Tag: Crowdfunding
Kickstarter adds sub-categories to comics projects
This went out last week but I haven't seen it noted too much in comics circles: Kickstarter has added subcategories to the various main categories for projects. 94 subcategories were added, to aid both creators and backers in finding suitable projects.
Amy Chu Kickstarts a Third Volume of ‘Girls Night Out’ [Interview]
For the last several years, writer Amy Chu has been a familiar face at comic conventions around the World - just last year I...
Rachael Smith on House Party: “I’d Like to Answer this Question in the Form...
The British comics scene is in one of the healthiest places it's ever been right now, with new projects coming from all angles, and...
Kickstarter advice with Spike and Paul Roman Martinez
Are you among the four or five people who haven't done a Kickstarter yet but are just thinking about it?
Jules Rivera: “Why do they Never Show the Poor Magic Schools?” [Interview]
It might be all well and good for Harry Potter and his inherited money and fancy scholarship-based schooling in a Scottish castle, but stories...
Lela Gwenn on Born Dark: “Everyone is the Hero of Their Own Story” [Interview]
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
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]
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
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
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.
Kickwatcher alert: Bob Burden’s Thrilling Visions Sketchbook #2 is really weird
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
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...
