Archie Comics has cancelled its Kickstarter campaign following a negative backlash from fans.
The publisher will still release the three comics it announced with the crowdfunding on a delayed scheduled.
Archie attracted the suspicion that frequently meets Kickstarters launched by successful companies, which are considered to not necessarily need financial support from fans.
"While the response to these new titles has been amazing, the reaction to an established brand like Archie crowdfunding has not been," Archie CEO Jon Goldwater said in a statement posted by CBR.
"Though we saw this as an innovative, progressive and 'outside-the-box' way to fund the accelerated schedule we wanted to produce these books, it became another conversation, leading us further away from the purpose of this whole campaign: to get these amazing books in the hands of fans faster than we could on our own.
"While we fully expected our goal to be funded, it was no longer about the books and how amazing they will be. We don't want that. This is why we're shutting the Kickstarter down today."
The three titles announced with the Kickstarer were Jughead (from Chip Zdarsky), Betty and Veronica (from Adam Hughes) and Life with Kevin (from Dan Parent and J Bone).
