019 – The Emotional Roller Coaster of Running a Kickstarter Campaign with Jon Parrish

In today’s session, Tyler is joined by Jon Parrish, to explore the emotional roller coaster ride that is running a Kickstarter campaign. Jon’s first Kickstarter campaign was successful, but went right down to the wire. All the ups, downs, twists and turns he experienced are covered in detail. Today’s Session is Sponsored by the Johnny Bullet webcomic by Hervé St-Louis. Read it for free at comicbookbin.com/bullet. Special ComixLaunch Announcement Before we get into today’s episode, I want to share some early insights gleaned from the ComixLaunch Survey we ran last month… and the thing I’m

017 – Kickstarter’s Role in the Comics Industry and the Economics of Digital Comics with Todd Allen

With more than $40 million dollars raised for comics and graphic novel projects to date, Kickstarter is playing an ever increasing role in the industry. Tyler James discusses the economics of Kickstarter and digital comics with Author Todd Allen. This session is sponsored by KrakenPrint. Need a reliable printer for your next comic book or graphic novel print run? Then you need to unleash the Kraken. Head to ComixLaunch.com/Kraken for 5% off your entire first order. Today’s Guest  Our guest today has spent more than 15 years around digital publishing and

Smart contracts: The good, the bad and the lazy

Why private blockchains should not be eager to run code I’m not a fan of the term “smart contracts”. For a start, it has been used by so many people for so many different things, that we should probably just ban it completely. For example, the first known reference is from 1997, when Nick Szabo used it to describe physical objects that change their behavior based on some data. More recently, the term has been used for the exact opposite: to describe computation on a blockchain which is influenced by external events

015 – AskComixLaunch #1: Piracy, Printing, and Platform Building

Tyler James answers ComixLaunch listeners’ crowdfunding questions! This episode covers protecting your books from piracy, getting the best price on printing, and how big an audience you need to launch a successful Kickstarter project. This session is sponsored by KrakenPrint.  Need a reliable printer for your next comic book or graphic novel print run? Then you need to unleash the Kraken. Head toComixLaunch.com/Kraken for 5% off your entire first order. Today’s Ask ComixLaunch Questions In this episode, we answer Kickstarter questions from creators! Questions #1 – Piracy “I was interested in

014 – Kickspying Tyler James’ Top Crowdfunding Secrets

ComixLaunch host Tyler James is interviewed by Walter Haas of Kickspy, in an effort to uncover the secrets of successful Kickstarter projects. Today’s Session is Sponsored by ComixTribe Go to ComixTribe.com/subscribe for 5 Free Comics Today’s Session… I have a very special interview for you today… in the hot seat getting interviewed is a creator who has successfully run 7 Kickstarters and raised nearly $170K on the platform… you may have heard of him… his name is Tyler James. Now, before you think I’ve gone crazy and I’m interviewing myself on

011 – What Went Wrong in Riverdale? 4 Problems with the Archie Comics Kickstarter

Earlier this year, Archie Comics launched a massive Kickstarter campaign to help relaunch Riverdale for a modern audience. Just five days later, they shut the campaign down after backlash from the comic book industry. On today’s episode, Tyler James and co-host Jeremy Melloul discuss exactly what went wrong in Riverdale, and more importantly, talk about the important lessons creators can learn from Archie’s failed Kickstarter. Today’s Session is Sponsored by ComixTribe Go to ComixTribe.com/subscribe for 5 Free Comics What is Today’s Episode About? On May 10, 2015, Archic Comics launched

009 – Webcomics + Kickstarter = Huge Success for Writer/Artist Ryan Browne

Today’s Guest: A Harvey Award nominated writer and artist who has published incredible work for IDW and Image Comics, most notably the hilarious series God Hates Astronauts. He’s a creator who has successfully used Kickstarter to raise more than $100K and counting to crowdfund his projects. And he’s taught this stuff, in the form of a one day Kickstarter seminar for the awesome folks at Comics Experience. He is one of the funniest and most-original voices in comics, Ryan Browne, welcome to ComixLaunch! This session is sponsored by KrakenPrint.  Need

008 – Promoting Your Kickstarter at Comic Conventions

Comic book conventions are great… but are they a great place to promote Kickstarter campaigns? Today’s Session is Sponsored by Purebuttons, your go-to resource for custom buttons of all shapes and sizes.  Go to ComixLaunch.com/purebuttons for 10% off your next order of custom buttons. Announcements and Table- setting ComixLaunch Crossed the 1,000 download milestone New Review: “This podcast does nothing but reinforce my high opinion of ComixTribe. A group of successful, talented creators willing to share their experience, process, and insights.” – Mr_Roberts Honestly that was the vision of ComixTribe… only get

007 – Is Kickstarter for YOU? Who should and shouldn’t be using crowdfunding to launch their projects

Who is Kickstarter for anyway? Special Guest Co-Host: Jeremy Mellou The History and Evolution of Who Has Used Kickstarter for Crowdfunding Comics and Graphic Novels Webcomics Newer Creators Anthologies Womanthology  Launched July 7, 2011 The first over $100k comic project. Larger Webcomics The Million Dollar Comic: Order of the Stick Reprint Drive  Came after Womanthology. The next big success. Set the bar for success. Launched January 22, 2012 Only comic project past 1 million. Next closest hasn’t even hit by half. Laid the groundwork for everything that came after. 2012 was

Simon Dixon: How Bank to the Future is Rethinking Finance

Ever since the financial system collapsed in 2007, the call for alternatives has grown louder. Bitcoin itself can be seen as such an alternative. Simon Dixon’s search for a way to put capitalism on a sounder financial footing began before Bitcoin with a focus on equity crowdfunding. Since then he has built Bank to the Future into an innovative crowdfunding business that takes an aggressive contrarian stance. He has also launched an investment fund focused on cryptocurrencies together with Max Keiser called Bitcoin Capital. He joined us for a fascinating