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New Girl Genius Graphic Novel Tops $75,000 in One Day
The creative team of Phil Foglio & Kaja Foglio, who make up Studio Foglio, have been funding the print runs of their webcomic on Kickstarter for years now, and their success has only increased as more volumes are added to the series The series, which the Foglios bill as a story of "Adventure, Romance, MAD[...]
Jimmy Palmiotti Promotes POP KILL and Gives Bleeding Cool 20% Off
Jimmy Palmiotti writes for Bleeding Cool about The Long Journey into Kickstarter – and a gift to the Bleeding Cool readers.  POP KILL #2 is currently running live It's my 14th Kickstarter We have art by Dave Johnson, Juan Santacruz, Brian Reber, Amanda Conner, and story by Dave and I; all put together by the amazing[...]
Stephen Mooney's Half Past Danger Returns With a Christmas Special
Credit: Stephen Mooney's Kickstarter. This holiday-themed one-shot is funding on Kickstarter now and will be perfect for returning readers and new readers alike Mooney describes Half Past Danger as Indiana Jones meets Jurassic Park, going on to describe this Christmas Special, which will ship to backers in December just in time for the holiday: The feature-length lead story will[...]
YouTubers/Comics Artists Husband & Husband Return With Fairy Boy
Their Husband & Husband comic was a slice-of-life collection of stories that, like their vlogs, chronicled their lives with funny stories, observations, and cute jokes. Fairy Boy, which saw its first volume funded successfully on Kickstarter just four months ago, is a departure for the duo, as it is a fictional tale of magic, witches, and more[...]
Long-running Webcomic O Human Star to End With Third Volume
The popular indie graphic novel series O Human Star has launched a campaign to fund its third and final volume on Kickstarter The series by Blue Delliquanti, which began as a webcomic in 2012, has enjoyed success through the crowdfunding site, which continues with this finale, currently funded at nearly double its goal with twenty-six days[...]
A New Wave of Indie Creators Is Upending Mainstream Comics
With creators using platforms like Kickstarter to build their businesses and create their art, what can mainstream publishers offer them that they haven't already done themselves? Let's take a look at four such creators and what we can learn from their success stories. Girl Genius Kickstarter header Credit: Studio Foglio Kickstarter page. Studio Foglio, creators of Girl[...]
Side-Kicked
That is the story detailed in Side-Kicked Volume 1 (Chapters 1-4), which was successfully funded on Kickstarter in two separate campaigns in 2014 Since then, Side-Kicked has sold out its first two print runs and has nearly sold through its third printing. Side-Kicked Volume 2 (Chapters 5-9) is a 5-issue comic book mini-series created by me, its series[...]
John McCrea Launches Kickstarter with Garth Ennis, Gerry Duggan and More
Longstanding comic book writer/artist and Hitman co-creator John McCrea has turned to Kickstarter for a collection of a number of his creator-owned stories dubbed Mighty World of McCrea with an array of A-List collaborative talent over the decades The first of four planned collections, the goal has already been doubled and it is anticipated to[...]
Scout Comics Makes Kickstarter Comics Into Hits, Will Others Follow?
The company has built themselves up to a publisher to watch in the indie comics community from the release of Yasmeen, the story of a teenage girl on the run from ISIS, and the second volume of their comedy/horror/aquatic Metalshark Bro, to their plan to put comics in vending machines, to their appointment of Charlie Stickney, Kickstarter[...]
I spent a decade writing this story...
I am 31, and I am finally Kickstarting my ten-years-in-the-making graphic novel series called Tempest. Cover from Tempest. When I sat down at my computer to put together my Kickstarter campaign last month, I began to feel this intense pressure on my shoulders as I wrote down the words "ten years in the making"—this is not something[...]
Black Noir Comic Book Anthology Comes to Kickstarter
But it's more welcome headlines they are getting today. She's one of the lead creators in Noir is the New Black, a new black noir comic book anthology being Kickstartered today Black Noir is a variation on the Noir fiction genre popularized by writers like Dashiell Hammett or Mikey Spillane Except Black Noir blends this classic[...]
Kickstarter dweeb accidentally creates new genre of science fiction
Putting it aside, I became fascinated with the topic of extrasolar travel and continued to research into it, which is now where you find me, halfway through our first Kickstarter for our comic ARKS Which might just be, maybe, the first science faction comic….or at least that's my story, and I'm running with it for[...]
Paris 2119 Unlocks Bengal, Ashley A Woods,
Previously, Bleeding Cool gave its readers an opportunity to get an exclusive Peach Momoko print for Magnetic Press' Kickstarter for the deadly, dystopic sci-fi romance comic book Paris 2119, two weeks ago The publisher is happy to report that with the support of comic fans, the project has well-surpassed their original $5K goal and is[...]
Dave Sim Parodies Avengylene for You Don't Know Jack.
You Don't Know Jack focuses on her and her relationship with the artist, represented as a floating glove holding an ink pen. What happens when people of different backgrounds stop talking to each other, and conversation itself is controversial? In 2017, shortly after the election of Donald Trump, noted Cartoonist and Bear-Poker Dave Sim teamed up with moderately-noted Painter and[...]
Stars of Wrestling Share Tales from the Road in Headlocked Anthology
Michael Kingston, the creator of the premier ongoing wrestling comic book, Headlocked, is back with another Kickstarter Headlocked: Tales From The Road is an anthology collecting one-off stories Kingston has collaborated on with stars of both the wrestling and comic book art world Bleeding Cool spoke with Kingston to talk about the Kickstarter, which is[...]
Is Kickstarter the Future for Comics Pros and Publishers?
Kickstarter has been a haven for indie creators to bring their projects to life for years now The popular crowdfunding platform has allowed comics creators to showcase their dream concepts to the public, letting the book sink or swim based on the reaction Writers and artists alike have looked to the platform to find success[...]
Saladin Ahmed and Dave Acosta Set Kickstarter Ablaze with Dragon
Now, Saladin Ahmed has turned his attention to the corner of the comics industry that the major publishers and creators are, seemingly, just starting to realize, is here to say in a big way: Kickstarter Until recently, an established comics creator like Saladin Ahmed, taking a project to a crowdfunding platform, would have a lot[...]
Dead Reckoning, A Pirate Adventure Tabletop Game, On Kickstarter
Tabletop gaming company Alderac Entertainment Group has launched its newest upcoming board game, Dead Reckoning, onto Kickstarter! It met its funding goal in barely fifteen minutes' time and now, as of the time of this article's conception, has nearly six times as much funding as they initially asked for. The array of components in Dead Reckoning,[...]
Preview: Warrior Nun: Dora on Kickstarter
Warrior Nun is booming on Netflix, and it's not doing too badly on Kickstarter either, with the graphic novel Warrior Nun: Dora which we looked at earlier in the week, being crowdfunded by Bleeding Cool's own publisher Avatar Press As well as running interviews with creators Pat Shand and Daniel Gete, we have a preview[...]
Chronicle Collectibles Announces Jurassic Park Kickstarter Campaign
Chronicle Collectibles has announced that they will be heading to Kickstarter for a future campaign We have seen McFarlane Toys do something similar with their remastered Spawn figure and it was a huge success This campaign will be dedicated to its own line of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World 1/12 Scale Figures Some prototypes were[...]
Warrior Nun Goes All-Ages On Kickstarter, Thanks to Netflix
Oh yes, she's getting a Netflix series, starting on July 2nd, a new show by Continuum's Simon Barry. Comic book distribution is a bit funny right now, which is why Avatar Press has taken the graphic novel straight to Kickstarter, as they recreate Warrior Nun for a new all-ages audience, as Warrior Nun: Dora Written by[...]
McFarlane Toys Gives Update on Spawn Kickstarter Figure
Todd McFarlane has given backers a new update for the massively successful Spawn Kickstarter campaign In one month, 23,761 backers raised $3,447,390 for a figure that's minimum goal was only $100,000 The campaign hit 1 million in only 24 hours another was still 29 days left on it Three figures were shown Classic, Modern, and[...]
Rylend Grant Takes The Jump to Kickstarter, Via Astral Projection.
So, when he launches Jump on Kickstarter, it has a little pedigree behind it… and Grant would like to underline this. Rylend Grant writes "I'm a screenwriter by trade For over a decade, I've made my living writing smart psychological thrillers for directors like JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, Justin Lin, John Woo, Luc Besson, and F[...]
Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo in Jon Schaffer Wicked Words Epic Tales
Fans can pre-order Wicked Words and Epic Tales through Kickstarter. Artists that have contributed pieces for Wicked Words and Epic Tales include: Jim Balent Jonboy Meyers Roy Young David Newman-Stump Todd McFarlane Greg Capullo Tim Vigil Monte Moore Danny Miki Sun Khamunaki John Gallagher Emile Levaique Richard Ortiz John Giang Felipe Machado Jamie Tyndall Dylan Andrews Lucio Parrillo Travis Smith Nathan Perry Leo Hao Eliran Kantor Axel Hermann "I wanted to put something together that would be a truly unique[...]
Afropunk Fantasy Horror Comic, The Bone Herder, Booms on Kickstarter
I'm not alone in my desire to see settings that extend beyond the familiarity of typical western stories." Afropunk Fantasy Horror Comic, The Bone Herder, Booms on Kickstarter. The graphic novel tells a story that "every generation, a child is chosen to travel from village to village punishing wrongdoers, by flaying their bones and burying them[...]
What’s A Hybrid Novel? I’m Not Sure Exactly…But I Created One
You can also support the Kickstarter, which is currently live The Kickstarter includes some extra goodies and content for El Paso, such as new covers, exclusive artwork based on the dream journal, and additional artwork for my very divisive sci-fi short, Titan. El Paso is largely an experiment in the loose genre of hybrid novels[...]
Frostpunk Board Game's Kickstarter Launching This Fall
11 bit studios and the people behind Glass Cannon Unplugged have announced the upcoming launch of their board game, Frostpunk, in the form of a Kickstarter campaign The Kickstarter will officially be opened to the public this fall. The box for Frostpunk, a board game by 11 bit studios and Glass Cannon Unplugged Its Kickstarter campaign will[...]
Dave Sim Pulls Plug on The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond
A series of Kickstarters, IndieGoGos and Patreons were set up, but Dave Sim was showing extreme doubts as to whether anyone would want to read it But now A Moment Of Cerebus has run the news that the project is being abandoned – with those who donated to the crowdfunded asked if they would mind[...]
Kat
But she also creates her own comic books and has recently launched a Kickstarter for her comic book Like Father, Like Daughter Following multiple successful Kickstarters – Kat Calamia and Wayne A Brown's Like Father, Like Daughter returns with a sixth installment – self publishing for the first time under Calamia's own online brand Comic[...]