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Telling The Kind Of Story You'll Remember For Years – Proper
And with your help, we can do something truly amazing. This is our first Kickstarter, and we're not asking for much We're offering some pretty cool rewards, and may add some more as the month progresses But we want to add some extra incentives, so here's a few good reasons to support us: You'd be giving two[...]
The Pulse-Pounding Origin Of Lil' Ninja
The themes of Lil' Ninja are the nature of heroism and the joy of family; readers young and old will enjoy her adventures. I've decided to try Kickstarter to fund this concept Hopefully, my small rant about comics (and wistful description of those of yore) might strike a nerve; at the same time, I hope folk[...]
Kickstarter Kicks Off Fight Over Shakespeare And Lovecraft
Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on a Kickstarter for a comic book Prospero's Price. It has now been suspended by Kickstarter pending a copyright claim from author DR O'Brien, which reads, Description of copyrighted material: Shakespeare v Lovecraft, a horror comedy novel, was originally published in 2012 by Amazon It featured prominently on many genre sites,[...]
The Price Of Prospero Is Right!
SPEAKABLE HORRORS What Lovecraftian consequences did Prospero invoke by using black magic for his own selfish gain? Author Aron Tarbuck (Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Unhallowed Metropolis) and Illustrator J Kovach (Magic: the Gathering, Adult Swim) have joined up to create this haunting tale of struggle and redemption against insurmountable horrors in this, their first graphic novel together. [...]
The True Believers Comic Festival For 2015
Kickstarter ends at 8:01pm on Wednesday 5th March 2014 Stuart Mulrain writes, Around a year ago, I found myself knee deep in the organisation of a local short film festival in my hometown of Gloucester At one point I turned to my friend and co-organiser Andy and we both exchanged a look of bewildered despair at the[...]
Building a Better Monster: Final Volume of Ultrasylvania Set for Release
Brian Schirmer writes for Bleeding Cool: By the end of this month, Ultrasylvania – the comic series I created with Jeremy Saliba (Dynamite's Wheel of Time) – will truly have run its course.  All the recruiting of artists, the crafting of pages, the Kickstarter campaigning – all done.  The third and final volume will join its[...]
Kickstarter Fail: John Campbell Burns Comics Rather Than Sending Them To Donors
People who use crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo to publish comic books have become commonplace of late Many creator owned series that might take a battering in the direct market and found funding and a financial sense of independence that they might have otherwise failed to get and it has led to greater[...]
Allegations Of Kickstarter Embezzlement Close South Bend's River Comic Con
"A one day convention held in South Bend, IN meant for the whole family." That was the plan for the show, which  raised $4000 of its $2000 Kickstarter goal And the show was planned to three short weeks. That was the plan. The South Bend Gaming Association posted the following on Facebook. On Wednesday, February 12th the members of the[...]
Banned By The Church And Rejected By Diamond Comics In The 80s
I think we're on to something. Here's a taste, and we aren't even to the good stuff yet: You can back the project at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acbrown/krantz-banned-by-the-catholic-church-and-now-in-en You can read more about Bronco Ink at www.broncoink.com You can contact the publisher, AC Brown, with any questions at publisher@broncoink.com Check out the BLEEDING COOL incentive level[...]
Kill The Freshman! Kill The Freshman! Kill The Freshman! Kill Him Now!
The publishing game has changed, which is why I've turned to the magic of Kickstarter. So, for those beautiful souls who are interested, you can find my Kickstarter here: You can also reach my via Twitter as @rocketllama, or on tumblr at Kill the Freshman Comic. AND, as a special bonus, I'm running a promotion to commemorate Bleedin'[...]
Back The Fall Of Gyes And You Might Win A Steam Key For Deus Ex: Human Revolution
More than just a prequel advertisement, this novel will delve into the backstory of the game's starting location, and deliver a compelling narrative in its own right. Everyone at Black Cloud Studios is really excited about our upcoming projects, and we hope you will be, too! Making games and other entertainment media (in this economy) is[...]
Want To Get On? Get Yourself Fired
It was called Kickstarter I finally had a method to raise money to pay an artist to draw my comic. I started visiting forums dedicated to connecting artist with writers and encouraged discussion on the business and craft of making comic books It was on one of these sites that I discovered Miguel He was displaying[...]
Don't Suck, Don't Give Up – How The Hacking Of Kickstarter Strengthened My Resolve
Jim Tramontana writes for Bleeding Cool: On Saturday, February 15, 2014, CEO Yancey Strickler sent out an email reporting that Kickstarter was hacked.  According to the email, the popular crowdfunding website had been infiltrated by hackers on Wednesday, February 12 and data including "usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords" were stolen. My immediate[...]
Thrillbent Changes Up The Way Kickstarters Are Done
So what's going on here? This is what Mark Waid has to say on the Kickstarter page: As I've been saying, it's not "Digital vs Print," it's "Digital AND Print I've had my eye on "Varney" for a while now It's clever, it's really well done, and Thrillbent is happy to promote it Writer Scott Massino and[...]
You Are Not Alone
Now we just needed to create the book…and figure out how we could give it away. When the call for submissions went out, Bleeding Cool was there to help spread the word, and in only a few months we received over 100 story submissions and even more calls from artists wanting to help out. In February 2013[...]
Kickstarter Fail… Or Failure To Communicate?
Bleeding Cool likes to cover comic book Kickstarters  Indeed, some weekends you can hardly move for the things But, as we all know, not every Kickstarter goes to plan Here are a few that have disappeared, not delivered or are rather late in the delivery. Some may be down to individual issues. @richjohnston OK[...]
Kickstarting The Seventies And Eighties With Jackie Estrada
Julius Schwartz and Jack Kirby from 1987. Jackie Estrada began helping to put on the San Diego Comic Con in the seventies, and currently administers the Eisners Awards, as well as co-publisher of Exhibit A Press. During which time, she took a photo or two.  Or two hundred. She is currently running a Kickstarter to fund the production of[...]
Whatever Happened To Matt Howarth?
Distributors often refuse to pick up small-press titles.  Crowd-funding operations like Kickstarter have made it possible for a small business like Sanguine to produce alternative content. When we picked up Matt Howarth to help us produce our last project, the Myriad Song game, he amazed us with all the ideas he had for people, aliens, planets,[...]
A Tale Of Toys Gone Bad, Real Bad
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv3V46LXCcg[/youtube] Strange Kid Comics Magazine #4 Now on Kickstarter through Feb 28 Available April 2014 Artist Credits: James Groman, Glen Brogan, Aaron Klopp, Aaron Alexovich, Chad Welch, Michael Anderson, Dean Rankine, Matthew Skiff, Chris Savino, Ze Burnay, James Callahan Writer Credits: Benito Gomez, Rondal Scott, Mike Wasion, Sean McCauley, Justin Gammon Rondal Scott III writes, What is a 'strange[...]
Things To Do In Denver With Jimmy Palmiotti If You're Topless And Packing Heat
Jimmy Palmiotti has a new Kickstarter project out with Justin Gray and Pier Brito Just launched I asked him a few questions. Rich Johnston: Things to do in Denver when you're topless and packing heat? Jimmy Palmiotti: It is a mature audiences book.  When we do these kind of Kickstarters, we write the story and push the[...]
My Worst Job, My Best Job – Monkey Fist Graphic Novel
That's what Brad and I set out to do, and with our latest Kickstarter for Monkey Fist already underway, we're ready to reach that goal Like all our books, Monkey Fist draws from our collective influences growing up together as brothers in Orlando, FL And this time around, we're drawing from our teenage years back[...]
3,000 Years Before Katniss And Bella There Was Deborah
Slowly following these characters' overlapping or conflicting choices in a world of harsh survival, The Chieftains makes for a far more satisfying telling of Deborah's against-all-odds origins and journey to heroism. Because this kind of iconoclastic adaptation cannot be funded through the usual route (religious institutions), we hope that you'll help us produce our first issue[...]
A Free Comics Newspaper For Denver? Cartoonists Rally To Kickstarter For Comix Brew
Their Kickstarter campaign launched a few days ago. Current contributing artists prepared to do commissions to support the Kickstarter include: Denver Drink & Draw is a non-profit, by the way, committed to "foster and promote the comics arts within the community" They say: We need money to help create a free all comics newspaper for Denver and the[...]
A Muslim Teenager Pledges Allegiance… But To Whom?
That is where Kickstarter comes in. For anybody not familiar with Kickstarter, it's a crowd-funding platform to help people get their projects off the ground Once you determine how much you need in order to fund your project (in this case $13,000), you need to either receive complete funding from pledgers, or you don't receive anything[...]