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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[...]
"We Even Have A Black Guy. We Will Blow Your Mind." – Super Reality Gets Real
Kickstarter Launch Mid February Production Period Mid March. Super Reality is a live-action mockureality show following a team of superheroes Watch them stand up against enormous odds at work…and at home. Justin Piccari writes: You know what's really cool? Comics Superheroes I love 'em The action, the adventure, the bad-guy pounded into the ground[...]
Steven Randall Brings Horror To The Community
Steven Randall writes for Bleeding Cool: Wait,  another Kickstarter Graphic Novel, with Zombies…..Seen it…Read it…or have you? At first glance, I'll agree, this project is far from original, Zombies, Graphic Novel…Blah, blah,blah Zombies they are everywhere these days.  Books, comics, television, and even movies have Zombies shambling and stumbling around every corner of entertainment, so what makes[...]
I Wore My Hulk Underoos With Such Pride…
Suspend that old man/woman comic-curmudgeonness. Embrace the fun! Embrace Under Where? (Just made you say underwear). Under Where? is currently on Kickstarter right now, and much like I believe in the genuine nature of the heroes of old, I believe that getting a book produced because fans believe in that book is a simple pure form of self-publishing[...]
Curiosity – Starnes And Zumel Go To Kickstarter For Long Time Project
Kickstarter is a great way for comics that might never see the light of day to get back and published Joshua Starnes has a project like that, it's called Curiosity. "Curiosity is the end point of a six-year journey, inspired by the likes of Zenith and The Ballad of Halo Jones, which started out as a pitch for Red[...]
Little Maia And The Coral City
Little Maia and the Coral City, illustrated by Robert Geronimo, colored by Jose Expósito Kickstarter end date: February 12, 2014 Release date: May 2014 Katharine Maller writes, Little Maia and the Coral City is a wordless picture book reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are, and Winsor McKay's Little Nemo & the Adventures in Slumberland[...]
Smell The Ink! Why No Web Comic For Michael Cross
The Last Cavalier Graphic Novel Special First Edition on Kickstarter Artist: Gianluca Gugliotta (Black Panther, Lois Lane and the Resistance) Writers: Daniel McVicar and Roberto Pretti Live on Kickstarter closes March 19, 2014, Delivery September 2014 Daniel McVicar writes, I teamed up with Gianluca Gugliotta (DC and Marvel Wonderboy Illustrator) and we are putting out an amazing new graphic novel[...]
How Do You Reach Your Audience? – Try Bleeding Cool
Whether you are going through a publisher or self-publishing, releasing your own short film, designing a new app, doing a Kickstarter or anything else, if you own the property then you own the responsibility for letting people know about it. You can advertise all day long but if you don't focus your efforts and your money[...]
Why Take By Force What You Can Gain Through Diplomacy, Friendship?
Thomas is headed down the wrong path so he and his father must deal with some of the negative choices Thomas has made. You can help support Earth Alliance through kickstarter Raymond Fields writes for Bleeding Cool: The issue of war versus diplomacy has been debated since mankind has existed It is perhaps the most important question[...]
Greg Pak Shows Off The Printed Code Monkey Save World
Greg Pak has been bringing Kickstarter supporters up to date with the latest on the Code Monkey Save World project. Just so you know, they are on the way. And oh look, they're getting signed by Jonathan Coulton as well. And for those who qualify, the Code Money T-shirt. Not long now folks! And if you're a backer, have[...]
Mysteries Of The Arcana Heading Towards Chapter 5
A cyberpunk fairy connected to the Moon gains the power of illusion while the jackal warrior connected to the Knight of Swords can clairvoyantly learn the secret of his enemy's defenses. The current Kickstarter campaign seeks to raise $4,100 to pay for the art and editing of chapter 5 As of  1/17 the campaign has raised[...]
Icarus: A Graphic Novel Or Dreams Change, And That's A Good Thing
We love the direct relationship that is created between project owner (publisher in this case) and backer (aka reader). We love the whole thing, so crowd-funding was the obvious answer. And Silence in the Library has a track record of successful Kickstarter projects. We've worked hard to develop a reputation for putting out great projects and delivering on[...]
Antique Books, Horror Creeps Up On Kickstarter
So the creature has to be taken as far away from sci-fi as possible. What could be more anti sci-fi than an antique bookstore? Antique Books is an original horror graphic novel currently on Kickstarter Pencilled and inked traditionally and coloured with Copic markers and iOS devices The story first appeared in DC Comics online Zuda competition[...]
The Tethermen & The Neolithics Take Comics To Poster-Size And Back Again
Having met in college while studying art, we have continued to push one another to create comics and test the boundaries of the medium. Both of us have been working in the advertising & graphic design field for over 15 years, but have always made time to work on small self-published comics or the occasional work-for-hire piece. Many of Matt's comic[...]
Ordinary Heroes Goes Kickstarter
Ordinary Heroes Team writes for Bleeding Cool: "They saw a couple of guys, that were up to no good, and started making trouble in their neighborhood.  Their neighbor Ken got in one little fight, and then they both got scared.  They said…"  Wait, that's also the theme song to the Fresh Prince isn't it? Hello there, oh[...]
Finding Astrid: The Making Of A Comic Book
She doesn't need to say anything. The Kickstarter Page.   Nathan Sage writes for Bleeding Cool: I'm standing in the ruins of an old temple, somewhere in the middle of this world we've created out of pencil and paper Everyone is frustrated with me–my wife, for being so absent from her, my dog Doolittle, for leaving his leash[...]
Frank Cho's Kickstarter Breaks $150,000 – "I Think This Is The Future For Me"
Yesterday, Frank Cho's Kickstarter for  "Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method" ended It did rather well, pulling in over $150,000 against a target of $30,000 And it seems, for Frank Cho, this is the way he'll do things going on He told Bleeding Cool, I think this is the future for me. Once I finish out[...]
Curse Of The Vessel: Guns, Ghosts, Magic, & Mayhem
The Kickstarter campaign is running until Jan 10th 2014. We asked Leal… what's it about? Vincent Faustino has become an involuntary vessel for the dead. Once a brutal mafia enforcer, now his life is not his own He has been branded with a magical sigil that allows spirits to possess his body at will On the run from[...]
A Way To Draw Attention To Your Kickstarter / IndieGoGo Or Self-Published Projects
On the weekends we run some articles highlighting different Kickstarter or IndieGoGo projects But if you spend any time on those sites you'd see there are thousands of project going on every month. So how do you get yours to stand out? What if you decided to go a different route Instead of crowdfunding, you went print-on-demand[...]
Eden: An Explosive Sci-fi Tale by Eric Henson
And let's not forget the awesome artwork. So head on over to the projects Kickstarter page to add your support and pick up some great rewards The artwork looks phenomenal already, just wait until the colour is added and who doesn't love a story set hundreds of years in the future, with aliens, a kick-ass woman[...]
Looking For A Gift For That Original Art Collector Or Marc Silvestri Fan?
With the holidays approaching, there are just some people on our list that are difficult to buy for… if you have one of those who happens to love original comic book art… and your pockets are pretty deep… then this might be the thing for you. Marc Silvestri, co-founder of Image Comics, founder of Top Cow,[...]
Deathbark Woods – Choose Your Own Adventurous Path
Unbeknownst to all seekers, is that the Shadow Knight, Rothedun, guards it. The primary goal of this Kickstarter is to get Book 1 completed, with a secondary goal of turning 3E into a full time job. Book 1 – Deathbark Woods – is only the tip of the iceberg, and sets up many events to come in[...]
Monsters, Maidens & Mayhem
But thanks to a wonderful little crowd-funding site called Kickstarter.com, I'll finally be able to turn all of my poster illustrations, renderings and sketches into an amazing Hardcover for upcoming Comic-Book Conventions My campaign finishes up on December 21st, and delivery is set for June 2014. I've always had this thing about quality Whether it's a[...]
The Rise – In Three Words: Future Ninja Counterterrorism
If you liked what you've seen here please consider heading over to the Kickstarter and contributing to the cause While you are there, I hope you'll take the time to find out more about my project by watching the Kickstarter video for The RISE Issue #1 The video, produced by Brandon Russ, gives you an inside[...]
Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Tonatzin Mondragon Does… Again.
Now she wants help making her new movie – Lumin: The Golden Warrior Is Born. On her kickstarter page, Tonatzin isn't trying to make the whole movie She's just trying to raise $15,950 to make the trailer so she can then use it to gain financial backing On the page she has included the script for[...]
Just Like Dr Who. With More Guns. Less Time Travel.
Since then I've had some positive and (thankfully not too much) negative feedback which has been awesomely useful in shaping my vision and subsequent Kickstarter campaign (which is in it's last 10 days). Along the way though,I've discovered a little something about myself which has proven a bit awkward – I'm an incredible snob when it[...]