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They click off your page, delete your Email or mentally check out of the conversation…you've lost them forever. I recently reached out to Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar about my current Kickstarter project (sci-fi/superhero novel 'Assault or Attrition') and this was the pitch I sent him: — The premise is somewhat like, "What if Lex Luthor succeeded in killing Superman?" Not just[...]

Dirk Manning writes; Before I get to the "meat" of today's column, let me get this quick little bit of business out of the way: I recently launched my first ever Kickstarter campaign to bring my formerly online-only horror-noir series Tales of Mr Rhee to print as both a standard TPB and – much more awesomely –[...]

Kate Lollar writes; Have you ever backed a Kickstarter, gotten excited about it, eagerly checked back on the last day of its campaign, and realized it wasn't fully funded? That sucks It also sucks for the project developers We've compiled a list of 4 cool Kickstarters that don't deserve to lose Listed in order of urgency,[...]

I became acquainted with Satu Runa in the events surrounding New York Comic Con and was impressed by the multi-layered plot aspects of her project Queen Gorya, which was about to go to Kickstarter It's a TV pilot starring a late night cable show host of the Elvira variety, crosses over into an occult fan[...]

The Dare2Draw "The Series" Kickstarter has only a little more than 24 hours left to meet its goals, and though it's close, it may well cross the finish line Time to get onboard if you haven't yet to support a show that's by artists for artists and committed to celebrating comic art. The events, which are[...]

Adam Levine writes; Yesterday Mars Attacks! hit Kickstarter in a big way Last year marked 50 years of Martian Mayhem and, in collaboration with The Topps Company, the ray guns and the flying saucers have been brought to your tabletop with a new miniatures game from UK-based firm Mantic Games. So, I put the question to them:[...]

Frank Hannah writes: I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to type that headline. For a few months now, my creative partners and I have been working

It inspired me enough to write an article about the divine feminine, mythology and comics for Reality Sandwich and simultaneously put an original comic work on Kickstarter–and believe there could be a supportive community who could trust in some of the daring ideas I have buried in this epic, genre hopping story. Our illustrator Sarah Lopes and the[...]

Jason Martin writes; It’s October, so how about checking out a little zombie/horror comic built to please both genre hounds, and fans of neon fashion-wear

 This is the first comic in the history of the universe where YOU can pay through Kickstarter to be made into a recurring main character  Think about that  Every month, your friends coming up to you and going, "Hey, I saw in Space Bastards how you are now in the belly of that great space[...]

Rachel Keslensky writes for Bleeding Cool: POP QUIZ: What do Kickstarter, a deadly reality show (in space!), a vampire catgirl, and a pair of Bleeding Cool booty shorts have in common? Coming up through the Atlanta convention scene, webcomics had always caught my fancy — I even decorated one of my earliest journals for high school[...]

Wil Petty writes; Going it alone… Its not always advised, especially when trying to launch a kickstarter campaign But that is just what Wil Petty is doing with "Skullgun: Demon Hunter". Growing up I liked to draw and I was a huge movie fan, and like many kids I wanted to be a movie director[...]

People would see the book and say "take the book to Kickstarter! You'll do great!" but I was skeptical I spent seven years on the webcomics circuit, and while I built a modest following from that, I wasn't sure it was enough to fund a several thousand dollar Kickstarter campaign. But you never know how dry[...]

Reaper Miniatures Bones II opened up on Kickstarter on October 1st By 9pm EST on the same day, they had 8,226 backers having pledged $908,952.oo I've had to change the numbers twice as I was typing this article. The project is to continue the Reaper Bones line of miniatures. This is a very unique set up[...]

They are also currently running a Kickstarter until mid-October to film a pilot TV episode for a reality comic art competition show modeled on their live events (which I've written about previously  for Bleeding Cool). There's a tremendous energy behind all of these forms of outreach, but there is still a practical need for more charitable[...]