Interview – Xia Gordon’s Upcoming Abstract Comics with 2Dcloud
Minnesota-based publisher 2dcloud has launched it’s quarterly crowdfunding campaign for its 2017 summer collection. 2dcloud has been using crowdfunding as a mechanism for pre-orders and to create...
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A Swedish Manga About Two Kittens
Mjau! is a Swedish mange about two kittens written and drawn by Natalia Batiste. There’s a Kickstarter going on to fund the English language edition of it. It’s kid-friendly and we’ve got some...
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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/19/17: Complete Girls With Slingshots collection is...
§ Comics are dying you say? Then how come this Kickstarter for a Complete Girls with Slingshots collectionmade 120% of its goal in about 12 hours, raising $63,871 of its $50k target? GwS, as its known,...
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Interview: Exploring Africa’s Past and Present with Malika Warrior Queen
Roye Okupe didn’t grow up reading comics but he did love superheroes. As a child he watched cartoons like Voltron, Justice League, X-Men, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He loved video...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Bullied monsters, Ron Wimberly’s LAAB, and SciFi San...
Crowdfunding is incredibly popular among the comics community. Raising funds through individual donors has enabled dynamic, diverse and innovative comics, anthologies and books, from an every changing...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Watch: Corporate Magical Misdeeds, Norse Myths and Gamifying Comics
In this week’s crowdfunding offering I humbly introduce you to a cartoon drawing tabletop game, a cinematic novel that takes you deep inside Norse mythology, and the second volume to the popular sci-fi...
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Crowdfunding Watch: A Fresh Look at Love, Identity and Friendship
After a long Thanksgiving weekend it’s time for us to tuck-in to another crowdfunding round-up. This week’s edition will explore recovering from brain injuries, a new zine-anthology featuring love...
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Spike Trotman on Drip – Kickstarter’s Answer to Patreon
A couple weeks ago, Kickstarter unveiled their relaunching of Drip, what you might call a crowdfunding subscription service or Kickstarter’s version of Patreon. The general idea with this category of...
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Crowdfunding Watch: North American Tales, Songs and Small-Town Secrets
I’ve got coffee in my holiday mug, which I use all year because it is the size of my face, so that can only mean one thing: time for our weekly round-up of notable crowdfunding projects. This week’s...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Women to the Rescue
Alas, another Monday begins. We’re all here at our computers, staring at the screen until our eyeballs turn into raisins. I’ll try to keep this week’s crowdfunding round-up short and sweet. This week...
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Crowdfunding Watch: The New Year’s Day Edition
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, so I am here to ponder if that is true? Did you miss these missives? I was torn away from the comfort of my computer and cup of coffee to attend to the...
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Help Wanted: Comics Outreach Lead for Kickstarter
Whoop, these dream jobs are coming fast! This listing for Comics Outreach Lead at Kickstarter would instantly put you at the top of the power list for comics! Some of the details: About the Role: You...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Secret Libraries, Reimagined Fairy Tales and Time Travel
This week’s crowdfunding watch is brought to you by my childhood. I dreamed of living inside books or having them somehow magically become part of my real world. I longed to experience the thrill and...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Curiously Cute Critters and a Cyberpunk Collection
I recently returned from the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in San Antonio, Texas and I can’t stop thinking about the games I saw. From the interactive love story Florence to Tunic, a story about a small fox...
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INTERVIEW: Cartoonist Justin Hall’s Discusses MINE! and more
In August 2017, ComicMix launched their Kickstarter for Mine!, a comics collection benefiting health services organization Planned Parenthood. Mine! features contributions from Eisner-Award winners and...
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Crowdfunding Watch: The One With a Big Bang, Evil DJ and Experimental Comics
It’s a rainy day here in Northern California but it’s okay because I’ve got my coffee and that’s pretty much satisfied my Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Today I want to explore a few crowdfunding...
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INTERVIEW: Lilah Sturges and MINE! Celebrate Freedom and Choice
In August 2017, ComicMix launched their Kickstarter for Mine! A comics collection whose proceeds will go towards the nonprofit health services organization Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Witches, Scientists and Existential Crisis
I like to end the month by having an existential crisis and I’m glad that 2018 is proving no different. The good part about questioning what your purpose on this mortal plane is, is that you are likely...
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Crowdfunding Watch: Life of the Party, Kicking Ice and After the Gold Rush
I’m whatever the opposite of the life of a party is. When I have people over at my house, I don’t call them parties, I call them gatherings. I like to lower expectations so people do not anticipate...
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Crowdfunding Watch: A Challenge, CORPUS and Milford Green
So I just got finished moving, only four miles away but moving is always a particular kind of abysmal Hell from which there is no exit from no matter the distance. If I ever purchase another shoe I...
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