Crowdfunding

Kicking the Kick-Troll: Shadowbinders Returns to Kickstarter! [Interview]

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Shadowbinders is a webcomic from creators Kambrea and Thomas Pratt. Having previously worked for Disney, the duo decided to take their latest idea to...

As DENVER launches, Jimmy Palmiotti talks the new era of Kickstarter

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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.

You have a few hours to help support the Sequential Artists Workshop in 2014

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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.

Nice Art: Carla Speed McNeil’s “Snake and Frog Never Play Together”

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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...

Kickwatcher alert: Bob Burden’s Thrilling Visions Sketchbook #2 is really weird

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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...

More tales of Kicktrolling emerge—and why it’s destructive

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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...

Kicktrolling is on the rise as funders become scammers

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"Kicktrolling" is a new word and one you may, sadly, be hearing a lot more about. The Beat broke the story last month about...

Quote of the day: get in the time machine

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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...

Interview: Tod Emko Talks A Piggy’s Tale and the Real Life Super Piggy

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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,...

Fantagraphics Kickstarter hits goal after a week — everyone can keep their boots after...

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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.

Kickstarter Respond to Scam Allegation

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Yesterday I ran a piece about Encik Farham, an alleged Kickstarter scammer who pledged funding at the top tier of over a hundred projects,...

Fantagraphics launches $150,000 Kickstarter for Spring 2014 line; already nearly 1/3rd of the way...

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Fantagraphics, publisher of some of the greatest comics ever, hopes to publish more of them in next year's line, but the death of co-founder Kim Thompson in June has left some problems, both with managing the line and cash flow; the books Kim was working on as publisher and translator had to be delayed and that has left them with a budget shortfall.

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