The Huffington Post, Deadline Hollywood, MTV, Entertainment Weekly. On December 9, 2011, the Occupy Comics Kickstarter campaign ended with $28,640 raised from 715 backers, earning 286% of its funding goal. Public release and formation of Black Mask Studios On March 20, 2012, it was announced that Occupy Comics would not be released through an existing comic book publisher, instead a new company called Black Mask Studios would be formed to release the project. According to Comic Book Resources: Wired reported that Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Brett Gurewitz (guitarist-songwriter Bad Religion, owner Epitaph Records) joined with Pizzolo to found Black Mask: On June 12, 2012, Black Mask Studios opened its webstore and officially released Occupy Comics #1 with the announcement that Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, Bill Ayers, Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Matt Bors had joined the Occupy Comics roster. Spiegelman told Wired: On September 17, 2012, the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Comics #2 was released to the project's Kickstarter backers and via the Black Mask Studios website. The cover featured a new and iconic illustration by V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd pitting his seminal character V against the Wall Street Charging Bull. Lloyd told Wired: Contributors Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) Ryan Alexander-Tanner (To Teach: The Journey, in Comics) Mike Allred (Madman) Marc Andreyko (Manhunter) Bill Ayers (co-founder Weather Underground, To Teach: The Journey, in Comics) Matt Bors (War Is Boring) Susie Cagle (Notes on Conflict, arrested at Occupy Oakland) Mike Cavallaro (Parade (with Fireworks), The Life and Times of Savior 28) Kevin Colden (I Rule the Night, Grimm's Fairy Tales) Molly Crabapple (Dr. Sketchy's) Tyler Crook (Petrograd, B.P.R.D.) Vito Delsante (Superman, FCHS) J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League, Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt, Imaginalis) Guy Denning (painter) Eric Drooker (Flood!) Troy Dye (Shrek, Puss in Boots, The Goblin Chronicles) Joshua Dysart (Swamp Thing, The Unknown Soldier) Zoetica Ebb (Biorequiem) Joshua Hale Fialkov (I, Vampire, Echoes) Allen Gladfelter (Cars (comics), Penguins of Madagascar (comics), Strongman, Intrepid Events Presents) Dan Goldman (Shooting War, 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail) Jenny "Devildoll" Gonzalez-Blitz (Coffin Factory art collective) Brea Grant (We Will Bury You, Suicide Girls comic) Zane Grant (We Will Bury You, Suicide Girls comic) Joe Harris (Ghost Projekt, Spontaneous) Dean Haspiel (American Splendor) Megan Hutchison (An Aurora Grimeon Story: Will-O-the-Wisp) Joe Keatinge (Hell Yeah, Glory, Brutal) Tom Kelesides (Shrek, Puss in Boots, The Goblin Chronicles)