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Womanthology – Following The $100,000
Warren Ellis: Wondering if the Womanthology project, which quadrupled its Kickstarter goal, is paying its contributors now? Anyone know? Twitter, especially thanks to a contribution by one Warren Ellis, retweeted by Wil Wheaton, has been asking where the money raised on Kickstarter for the Womanthology comic book is going After all, they only tried to raise[...]
Kickstarter Up The Ass – Anathema, Hey-Zeus, The Bean And Pinups Vs Creatures
Welcome to a semi-regular round up of some of the more interesting comic book projects on the social networking fundraising site, Kickstarter We'll be happy to promote projects that haven't yet reached their funding goals – and maybe even help them on the way a little Do let us know, in the comments, if you've[...]
Getting Your Scripts Critiqued By Gail Or Fabian [UPDATE]
Well they have come up with a rather unique way of funding their latest venture with Kickstarter. At $3400 of their $1000 goal with 15 days to go, $150 donations are to be rewarded with a script critique from either Gail Simone or Fabian Nicieza of the donors' own work Each have had four takers. Consider this[...]
The Smiths Graphic Novel – Starting Something He Can Finish
Unite And Take Over is a comic book anthology of stories inspired by the songs of The Smiths.  Its premise is "What is the story that plays in your head when you listen to your favorite Smiths song?". Sean Demubrum (whose surname certainly sounds like Morrissey's singing on occasion) has assembled fifteen creative teams for[...]
Kickstarter: Varney The Vampire
Marcio Takara, artist for The Incredibles and Incorruptible over at Boom!, is working with writer Scott Massino on a dark comedy comic, Varney The Vampire, and are looking for your funding over on Kickstarter. With one issue finished, they are looking for $6000 to fund the second and third issues compeletion, as well as creating advertising,[...]
All Around 'Transmetropolitan: All Around The World' by Dirk Manning
I probably sound like a cheerleader but I'm stoked to see the final product. Dirk: The online fund-raising site Kickstarter was used to raise the funds to get this book made… with pretty spectacular results, I'd say Can you tell us about what happened with this book at Kickstarter? Also, what advice, if any, can you[...]
Eric Canete Uses Kickstarter To Publish ENCOR[e]
He creates a world with impossible angles, anatomy and perspective, but it's very consistent for all that. And now he's turning to his fans to help funs the reprinting of ENCOR[e], an art books of his work in animation, comics and film, in a hardcover coffee table book, with Kickstarter. First published as PREMIER[e] two years ago[...]
Daniel Johnston, Comics And Kickstarter
And he's putting together his own comic book, Daniel Johnston's Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness. And doing it via Kickstarter. The comic will combine Johnston's comic stories and fan contributions, with access to digital content with music, additional storylines and other content. They have $3,000 to raise out of a $10,000 total and 42 days to do[...]