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Celebrating Women in Comics with Zelda Awards Founder Karla Medrano & Sarah Cooke

On November 1, nominations will open for The Zelda awards, a new honor celebrating the outstanding achievements of women in comic book culture. In this session, Tyler is joined by founder Karla Medrano and committee member Sarah Cooke to discuss this new initiative, why it's necessary, why now, and how female comic creators and their allies can get involved! Read more

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Comics Crowdfunding Roundtable with Mr. Fish, Zak Mudie & Laurie Foster

Tyler hosts a roundtable discussion featuring Zak Mudie and his partner Jaden Molina, creators of Citadel Pulsar: The Last Ethereal, along with Laurie Foster, the founder of Laguna Studios. We also welcome the prolific Mr. Fish, creator of Alice Lost in Wonderland. Learn about their latest Kickstarter projects, the challenges they've faced, and valuable insights into the world of indie comics. Read more

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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Using Mindset to Fuel Your Best Launch with Maddie Salvage

Maddie Salvage's steps into the ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight, shining light on her career as a writer and illustrator that has spanned a decade and a number of formats, including comic books, graphic novels and prose novels. She'll discuss her lessons learned over years of launching, as well as insights from her latest graphic novel, Aglow, which draws from one of her favorite creatures from legend, vampires. Read more

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How to Follow Up Your Biggest Launch Ever with Ryan Claytor

Last year, cartoonist Ryan Claytor celebrated 20 years of publishing with a big Kickstarter launch for "One Bite at a Time" which went on to get nominated for Eisner and Ringo Awards. How do you follow up a massive launch like that? And how does one keep the passion going strong for another 20 years? Ryan joins Tyler for a discussion about his next venture the "Elephant Eater Comics Annual Dispatch" which attempts to answer those questions and more! Read more

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The Pre-Launch Paid Reservation Strategy for Comic Book Launches

The "paid reservation" strategy is a reliable option used by many high-profile crowdfunding campaigns to attracted and identify high-buyer intent backers BEFORE your campaign goes live. But can it work for comic crowdfunders? Read more

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Why I Changed My Mind on Running Pre-Launch Follower Ads?

Need to build up that pre-launch follower count before your next Kickstarter launch? Then you're going to want to listen to this one as Tyler re-considers the strategy of running pre-launch follower ads direct to your Kickstarter pre-launch page. Spoiler: Tyler is doing it for his next launch! Read more

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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Kevin Joseph on his Longrunning Series “Tart”

Clay Adams puts writer Kevin Joseph, the co-creator of the Fantasy Adventure series Tart under the ComixLaunch Pro spotlight. They discuss Kevin's journey from a fourth-grade storyteller to a successful comic book writer, the impact of ComixLaunch courses on his crowdfunding efforts, and the creative process behind his extensive list of projects. Read more

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Comics, Crowdfunding and Crossovers with Sam Johnson

Sam Johnson, writer of Geek Girl and Cabra Cini returns to the ComixLaunch pod to chat about changes in crowdfunding, going all in on pre-launch and crossing over characters from your comic book universes. Read more

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Rocking a Reprint Launch with Nightmare Theater’s Adams & Schrader

Clay Adams & D.E. Schrader, the maniacs behind the massive horror anthology series Nightmare Theater are back on the ComixLaunch Podcast to talk about what happens when a project is so successful it SELLS OUT and the challenges that brings to indie creators! Read more

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How to Title Your Comic Book Kickstarter Project (and Avoid the Mistake Most Creators Are Making)

Would you believe that half of all comic creators launching projects on Kickstarter are making a big mistake when it comes to how they title their crowdfunding projects?
In this post I’ll show you how to title your Kickstarter project to attract more backers and to increase funding on Kickstarter.

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Is the Kickstarter Bubble Going to Burst for Comic Creators?

Wondering the Kickstarter success rate for comic projects is and whether or not the so-called Kickstarter bubble is about to burst? This video has the answer!

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Comics Crowdfunding: Making the Case for Indiegogo

While ComixLaunch has almost exclusively focused on the Kickstarter platform, it is not the only game in town. Indiegogo is a crowdfunding platform that hundreds of comic creators have chosen to fund their projects. In this guest post, Jen Finelli makes the case for Indiegogo.

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5 THINGS THE 2016 ELECTION TEACHES US ABOUT KICKSTARTER

The 2016 contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton provides ample crowdfunding lessons. (There’s a reason we call them Kickstarter campaigns.) So, sit back, relax, put your partisan politics aside, and let’s look at what worked and what didn’t.

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