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And Save/Continue Editor Kyle Gaddo. In a nice hour-long interview we talk to John Drake about the brand new Kickstarter for the new Amplitude game planned for PS3 and PS4 We discuss the process of the game, why they turned to Kickstarter despite people thinking they are rolling in that fat Rock Band cash, and we[...]

Which is a shame, because stories like these all but beg to be drawn. These stories are up for funding on Kickstarter right now Backers can get copies of the book, commissioned art, prints and posters and some really special extras for those who give a little bit more There's also a special offer for Bleeding[...]

This visual development collection has been a labor of love by artists who are passionate about their craft. The Design Unscripted campaign is currently 95% funded!  We will be giving out a random original drawing by a Design Unscripted artist to one lucky Bleeding Cool backer at the end of the Successful Design Unscripted campaign.  You[...]

Joshua Henaman writes, What originally began as a two-part series detailing the journey of self-publishing my sword, sorcery and sasquatch epic, Bigfoot –

For now, we need to start at the beginning, and that's with a print run of the first book "Alien Tongues" that I hope to fund and ship to supporters via my kickstarter campaign. Fortunately, with the help of Bleeding Cool reader support, the campaign can make Brainslug happen in an even greater way! My original, very[...]

Devin Kraft writes, Title: Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition. Creators Involved: Devin Kraft, Space Gun Studios. Close Date: May 31st, 11:59 PM. Publishing Date: July 2014. Elevator Pitch: Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition is the result of almost two years of work and three Kickstarter campaigns The story follows a ronin, a king, and a dragon all of whom are trying to[...]

I posted a link to my Kickstarter and got a reblog by Farel Dalrymple The Kickstarter post got 33 notes, the empty comic panels another 193 It was madness. From this point I can see what the future holds for me Soon after my next book comes out I'm picked up by a small literary agency[...]

The kickstarter for issue 1 is running now If you're a fan of paintball, comics, or both, be sure to check it out! You can find the Kickstarter here. Cassidy James writes for Bleeding Cool: Paintball It's like a drug habit; addictive, expensive, and it makes your clothes smell funny. Back in 2000, Cassidy James learned this the[...]

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For the past few weeks, friends and family have been processing the realization that award-winning pop culture photographer and comic writer of recently successful Kickstarter: Schmuck, Seth Kushner, was suddenly diagnosed with rapid onset Leukemia at the age of 40 Seth was having serious trouble recovering from a bad flu and a trip to the[...]

In addition to writing Green Lantern Corps and The Flash and releasing an omnibus of the Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer graphic novels, Van Jensen is self-publishing a 180-page, full-color graphic novel through Kickstarter. The Leg features the disembodied leg of Santa Anna adventuring through 1930s Mexico It's a weird pastiche of fairy tales, Spaghetti Westerns and Mexican history featuring art by[...]

I really can't do his story justice, so instead I'll just put a link to the update he did in our Kickstarter campaign. For me, this is a choice I might be miserable if I quit writing and lost my creative outlet to become another 9-5 drone (9 to 5? Really? Does anyone still only work[...]

Footprints: Bad Luck Charm. Written by Joey Esposito. Art by Jonathan Moore. Letters and Design by Adam Pruett. Kickstarter ends June 1 at Noon EST. Ships August 2014 Pitch: The return of Footprints – a series about Bigfoot as a private eye – in a new double-feature one-shot starring Bigfoot, Jersey Devil, Loch Ness Monster, and Chupacabra[...]

Titan the Ultra Man #2 Kickstarter-  Creators: Tony Kittrell, Pow Rodrix, Tots Valeza, Ed Dukeshire, Dino Agor, Steven "Sash" Scott, Ken Hunt, Dheeraj Verma, Eric Battle, Bart Sears, Pablo Marcos and several more. Close date: Friday, May 30, 2014 Publication date:  Est July 2014 Tony Kittrell writes: Advent Comics is an up and coming publisher that has quietly become[...]

Throughout May 2014, I'm running a Kickstarter campaign in the hope of reaching a $5000 goal to publish a 96-page, black and white graphic novel titled THE CURSE OF RAGDOLL This is my first Kickstarter, and I'm finding that the amount of prep work is enormous, which goes far beyond the production of the actual[...]

But I chose to distribute the work electronically, to publish on the web and publicize through Twitter and Facebook, and to raise funds for a print version of the book through Kickstarter So the more low tech my artwork becomes, the more I've relied on technological solutions for getting it in front of people The[...]

Writer- Shobo Coker. Artist- Shofela Coker. Kickstarter end – May 18th Publishing Date- November 1st Shofela Coker writes, Outcasts of Jupiter is a science fiction adventure comic created by two Nigerian brothers You could say it's the A-Team in space, with a healthy dose of smart pulp and scifi fantasy It's a fun, funny, action packed, old fashioned, rousing[...]

And with a modest goal of $800 on Kickstarter, already at $7,000. And the money is needed Sim writes, Bottom line, we had a thoroughly botched (George and Sean are still working actively to "unbotch" it) restoration of the CEREBUS and HIGH SOCIETY volumes and now have to pay off the printer to get back to Square[...]

By Joe Cammisa [audio:http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e063.mp3] Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast Episode 63: Beyond (Blade)Mode 7 here on Bleeding Cool! This week on the show we are joined by Jesse Durona, one half of the creative force behind the SNES art and story anthology Beyond Mode 7! We talk about the book and who all[...]

Funded on Kickstarter at the end of last year, to the tune of $137,000, The Squidder is Ben Templesmith's new work, and will be serialised by IDW from July. This all-new four-issue series finds an old soldier from a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic world that has left him behind He was one of the last[...]

 Start taking your bets on when the PS4 and Xbox One versions hit.  I've heard really good things about it from fans of the first title and if you've been waiting, the PC version is apparently the one to play.  Trials Fusion, the 2.5D grown up Excitebike game hits PC this week too. Full motion video makes a return to gaming this week with Tesla Effect:[...]

By Joe Cammisa   [audio:http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e062.mp3] Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast Episode 62: Perxerl Nerr (and Kunal is a Dick) here on Bleeding Cool! This week, Kris Huber and I are joined by our friend Len Stuart and Kunal Majmudar, owners of SWDTech Games, to talk about their upcoming release Pixel Noir which just[...]

And in planning my Kickstarter, I had to take a hard look at how crowdfunding for comics works And my conclusion is that, too often, crowdfunding for comics is broken. The Kickstarter in question is for Martian Comics, a unique sci-fi comic that we think is very different Kevin Thurman and I wrote it Sergio Tarquini[...]

THE DARK TALES OF THE BROTHERS HARROW Volume 1 collects the first two issues of two sci-fi fantasy titles – The Delta and Avalon: The World Within. In support of the project, they have launched a Kickstarter campaign in collaboration with renown concept artists Levente Peterffy (Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Harry Potter[...]

This morning I came across a Kickstarter for a stop-motion puppet series called House Of Monsters created by Dawn Brown It made me think of the Rankin/Bass productions and the Mad Monster Party. [youtube]http://youtu.be/Oh4kc6KOwyY[/youtube] In 2012 they put together a short film of House Of Monsters and took out on the festival circuit and it did very[...]

What happens when two dimwitted teenagers gain super powers and accidentally frame legendary superheroes for their misdeeds? They become famous of course! Indie newcomer, Fright Entertainment (www.frightentertainment.com), just launched their first kickstarter campaign on April 10th 2014, for their superhero/comedy mini series, Champions of Earth The campaign will run until May 10th 11:08 am but if[...]

From that moment on, spandex and capes, masks and tights, would be my obsession. Fast forward back to that interview now, and you'll understand where the Black Wraith kickstarter project really began Jamie Gambell was one of the first friends in the business that I made through Twitter By the time we started talking, I'd already[...]

We are running our first ever Kickstarter for our soon to be released flagship series Ximphonic Versus Our Kickstarter campaign ends on May 22nd 2014. Ximphonic Versus story centers around crown Prince Addonnis Neos Latrunculus and the war for the last Ximphonic Swords of Destiny As the champion of lament, Addonnis has the powers to wield[...]

Hound: A re-imagining of Cu Chulainn, Ireland's greatest legend. Story by Paul Bolger and Barry Devlin, Artwork by Paul Bolger, Produced by Hugh Welchman, Kickstarter closing date: 1st of May (http://kck.st/1flC5Ui) Marcin J Sobczak writes, Dear Bleeding Cool Readers… Just before you'll take a look at our project briefly described beneath, I'd prepared a little treat exclusively for you (one here and the other one[...]