It’s always pleasing to see small pressers whose work has appeared in shorter-form making the transition to full-length graphic novels. Molly Pukes, whose comics you may have enjoyed in various Leeds Comics Collective anthologies is a good case in point. Their debut GN Out on the Prowl was launched on Kickstarter this week and has already reached its target. We often don’t have the time to cover all the crowdfunding campaigns we would like to at BF but some projects look too good not to give some space to. There’s more details in the press release below alongside some preview pages for you to enjoy. And when you have make sure to back the Kickstarter here!
Molly Pukes’ debut graphic novel, OUT ON THE PROWL, funding on Kickstarter from now until the 29th September, 2026.
Leeds illustrator, animator and creative Molly Pukes has launched a Kickstarter for their first graphic novel, OUT ON THE PROWL – and they’ve already reached a key milestone. Molly Pukes’ Kickstarter debut achieved 100% funding within two hours of launch, guaranteeing publication and unlocking a slew of stretch goals to boot.
“Out On The Prowl is a 90-page original graphic novel about women, crisp pints, pub toilets, one bitch and a friendship on its last legs. Join Lola on her best friend’s birthday night out – where cigarettes are shared, the rounds keep coming and old wounds start to surface. As the night gets messy and the pints are spilled, Lola is forced to confront her true self… because the BITCH beneath her human skin was never something to hide.”
OUT ON THE PROWL is a story about women’s friendships, body confidence, self-acceptance, queerness, internalised misogyny and the messy journey of learning to embrace every part of yourself – including the wild animal under your skin. Through flawed, complicated, destructive relationships Lola’s story explores conflict, forgiveness and the painful truth that friendships change, grow and sometimes reach their natural end.
The Kickstarter was launched to fund the first edition print of the graphic novel, as well as a range of merchandise rewards available to higher-tier backers; such rewards include a sticker pack, a riso-print prologue zine, custom artwork and an OUT ON THE PROWL-branded beer koozie.
At the time of writing, the OUT ON THE PROWL Kickstarter has not only passed 100% funding, but already passed its first stretch goal, wherein every backer receives a holographic postcard print along with their tier rewards. Other stretch goals include extra pages of concept art and illustrations, enamel pin-badges and a branded plastic pint glass.
The first chapter of OUT ON THE PROWL is available to read digitally, via signing up to Molly Pukes’ mailing list. The Kickstarter runs from now until the 29th September, with rewards and physical copies expected to reach backers by late November. An official OUT ON THE PROWL launch event is also due to take place on Sunday 8th November, details of which are yet to be announced.
Molly Pukes is an independent artist producing animations, illustrations, designs and comics from their studio in West Yorkshire, which they share with their two assistants: their cats, Prismo and Hilda.
