Kickstarter Panel with International Comic Creators: Strategies, Challenges & Success Stories

Tyler James hosts an engaging discussion with comic book creators Ed Hillyer aka ILYA, Allegra, Lisa Medin, and Adriano Ariganello as they share their Kickstarter experiences launching in the UK, Japan, Sweden and Canada. From launching first-time projects to managing mid-campaign challenges and leveraging community support, discover valuable insights and strategies for crowdfunding success. Whether you’re a creator looking for tips or a backer curious about new projects, this episode is packed with useful advice and inspiring stories from the global Kickstarter community.

Highlights of This Session Include:

Strategies for crafting unique rewards that your fans will love.
Effective ways to handle the mid-campaign “dead zone.”
The challenge (and opportunity) to reach wider audiences on Kickstarter.
Plus: What creators wish Kickstarter would change or improve about their platform.

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Today’s Featured Guests:

ILYA (Ed Hillyer) is an experienced comic strip writer, artist and editor, with 100s of comics (Marvel/DC/Dark Horse/Image, among many others) and more than 30 book titles to his name: graphic novels Manga Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, SKIDMARKS, ROOM FOR LOVE, KID SAVAGE and the award-winning END OF THE CENTURY CLUB series: bestselling instructional titles The MANGA DRAWING KIT, HOW TO DRAW COMICS: and so much more. Read him in French, German, Italian, Turkish, Galician Spanish, and even Japanese.

Lisa Medin, aka the Amazing Ms. Medin – author, illustrator and unbeatable comic artist. Speaks English well enough, somehow only makes epic humor adventure comics in Swedish.

Allegra is a freelance editor and artist living in Japan, first time Kickstarter campaigner, 1/2 of the team behind Broke Ass Cookbook.

Adriano Ariganello (ah-rig-ah-nell-o) went to a film school that is now a pizza restaurant. He’s a prolific writer who successfully funded 8 campaigns and just launched his 9th, the double-sized finale to his pro-wrestling zombie series: From Parts Unknown. You may have seen his recent work with Naked Kaiju Woman (sequel coming this summer) and Crazy Latte Thing Called Love.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show:

From Parts Unknown #1-4 | The END IS NIGH! Complete Series!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pestocomics/from-parts-unknown-4

Broke-Ass Cookbook: Japanese-ish food on a Budget
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yukioonishi/broke-ass-cookbook-japanese-ish-food-on-a-budget/

Medley: Encore – Den efterlängtade serieboken
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lisamedin/medley-encore/creator

ROMO the WolfBoy by writer/artist ILYA
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilyagraphic/romo-the-wolfboy-by-writer-artist-ilya

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