Instead, support some creative endeavors via Kickstarter. Through Kickstarter, you can make a small or large donation and be a part of exclusive, guaranteed awesomeness. For example, the next chapter of Mike Kingston’s Headlocked Comics, is being financed through Kickstarter. The Last Territory will pick up with the life of Mike Hartmann after the failures he endured in the first collection, A Single Step. Kingston captures the struggles that a wrestler, or a potential wrestler, go through to gain acclaim in the sport. Headlocked also makes a strong argument for professional wrestling as an art form: art is often defined by the struggles an artist endures and how many painters have had to take a Ric Flair chop?
But, if you can’t spring for the top reward, Jill Thompson also set cool prizes at other reward levels, like a CM Punk WWE Champion print for her wrestling fans. Scary Godmother may already be funded but joining now, much like Headlocked Comics, means you will be able to get these prizes that are not available anywhere else. Plus, when someone has Daniel Bryan as their personal bodyguard and celebrates getting funded by YES! Galloping through the streets of Chicago, wouldn’t you want to give them your money?
And, if both Cartozia Tales and Scary Godmother are funded, they will each contribute to each other’s projects, the same way Jill is contributing to Headlocked Comics: The Last Territory. The Kickstarter creators – at the least the ones we like – are a close knit group, much like the wrestlers we admire. Together, they are putting together not only great individual projects by also phenomenal collaborative efforts. If you’re worried that there won’t be enough wrestling in Cartozia Tales, don’t worry. So far, only 2 issues have been made. There’s plenty of unexplored island left and I’m sure there’s enough uncharted terrain for someone to stumble across Parts Unknown, home to that ancient form of grappling. Give it a shot.
Here are 3 fun projects by wrestling fans that, if you can, should be supported. They follow the old adage: when creative has nothing for you, make something for yourself.
