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Indeed, comparatively the $25 donation to get the finished book has had relatively few backers. Well they can add one more to that, at least. <iframe width="480px" height="360px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/44flood/tome-0/widget/video.html" frameborder="0"> </iframe> [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/44249923[/vimeo]     There are 43 days to go[...]

With all the fuss about Lea Hernandez' Garlicks not hitting its Kickstarter objectives (though she will be back), here's a look at a project that has done that, and far more, with some lesson to be learnt. Curiosities: An Illustrated History of Ancestral Oddity is a planned comic book by husband/wife team Mike Yamada, Victoria Yin[...]

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's current project Break the Walls:[...]

And he's doing it with Kickstarter A new graphic novel called Duster, written by Wright and Jay Lender and drawn by Jok Coglitore and Cristian Mallea Wright writes;  A few years ago I had an idea for an original graphic novel set in World War II on the American homefront–a story devoid of mutant powers, spandex[...]

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's current project Break the Walls:[...]

Bleeding Cool's new 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's current project Break the[...]

The funding of an audio/visual/digital version of the Cerebus story High Society was received on Kickstarter even quicker than Sullivan's Sluggers… less than a day into the Kickstarter funding, it has received $10,597 of its $6,000 goal from 156 backers with 31 days to go… and it looks like we're going to get a lot[...]

Working with Warren Ellis and Gail Simone – but mostly on her own – she pioneered the vanguard to creating original manga-styled graphic novels and continues to push in that direction on a regular basis. And now she's joined the Kickstarter movement for her latest project, attracting support from the likes of Jim Lee, Jill Thompson[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mpbi-7biMs[/youtube] Kickstarter is changing the world of the comic book, and one of the very first successful comic book Kickstarter projects, Reading With Pictures, is back again with another Kickstarter project Josh Elder talks to host Grace Randolph about how Kickstarter has helped his comic book anthology and the influence its having on comics[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maD-WOmcof0[/youtube] Bill Meeks talks with Brett Rounsaville about Kickstarter, self-publishing comics, and his new comic The Provider. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maD-WOmcof0[/youtube] Bill Meeks talks with Brett Rounsaville about Kickstarter, self-publishing comics, and his new comic The Provider. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maD-WOmcof0[/youtube] Bill Meeks talks with Brett Rounsaville about Kickstarter, self-publishing comics, and his new comic The Provider. [...]

Alex De Campi reports in the latest update to her Kickstarter-sourced graphic novel Ashes that caused considerable fuss earlier this year when De Campi fired the comic's co-creator James Hodgkins/Jimmy Broxton off the book. He was replaced by a series of name artists, including Igor Kordey who had drawn the original Smoke book, to which Ashes[...]

KickWatch: Logan Kugler has launched a Kickstarter project to send toys of Captain Kirk and Captain Picard, strapped to models of their respective Starship Enterprises into space using a high-altitude balloon and is being filmed by the Discovery Channel to boot. The balloon will be 40 feet in diameter and monitored by The University of Illinois[...]

We've been following the rise of Kickstarter and its affects on the comics industry One pertinent trend is the increase of name comic creators using the system to crowdsource advance payments on books that may not be profitable in other ways Some comic book creators have been, publicly and privately, rather dismissive and critical of[...]

John Bailey writes for Bleeding Cool from C2E2 in Chicago. The panel on the social networking fundraising system that has fuelled the hopes and dreams of many a comic creator got off to a shaky start, in that panelist Matt Forebeck wasn't able to attend, but fellow panelists Will Hindmarch and Kenneth Hite tried to make[...]

It's another ruaround the likes of Kickstarter and IndieGoGo looking for interestingcomics and comic related projects looking for funding Get involved, get active, get some stuff… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDIGBUoEukY[/youtube] Project: Stick City Creator: Brennan Neil Concept: IN THE YEAR 2023, WHILE SEARCHING FOR A MEANS TO CREATE A MORE DOCILE AND SUBSERVIENT POPULACE, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A LOW WAVE FREQUENCY BEING EMITTED[...]

I'm now reaching out to the KickStarter community to help me fund the second story arc It will be another 3 issue mini-series published by IMAGE Comics. I need to finish Carbon Grey just as much as I need to breathe It's hard to explain, the need to be creative can be overwhelming at times "What[...]

A Little Heart is an indie comics anthology being created to support marriage equality, and seeking funding through Kickstarter. Its in reaction to the approaching Minnesota referendum to ban gay marriage, but draws a talent base from further afield They include Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Remnant, Kate Craig + Emily Carroll, Maurice Vellekoop, MariNaomi, Sally Madden,[...]

Kickstarter and IndieGoGo continue to develope more and more prestigious comic book projects… with more and more prestigious names choosing this route to publication Film directors, prominent creators, its fast becoming a new model of distribution… here are a few choice selections. Name: The Only Living Boy Creators: David Gallaher and Steve Ellis Concept: THE ONLY LIVING BOY[...]

Announced simultaneously at the Image Comics Expo and on Bleeding Cool, the creators of the Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis documentaries have turned their eye to Image Comics – how seven artists left Marvel and founded a comics company that still makes the headlines and innovates in the medium today. Comics In Focus: The Image Revolution is a[...]

It is akin to Noah's Ark, only instead of flooding the earth, we're flooding the industry and only taking the best of what works on the ark with us.  If the Kickstarter project meets the goal of $2k we will be able to speed up our production If we exceed it, we will be able[...]

Those of us (and there are many) who donated to the Womanthology Kickstarter project received a very special Valentine's Day gift, a 32 page original compilation of Valentine Day themed strips and pinups from Womanthology contributors Here are five, for the rest, you'll have to track down a Womanthology backer and beg, borrow and plead…   By [...]

Legendary comics creator on New Mutants, Elektra Assassin, Big Numbers and more, Bill Sienkiewicz has signed up to provide a painted section for Alex De Campi's Ashes graphic novel, the subject of recent Kickstarter kerfuffle. He will be joined by Dan McDaid of Jersey Gods, as well as the previously announced Colleen Doran, Igor Kordey, Milton[...]

And while that may still be happening, the production will be funded through Kickstarter. Here's how the comic is described; Great Pacific tells the story of Chas Worthington, recent heir to one of the richest oil fortunes and most successful corporations in American history In a defiant act that seems crazy to most and criminal to many,[...]

And it's being funded by Kickstarter Here is how they escribe the book; ERF is the story of four friends at the dawn of time; Figwillop, KWAAAH!, the Booper, and Erf himself, and their adventures in the primordial world of long ago The four take their first nervous steps out of the ocean and onto the[...]

This week, Stan Lee's Romeo And Juliet: The War has debuted at No 7 on the New York Times graphic novel paperback charts. Two weeks ago, FUBAR Vol 2 debuted at No 6 on the New York Times graphic novel paperback charts. FUBAR Vol 2 was the result of a Kickstarter project in August 2011, raising $6000[...]

At that pace it won't be finished for many years, but I'm dedicating myself to completing it at full quality, no matter how long it takes! Here's where you come in – if you'd like to help speed up the process, I'm looking for funding from as many sources as possible and the following pages[...]

So, one Kickstarter project has gone down in flames leaving nothing but… ashes. Alex De Campi has promised to refund pledgers if they wish, and to everyone if no replacement artist can be found in a timely fashion. If so, what will you spend your refund on? Here are a few suggestions. Title: TJHS 1987 Creators: Randall P[...]

  Jimmy Broxton/James Hodgkins has written to Bleeding Cool, regarding Alex De Campi's statement on Kickstarter on the situation with the graphic novel Ashes. I have made my position clear and outlined the facts of this unfortunate situation Alex has a wildly different interpretation of events, and says some very harsh things about me, things I naturally[...]

  Bleeding Cool first told you about the irrevocable differences that emerged between Alex De Campi and Jimmy Broxton/James Hodgkins over the successfuly funded Kickstarter comic, Ashes, a sequel to Alex De Campi and Igor Kordey's comic Smoke. It appears that it was, indeed, artistic differences that drove the two apart, but exactly what and why seem[...]

Bleeding Cool has covered extensively the Ashes graphic novel by Alex De Campi and Jimmy Broxton, the pen name of James Hodgkins, a sequel to Smoke by De Campi and Igor Kordey, and funded by Kickstarter It was successful on Kickstarter and those who funded the book awaited the production of the comic That was[...]