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A Thank You From Alan Moore
As Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' kickstarter appeal for His Heavy Heart approaches the halfway funding mark, Moore has a personal message for those, including Bleeding Cool readers, who have backed him in this venture. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fdD21HjO8[/youtube] Something tells me the new T-shirt donor reward may be quite popular[...]
"I Am The Renegade Genius, Alan Moore" – Kickstarter Supervillains
They are continuing to promote their Kickstarter appeal to fund the last of their Jimmy's End short films, His Heavy Heart And Alan Moore had decided to do so stroking a stuffed pussy cat and sporting an eye patch… and talking about their upcoming film and/or TV series The Show. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41NsxLB2qiQ[/youtube] [...]
Serving The Secret Cause
With the last dollars to my name I paid an, out-of-work film production guy to do a video then, I assembled what art assets I possessed and went to Kickstarter In its first week, the project has made far less than the love-a-thon friends fantasized would take place As far as my thoughts: Is it[...]
Kyle Rayner Co-Creator Darryl Banks Returns To Comics
John Babos writes for Bleeding Cool and Comics Nexus. On Tuesday, a graphic novel called Horizon's End was launched on Kickstarter by a new writing duo sporting a line-up of marquee comic book professionals: penciller Darryl Banks, cover artist Stephane Roux, colorist Moose Baumann, and letterers Troy Peteri and Dave Lanphear On top of that, writers Daron[...]
Kickstart From The Heart: Razor
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[...]
Gay Superhero Comic Heading Towards A Hundred Thousand Dollar Kickstarter
Remember folks, gay superheroes don't sell. Yet somehow a Kickstarter campaign for Young Protectors has just blown past $85,000 in raised revenue, six times its projected amount with a week to go and six figures in sight. It is already available online for free at youngprotectors.com but this campaign will raise funds to get it into print. Created[...]
The Mighty Titan – It's Serious
Comicbook writer/artist Joe Martino is no stranger to Kickstarter Martino – whose credits include Shadowflame and Ripperman (both from Arcana) as well as Main Enterprises, Coscom Entertainment and a number of other indie publishers — chose to underwrite his newest project, The Mighty Titan through Kickstarter On his first go-round, last August, he raised over $12,000 in 40 days[...]
Backing Baako
This IS my blood, sweat and tears on every page, and with your help, you will get to experience it all first hand. WHY KICKSTARTER?    For the past 2 years, I have been working freelance in comic books Freelance stuff is fun, don't get me wrong– I truly appreciate every opportunity I've been given[...]
Kickstart From The Heart – Al Baleed, Borderline And Autobiographical Conversations
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[...]
Bleeding Freedom In Texas
   Fernando Ramirez writes; Getting a chance to do comics nowadays is really hard.  Most companies don't accept submissions.  You have to attend
Fangs For The Memories
 That's the advice I got in Kickstarter school for what I need to do when I make my video  From my friends and peers who want me to succeed in my campaign  Of course that's the right approach  So, I set up my camera, figured out what I was going to say, and hit "record"[...]
How To Succeed At Kickstarter. From Someone Who Did.
Alex Woolfson writes; I'm going to tell you how to succeed with Kickstarter I'm going to tell you this in part because I'm looking to spread the word about my currently-running Kickstarter project: The Young Protectors Volume One, but mainly because I think that crowdfunding is the most effective (and most fun) way for people like[...]
Interview With A Vampire Kickstarter
By Mike Lukash Kickstarter is the most important tool comic fans have Kickstarter is the most direct monetary vote to artistic vision a fan can buy And creators use it to find their audience Take for example the graphic novel, "Clan of the Vein". According to their Kickstarter website: "Clan of the Vein is an action-packed graphic[...]
Seeing Things In A Positive Light
It's been alive, dead, alive again, and if our current Kickstarter campaign numbers maintain, on its way to being dead again And you know what? As much as it would suck, I'm okay with that Either way, it's already had a significant influence on me in terms of my "career strategy" no matter what happens. As[...]
She's A Rocket Girl
The two are wrapping up their second successful Kickstarter campaign in just as many years, and now they're that much closer toward putting their latest collaboration in stores. You never know," Brandon says, speaking of the Kickstarter campaign's success "It worked out pretty well on [our last project] Halloween Eve "Yeah, we're trying an actual series this[...]
The Making of "Pack of Heroes" – A Vintage Comic Card Game
So we decided to try and raise the money on Kickstarter. Thinking of ways to advertise the game created a whole new space for our imaginations to go crazy We made a TV-style commercial for the game, as if it had actually been on the market in the 1980s John, who also does action figure customising,[...]
Putting The "Super" In Super Hero
Darrin O'Toole writes; Anyone browsing Kickstarter this week may have come across a project that on first look seems a little familiar. "Earthruler" came about due to a gap in the comics market Was the gap a need for a caped all powerful flying man? No The gap was for someone to take one of[...]
Noir City and the Guilt of the Kickstarter
By Cody Walker When I began my Kickstarter, I was worried that it would fail However, after we met our goal, I didn't realize how guilty I would feel. First, a little context. Picture it Missouri, September 2004 Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner were finishing their run on Superman/Batman, Joss Whedon had surprised readers with[...]
Scarlet Huntress Fights To Reach Kickstarter Goal!
Jump in with the rest of society and launch a kickstarter! It's a scary, crazy, wonderful thing this kickstarter is and this is the only way we can get more of Scarlet Huntress out there to be loved We learned over the past year that life is too short not to live the dream and[...]
An Oz Kickstarter With A Heartbeat – But Two Days Left To Live
In fact, a Kickstarter campaign is already underway to keep the series going with an all-new original graphic novel. True to Oz fashion, there are many colorful characters waiting to be introduced Even the Munchkins have been hardened by the recent events in Oz According to Arcana's original concept for the characters: They look like a cross[...]
Georges Jeanty Mentors A Bloodthirsty Kickstarter
Two podcasts, over 1,500 video views, and over 800 Facebook shares later, the Kickstarter campaign has three days left, and just under $1K left to raise Georges appears in the project video on Kickstarter, and was even kind enough to share it on Facebook, sending the following message out to the universe: Hey, friends There is[...]
There Is No Contingency Plan
But it's been a year and a half and my webcomic HINGES has just finished it's first story arc. HINGES: CLOCKWORK CITY Page 012  –I wonder if I could Kickstarter a printing of HINGES That remains to be seen It has a week to go and we're not there yet But we've come pretty damn far. Now even[...]
Rob Liefeld Brings Back Brigade With Kickstarter – For Free
Last year, Top Cow Kickstarted its flagship Cyber Force title with a free launch initiative, and  here's Rob Liefeld with a similar Kickstarter project for his Brigade title: BRIGADE and its creator Rob Liefeld ( Deadpool, Cable, X-Force ) are returning to comics and we want everyone to get a FREE copy of the re-imagined Brigade! Brigade launched in the summer of 1992[...]
Kevin LaPorte Is Clowning Around
We refused to let it die. We expanded the 12-page story from the Small Press Idol days into a 32-page first issue of Clown Town and launched it via crowdsourcing giant Kickstarter in the Spring of 2011 Our campaign succeeded, and we followed it with funded campaigns for the next three issues and a fully-realized graphic[...]
Kickstarter Wars: Joshua Black Vs Blackwood
A few months ago, Martin Dunn observed that Grillo had launched a Kickstarter to fund a book called Joshua Blackwood, that seemed to have a rather similar concept to his own project, Joshua Black He objected online and though the concept stayed the same, Grillo changed the name to Blackwood That seemed to be enough. Then,[...]
Kickstart The Capcom-Endorsed, Live Action Street Fighter Series
They've got Capcom's approval, but not financial backing, so Joey Ansah and Christian Howard are asking for an ambitious £625,000 – with just over 24 days to go. Ansah says on the Kickstarter page: We have had other offers of significant finance from the 'movie industry' but this has come with 'strings attached' which would compromise the creative vision I[...]