Shocker: Details of Facebook’s version of Patreon reveal very creator unfriendly terms
Facebook's new Fan Subscription program takes a 30% cut and a perpetual worldwide license for your content?
Patreon’s problems and the state of subscription crowdfunding
I tried to find new people to support on Patreon and you'll never guess what happened next.
Kickstarter sets comics fundraising record with $16 million in 2018
Pledges increaed 26% from 2017.
Save Fat Jacks, Philadelphia’s oldest comics shop
Fat Jack's Comicrypt in Philadelphia is one of the oldest comics shops in the US, and owner Mike Ferraro is a legefigure in the local comics scene. The store has been selling comics for...
INTERVIEW: Kyle Rayner Creators Ron Marz & Darryl Banks Reunite for an Action-Packed WWII...
Action, adventure, heroism, and overcoming impossible odds—that is what Harken’s Raiders promises in every page. Set against the backdrop of World War II Europe, the graphic novel comes from writer Ron Marz and artist...
Crowd Watch: Full Bleed #3 is a sumptuous magazine about comics and culture
Full Bleed is a rather unique* project: a full size hardcover anthology of comics, articles, and stuff, a throwback to when we wanted out information in a handsome package. It's co-edited by Dirk Wood...
Matt Chats: James McCulloch on Writing Horror While Avoiding the Dark Places
I came across James McCulloch work by pure happenstance. I was looking at recent Kickstarter activity and noticed Ryan K. Lindsay, someone who I’ve backed several times on the platform, pledged money to The...
Review: Mortality from all sides in ‘In The Future, We Are Dead’
Death is a multi-faceted subject and German cartoonist Eva Müller’s In The Future We Are Dead gives it the treatment it deserves. Müller comes at the subject from a number of vantage points that range...
Crowd Watch: A Cowboy Bebop Tribute that we all need
Cowboy Bepop is a pretty seminal part of the history of anime - garnering universal acclaim when it debuted in Japan 20 years ago, it was also a powerful part of a new wave...
EXCLUSIVE: Top Cow to publish ‘La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo’
We've been following the successful Kickstarter campaign of the Latinx graphic memoir La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo for a while. Written by Beat alum Henry Baralas with art by J. Gonzo, it's a memoir...
INTERVIEW: Getting to know “Headlopper” Creator Andrew MacLean
From humble self-made beginnings to big name publishing, Andrew MacLean brings forth an exciting, unique, dark, hilarious epic with the adventure of Norgal, a.k.a. The Head Lopper. I have to say, amidst the usual...
PRINCESS WHO SAVED HER FRIENDS Kickstarter Campaign Enters Final Stretch, Aims for Korean and...
Less than a week to get your hands on this children's book!
