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Webinar: Running a Comics project on Kickstarter

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Channel: Kickstarter · 2018 · Education

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Kickstarter Comics Outreach Lead Camilla Zhang offers tips and advice for creators launching a comics campaign.

Here are the resources cited in the presentation (sorry, they don’t let you hyperlink in the YouTube description):

Creator Handbook: High-level and covers a lot of basics, and definitely worth a read if you're just getting started.
https://www.kickstarter.com/help/handbook

Kickstarter Comics YouTube Playlist: If you’re a more audio-visual person, this series is a nice Kickstarter intro tailored specifically for comics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNKuyywjeo&list=PLHZsp0TgwAOKNo2W6KsGuec5U8_WgscKl

Publishing: Tools and Resources: a microsite with tips from comics power creators like Greg Pak and Spike Trotman.
https://creators.kickstarter.com/publishing-tools-and-resources/

Planning Guide: This gets into the nitty-gritty, brass tacks of an entire campaign.
https://d3mlfyygrfdi2i.cloudfront.net/LaunchGuide1-16.pdf

Image Guide: Best practices for your Project Image.
https://www.kickstarter.com/help/images

Reward Ideas: Inspirational ideas about diversifying reward tiers.
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/need-some-reward-ideas-here-are-96-of-them

The Kickstarter Publishing Blog: Educational and inspirational articles related to Publishing projects.
https://medium.com/kickstarter/tagged/publishing

Great Project Update Ideas: Best practices on how to use Backer Updates.
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/50-updates-to-keep-up-with-your-backers

Custom Referral Tags: Article that explains what Custom Referral Tags are and how to use them.
https://medium.com/kickstarter/the-best-kickstarter-feature-nobodys-using-f4eaf36bfffa

Featured Projects: Article on how to get featured as a Project We Love.
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/how-to-get-featured-on-kickstarter

Kickstarter Live: Learn how to use Kickstarter Live to promote your campaign
https://live.kickstarter.com/

Creating a graphic novel budget for Kickstarter by Kickstarter Thought Leader Hope Nicholson
http://bedsidepress.com/creating-a-graphic-novel-budget-for-kickstarter/

Make 100: perfect for new Kickstarter creators because the stakes and demands are low and it helps you get over beginner’s anxiety.
https://www.kickstarter.com/make100


Along with the projects I used as examples:

Tension: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2062802457/tension

Alex Automatic #3: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/820229183/alex-automatic-3

Heartwood: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/131668411/heartwood-non-binary-tales-of-sylvan-fantasy

Ani Wild: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamieme/ani-wild

The Nib Magazine: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thenib/the-nib-magazine

MINDMGMT Vinyl: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1266952446/mind-mgmt-comic-book-and-read-along-vinyl-record

Pass Me By: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1927004976/pass-me-by-gone-fishin

The Crude Knight: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monsteroftheweek1/the-crude-knight-1

Burn Man: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burnman/burn-man-by-shawn-kuruneru

Menagerie #2: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythdivision/menagerie-issue-02

Tommy Gun Dolls Vol. 2: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852361642/the-tommy-gun-dolls-vol-2-graphic-novel

Being True: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/586200780/being-true-lgbtq-comics-anthology

Sweaty Palms Vol. 2: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sagemcoffey/sweaty-palms-vol-2-the-anthology-about-anxiety

Tenko King Vol. 2
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tavismaiden/tenko-king-volume-2-heart-of-the-mountain

Agents of the Realm Vol. 2
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067909790/agents-of-the-realm-volume-2-and-volume-1-reprint

Check, Please! Year 3
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/276501805/check-please-year-three

I am Hexed #1
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/734947089/i-am-hexed-issue-1

Heart of Gold Vol. 1
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vivtanner/heart-of-gold-volume-i

Heartstopper Vol. 1
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aliceoseman/heartstopper-volume-one

Cover illustration by Chris Kindred.

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