Appalachia Comics

11/12/2025

Read our recent interview with Jed Keith on the Appalachia Comics Project!

Andrew Aydin is no stranger to helping people tell their stories: not just for themselves, but for historical documentation, so that we don’t forget. Aydin cowrote the critically acclaimed March with Congressman John Lewis about his life and his involvement in the Civil Rights movement. And now Ay...

07/15/2025

We did it! Initial funding goal achieved!

Lock in your rewards now, add copies to be donated to schools, libraries, and bookstores, or pick up your signed comics as extra rewards because THIS BOOK IS HAPPENING.

And thank you for the outpouring of support. It has made a world of difference.

A Comic Anthology - Uniting Stories, Art, and Survival in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

07/09/2025

Matthew K. Manning -- a Helene survivor and nationally renowned comic creator who is writing his story in 'Islands in the Sky' -- sent this video for us to share. Celebrate today's milestone of 80% funded by listening to what this project means to those here in Western North Carolina telling their story. It's more than a book, it's a movement. And we are building it because of you.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachiacomics/appalachia-comics-project/

07/07/2025

New article published in the Hendersonville Lightning --

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07/07/2025

Climate disasters wreak havoc long after the event itself. Read about how our region is struggling not just to rebuild but to keep businesses functioning and people employed:

In Asheville and other parts of Western North Carolina, tourism-related outlets are still fighting to survive the summer.

06/30/2025

First pages! Initial inks and lettering from "Ripples” written Nick Filardi & Shannon Burcham with art by Brent Schoonover and lettering by Jodie Troutman for 'Islands in the Sky', the history of Hurricane Helene as told by those who survived.

06/25/2025

Jessica -- a Helene survivor writing her story in 'Islands in the Sky' -- sent this video for us to share. Celebrate today's milestone of 50% funded by listening to what this project means to those here in Western North Carolina telling their story. It's more than a book, it's a movement. And we are building it because of you.

06/25/2025

We just added these beautiful signed and sketched Monster Appreciation Society ashcans to the ‘Islands in the Sky’ — check’em out! Each copy has a unique sketch from the upcoming series. Thanks Jonathan Marks Barravecchia for these beautiful pieces!

06/24/2025

Miss our panel at HeroesCon? Fear not! Thanks to some intrepid audio engineering by a friend of the project, the whole panel is now available as a podcast. Listen here and learn from the creators and survivors working hard to make ‘Islands in the Sky’ come to life:

Podcast Episode · Dollar Bin Comics · 06/24/2025 · 42m

06/23/2025

Thank you to everyone who has supported ‘Islands in the Sky’ so far. Amazing to see we are almost to 10k pledged in only six days. If you haven’t backed us yet, help put us over the top and pledge today:

A Comic Anthology - Uniting Stories, Art, and Survival in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

06/19/2025

When Hurricane Helene devastated Southern Appalachia in the fall of 2024, it left both our landscape and our communities forever changed. But in the aftermath, something remarkable emerged: stories of survival, solidarity, and strength.

Islands in the Sky brings those stories to life—pairing real survivors with award-winning comics creators like Brian Michael Bendis, Gene Luen Yang, Matt Fraction, Nate Powell, June Kim, Greg Pak, Steve Orlando, Alex Segura, Thien Pham, Briana Loewinsohn, Valentine De Landro, Aster D’Amico, Josh Adams, Anthony Del Col, and more—to preserve what happened and help the region recover.

When you pledge, you’re doing more than funding a book. You’re helping us pay survivors to tell their own stories, getting this history into schools and libraries, and providing income and visibility for a region still rebuilding.

This project is part record, part resistance, and part recovery. Join us.

A Comic Anthology - Uniting Stories, Art, and Survival in the Wake of Hurricane Helene