Crowdfunding

As long rumored, Kickstarter has announced a new app for iPhone and iPod Touch. You can download it here.

I'm glad the holidays are over and everyone is off their ass making back to making some comic books.  Something's in the water or there just are some great project with a lot of heart and soul.  We have some bright new faces, an industry favorite and a successful project manager looking for repeated success.

You have only a few hours to get the Spring 2013 series by Benign Kingdom and as it includes sketchbooks and posters by Emily Carroll, Tyson Hesse, Gigi D.G. and Phil McAndrew, you might want to do that. The project is long funded, but it ends today!

After the cancellation of Superman Family Adventures, the creative team of Art Baltazar & Franco haven't wasted any time in moving onto their next project....

Okay rarely at the Beat do we issue a direct order but we're playing that card. We want you to STOP reading this post immediately and go to this link and pledge some money for Maria Paz Cabardo's film BETTER THINGS: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones. DO IT. All finished! Great get a cookie!

I know that's the weirdest group of projects to put in one headline but I think it says a lot about the amount of variety that...

Yet ANOTHER band of creators teaming up and kickin' it to Kickstarter! Tis time its Alex Grecian, Jeremy Haun, B. Clay Moore and Seth...

There's just over a day left to go, but Joe Caramagna and Scott Koblish can rest easy with some yams (or whatever it is...

Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray debut their second Kickstarter project of the year, SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume One. Project: SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume 1 Talent/Project Manager: Jimmy...

In case you've been wondering about the contents of the Kickstarter project we've been analyzing, Home of the Brave by Spencer Toyama and Jon...

Here's what our first 24 hours looked like: 5 am - Coffee.  Lots of Coffee.  Hit the launch button.  Create bitly link (bitly.com gives great analytics and allow you to track the reach of your link outside of Kickstarter).  Text, email, and Facebook message friends on EST and CST.  I made sure to message people individually and not as a group, as I thought this would better my chances of getting them to repost our campaign.

Sitting in on the Kickstarter panel at the New York Comic Con, I found myself sharing many of the questions that were posed to the Benign Kingdom Creators, a Kickstarter team that raised well over $100,000 with their campaign: How can I create such a successful campaign? How do I build an audience that large?