This Kickstarter comics anthology is for all of us who’ve felt alone in our...
Every morning, I listen to the ways my toes and knees crack into place, waiting for the day when an anomalous sound will alert me to the fact that my muscles and bones have...
Can Patreon Keep a Comic Store Open?
A couple weeks ago, we told you about Mission Comics in San Francisco having a community meeting after they'd experienced some sales drops and were concerned about staying in business.
They had the meeting and...
Crowdfunding Watch: Witches, Scientists and Existential Crisis
I like to end the month by having an existential crisis and I'm glad that 2018 is proving no different. The good part about questioning what your purpose on this mortal plane is, is...
INTERVIEW: Cartoonist Justin Hall’s Discusses MINE! and more
In August 2017, ComicMix launched their Kickstarter for Mine!, a comics collection benefiting health services organization Planned Parenthood. Mine! features contributions from Eisner-Award winners and nominees to independent creators and up-and-coming artists, aimed at...
Crowdfunding Watch: Secret Libraries, Reimagined Fairy Tales and Time Travel
This week's crowdfunding watch is brought to you by my childhood. I dreamed of living inside books or having them somehow magically become part of my real world. I longed to experience the thrill...
Help Wanted: Comics Outreach Lead for Kickstarter
Whoop, these dream jobs are coming fast! This listing for Comics Outreach Lead at Kickstarter would instantly put you at the top of the power list for comics!
Some of the details:
About the Role:
You will leverage...
Patreon Comes To Its Senses – Fee Changes Cancelled, But How To Move Forward?
Jacke Conte has finally spoken.
We’ve heard you loud and clear. We’re not going to rollout the changes to our payments system that we announced last week. We still have to fix the problems that those...
Patreon’s Silence Is Destroying Their Two Greatest Successes
Last Wednesday and Thursday, Patreon told their creators and patrons they were changing their fee structure. It’s been a fiasco. They’ve been silent since updating their blog post on the fee changes and it’s...
The Patreon Fiasco: Jack Conte tells creators “We ****ed up.”
The creative community is still waiting on Patreon to officially address the new policy of passing transaction fees on to the patrons (backers), but it appears that co-founder and figurehead Jack Conte has been...
Fundraiser started to support DC employee who lost home to California wildfire
For the last five days, wildfires have ravaged Southern California. Blazes from San Diego county to Ventura, near Los Angeles, have burned through over 150,000 acres of land and as of this article's writing,...
UPDATED With Patreon’s Explanation: Why People Are Alienated By Patreon’s New Fees – We...
Seems like it’s a season of change in Crowdfunding. Last week, we talked with Spike about Drip, Kickstarter’s answer to Patreon and now Patreon’s announced a change in their billing structure.
Announced yesterday to creators...
A Year of Free Comics: Read Chapter One of the spectacular ‘LifeDeath’–and then check...
John Stanisci has drawn a bunch of comics for DC, IDW and Marvel, and he's decided to kickstart his first original graphic novel, LifeDeath. a fully illustrated SciFi epic.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1867737982/lifedeath
Given how sharp the art looks it's...
