ComixLaunch: Crowdfunding for Writers, Artists & Self-Publishers on Kickstarter... and Beyond!
Kickstarter is the most powerful crowdfunding platform for new and professional creators and creative entrepreneurs alike. Every day, writers, artists, comic creators, and self-publishers are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring their dream projects to life. Still, nearly two-thirds of projects that launch on Kickstarter fail to fund. But the ComixLaunch podcast is changing that by revealing the mindset, strategies, and tactics you can use to successfully crowdfund your project on the platform. Tyler James, the host, has put all these ideas to practice and raised multiple six-figures in funding on Kickstarter across many successful projects. He is a writer, artist, game designer and the publisher of ComixTribe. He has also been a frequent guest on the #1 crowdfunding podcast Funding the Dream with Richard Bliss. ComixLaunch covers pre-launch strategies (social media, list-building, Facebook, Twitter), crowdfunding platforms (Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Patreon and more), how to design a successful campaign from start to finish, including how to set an achievable goal / funding target, campaign marketing, avoiding the pitfalls of fulfillment, and much more. The objective? To help YOU take your career to the next level by turning the Kickstarter platform into a renewable resource that will bring your creative projects to life again and again. Are you ready to launch?
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 549
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
081 – Big Breakthroughs and Major Takeaways from the 6-Day Kickstarter Challenge
In this session, Tyler recaps the recent 6-Day Kickstarter Challenge, and shares insights from dozens of creators who participated. Including clips from every lesson shared during the challenge, this…
Sun 05 Feb 2017
080 – The Case for Crowdfunding Comics on Indiegogo
Although 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 f…
Sun 29 Jan 2017
079 – Looking Back to Move Forward: Tyler’s End of the Year Review Process
2017 is already well underway, and many of us are already locked and loaded and moving forward on achieving our big goals for this year. But if you haven't carved out some time to review the year tha…
Sun 22 Jan 2017
078 – The Power of Paying it Forward
Pay it forward. Give value first. Do unto others. We hear this advice all the time and many of us practice it. But you won't believe what one ComixLaunch listener did to really live this principle...
Sun 15 Jan 2017
077 – Kickstarter Wants YOU to Make 100 This Month
Creators, have you heard about Kickstarter's Make/100 initiative rolling out in January? They're challenging you to launch a Kickstarter with a special reward capped and limited to just 100 backers.
Sun 08 Jan 2017
076 – Level-up Your Next Launch With a Challenge
Launching a Kickstarter in 2017? Are you up for a Challenge? Then ComixLaunch has one for you. Join Tyler James and five special guest instructors in completing six powerful challenges designed to le…
Sun 01 Jan 2017
075 – Expand Your Mission, Increase Your Impact, Leave a Legacy
In this year-end session, the ComixLaunch podcast refines and rededicates itself to the mission of making the comics the category on Kickstarter with the highest success rate. Tyler connects the proc…
Sun 18 Dec 2016
074 – Kickstarter from the Ground-Up with Daniel Brodie of Morgan’s Organs
In this session, Daniel Brodie of the comedy comic Morgan's Organs shares lessons learned jumping head first into the world of comics and crowdfunding. You'll hear about Daniel's process of developin…
Sun 11 Dec 2016
073 – Positive Lessons Kickstarter Creators Can Learn from the Most Negative Presidential Election of All-Time
We did it. We survived the 2016 US Presidential Election. (Knock on wood.) In this non-partisan episode featuring a guest lesson from Clay Adams of Fried Comics, we'll breakdown actionable and positi…
Sun 04 Dec 2016
072 – Patreon Launch #7: The 30 Day Patreon Launch Journal Challenge with Searnold of Completely Different Comics
In this session, Tyler and Searnold of Completely Different Comics discuss their experience keeping a Patreon Launch Journal for 30 Days, where they committed to taking action and tracking results fo…
Sun 27 Nov 2016
071 – Traditional Comic Book Publishing Vs Publishing in the Digital Age with Kirk Lindo
“NOW is the best time in the entire history of the comic book industry to be a self-publisher.” At least that's the perspective of Kirk Lindo, who brings more than 25 years of comics publishing exper…
Sun 20 Nov 2016
070 – Amazon, Patreon, and Building a Better Comics Industry with Amber Love
Today's guest is a writer, model, cosplayer, and host of the podcast Vodka O'Clock. Tyler and Amber discuss a wide range of topics, including releasing books via Kindle and Amazon Createspace, the ch…
Sun 13 Nov 2016
069 – Four Secrets to Getting Potential Backers Off the Sidelines (Part 2 of 2)
How do you get the people within your reach off the fence and into your campaign as an engaged backer? In this second part of a two-part mini-training, Tyler shares a load of ideas on how to encourag…
Sun 06 Nov 2016
068 – Four Secrets to Getting Potential Backers Off the Sidelines (Part 1 of 2)
How do you convince potential backers sitting on the sidelines to support you Kickstarter campaigns? In this first of a two-part session, Tyler delves into the psychology of the "sideliner" as well a…
Sun 30 Oct 2016
ComixLaunch Mastery is Open!
Join Tyler James and a small group of hardworking creators to learn to how to start, grow and energize an email list of fans big enough to successfully launch your project on Kickstarter. Then learn …
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Tue 25 Oct 2016
067 – Kickstarter Marketing in Action
For many creators, marketing is the most challenging part of a Kickstarter campaign. In this session, artist Anthony Christou teaches a guest lesson sharing his 40 day campaign marketing plan. Then, …
Sun 23 Oct 2016
066 – Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This?! (Advice All Creators Need to Not Only Hear, But Take Action on Today)
If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice that you wish you new when you first began your creative career, what would it be? It's a great question right... and a commonly ask…
Sun 16 Oct 2016
065 – Sticking With Your Project with Flutter’s Jennie Wood
In today's session with writer Jennie Wood (Flutter, A Boy Like Me) the topic of sticking with a project is discussed. You'll hear how Jenny drew from personal experience to craft a story that really…
Sun 09 Oct 2016
064 – Getting Picked vs Picking Yourself
Are you spending your career waiting to get picked? Or are you choosing yourself? In this session, Tyler discusses creator reaction to the recent DC Comics Writers Talent Development Workshop, and th…
Sun 02 Oct 2016
063 – Relaunching a Webcomic Kickstarter Campaign with Split Lip’s Sam Costello
We often hear you can learn a lot more from failure than from success... but that doesn't make failure any easier a pill to swallow. Today's guest, Sam Costello, however, has embraced the lessons lea…
Sun 25 Sep 2016
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