Tag: kickstarter
And oops, a Tezuka Kickstarter that ran into problems
Speaking of manga, as we just were, and Tezuka and Kickstarter as we were yesterday, here is another Tezuka Kickstarter project that has kind of gone into the “Kickstarter failure” file. Last June something...
50 hours/$450 to go for Sparkplug’s Fall Kickstarter
Actually $440 since I just pledged $10 for a copy of Elijah Brubaker's Reich #12. If there is any company which deserves the preordering help that Kickstarter uses its Sparkplug, now run by Virginia...
Crowdwatching: Last Gasp is Kickstarting its fall season
Here we go again: another alternative publisher has turned to crowdfunding to stockpile some scratch for an upcoming list. This time it's Last Gasp, the venerable SF institution that published some of the...
SDCC ’14: Ben Costa on Kung-Fu, Gelatinous Goo, and Good Game Design
By Matthew Jent
Ben Costa is a maker. He makes comics, games, and deadpan jokes.
I caught up with Ben at the tail end of this year’s San Diego Comic Con to chat about the Kickstarter-funded...
The Beat Podcasts! – SDCC ’14 Day 1: Eric Powell & Richard Starkings
Live from San Diego Comic Con, it's More To Come! Publishers Weekly's podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The Beat's own Heidi MacDonald.
In day one of...
Why Comic Anthologies Find So Much Success on Kickstarter
By Matt O'Keefe
I’m Matt O'Keefe, a writer for The Beat, and I have written about a lot of Kickstarters. Crowdfunding is a really fascinating subject in the comic book industry, playing a significant role in publishing and marketing as...
KICKSTARTER POWER HOUR: Jump on the Todd Allen Train
Todd Allen - you know, the guy from this very website? - is taking his first project to Kickstarter. And true to form, not only will he be running the Kickstarter campaign himself... he'll...
KICKSTARTER POWER HOUR: Girls With Slingshots Goes On Tour
Danielle Corsetto's Girls with Slingshots webcomic has been a decade-long success, collected into 7 print editions over the years and amassing a huge audience around the world. So to celebrate, she's chosen to go...
KICKSTARTER POWER HOUR: Vera Greentea’s ‘Recipes for the Dead’
Vera Greentea is back once more for a seventh shot at Kickstarter, having enjoyed success with every single one of her last campaigns. And she's returning with Allison Strom once more for a third...
Kickstarter Power Hour: Albert the Alien by Trevor Mueller and Gabriel Bautista Jr
We round out this Kickstarter Power Hour with a Thrillbent series which'll be coming to print if it makes the Kickstarter goal. Written by Trevor Mueller and drawn by Gabriel Bautista Jr, Albert the...
Kickstarter Power Hour: #ResistComics
From editor Can Yalcinkaya comes an anthology of stories from upcoming and established Turkish creators, following the story of the 2013 Uprising in Turkey. Focusing on the side of the Turkish resistance, this is a...
Kickstarter Power Hour: ‘The Leg’ by Van Jensen and Jose Pimienta
The power of the Kickstarter Power Hour is that you never know when it'll happen! And here we are, bank holiday Monday, with a whole load of new and exciting crowdfunding projects to tell...
