We Suck At Comics Anthology Kickstarter Launches Today!

In case you haven’t seen anything from us in a while (damn you, Facebook algorithm!), have been living under a rock, or just plain ignoring us (which we can hardly blame you for), you might not have seen that we are launching a Kickstarter for our new Anthology,

Kickstarter Launched!

We Suck at Comics: An Anthology is now live on kickstarter!

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Well, launch day is now upon us!!!!!

So what the hell is it about? We Suck at Comics! is a huge compendium of comics, artwork, and prose from a ton of amazing artists and writers. It will be over 300 pages of incredible content, much of which has never been seen in publication before.

You can get to the preview link (or the live page if you are viewing this after 4:00 PM EST), which is currently live below

The theme for volume one of the anthology is Rejection. We asked everyone for their stories about rejection or those that had been passed over for a whole number of reasons like the timing was wrong or it wasn’t the format the publication was seeking. 

We want to emphasize, these are good stories by fantastic creators, not just stuff they picked up off the scrap heap and sent to us. Our goal if to give those stories their deserved due, a second life if you will. 

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We are really hoping to showcase the talent of so many amazing artists and authors and allow them to take their deserved time in the spotlight. Please join us in celebrating wonderful ideas and stories!

Best, 

The Wayward Raven “Sucky” Crew

Batman Endgame Is No Joke

MAJOR SPOILERS: READER BEWARE

From the moment I put down the first issue of Batman Endgame, I felt as though this Joker story was different. While Death of the Family impressed, it left many fans unsatisfied with its cliff hanger ending (see what I did there?) Having the ending be an "emotional impact" on the Bat-family seemed like an interesting take in theory, but the impact was abandoned by most writers after one issue. It was almost as if the characters had forgotten why they were upset with Bruce at all. While going through D.O.T.F., I more or less knew what I was getting. Joker kidnapped the Bat-family, did a bunch of evil stuff, killed a bunch of no named cops and civilians etc etc. I loved it, but it wasn't exactly ground breaking. Scott Synder had hinted that D.O.T.F. was a set up story, and that he had a punchline coming.

Well, he wasn't joking.

Endgame set itself a part from all preceding Joker stories with its first issue. Batman was left to defeat the entire Justice League at once. However, prior to that, we can assume the Joker himself did the same feat, infecting them all with his new strain of Joker Venom (the Joker Virus lets call it.) Right off the bat, Synder places Batman and the Joker leaps and bounds above everyone else in the DCU. Their conflict, their struggle, goes deeper than super powered aliens and power rings. Not soon after, we find out that the Joker hasn't been "missing" for the two years after D.O.T.F. He was right under the Dark Knight's nose, posing as Eric Border an orderly at Arkham, and even befriending the Bat. But what happens next is what truly separates Batman Endgame from the rest.

Joker reveals to Batman that without a shadow of a doubt, he knows his true identity. This concept has been thrown around by fans for a long time. That Joker always knew but never cared. Well now, he most certainly does. Not only that, but the Clown Prince of Crime survived a bullet to his heart like it was nothing. Commissioner Gordon, and the Pennyworths have also been uncovering the disturbing realization that the Joker has seemingly always been in Gotham. We last leave Batman, clueless as has to stop the Joker Virus, and learning that the Joker has made himself basically immortal.

Finally, Batman gives up. Yes, that's right. He gives up, and goes to the Court of Owls for help. The Joker has pushed him so far this time, that he has no choice but to enlist his enemies for help. Throughout this entire story everyone has been asking him, "What's the plan, Batman?" and he simply doesn't know. This clueless, stressed, and dare I say, scared Batman is something readers simply aren't accustomed. The only man who could ever bring this out of the Dark Knight, is the Joker and now we see why. The pair has only had one direct interaction thus far, so I can only imagine Synder is building up for an insane climax.  My only fear, as a huge Joker fan, is this might be his last laugh because I don't know how you could top this. Still, it is an absolute classic and it hasn't even ended yet. If you haven't read this yet, start as soon as you can. I'd hate for you to miss the punchline!

-By Adam Tyler Wolfe

Joker fan Extraordinaire

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All done, Winter Con 2014. Hello 2015

Hello, we are all done with the convention scene this year, Winter Con 2014 in Queens was the last, and we're excited to get planning for 2015. We have not made up the whole list yet but we plan on going to at least two new cons in 2015. We will, of course, be at NYCC and Boston Comic Con. It was an up and down year but we got new books out: Signed #2, Horsemen #2, Percy, and the Damn Heroes strip book. All of which you can see here-> http://waywardraven.storenvy.com/

Up for next year, we will introduce the new series The Committee by James Emmett. Very excited for this. Also, we will have new issue of The Ascendant, Horsemen, and Signed, along with a one-shot called Balloon World but hopefully much more. As for our adventures in children's books, one titled Morty is being illustrated by Alex, but we hope to include two more books and we are open to illustrator/author submissions as well.

Also, if there are any conventions you'd like us to attend on the east coast, please feel free to mention them to us via Twitter @waywardraven or comment below.

This isn't our last post of the year by any means but we do want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season!

Now for what you want, photos of Winter Con 2014 and cosplay.

Okay, that last one is from NYCC but it deserves to be posted again.