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Mark Avo writes for Bleeding Cool: Kickstarter is now just as a legitimate means of gaining financial backing as traditional financing through a bank The phrase, "put it on Kickstarter" has become so normal for fundraising that the New York Times has run articles about the process Well, Salt Lake City just had the third biggest Comic Con in the[...]

The girls are stoked, they're giving me tons of material to work with, and the game is going to benefit all around from their being a part of it." – Jeff Matsuda On Monday, Sleepy Giant will launch a Kickstarter for Comic ConQuest Jeff and his team see crowdfunding the project as another form of community[...]

It was at that point I started to research publishing and came across Kickstarter I was amazed at the number of people out there that wanted to be a part of artistic projects. Thus the 1 WORLD APOCALYPSE Kickstarter project was born, a three issue prelude to the upcoming graphic novel Our story starts in 1974,[...]

 I can however, thanks to Kickstarter set myself the goal of bringing to life a brand new universe of adventure from which maybe, just maybe, I can spin out my own comics and movies. I promised myself that after a lifetime of writing many a story for fun, I'd publish something before I hit the big 40[...]

Thankfully, there are now a number of ways to gather money to publish your book, the most famous and successful of which is obviously Kickstarter. The Funding Comics Projects panel held on Sunday at SPX was a veritable gold mine of information for anyone who has ever had any interest in Kickstarting a comic project. Moderated by[...]

 We've just finished volume 1 and set it off to the printers.  Even made a fancy-pants hardcover complete with my commentary throughout the story as well as extra pages with additional epilogue, behind-the-scenes art, production sketches and reference pictures.  It's the blu-ray of the book.  What's great is backers to the Kickstarter will not have[...]

  Where do you go when you have a fantastic story but no money?  Kickstarter! With zero budget, we worked together to build a small prototype of the Atlantis app and created a Kickstarter campaign  Our campaign runs until October 2  We have fantastic rewards, including art signed by Denis, postcards written from the lost island of[...]

Glenn Matchett writes; When growing up here in Northern Ireland my mother owned what we Brits refer to as a ‘Newsagent’. Sadly it’s something that’s

As an adult, before writing and Kickstarter swallowed all of my free time, I spent most Friday nights curled up with a cocktail strong enough to strip the petrified lining of Clint Eastwood's stomach, indulging in a bottomless well of terrible, wonderful Netflix horror Horror is my sacred cow So I took a cleaver to[...]

Joe Baden writes for Bleeding Cool: "Why don't you stand up and introduce yourself?" "Um, okay… Hello everyone… my name is Joe Badon and I've been a full-time freelance comic artist for the past 4 years." Peabody! Set the wayback machine for about 2009. Stepping out of seven years of full time ministry and stepping into the unknown world[...]

Juan Navarro writes for Bleeding Cool: I think not enough people are warned about Kickstarter. So many people just see the massive successes out there, the big fat chunky dollar amounts thrown around every time Crowdfunding is talked about It's like the Gold Rush of old, everybody and their mother is on Kickstarter trying to make a[...]

I spoke with Adam McGovern at Baltimore Comic Con last weekend about his new Kickstarter project, which he describes as "meta schlock inspired by Kirby classics and Mario Bava monster movies" That alone was enough to pique my interest He's been working towards the project since 2005 with long-term dedication, and the genesis of the[...]

Bleeding Cool's Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.  Each week he will 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[...]

You might also know he's the guy who paid Mark Millar a few thousand dollars on eBay for charity in order to give his name to Kick Ass. Well, now he seems to be fighting his own battles. Such as on Kickstarter, looking at two Kickstarter projects created by Malcolm Harris of Channel M Live that have[...]

I was checking my twitter feed last night, reading Steranko's amazing tales, catching up on a few friend's weekends and then I found this… Uncle Peter needs help! Please retweet my kickstarter to your friends & ask them to do the same You will be my hero! http://t.co/FEYGlN8K6X — Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) August 21, 2013 I grew up[...]

We just launched our very first Kickstarter and while we understood all the steps necessary for success it is still tough watching the number of backers trickle in, in the first day (Thanks Mom) Now the publicity machine is in high gear as Jeff goes to the Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend and I man the[...]

At least that's the plan. We are using Kickstarter to sell the first 6-issue story, which we hope to then assemble into a graphic novel We are putting finishing touches on Issue # 1 and if it sells we'll be able to publish. For me, the fun of drawing Super Penguin goes beyond the sheer joy of[...]

Or, in other words a group of heroes gather together to stop a crazy woman from obtaining the essence of the gods! Think of it as the Lord of the Rings meets DC's Crisis. Which brings us to the here and now! We decided to create a kickstarter campaign to get GOD CELL: GATE OF THE[...]

Anthony Ruttgaizer writes; What if everyone who ever had superpowers had gone insane and become a threat to society?  What if one man gained abilities

Some might even suggest that in the future, the only Elephants or Sharks we might have are tusk-less and fin-less zombies; see what I did there? I combined two of my passions! I also like pizza and ice-cream, but thankfully I've managed to avoid creating a chocolate chip cookie dough, ham & pineapple slice. So what[...]

  So I launched a webcomic and a Kickstarter for the first book in this trilogy of books  If you're a fan of stories about adventure, mystery, conspiracy and growing up I humbly submit this sentimental sap's book to you for your support… Michael Regina writes; I'm a cartoonist and I am a hopeless, sentimental sap[...]

Avoid the boredom of the conventional and still tell great stories. My most recent comic, Last Ride for Horsemen, is funding on Kickstarter NOW. Clown Town is available digitally via comiXology and Amazon (for Kindle). Roadkill du Jour can be purchased directly from my website. By Kevin LaPorte Write what you know. Write for the masses. Write what you'd want to[...]

Ever since we decided to launch VIRGIL on Kickstarter I've been sweating bullets, spending every waking hour talking to anyone that will listen about the book Why would I make this part of my life? Because it's time. While groups fight for Marriage Equality in the USA, 70% of Jamaican Citizens did not believe gays and[...]

Currently it's a popular webcomic but with a little help from Kickstarter, the graphic novel 'Lilith Dark and the Beastie Tree' will hit the printed page too. As well as being a great read, there's something vitally important about supporting a book like this Comics, despite what some people might think, aren't just for 40 year[...]

This subject matter may be disturbing and is intended for a mature audience. Jason Pell and Ryan Howe have taken to Kickstarter for a very different project One that plays on a topic often shied away from… suicide In Suicide 5, a group of friends decide they want to achieve immortality… not the live-forever type, but the[...]

In order to share Drones with the rest of the world, we're running a Kickstarter campaign to get the tpb printed Now it's time to get other people, ie you, involved in this bizarre discussion As a special promotion, I'm opening up a reward level that Bleeding Cool readers are hearing about first It will give[...]

Kickstarter This is the part where all the hard work we've poured into 'The Wisdom of Fools' is laid out in front of perfect strangers and we ask those strangers to help fund our dream It seems like such an audacious thing to do! I'll be honest, I'm nervous Not because I don't believe in[...]

Here is the kickstarter project.   Brian John Mitchell writes for Bleeding Cool: So… I make comics the size of a pack of matches.  They're kind of my thing. Telling stories in 40 panels that harkens back to the Golden Age when comic stories were self-contained & only 4-6 pages long.  Stories that are a mix of fun &[...]

It's a pure passion project for all of us, and we want to keep doing it more than anything. Never one to be called smart, I laid out our problems on the Gutters Facebook page last week, and the overwhelming response from you folks was to go the hail Mary play (a sports reference?) and try[...]

Sean McGrath writes for Bleeding Cool: OK, I have a long story to tell, so if you suspect you're going to TL;DR a few sentences in, just skip to the last paragraph to find out what I'm offering Bleeding Cool readers this weekend on my The GeekERIE Kickstarter.  HINT: it'll be gorgeous! For everyone else, if you've[...]