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Hey, if you haven't read No Need for Bushido, you're missing an awesome, often hilarious, action-romance, samurai webcomic saga. You can read it for free online (Warning: PG-13 Content). The artwork is pretty amateur in the beginning, but has gotten very good recently.
Unfortunately, the artist is taking a break from creating the comic due to circumstances. In order to get the comic back on track, they artist and writer duo are running a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to support the continuance of the comic. They have already raised over $13,000 in money pledged to the project, but they only have 1 week left to raise the remainder of the $30,000 they're hoping to get. This money will go towards helping them to go professional and make the comic a commercial venture, instead of just something they do for fun in their spare time.
Pledging money towards the cause isn't just giving your hard earned cash away. Contributors will get cool rewards, depending on how much they pledge - anything from buttons and posters to printed, hard copy volumes of the comic when they're released. If you pledge now, and they don't get their $30,000 in pledged funds by the end of the week, then they won't take a penny and there is no loss for you.
I'm not really trying to push anyone to contribute to this project. I really have nothing at stake in them succeeding, except that I enjoy their comic and would like to see them continue making it. But I do think this is a really cool opportunity to support a creative team that want to take their hobby to the next level and actually make a profit from their creativity. It would be awesome if more artists and writers could take that step. So, that's why I wanted to bring this to people's attention. ^_^
So, I've already posted a review of Mascara, my favorite manga on the web, but I thought I would share a couple of other web comics that I follow from week to week.
No Need for Bushido is set in ancient Japan and weaves an intricate tale of love, war, intrigue, deception, ninja assassins, samurai warriors, blind Taoist priests, pointy hats, and dysfunctional families that historians forgot to put in the history scrolls... Go figure. This is actually a pretty great comic. It has an intricate plot, interesting characters that you actually come to care about, lots of humor, action, drama, and the most hilarious use of onomatopoeia. The art starts out very simple, but has really advanced over the course of the comic. The most recent pages are simply beautiful. There are currently over 400 pages and the comic updates with 1 new page every Monday. (Fair warning: some of this comic is PG-13)
The Adventures of Superhero Girl is a comic I've only started following more recently. It is actually published in a Canadian newspaper, but the artist is republishing the strips online. This comic tells the story of "Superhero Girl" and her mostly ordinary adventures - trying to find a job to support her superhero gig, trying to fit in with normal society, and her search for a fulfilling hobby. The art is pretty consistent throughout, as the artist has written and illustrated other comic strips in the past, and thus has had plenty of time to develop her skills and style. This comic doesn't have any overarching storyline, instead it mainly focuses on some kind of gag on each page. It is always a fun read though.
