We made it to ComixLaunch 500! In this special session, Tyler takes it all the way back to the very first episode of the ComixLaunch Podcast and reacts and reflects on the humble start for this show nearly 10 years later. Then, Tyler delves into Kickstarter's newly announced 2025 Product Roadmap, featuring a number of significant updates to the pla…

In this session, Clay Adams shines the spotlight on M. Sorcier, a dedicated self-taught artist and writer from the Bronx, New York. They discuss M. Sorcier’s journey in the comic world, from her early inspirations such as 'Sandman' to the creation of her fantasy drama series 'Sacrimony'. M. Sorcier shares her experiences with Kickstarter campaigns,…

Join Tyler James and a panel of experienced comic creators, including Cici Affini & Mark Romero from Attic Door Media, Rob Multari of Lonewolf Comics, and Frank Martin of Grimm Space, as they discuss their participation in the BackerKit Pintopia event. In this episode, the group dives deep into the dynamics of the event, the reasons behind their pa…

Portland-based writer, artist, and self-publisher Ross Radke shares insights into his journey from studying film to creating comics. Ross discusses his works including the webtoon series Spandex, the bounty hunter series Build a Platypus, and the Kaiju anthology series Stomped. He dives into his experiences with crowdfunding, launching multiple suc…

Get ready for an awesome conversation about The State of Comics on Kickstarter in 2025, as Tyler is joined by Sam Kusek, Kickstarter's Senior Outreach Lead for the Comics category.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Last month, The World's Greatest Illustrated Magazine of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Heavy Metal relaunched with a brand new #1 issue on the Kickstarter platform. This smash hit launch was supported by over 10,000 backers marking a triumphant return for the legendary brand. In this interview Tyler talks to Executive Editor Dave Kelly and Editorial M…

To kick off the new year, Tyler answers a Kickstarter newcomers burning questions around launching a new comic book project in 2025, including insights that will also be relevant to Kickstarter veterans!Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

In this session, Tyler looks at Kickstarter's latest game-changing feature: the import add-ons from past campaign button. This new tool allows creators to import add-ons from previous campaigns, saving significant setup time and making campaign set-up more efficient for returning creators. In this podcast, we'll look at how this feature works, its …

It's time to spotlight another outstanding member of the ComixLaunch Pro community! This month, Clay Adams turns the spotlight on British writer Sam Johnson. Best known for his creations Cabracini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman and Geek Girl. They discuss Johnson’s continued success with Kickstarter, having raised £60,000 through 15 campaigns, including h…

In this session, Tyler interviews Big Tim, an award-winning writer from Australia, known for his comic series 'Gorilla My Dreams,' short films, and contributions to the indie comics scene. They discuss Tim's current Kickstarter campaign for the second issue of his team-up series, creative challenges, and the evolution of comic book crowdfunding.…

In this month's ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight, Clay Adams interviews comic book creator Gerald von Stoddard, who splits his time between Tivoli, New York, and Florence, Italy. Gerald shares insights from his journey in the comics industry, as he emphasizes the value of asking for help and being an active part of the comics community.…

Elections have consequences, and the new US administration has promised tariffs or new taxes on imported products, which may include things like comic book paper, ink, enamel pins, plush toys and more. In this session, Tyler shares his take on the coming tariffs, the uncertainty they're creating, and the challenges for creators.…

In this session, Tyler will shares numerous strategies and a bunch of real-world examples creators like us can use to enhance sales and make compelling offers to their fans too good to refuse.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Veteran comic book creator crowdfunders Kevin Joseph (Tart) and Mike Shea (Miskatonic High) join Tyler for a discussion about collaborative cross-over Kickstarter launches. Recently, Mike and Kevin launched a project two years in the making, crossing their characters over in an innovative trading card series.…

Comic writer John Burke joins ComixLaunch's Tyler James to discuss the power of biting off more than you think you can chew, and why getting comfortable with getting uncomfortable is a part of becoming a comic creator. This session is a deep dive into navigating uncertainty, facing awkwardness, and maintaining perseverance for something truly impor…

Creating is hard, even in the most ideal conditions. But how do we do it when conditions aren't ideal? When the world around us is stressful and the demands upon our time and talents, how do we keep our mental health in tip-top shape so we can do our best work? Tyler is a work-in-progress on this, just as you are, but he'll share some of his strate…

Bestselling illustrator and art direct Amri Birdi is in the ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight, as he chats with Clay Adams about his crowdfunding journey, balancing his day-to-day art director duties with pursuing his own self-publishing creations.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Tyler shares some good news and productive updates to a number of Kickstarter related topics, including steps the popular crowdfunding platform is taking to crack down on AI spam projects, a fix to the biggest problem to their new survey tool, and an update for creators looking to launch back-to-back projects.…

When building a Kickstarter campaign, creators often face the challenge of deciding how many reward tiers to offer. Comic creators especially often have lots of variant covers and extras that could easily lead to dozens of reward tiers... but is that overwhelming to prospective backers? In this session, Tyler shares his thoughts on reward tier volu…

For the last five years, comic creators, artists and fans have been celebrating their love of indie comics with 31 days of art centered on indie comic characters! In this session, Tyler chats with Indietober architect Travis Gibb about running the annual event every October, the state of indie comics and how organizing online challenges can impact …

In this session, Clay Adams from ComixLaunch interviews Ryan Claytor, a cartoonist and professor at Michigan State University, who shares his journey in comics. Claytor has been self-publishing for 20 years and recently launched a successful Kickstarter for an oversized hardcover art book, 'One Bite at a Time', celebrating his two-decade career. Th…

Anthology projects draw on the creativity and talent of many different creators contributing to one shared project. With a long-gestating anthology finally launched, ComixLaunch host Tyler James is on the hotseat for a change, as a roundtable of creators brainstorm ideas for ways to encourage and empower the contributing creators to promote the pro…

In this month's ComixLaunch Pro spotlight, two-time Harvey Award Nominated cartoonist Craig Taillerfer, shares insight from his creative journey. An early member of ComixLaunch Pro, Craig took a long five year hiatus after his first successful launch... but that didn't stop him from having his best launch ever!…

Comic book collector's are a major part of the crowdfunding and direct market ecosystem. In this session, Tyler chats with Josh Eggebeen, a life long collector and one of the authors of After Action Report: An Unofficial Collector Guide Book for G.I. Joe & Transformers Comics. They'll discuss the current state of the comic collecting, how crowdfund…

Creator Matthew Schofield is in the ComixLaunch Pro spotlight this month. Matt is an animator, storyboard artist and director who has worked on films such as Cats Don't Dance, Prince of Egypt and The Iron Giant. In this interview with Clay Adams, Matt shares his creator owned journey bringing his superhero comedy webcomic, Steamroller Man to Kickst…

A ComixLaunch listener alerted Tyler to a sudden and suspicious proliferation of seemingly AI-Generated Comic Book Kickstarter projects that have appeared on the platform recently. After taking a look, it does indeed seem like something fishy is going on, and one or more actors have been able to get obviously soulless, fraudulent projects past the …

Commonwealth Comix co-founders Ryan Kroboth and John Endingfield II join Tyler for a discussion about their new partnership and collaboration on Wurst & Mayhem, a D&D style adventure comic. We'll talk about the evolution from friendship to creative partnership, the challenges and best practices for getting a new joint venture off the ground, and ho…

Join us for a special panel on ComicTopia, the inaugural crowdfunding event hosted on BackerKit this month. The discussion features Lafayette Morrow from BackerKit, as well as creators including James Mascia of Dren Productions, writer Frank Martin, Joel Rodriguez of Metal Ninja Studios, and Eric Erdek, known for Espresso Detective. Lafayette provi…

In this episode of ComixLaunch, Tyler James interviews Christian Douglas, a Dublin-based writer and founder of Unpopular Comics. They discuss Christian's creative journey, his new Kickstarter campaign for 'Unpopular Tales 2: Pinochia, a cyberpunk retelling of the classic fairy tale, and the broader mission of Unpopular Comics to revitalize classic …

For the past decade, illustrator Dave Swartz has moved from self-publishing, to pencil-for-hire, and back again. His current project, Confederate Monster is back on Kickstarter. In this conversation, he and Tyler will discuss the challenges and opportunities for comic book illustrators working in comics today.…

In this session, Tyler will share his top insights from attending a presentation by Andrew Marks, director of Kickstarter's new Kickstarter Performance team, outlining what this new crowdfunding marketing service can do for creators, and answering questions from Kickstarter users.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

The ComixLaunch Pro spotlight shines on writer and professor Will Allred, who shares lessons learned from his creative journey.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

In this session, we'll break down the news that Kickstarter just pushed live a massive overhaul to how creators create and send shipping surveys to backers. In this session, we'll take a deep-dive into the new survey tool, and share the good, the bad, the confusing, and the ugly with this latest platform update.…

For YEARS Kickstarter creators have been asking for abilities to easily copy info from past projects to new ones. It looks like Kickstarter has FINALLY taken a step in this direction, as creators can now copy rewards from past campaigns. Let's take a deep-dive into this new feature to see if it's everything creators have been asking for.…

With his first novella ready to launch, writer James Powell is considering experimenting with a shorter than average Kickstarter launch… much shorter! A mastermind roundtable of veteran creators discuss James' launch plan, and share pros and cons of ultra short launches.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Sarah Cooke has successfully launched 3 projects on Kickstarter for her series "No Spell Lasts Forever." Now she's in the process of working on a additional projects that she'd like to launch in the not-to-distant future. That means running more campaigns each year. How can she best grow her crowdfunding project output without being overly demandin…

After a lot of success serializing his series Night Wolf on Kickstarter, Rob Multari thinks he's finally ready to distribute through Diamond Distribution to get his books into comic book shops. The problem? How to deal with the upfront funding costs associated with direct market distribution? Tyler and a roundtable of comic creators brainstorm opti…

Pull up a chair and join an all-star crew of creators as mastermind season of the ComixLaunch podcast returns! As he attempts to move toward being a full-time creator, writer Caleb Palmquist is struggling to find a balance between the things that inspires him as a creator and what the market responds best to on Kickstarter. A roundtable of talented…

Kickstarter has rolled out its new "late pledges" feature for all creators... and we now have answers to some of the biggest questions we've had about how late pledges will work! (It's different than you might have assumed.) In this session, we'll break down the new feature and share some best practices for how to use it.…

Let's get you caught up on a quick scan of recent comic book and crowdfunding news that ComixLaunch listeners should know about, including Diamond Comics distributors entry into the crowdfunding fulfillment game, as well as recent trends and announcement from Kickstarter.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Get to know award-winning author Brian J. Lambert, as he chats with ComixLaunch's Clay Adams, spotlighting his journey raising over $100,000 in funding on Kickstarter, and decision to join the ComixLaunch Pro program to take his campaigns to new heights.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

There's buzz that a crackdown is coming (or is it already here) on the not safe for work (NSFW) spicy comics space, which has become one of the most dominant genres in crowdfunding. Let's discuss!Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

UK comic creator Will Robson returns to the ComixLaunch Podcast to share what he's learned serializing OUTBREAKS, "The Only Ongoing Zombie Anthology Comic" on Kickstarter over the past year. He and Tyler will discuss the state of crowdfunding in 2024 and topics related to freelancing in comics and living your best creative life.…

Kickstarter announced this morning that it will be unlocking a LATE PLEDGES feature soon for all Kickstarter campaigns. Here's an instant reaction discussing the details, pros, cons, questions, and implications.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Writer Jack Harris Jr, creator of Terminus Veil and Clash Digital Publishing is featured in this month's ComixLaunch Pro spotlight. In this session, you'll hear how Jack founded his publishing company on three key principles, which are high quality artwork, diverse characters from different backgrounds, and explosive, thrilling action. His first ca…

Writer Russell Nohelty returns to the ComixLaunch podcast for a discussion about Kickstarter collaboration, the world of romance and steamy NSFW comics crowdfunding, and what's working now for creatives. Get your popcorn ready and something to take notes with... it's going to be an awesome session!Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Creator Iván Brandon has worked in television, animation, film and video games, and is probably best known for his American comic book work including Viking and Drifter (Image Comics) and has written for Marvel, DC, IDW among others. Now, he's focused on launching his latest creator owned project on Kickstarter, with the second volume of THE ROMAN …

In this ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight featured interview, Clay Adams chats with Ted Sikora, a comic book writer and filmmaker, sharing insight building the Hero Tomorrow Comics Universe with the help of Kickstarter and the support of the ComixLaunch Pro program and community over the past few years.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu

Fear of failure is one of the major things holding creators back from pursuing their dreams. In this session, Tyler James and writer Caleb Palmquist will talk about how to deal with the inevitable failures that come with being a creative, Caleb's decision to cancel a Kickstarter project earlier this year, and why that hasn't stopped him from pushin…

Kickstarter rolled out some spiffy new UI updates that affect how your projects will be discovered going forward. Tyler grades the changes and shares the most important thing creators may want to adjust as a result.Tyler James tarafından oluşturuldu