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ComixLaunch: Crowdfunding for Writers, Artists & Self-Publishers on Kickstarter... and Beyond! - Podcast

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?

Visual Arts Education Arts Business
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
54 minutes
Episodes
549
Years Active
2015 - 2025
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How Can I Leverage My Kickstarter Success Elsewhere? [Travis Gibb Mastermind Hotseat]

How Can I Leverage My Kickstarter Success Elsewhere? [Travis Gibb Mastermind Hotseat]

Over the past few years, writer and publisher Travis Gibb (Orange Cone Productions) has had a lot of success on the Kickstarter platform. Now, he's seeks a roundtable of creators' advice on how to be…
00:37:28  |   Sun 01 Jan 2023
How Can I Tell if My Comic Series Has Peaked? [Patrick Kellner Mastermind Hotseat]

How Can I Tell if My Comic Series Has Peaked? [Patrick Kellner Mastermind Hotseat]

The conventional wisdom is that Kickstarter is an awesome platform for serializing comics, as many creators experience strong organic growth in both funding and backer totals with each new issue laun…
00:53:43  |   Sun 25 Dec 2022
What If What I Want to Write Isn’t What the Kickstarter Audience Wants to Buy? [Tom Leveen Mastermind Hotseat]

What If What I Want to Write Isn’t What the Kickstarter Audience Wants to Buy? [Tom Leveen Mastermind Hotseat]

Writer Tom Leveen is currently battling an age old dilemma: should he pursue projects that interest him the most or should he try to follow the market and do something more commercial. Recognizing th…
00:50:59  |   Sun 18 Dec 2022
How Do I Juggle Multiple Projects & Creative Teams? [Michael Dean Mastermind Hotseat]

How Do I Juggle Multiple Projects & Creative Teams? [Michael Dean Mastermind Hotseat]

What are the best strategies to communicate deadlines and juggle multiple projects and creative teams when you're eyeing the Kickstarter platform? This is a challenge writer and filmmaker Michael Dea…
00:44:31  |   Sun 11 Dec 2022
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Build an Audience [Karla Medrano Mastermind Hotseat]

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Build an Audience [Karla Medrano Mastermind Hotseat]

Imposter syndrome is a common affliction for comic creators and humans in all walks of life. In this mastermind style session, Karla Medrano, a self-styled "noob" to the world of creating comics shar…
00:45:00  |   Sun 04 Dec 2022
Expanding the Distribution of Your Comics with Artist Frank Forte

Expanding the Distribution of Your Comics with Artist Frank Forte

Storyboard and comic book artist Frank Forte joins Tyler for a discussion about alternative forms of distribution for comics and creative work beyond the main channels. While Frank is an active advoc…
01:08:49  |   Sun 27 Nov 2022
Launching Alternate History Fiction Comics with Writer Brian Hawkins

Launching Alternate History Fiction Comics with Writer Brian Hawkins

Join comics writer Brian Hawkins (Black Cotton, The Vineyard) for a discussing about creating and launching alternative history comics. Brian's latest crowdfunding effort is America's Kingdom, new se…
01:01:32  |   Sun 20 Nov 2022
How to Slash Your International Shipping Costs Nearly in Half

How to Slash Your International Shipping Costs Nearly in Half

Want to save some serious coin shipping to backers overseas? Then you need to listen to this one, as Tyler shares how the discovery of Pirate Ship's Simple Export Rate option helped slash over a thou…
00:40:35  |   Sun 13 Nov 2022
Doubling Down on Comics Crowdfunding with The Game’s Charlie Stickney

Doubling Down on Comics Crowdfunding with The Game’s Charlie Stickney

Get ready for a deep dive conversation on the state of comics crowdfunding with one of the most respected creators in the space, writer Charlie Stickney. Charlie returns to the ComixLaunch Podcast to…
01:06:39  |   Sun 06 Nov 2022
After the Launch Update Strategy

After the Launch Update Strategy

After your Kickstarter campaign funds, your work as a creator has only just begun. In fact, it is often how you handle the fulfillment of your campaign and communicate with your backers post-launch, …
00:59:51  |   Sun 30 Oct 2022
The Journey from Hobbyist to Profitable Creator

The Journey from Hobbyist to Profitable Creator

What separates the hobbyist from the pros when it comes to creating comics and graphic novels? If, after all your expenses are added up, you're not turning a profit on your comic endeavors, does that…
01:08:31  |   Sun 23 Oct 2022
How to Monetize Your Downtime With Cartoonist Ryan Claytor

How to Monetize Your Downtime With Cartoonist Ryan Claytor

Cartoonist Ryan Claytor returns to the ComixLaunch Podcast to share tips and strategies for turning your downtime into funds. While working through fulfillment on his last Kickstarter, Ryan found him…
00:56:54  |   Sun 16 Oct 2022
How to Outsource Your Crowdfunding Advertising with Jellop

How to Outsource Your Crowdfunding Advertising with Jellop

Jellop is a marketing company laser focused on helping creators overachieve their Kickstarter goals by running highly targeted paid traffic campaigns during their launch. In this session, Tyler chats…
00:50:31  |   Sun 09 Oct 2022
Creating to the Kickstarter Market with Dreamquest’s Clay Adams & Mick Beyers

Creating to the Kickstarter Market with Dreamquest’s Clay Adams & Mick Beyers

Join writer Clay Adams and artist Mick Beyers, creators of the new Lovecraftian one-shot DreamQuest from Fried Comics, for a discussion about leaning in creatively to the type of projects best suited…
00:47:40  |   Sun 02 Oct 2022
Writing & Crowdfunding as a Stay-At-Home Dad with Legends of the Realm’s Jack Holder

Writing & Crowdfunding as a Stay-At-Home Dad with Legends of the Realm’s Jack Holder

Over the past few years, Jack Holder has successfully ramped up his crowdfunding efforts, launching fantasy comics and prose on Kickstarter, while juggling the demanding duties of raising a newborn. …
00:47:08  |   Sun 25 Sep 2022
A Fistful of Pain Postmortem: Lessons From a Record Breaking Comic Book Launch

A Fistful of Pain Postmortem: Lessons From a Record Breaking Comic Book Launch

ComixTribe just had it's most-backed, most funded Kickstarter launch ever with Ryan K Lindsay & Louie Joyce's A FISTFUL OF PAIN. In this Kickstarter postmortem recap, Tyler dives deep into the analyt…
01:23:13  |   Sun 18 Sep 2022
How Can Creators Beat the Social Media Algorithms in 2022?

How Can Creators Beat the Social Media Algorithms in 2022?

Let's tackle the vexing topic of social media algorithms when it comes to using social platforms to promote your creative work. What's working now, what isn't and so much more!
00:48:05  |   Sun 11 Sep 2022
ComixLaunch Mailbag: Kickstarter Qs & Past Episode Follow Ups

ComixLaunch Mailbag: Kickstarter Qs & Past Episode Follow Ups

Tyler dusts off the ComixLaunch Mailbag to share some listener feedback on past episodes and answer great Kickstarter questions!
00:56:00  |   Sun 04 Sep 2022
Can You Have Too Many Variant Covers?

Can You Have Too Many Variant Covers?

Variant covers. Love 'em or hate 'em, they're a HUGE aspect of the comic creator crowdfunding experience and in this podcast, Tyler will take a deep dive on all things variants. What you learn here m…
00:54:53  |   Sun 28 Aug 2022
Tapping the Nostalgia Vein with “Young And The Dead” Creator Scott Serkland

Tapping the Nostalgia Vein with “Young And The Dead” Creator Scott Serkland

Scott Serkland is the writer and artist of "Young and the Dead" a 1980s-themed kids vs zombie comic in the spirit of The Goonies meets Night of the Living Dead. In this interview, Tyler and Scott wil…
00:59:39  |   Sun 21 Aug 2022
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