It’s been nearly 30 years since the animated television series Gargoyles debuted. The series, which revolved around a group of ancient warriors who become transformed into Gargoyles and sent to modern day NYC, only ran for 3 seasons as a part of Disney’s animated afternoon block, but it developed quite a cult following.
After its conclusion, the series lived on in an equally short-lived comic released by Marvel Comics in 1995. The series would go on to be revived again for another comic book run in the early 2000s, but that only lasted until Disney raised its licensing fees. This effectively priced out the series’ second publisher, Slave Labor Graphics, from creating more issues.
Two years, the series was picked up once again by a company known as Dynamite Entertainment. Ahead of the show’s original 30th anniversary, Dynamite is teaming with original creator Greg Weisman
Now, With the anniversary of the right around the corner, original creator Greg Weisman is teaming with Dynamite Entertainment to bring all of the previously released comics out of print and adapt them into beautiful, restored collectible trade and hardcover books.
Now, Weisman and Dynamite have already been hard at work on a third comic book revival of the series (which began two years ago). As the franchise heads into the future, it only made sense for both parties to celebrate its past.
Currently the only way to obtained the coveted products is through an ongoing Kickstarter campaign.
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The campaign features several wonderful remastered version of the graphic novels to choose from, across 3 different volumes. Each volume represents a different era of the franchise’s post-television comic book runs. You can see them broken down below:
- VOLUME 1 – Collecting the Marvel Comics #1-11 run of Gargoyles comics from 1995.
- VOLUME 2 – Collecting the Amaze Ink/SLG #1-12 run of Gargoyles comics from 2006 (including 4 issues only collected in the original tradepaperback).
- VOLUME 3 – Collecting the Amaze Ink/SLG #1-6 run of Gargoyles Bad Guys comics from 2007 (including 2 issues only collected in the original tradepaperback).
While you can support the project with as little as a $1, reward tiers begin at $15. For $1500 you can be the proud owner of the Gargoyles 30th Anniversary treasure chest seen below:
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The Kickstarter has already far-exceeded its original goal of $50,000, but it’s still accepting backers! Those interested in owning or supporting the project in any way still have 11 days to do so!
Between the show’s 30th anniversary and Dynamite Entertainment’s recently announced comic book revival and James Wan’s live-action adaptation currently in development, now’s as great a time as ever to be a Gargoyles fan.
SOURCE: Dynamite Entertainment
