Crowdfunding

I'm happy to report that Sequart's SHE MAKES COMICS documentary has been fully funded and reached a first stretch goal of making a special 15 minute mini-documentary about Jackie Ormes, the first black woman...

Shadowbinders is a webcomic from creators Kambrea and Thomas Pratt. Having previously worked for Disney, the duo decided to take their latest idea to the internet, where it's spent the last four years building...

JImmy Palmiotti talks about how to run a Kickstarter and where he sees it going for comics creators, as well as his new project, Denver, a story inspired by European comics albums.

SAW—the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainsesville, FL founded by Tom Hart and Leela Corman— has been doing some great work educating cartoonists, publishing mini comic, giving out micro-grants, and in general being a benefit to the comics community. They've been running an IndieGogo campaign for the last month or so, and it's in its final hours -- if you haven't thrown a few bucks their way, now is the time.

Carla Speed McNeil has a comic she's serializing on Tumblr, called "Snake and Frog Never Play Together"; it's part of the Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Africa Edition project currently being Kickstarted by Kel...

Bob Burden's crazed yet wise comics and art are truly sui generis. The creator of The Flaming Carrot and The Mystery Men was way ahead of his time with the goofy superhero thing. And...

art by Farel Dalrymple Yesterday we wrote about "kicktrolling", or Kickstarter backers bidding at high amounts only to then withdraw the bids as the campaign seemed near completion. It's a practice that seems purely mischief...

"Kicktrolling" is a new word and one you may, sadly, be hearing a lot more about. The Beat broke the story last month about Kickstarter scammer "Encik Farhan", who was funding over 100 projects...

Part of me wonders if Kickstarter had been around 20 years ago if Malibu, Acclaim, Extreme Studios, Kitchen Sink, Black Bull and AiT-Planet Lar wouldn’t still be around in some form or fashion. -- Matt...

I’ve spoken before about A Piggy’s Tale, a very loveable animal adventure comic that is currently in the last week of its Kickstarter campaign, written by Tod Emko and illustrated by Ethan Young. I...

So to no one's surprise, the Fantagraphics Kickstarter has reached its goal of $150,000. With 22 days to go this could get a lot bigger—or people could just say "mission accomplished" and walk off. But given the nature of Kickstarter I'd be shocked if that happens.

Yesterday I ran a piece about Encik Farham, an alleged Kickstarter scammer who pledged funding at the top tier of over a hundred projects, only to then seemingly run a credit dispute when each...