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Crowdfunding Watch: Tobocman’s ‘War in the Neighborhood’ is a masterpiece about gentrification

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A new edition of Seth Tobocman's War in the Neighborhood will bring this powerful story of 90s NYC real estate wars back into print.

Review: ‘Shadoweyes’ is a true transformative superhero

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It’s a rare occasion that you can use words like sweet, thoughtful, and gentle to describe a science fiction superhero story taking place in...

Review: Japanese artist Rokudenashiko charts the real obscenity in her memoir

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Just yesterday it was reported that a Japanese court had found artist Rokudenashiko’s vagina figurines to be considered art and not obscenity, but less...

MATT CHATS: Jim Zub on Joining the Crowdfunding Game with Patreon

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I first became a fan of Jim Zub’s because his tutorials on the comics making process, so it’s fitting that my next interview with him is about a platform that...

Rick Riordan announces $10,000 in matching funds for Rosarium

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Okay now this is putting your money where your mouth is, in the best possible way. The other day we told you about Rosarium Press...

MATT CHATS: Tyler James on the Cthulhu Magic and Temptation to Move Away from...

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Tyler James is easily one of the hardest working people in comics. Over the past several years, while continuing his role as the publisher...

Interview: Greg Pak’s Kickstarter about Kickstarter

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Greg Pak explains why he's Kickstarting a book about how to run a successful Kickstarter. Since Kickstarter Secrets is already successful, you probably shouldsupport this book and listen to this man before you run your own comics Kickstarter!

Kazoo Magazine for girls will run comics by Alison Bechdel

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        Kazoo magazine is a new print mag for girls, with a plan to present material that speaks to girls aspirational goals A new kind of print...

Kick Watch: Comic Book Convention Survival Guide tell you absolutely everything about going to...

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I received a nice note asking me to promote this Kickstarter for aComic Book Convention Survival Guide by Kyle Rose and Matthew Bernard. The...

MATT CHATS: Chris Lewis Talks Violence, Karma and Kickstarter for Digital First Series

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I always know I’m getting something unlike anything else on the shelf when I buy a Chris Lewis comic. His last multi-issue series, Drones,...

The “Gibbs Girls” bring their vision of steampunk in “The Invention of E.J. Whitaker”

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By Nicholas Eskey Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs it seems were each destined to be creative. Both writers and illustrators, these sisters are the founders of...

Kickstarter is increasingly crucial to indie comics publishing

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Comics publishing has hit a bit of a slowdown, as I've noted a few times, and Kickstarter seems to be picking up the slack for a lot of publishers. Comicker's Dave Acampo wrote a piece looking at this is mostly about his own Kickstarter for Comicker, but has some general observations and a pie chart of where the money goes prepared by Comicker publisher Sean Williams:

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