Episode thirty-eight of The Funky Flavor Podcast features creator/writer Justin Coke to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for SWAT: Eldritch Blue #1. The campaign runs through Sunday, June 21st 2026 5:55 PM PDT.

SWAT: Eldritch Blue #1

Written by Justin Coke

Art by Rachel Distler

Letters by DC Hopkins

Facing layoffs and not wanting to fire Tiny Tim because he's really good at sneaking around, Larry and Mimi decide to call in a tip on a vampire they know who has a few too many bodies in his backyard. If there's a red ball, there's no layoff, right? But Drac is a bit smarter than they thought, a bit better connected than they thought, and the case takes them into the darkest, most messed up parts of the supernatural underworld.

The unimaginable consequences of some minor office politics resonate through the full 36 issue run of Eldritch Blue, taking Larry and the rest of SWAT through a gleefully psychotic journey that you will never see coming and will keep you laughing--- and crying--- until the end. It all begins in SWAT #1.

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SWAT: Eldritch Blue #1 is still running, but barely.

You can visit the campaign at https://bit.ly/SWATEldritchBlue!

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Episode thirty-seven of The Funky Flavor Podcast features creator/writer Ernie Altbacker to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for AREA 51 STUDIOS #3. The campaign runs through Tue, June 9 2026 8:05 AM PDT.

AREA 51 STUDIOS #3

Written by Ernie Altbacker

Art/Colors/Letters by Steve Bryant

Our story centers on one alien producer in particular, Zephril Boon. ZB, as friends and frenemies alike call him, lives to rub elbows, claws, tentacles, pseudopods, testenticals (don't ask) with the same outrageous, weird, hilarious, and exhilarating personalities and situations that we’re familiar with in “our” Hollywood. Only…more so.

ZB is on the last of a long queue of "very last" chances. This is it! He'll do anything to save his once-great career from the flaming dumpster fire that it will become if his new show, The Human Race, fails.

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AREA 51 STUDIOS #3 is still running, but barely.

You can visit the campaign at https://bit.ly/Area51Studios3

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Episode thirty-six of The Funky Flavor Podcast features writer/illustrator Steve Bryant to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for ATHENA VOLTAIRE Vol. 1. The campaign runs through Tue, June 9 2026 8:05 AM PDT.

ATHENA VOLTAIRE Vol. 1

Written by Steve Bryant

Art by Steve Bryant

Colored by Jason Millet

Letters by Steve Bryant

Editing by Chris Murrin

In the knuckle-dusting style of classic pulp adventure comes Athena Voltaire, the globetrotting aviatrix who takes on Nazis, secret societies, mythical beasts, and unspeakable occult creatures! From sunken galleons to haunted mountain-top lairs to hidden jungle temples, our heroine faces peril at every turn as she races to save the world!

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ATHENA VOLTAIRE Vol. 1 is still running, but barely.

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Recorded: 4/15/26

Episode thrirty-three of The Funky Flavor Podcast features writers Jeannine Acehseon & Tom Sniegoski to discuss their all-ages graphic novel NOTHING CAN STOP... THE APE! – a 128-page tale of a young boy (and his dog) with the fate of the world on his shoulders.

NOTHING CAN STOP... THE APE! releases on July 21st (in bookstores) & July 22nd (in comic shops) from Papercutz, an imprint of Mad Cave Studios. The book is available for pre-order!

NOTHING CAN STOP… THE APE!

Written by Thomas E. Sniegoski & Jeannine Acheson

Art by Craig Rousseau

Colored by Tom Gaadt

Letters by Taylor Eposito

Edited by Lauren Hitzhusen & Adam Wallenta

Maxwell Morgan is only twelve—but the fate of the world is already on his shoulders.

When his mother is possessed by Thuuna, an ancient primordial goddess with genocidal ambitions, Maxwell will do anything to save her. Even if that means making the worst decision imaginable: freeing Thuuna’s immortal enemy, the long-imprisoned Ghraagg’endah—Gorilla God of Chaos.

Joined by his loyal French bulldog and four elemental-powered cave people, Maxwell must convince the volatile ape god to help stop Thuuna before she destroys the world—and claim his mom back from a deity that never forgives and never forgets.

A rollicking, all-ages adventure inspired by the bold spirit of late-’60s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Nothing Can Stop…The Ape! is packed with cosmic gods, big laughs, high-stakes heroics, and Saturday-morning swagger. So pour a bowl of cereal, buckle up, and hang on tight—because once the ape is loose… nothing can stop him.

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Recorded: 3/23/26

Episode thirty-two writer and co-host of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast Jimmy Gaspero and cartoonist, educator & illustrator Amber Akin to discuss their all-ages graphic novel PENNY AND THE YETI!

PENNY AND THE YETI released on April 21st from Papercutz, an imprint of Mad Cave Studios.

PENNY AND THE YETI

Story by Jimmy Gaspero

Art by Amber Akin

Color flats by Charlie Akin

Lettered by Buddy Beaudoin

YETI OR NOT, HERE WE COME!

Penny and Yeti are pretty typical best friends: they go to school together, play together, and have fun adventures. The twist? Yeti’s a living breathing myth!

Before Yeti, Penny had a super normal life with her big sister Peri and their parents, Fenton and Maxine. Penny thinks life is pretty great, especially when Peri draws and colors with her—Peri draws the best monsters called “cryptids!” The only real problem is Penny’s parents argue…a LOT. Penny wishes her parents would stop, but what can she do? That’s when Yeti shows up, right out of one of Peri’s drawings and smack into Penny’s life! With Yeti’s help, Penny comes up with a plan to get her parents to stop fighting. Penny, however, soon finds out that her parents may need more help than even a magical Yeti can provide…

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Recorded: 3/12/26

Episode thirty-one features creator/writer Steven Prince of MERCY: In Prison – which was successfully funded on Kickstarter.

MERCY: IN PRISON, the first in a brand-new series of one-shots for mature readers that follows Mercy Hansen as she hunts down the man that betrayed her and finds more than she bargained for! Each one shot is designed to stand on its own so you can read them without feeling lost, but will also fit together as a larger narrative.

MERCY: In Prison (one-shot)

Written by Steven Prince

Art by Mick Beyers

Colors by Alex Zief

Letters by Albini

MERCY: IN PRISON journeys back to 1975 and follows MERCY HANSEN, a happy-go-lucky farm girl from Wisconsin who gets sent to a Philippines prison after getting caught with a brick of China White in her travel bag. Of course, she didn't put it there. That darn English prick Richard Hawthorne III did and she wants to get out of prison to get her revenge. Only problem is that she's not the only one out for revenge... and she'll be lucky to survive!

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