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What It Costs to Keep a 16-Year Story Alive - The Week in Solo Self-Publishing
The honest math, the missing artists, and the pages getting made anyway
Jul 20
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Kevin LaPorte
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The Comics Self-Publishing Perpetual Motion Machine is Officially On
One campaign closes tonight, another opens in August — plus a fulfillment update and a first look at issue #2's art.
Jul 14
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Kevin LaPorte
6
2
New Cosmic Dread, '80s Saturday Morning Nostalgia, and Wrestling Legends on Clearance
This week's drop: Turbocharged Teenager #0, Deep Space Lovecraft #5, and a farewell sale on our Squared Circle wrestling biographies.
Jul 12
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Kevin LaPorte
8
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The Monsters We Can't Quit: Jack the Ripper, Mr. Hyde, and Our Centuries-Long Obsession with Beautiful Evil
A look at how two Victorian nightmares became permanent fixtures of the popular imagination — and what my self-published Kickstarter is doing…
Jul 11
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Kevin LaPorte
6
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Cosmic Horror, Ancient Gods, and an Absurd Amount of Lettering
Gothic horror launches, Lovecraftian horrors ship, and the Daring & Depraved keep drawing
Jul 7
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Kevin LaPorte
7
2
5 New Terrors Just Landed at Flatline Comics
Five new nightmares just hit the shelf. Cosmic horror, superpowered war, steampunk apocalypse, and a cyberpunk fight for the soul — pick your poison, or…
Jul 1
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Kevin LaPorte
6
2
June 2026
From Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel to the Stars: Your Summer of Comics Starts Now
Jekyll, Hyde, the Ripper, Cthulhu, and the Horsemen walk into a production schedule…
Jun 29
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Kevin LaPorte
6
1
May 2026
Meet The Daring & The Depraved Before We Launch on Kickstarter Tuesday
My Hard-R NSFW Superhero Comic Drops on Kickstarter in Just 2 Days
May 10
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Kevin LaPorte
6
1
So We Homaged an All-Time Classic Cover - Wanna Make Something of It?
How a legendary 1987 comic book cover became the visual blueprint for the mainline cover for The Daring & The Depraved — and why that matters.
May 5
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Kevin LaPorte
6
4
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The Absolute Death of Comic Shop Access for Self-Publishers
The new direct market gatekeepers are here, and 99.9% of us don't stand a chance of getting by them.
May 3
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Kevin LaPorte
25
4
4
Yes, I'm Finally Launching a Superhero Comic
My new superhero comic The Daring & The Depraved hits Kickstarter May 12
May 2
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Kevin LaPorte
8
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March 2026
My New Comic is a Product of the Art of Finishing What You Start
Last Ride of the 4 Horsemen - The Complete Epic is funding on Kickstarter through March 24.
Mar 18
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Kevin LaPorte
5
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