Comixlaunch: Crowdfunding For Writers, Artists & Self-publishers On Kickstarter... And Beyond!

When it comes time to actually ship your crowdfunding rewards to backers, is Backerkit the right tool for the job? And should you purchase your postage through Backerkit with their built-in Backerkit Postage feature? Tyler takes a deep dive into this Kickstarter fulfillment tool with everything creators like you need to know about whether or not it's time to upgrade to Backerkit for your launches!

For many creators, getting their comic book picked up by publisher was always the ultimate goal. However, some have found much greener pastures going the self-publishing route. In this discussion with writer Anthony Ruttgaizer, you'll hear how a less than amazing experience with a small press publisher encouraged him to go all in on self-publishing and crowdfunding.

Over the past six years, across more than a dozen successful Kickstarter launches, award-winning Australian illustrator Anthony Christou's Luminous Ages IP now includes comics books, art books, card games, fantasy commissions, playmats, puzzles, t-shirts, illustrated novels, RPG Campaign Books, Resin Miniatures and more! In this interview, Tyler and Anthony will discuss expanding your creative universe and product offerings beyond comics.

By the Time I Get to Dallas creator and full-time emergency doctor Colin Devonshire joins Tyler for a discussion about balancing a demanding, rewarding day job, a family and ambitions creative pursuits. They'll discuss how to make Kickstarter efforts sustainable WITHOUT it taking over your life!

Join artist Mog Park and writer Rob Multari for a discussion about their new 19th Century Scottish female werewolf fantasy comic Snow Paw, funding now on Kickstarter. A spin off series from Rob's popular Night Wolf book, you'll find out how this creative team came together to create something new in an already established world.

Russell Nohelty has raised over $250K in funding for his books on the Kickstarter platform and credits Kickstarter with saving his career. In this high-level Kickstarter interview, he'll share why Kickstarter is THE must use platform for authors interested in increasing their profit and visibility.

Comic book projects launched on Kickstarter are more likely to successfully fund than any other project category, according to Kickstarter's own reported stats. In this episode, Tyler shares his take on the top 5 reasons comics are King on Kickstarter.

Is there money in webcomics? Leif & Thorn creator Erin Ptah stops by the ComixLaunch Podcast to crunch some numbers and talk about the opportunities for webcomic creators crowdfunders today.

Tyler welcomes Kickstarter's Director of Publishing & Comics Outreach at Kickstarter Oriana Leckert for an open, ask her all your Kickstarter questions session! We'll learn what the current trends and best practices are from the insiders at Kickstarter to help us continue to level up our launches!

Learn everything comic creator crowdfunders need to know about barcodes for their comics and graphic novels!

One of the hottest trends at conventions, on Kickstarter and in the online retail comic collector space is offering special variant cover comics with METAL covers. Yes... we're talking real metal! In this session, you'll get a complete primer to everything creators need to know about making metal comics so you can decide whether to offer them with your next launch!

Tyler tackles Backerkit's main service offering, the Backerkit Pledge Manager with a particular focus on Backerkit Surveys! In this session, you'll learn what Backerkit Surveys can do, who should use them, and how effective they are at not only managing complex campaigns but also raising significantly more funding AFTER your Kickstarter campaign ends.

Coming back to the Kickstarter platform after a campaign that performs beyond your wildest expectations brings its own set of challenges. Comic writer David Pepose, creator of The O.Z., returns to the ComixLaunch Podcast to discuss doubling down on the success of his first crowdfunding effort with it's second issue launch!

Over the past month, a wave of high profile comic creators started publishing new email newsletters on Substack, a venture backed platform for independent publishing. In this session, Tyler goes deep on the Substack platform, and weather or not it's a place ComixLaunchers should be.

Award-winning writer and veteran of 19 Kickstarter launches Felipe Cagno joins Tyler for a discussion of comics and crowdfunding!

Campaign underperforming? You know you need to stay positive in order to keep promoting your Kickstarter... but how do you actually do that when you keep hitting refresh on your project page and aren't liking your funding or backer totals? In this session, Tyler shares why it's so important to shake out of that negative state and how to quickly right your emotional ship.

Looking for something to do during your Kickstarter campaign to engage your backers and bring some new ones onboard your campaign? Then look no further than the Livestream Q&A! In this podcast, Tyler will break this strategy down step-by-step!

No question the more times you launch on Kickstarter the easier it becomes for creators... and yet, there are still some problems that arise when you've been launching for a while. After launching his 23rd(!) Kickstarter campaign for ComixTribe's Happy Hill #1, Tyler shares a few problems that he and other veteran creators face, as well as suggestions for how best to handle them.

When the mainstream comics industry went "pencils down" during the pandemic of 2020, industry veteran Jeremy Haun knew he had to keep telling stories and making comics... and so he did! The result... HAUNTHOLOGY an oversized, 144+ page hardcover of original short horror comics.

Karl Kerschl, the Eisner Award-winning Writer/Illustrator of The Abominable Charles Christopher, Gotham Academy and the fantasy adventure series ISOLA, joins Tyler for a wide-ranging interview about building a lasting career in comics, webcomics, crowdfunding, and a whole lot more.