Crowdfunding

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,...

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.

A couple of months back I announced that Hermes Press—a specialist in comic strip reprints—was going to reprint Katherine Collins's Neil the Horse comics...

Another player in the crowdfunding fulfillment bureau—but with a twist. ComicMix has been around a while as a comics news site and...

Rachel Deering is a writer and letterer best known for her horror projects like Anathema, a werewolf story which was successfully funded through Kickstarter and...

Rick Geary's first Kickstarter for The Elwell Enigma has just shipped—and I was just enjoying my digital comic bonus last night— but no rest...

One of the pioneering comic series has gone to Kickstarter, as Don McGregor has set up crowdfunding for a new Sabre story. The first-ever...

Before we head into the weekend, here's a Kickstarter which is on the very verge of being funded - a documentary about comics called...

Well, this seems perfect. The folks behind Cartozia Tales - an all-ages fantasy anthology based around the mythical land of Cartozia - have today...

That's going to be a lot of mugs. The Atomic Robo Kickstarter campaign from Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener has just closed doors, and...

Zainab brought this Kickstarter to my attention a little while back, which seeks to bring the webcomic Not Enough Rings to print. Drawn by...