#625 Crowdfunding comics!




Deconstructing Comics show

Summary: <br> Comics are <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/01/18/as-comics-direct-market-struggles-a-surprising-publisher-rises/#23581c8933a6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">booming on Kickstarter.com</a>, and this week Tim talks to three who have turned to it multiple times to get their comics out to fans:<br> <br> * 01:30 Ron Randall has just <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1896818977/trekker-the-darkstar-zephyr-ogn?ref=project_build" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched his latest campaign</a>, to fund the next volume of his long-running series Trekker.<br> * 22:23 Arledge Comics’ Natalie Cooper explains how the publisher crowdfunds nearly everything it publishes! Its <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arledgecomics/my-kingdom-for-a-panel-a-shakespearean-comic-antho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">current campaign</a> is for an anthology of Shakespeare-themed comics.<br> * 33:39 Kelly Tindall, creator of the web comic <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kellytindall/strangebeard-2-electric-bugaboo-and-reprinting-vol/description" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strangebeard</a>, explains the challenges of duplicating your first project’s success.<br> <br>