Kick-Watcher: INTERVIEW with Jimmy Palmiotti on SEX AND VIOLENCE Vol. 1
Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray debut their second Kickstarter project of the year, SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume One.
Project: SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume 1
Talent/Project Manager: Jimmy Palmiotti
Days to Go: 22
Goal: $18,000
Status: Succeeded
The spiel: Palmiotti and Gray riding the success from...
How to: A case study for a first-time Kickstarter, Part 2 — the first...
Here's what our first 24 hours looked like:
5 am - Coffee. Lots of Coffee. Hit the launch button. Create bitly link (bitly.com gives great analytics and allow you to track the reach of your link outside of Kickstarter). Text, email, and Facebook message friends on EST and CST. I made sure to message people individually and not as a group, as I thought this would better my chances of getting them to repost our campaign.
Kick-Watcher: Joe Caramagna and Scott Koblish’s Wyatt Earp
You may remember Joe Caramagna dropping numerous hints over the past few weeks that he had a secret project in the works, a comic he would be writing at some point in future. Well! The project...
Kick-Watcher: Temujin & The Locksmith
By: Henry Barajas
Two projects with three days left to hit 100% of goal and desperately need your support.
Project: Temujin: The Graphic Novel
Talent/Project Manager: Allison Smith
Days to Go: 4 *FUND ALERT*
Goal: $8,000
The spiel: While I was walking artist...
iVerse to Curate Crowdfunding Projects (Updated)
It's quite the day for digital announcements. First DC moves their comics into digital bookstores, now iVerse is set to curate comics crowdfunding projects. That's not as totally out of the blue as it...
What’s With these Digital Comics Executives on Kickstarter?
It has come to my attention we now having dueling Kickstarter projects from highly placed employees at both Comixology and iVerse.
First off, you may have heard Chip Mosher spinning some PR for Comixology? Possibly for BOOM!...
INTERVIEW: David Gallaher, King of Digital
Over the last ten or so years, one thing has been guaranteed: where there are new ways of developing and progressing digital comics, there you will find David Gallaher. Writer for a variety of comics including High Moon, Box 13, Darkstar & The Winter Guard and Deadlands, Gallaher has been at the forefront of digital comics for years. Amongst others he was involved with the DC digital project Zuda, had the first original content published by ComiXology, and has recently successfully brought his new graphic novel Only Living Boy to Kickstarter.
Kick-Watcher: Interview with Home of The Brave’s Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis
The Kick-Watcher chats with Hawaii's own Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis the creators of the soon to be successful Kickstarter project; Home of The Brave: Struggle & Triumph in a Broken America.
By: Henry Barajas
Project: Home...
indiegogo: The Garlicks, True Patriot and Jaybird
The Kick-Watcher takes a break from Kickstarter to show you what indiegogo projects you should be supporting.
By: Henry Barajas
Crowd funding for indie comic creators is the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not going...
NYCC 2012: Kick-Watcher at NYCC
By: Henry Barajas
One of the main reasons why I started writing about Kickstarter projects is because I care a lot about independent creators trying to do their own thing. If you have ever considered making...
Kick-Watcher: Martin Monsterman, Black Idol vol 1 and LUST (NSFW)
By: Henry Barajas
Project: Martin Monsterman- Graphic Novel
Talent/Project Manager: Manny Trembley
Days to Go: 27
Goal: $7,000
The spiel: Manny Trembley is debuting his latest ALL AGES graphic novel with his company Fish Tank books. Before he started...
Kickwatcher: Victor Ochoa of NOBODIES, Volume 2
NOBODIES vol. 2 is the most auspicious comic book project to grace Kickstarter.
By: Henry Barajas
Project: NOBODIES, Volume 2
Talent/Project Manager: Victor Ochoa
Days to Go: 13
Goal: $3,000
The spiel: Mark Waid once said "There are more ideas in one...