Comic Creator Crowdfunders’ Wishlists for Kickstarter’s Sam Kusek

Tyler James hosts an enlightening panel of esteemed comics creators—Rob Multari (Lone Wolf Comics), Allan Liska (Green Archer Comics), and Christian Douglas (Unpopular Comics) —alongside Sam Kusek, the Comics Outreach Lead at Kickstarter. The discussion delves into the current state of crowdfunding for comic creators, focusing on Kickstarter’s new pledge manager, the challenges of growing economic pressures, and market saturation.

Highlights of This Session Include:

How to get featured on Sam’s new monthly comics Kickstarter newsletter?
Reactions to a recent post about the decline of Kickstarter’s effectiveness by a respected creator.
Savvy tips for building an audience for creators who are just starting out.
Plus: The creators share their “Kickstarter wishlists” for features they hope Kickstarter will roll out.

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Today’s Featured Guests:

Sam Kusek is many things. A comics aficionado, a tabletop roleplaying game designer, VHS archivist, aspiring pickle master, and former bike messenger. He lives in Portland, OR with his partner, two sons and two cats.

Christian Douglas was raised among G.I. Joes, Batman, Star Wars, and El Chavo del Ocho, this globetrotter spent his childhood immersed in multiple languages, cities, and countries. He discovered the tales of the Brothers Grimm and Andersen at an early age and never let them go. His only truly valuable possessions are his books and movies. He has tried to learn from masters like Alan Moore and Frank Miller. He dreams of being like Robert Kirkman—creating something brutal, then just kicking back and counting the cash… Been doing crowdfunding way before they were cool. Has ran 6 campaigns directly and participated in over 20. Raised more than 25k and sold more than 4k books in 4 languages and +10 countries.

Rob Multari is a comic book creator/children’s book author, working in multiple genres including fantasy, horror, supernatural, superhero, and antihero themed stories. Rob is also the founder of his self-publishing company, Lone Wolf Comics, and best known for his series Night Wolf, Snow Paw, and the Wolf Pack Pups.

Allan Liska is the owner of Green Archer Comics where we revive legends! He is the writer and creator of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar comic as well as The Green Archer, The Press Guardian, The Clock and co-creator of The Cryptid Hacker Force as well as the upcoming Buck Rogers comic.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show:

https://www.kickstarter.com/newsletters/comics

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