Going Big on Kickstarter with the Metal Shark Bros

Walter Ostlie, Bob Frantz & Kevin Cuffe, creators of the hit Kickstarter-funded graphic novel Metal Shark Bro join Tyler for a lively discussion on going after a big goal on Kickstarter.

Highlights of This Session Include:

Charting the Metal Shark Bro journey from insane idea to a $25K+ Kickstarter and then direct market success
The HOT (literally) Kickstarter Dead Zone strategy Kevin used to keep funding coming in during the Bro’s first launch
The Kickstarter strategies the boys are keeping (and the ones they’re ditching) in the new campaign
Plus: A success shout to a – ComixLaunch Pro on his first successful launch!

This Session is Sponsored by…

“Today’s Session is Sponsored by GORILLA MY DREAMS: GORILLA TAILS, 22 pages of Gorilla Noir written by Big Tim Stiles with art by Ahmed Raafat. GORILLA MY DREAMS: GORILLA TAILS is live on Kickstarter right now!”

Today’s Featured Guests

Walter Ostlie is a talented comic book Illustrator and the creator of Shiver Bureau.

Bob Frantz is the co-founder of Loophole Comics. He’s a husband., stay at home dad, writer & Podcaster.

Kevin Cuffe is a comic book writer and the creator of Oathbound: The Fantasy Spaghetti Western. He’s also the co-host of Word Bros, a comic book podcast with a focus on comic book creation with Bob Frantz.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show

Metalshark Bro: Island of Mistfit Bros https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637571649/metalshark-bro-island-of-misfit-bros?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=metal%20shark%20bro

More About Our Sponsor

GORILLA MY DREAMS: GORILLA TAILS is a 22-page superhero noir comic featuring Knockaround-Guy, a talking gorilla. Artist Ahmed Raafat and writer Big Tim Stiles tell five short stories that take place on the gritty streets of Struggle-Town.

Gasp with excitement watching cops have a shootout with themed henchmen! Recoil with fear as Knockaround-Guy teams up with Cthulhu Williams to take down a female mutant Nazi turtle! Snort-laugh as MutherDucker gets drunk in the North Poles Strip Club. And so much more.

GORILLA MY DREAMS is best described as “Batman: The Animated Series mashed with Ninja Turtles if Saturday morning cartoons were on TV after 10pm.” If you like gritty comics like Daredevil and Hellboy, then I think you’ll dig this comic. GORILLA MY DREAMS: GORILLA TAILS is live on Kickstarter right now!”

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Go take a look at the Metal Shark Bro KS campaign… Walter is a brilliant designer and creates a very attractive page… and incorporates an element of fun into the launch that not all pages have. Take some notes!