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Deathbark Woods – Choose Your Own Adventurous Path
Unbeknownst to all seekers, is that the Shadow Knight, Rothedun, guards it. The primary goal of this Kickstarter is to get Book 1 completed, with a secondary goal of turning 3E into a full time job. Book 1 – Deathbark Woods – is only the tip of the iceberg, and sets up many events to come in[...]
Monsters, Maidens & Mayhem
But thanks to a wonderful little crowd-funding site called Kickstarter.com, I'll finally be able to turn all of my poster illustrations, renderings and sketches into an amazing Hardcover for upcoming Comic-Book Conventions My campaign finishes up on December 21st, and delivery is set for June 2014. I've always had this thing about quality Whether it's a[...]
The Rise – In Three Words: Future Ninja Counterterrorism
If you liked what you've seen here please consider heading over to the Kickstarter and contributing to the cause While you are there, I hope you'll take the time to find out more about my project by watching the Kickstarter video for The RISE Issue #1 The video, produced by Brandon Russ, gives you an inside[...]
Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Tonatzin Mondragon Does… Again.
Now she wants help making her new movie – Lumin: The Golden Warrior Is Born. On her kickstarter page, Tonatzin isn't trying to make the whole movie She's just trying to raise $15,950 to make the trailer so she can then use it to gain financial backing On the page she has included the script for[...]
Just Like Dr Who. With More Guns. Less Time Travel.
Since then I've had some positive and (thankfully not too much) negative feedback which has been awesomely useful in shaping my vision and subsequent Kickstarter campaign (which is in it's last 10 days). Along the way though,I've discovered a little something about myself which has proven a bit awkward – I'm an incredible snob when it[...]
Kickstart Your Buzz With Imaginary Drugs
Well, folks we have now officially gone live at Kickstarter. After a pretty quick jump out of the gate, we're still a good ways away from our target goal.  We've got a healthy sampling of higher end original art rewards, creator services, and original commissions available. As a special Bleeding Cool Incentive, I'll throw in an extra free 11"X17"[...]
We Prayed At The Altar Of Die Hard, Commando, Rambo And Lethal Weapon
Since I was eight-years-old, comic books have been an intense passion of mine. This brings us to UNCAGED, the Kickstarter campaign  I'm running right now Artist Taylor Stauft and I have crafted a love letter to the action movies of the 80s and 90s in the form of a comic book The evaluator pitch is essentially[...]
Two Tin Beans F*cking A Comic
says. We have already met our $300 Kickstarter goal I kept the goal low because the story was originally going to be in black and white Backers have expressed interest in getting the book colored, which I would do myself There is a $1000 stretch goal to get it printed in color This would give us[...]
Asking The Wizard For Cash – Kickstarter The Great And Powerful
I was inspired to create some concept art and write a few stories and before I knew it, I was making plans to launch a Kickstarter so I could make this book a reality. I invited other creatives to join me in this quest for 3 reasons #1 there is strength in numbers #2 it's more[...]
Steve Mannion and the Salvation of the Comic Book Industry
His last two Kickstarters far exceeded every stretch goal they've set His latest Kickstarter for his new comic book Fearless Dawn, Eye of the Beholder, had an initial goal of $6,800 By the end of the first day he had over $8,000 At the time of this writing it's hovering around $13,500, with the next[...]
Kickstarter Fail – Crimson Rhen Gets Kicktrolled Over Thanksgiving
We've run Kickstarter Fails looking at those using Kickstarter to raise money that don't always… work out. But of late, there have been more from bidders who are scammers. At least they were trying to scam free goods There are those who do it, it seems, for shits and giggles. Thom Pratt writes about his Crimson Rhen Of[...]
Greg Pak Draws Jonathan Coulton's Blue Sunny Day
Greg Pak writes (and draws) on the Code Monkey Saves The World comics project on the Kickstarter page; See below for a teaser of the JoCo Funnies section of the book Those are the inks of the "Li'l Blue" strip I did based on Jonathan's lovelorn vampire song, "Blue Sunny Day." Enjoy! We will, Greg! We will! [...]
"My Gal, the Zombie," Uses Zombism As A Metaphor For Discrimination
 In the first MGTZ story, Chelsea is told she cannot enter a restaurant where her mortal boyfriend takes her for a date.  While this is due to her being a zombie, her zombism represents anything which leads to rejection.  Not taking "no," for an answer, she finds a sneaky way to dine with her guy,[...]
Cartoons Were Sanctuary Against Bullies, Quarreling Parents and Loneliness
 After countless hours of revising, coloring, promoting, studying Kickstarter basics and producing an animated pitch video, the Lighter than Heir: Volume One project was ready to go… or so I thought. The last week and a half was incredible After reaching out to my kindest friends, family, fans, and supporters, they have all done their best[...]
Protecting History To Save The Future – The Clock Maker's Legacy
The artwork of Katie Gamb helps enhance the journey, and if you visit our kickstarter page you'll see that another journey is coming to end. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/891523917/the-clock-makers-legacy The time to get the funding needed to bring this project to life for others will be over on Sunday, December 1st Take a look at the story[...]
Frank Cho Would Like To Teach You How To Draw Beautiful Women
And, naturally he's doing it with Kickstarter. Drawing Beautiful Women is his new volume, filled with sketches and step by step instructions The book will be available in paperback, hardback, slipcases and with an exclusive to Kickstarter art print, and the more expensive versions having exclusive comntent Indeed, the Kickstarter seems to be more of an[...]
A Fable for the Techno-Age. Red: A Cyberpunk Fairytale
Thankfully, crowdsource funding websites like Kickstarter allows for creatives to raise money to make their dreams a reality. Our project Red: A Cyberpunk Fairytale was forged from our minds into the comic that you see before you right now….and we are happy that we are free to make that a reality. Red: A Cyberpunk Fairytale, is a[...]
Lark & Eagle. Not Hawk & Dove.
Stephen Johnson writes; About 20 years ago when I was in high school I went to band camp. (Okay, let's pause for snickering) Well, we played a song one
Nuns Kick Ass
So Bleeding Cool readers! Let us know you're interested by signing up at our Kickstarter page – or at our website – And just to get the ball rolling, here's the prologue that sets the stage for the rest of the story which all takes place in present day Chicago. The miracle that is related today[...]
Kickstart From The Heart: The Night Owl Society
Bleeding Cool's Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.  He helps point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn't normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention.  Shawn is the Manager of Comic Book Programming for[...]
Measure Of Success
Robin Childs writes; Running a Kickstarter is a very rough process for me No surprise there, Kickstarter is a gauntlet for everyone As a chronic depressive, there's an additional layer of hot coals to wade through when running a crowd-funding campaign Having that yardstick of success, that count-down to funded, can make it easy to forget[...]
Universe Building And What Is Metal Made Flesh
 Individuals from very different backgrounds with distinct personalities that all had a connecting element, beyond the world they're in. Jeremy:  Without giving away too much of the story, they're all faced with a similar kind of situation – but the way they deal with it is very much a reflection of their characters.  The situation also[...]
Ben Templesmith's Squidvision Updates
Turns out its for a graphic novel Templesmith is doing through 44Flood and Kickstarter. The project has already met its goal and then some… but there are some awesome rewards still available. This how the book is described on the site: THE SQUIDDER is an original graphic novel about an old soldier from a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic[...]
Genre Crossovers With The Spider King – A Seven Page Preview
The accessibility of the over-arching idea allows us to do complex and interesting things with our characters and our story. My collaborator on The Spider King is the amazingly talented Italian illustrator Simone D'Armini, and we've just launched a kickstarter campaign to fund the production of the first volume If it sounds like something you're interested[...]
The Drugs Don't Work if They Are Imaginary – Eight Page Preview
 I'm sure very, very few of you will recognize my name from my scattered BC Con coverage reports.  A few more might recognize my name from the inside front covers of the FUBAR series of historical zombie fiction.  I've gotten about sixty pages worth of short stories published over the last two years through FUBAR Press and[...]
Kickstart From The Heart: Biker Mice From Mars
Bleeding Cool's Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.  He helps point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn't normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention.  Shawn is the Manager of Comic Book Programming[...]
Former Lucasarts Art Director Wants To Share His Bad Dreams
That's why I've taken it to kickstarter.   If you can help me raise our goal, it will open the door not just for Bad Dreams, but a number of future projects I have waiting in the wings Check some of these out at my garyart.net site. If you back Bad Dreams, I won't forget your help[...]
A Digital Comics Kickstarter? That'll Teach Us!
Thom Pratt writes for Bleeding Cool: www.shadowbinders.com A few days ago, my wife Kambrea and I launched another Kickstarter campaign. And we're doing it all wrong. We're attempting to Kickstart a family-friendly adventure graphic novel in the vein of The Goonies and Mark Twain. And it's not even done yet In fact, we've barely started on the artwork. The rewards are[...]
Huddleston And Taylor Reunite For The Bully's Bully
We never expected that bullying victims would latch on to Bully's Bully as they have and those numbers seem to keep growing. With these stories we've heard, it's driven us even harder to reach out and connect with those fans, in addition to telling better stories. So this journey has ended up with this whole Kickstarter thing[...]