste of the diverse heroes and villains that define the #Pinnacle universe. Which one catches your eye?
Back the launch & meet the full cast: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
This is just a taste of the diverse heroes and villains that define the #Pinnacle universe. Which one catches your eye?
Back the launch & meet the full cast: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
You've met some. Now meet more. The Diabolist. Noir. Trench. NeoGlyph. The Twin Flames.
This is just a taste of the diverse heroes and villains that define the #Pinnacle universe. Which one catches your eye?
Back the launch & meet the full cast: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
This is just a taste of the diverse heroes and villains that define the #Pinnacle universe. Which one catches your eye?
Back the launch & meet the full cast: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
The judge should dismiss the charges, free him, and then order the agents who arrested him jailed.
The unspecified new charges against the former CNN anchor came after a magistrate judge in Minnesota had already rejected a warrant for his arrest, and a federal district judge said there was no evidence that he had engaged in any criminal behavior.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Feds Arrest Journalist Don Lemon in Church Protest Case
Judge Already Said No Evidence of Crime Journalist Don Lemon was covering...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The judge should dismiss the charges, free him, and then order the agents who arrested him jailed.
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Huge thanks to Tyler James for featuring Summit Comics as the blueprint for launching a creator-owned superhero world.
Read the 6 tips that are driving the #Pinnacle launch: 🔗 https://comixtribe.substack.com/p/6-tips-for-launching-a-superhero
#ComicBooks #Crowdfunding
Read the 6 tips that are driving the #Pinnacle launch: 🔗 https://comixtribe.substack.com/p/6-tips-for-launching-a-superhero
#ComicBooks #Crowdfunding
6 Tips for Launching a Superhero Universe (from the Creators of Summit Comics)
So you want to launch a new superhero universe, do you? Here are some things to think about before you unleash it to the world!
comixtribe.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Huge thanks to Tyler James for featuring Summit Comics as the blueprint for launching a creator-owned superhero world.
Read the 6 tips that are driving the #Pinnacle launch: 🔗 https://comixtribe.substack.com/p/6-tips-for-launching-a-superhero
#ComicBooks #Crowdfunding
Read the 6 tips that are driving the #Pinnacle launch: 🔗 https://comixtribe.substack.com/p/6-tips-for-launching-a-superhero
#ComicBooks #Crowdfunding
Hell yeah!
Summit Comics is officially the talk of the town. We’ve smashed our goal and we’re currently racing toward our next big milestones.
The PINNACLE jumpstart is happening, and 150% FUNDED. 🏔️💯🔥. Don’t get left at the base of the mountain! 🤜💥
Back the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
The PINNACLE jumpstart is happening, and 150% FUNDED. 🏔️💯🔥. Don’t get left at the base of the mountain! 🤜💥
Back the revolution: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Hell yeah!
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A massive thank you to the first 250 explorers who have joined the #Pinnacle ascent.
To celebrate this milestone, here is a look at some stunning character work by Ignacio Di Meglio. The Summit Universe is officially expanding.
Be part of the foundation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
To celebrate this milestone, here is a look at some stunning character work by Ignacio Di Meglio. The Summit Universe is officially expanding.
Be part of the foundation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
A massive thank you to the first 250 explorers who have joined the #Pinnacle ascent.
To celebrate this milestone, here is a look at some stunning character work by Ignacio Di Meglio. The Summit Universe is officially expanding.
Be part of the foundation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
To celebrate this milestone, here is a look at some stunning character work by Ignacio Di Meglio. The Summit Universe is officially expanding.
Be part of the foundation: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
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9th Cir. holds that Sec. Noem had no statutory authority to vacate TPS designations for Venezuela and Haiti.
Judge Mendoza, concurring, would additionally hold Noem's action also violated the APA given Noem's explicitly racist comments in vacating TPS.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Judge Mendoza, concurring, would additionally hold Noem's action also violated the APA given Noem's explicitly racist comments in vacating TPS.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
9th Cir. holds that Sec. Noem had no statutory authority to vacate TPS designations for Venezuela and Haiti.
Judge Mendoza, concurring, would additionally hold Noem's action also violated the APA given Noem's explicitly racist comments in vacating TPS.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Judge Mendoza, concurring, would additionally hold Noem's action also violated the APA given Noem's explicitly racist comments in vacating TPS.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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Pinnacle #1 is the jumpstart, but what comes next? GRANITE: POWERLESS.
Separated from her powers and forced to live like a normal citizen—it’s time to see what Granite is really made of.
Sign up to be notified when we launch:
Separated from her powers and forced to live like a normal citizen—it’s time to see what Granite is really made of.
Sign up to be notified when we launch:
Coming soon: Summit Comics Presents - Granite: Powerless #1 (Rated MA)
Separated from her powers, Granite adapts to life as a normal citizen but taking the party out of the girl is harder than you think.
www.kickstarter.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Pinnacle #1 is the jumpstart, but what comes next? GRANITE: POWERLESS.
Separated from her powers and forced to live like a normal citizen—it’s time to see what Granite is really made of.
Sign up to be notified when we launch:
Separated from her powers and forced to live like a normal citizen—it’s time to see what Granite is really made of.
Sign up to be notified when we launch:
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The PINNACLE Cover Gallery is officially unlocked! Every backer now gets a front-row seat to the character designs of our Art Director, Marcus Jimenez.
Featuring: Noir, Upheaval, Granite, and Juna Marris.
Next stop: $14K for physical stickers! 🤜💥
Join the ascent: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
Featuring: Noir, Upheaval, Granite, and Juna Marris.
Next stop: $14K for physical stickers! 🤜💥
Join the ascent: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The PINNACLE Cover Gallery is officially unlocked! Every backer now gets a front-row seat to the character designs of our Art Director, Marcus Jimenez.
Featuring: Noir, Upheaval, Granite, and Juna Marris.
Next stop: $14K for physical stickers! 🤜💥
Join the ascent: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge
Featuring: Noir, Upheaval, Granite, and Juna Marris.
Next stop: $14K for physical stickers! 🤜💥
Join the ascent: 🔗 readsumm.it/pledge