Crowdfunding

Kickstarter advice with Spike and Paul Roman Martinez

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Are you among the four or five people who haven't done a Kickstarter yet but are just thinking about it?

Lela Gwenn on Born Dark: “Everyone is the Hero of Their Own Story” [Interview]

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Goblins don't get the respect they deserve, do they? They're twisted creatures of malicious intent, born of dark magic and with creepy pointed ears...

SHE MAKES COMICS documentary funded

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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...

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,...

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