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Bonus Episode: What About Crowdfunded Comics?
Manage episode 384972395 series 1210826
What About Crowdfunded Comics? By Matthew Murray 🦇 and Mara L. Thacker
Published in Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris
Notes
- Caitlin McGurk and Jenny E Robb, “Comics in Special Collections: Purposeful Collection Development for Promoting Inclusive History,” in Comics and Critical Librarianship (Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books, 2019), 169; examples of crowdfunded comics providing a platform for marginalized voices include Black Comix Returns: African American Comic Art & Culture, Bystander: Stories, Observations & Witnessings from South Asia and Sensory: Life on the Spectrum—An Autistic Comic Anthology
- Todd Allen, “Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher?,” PublishersWeekly.com, July 10, 2012, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/52925-is-kickstarterthe-2-graphic-novel-publisher.html.
- “Kickstarter Stats,” Kickstarter, accessed August 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats.
- Chris Arrant, “These Are the Titles Driving Kickstarter Comics to Their Biggest Year Yet,” gamesradar, July 21, 2021, https://www.gamesradar.com/these-are-the-titles-driving-kickstarter-comics-to-their-biggest-year-yet/.
- “Monthly Ranking for Patreon Comics: Ranking for Top Creators by Month,” Graphtreon, accessed August 12, 2021, https://graphtreon.com/monthly-ranking/comics.
- “Ended on Ulule,” Ulule, accessed August 12, 2021, https://www.ulule.com/ discover/?categories=bandes-dessinees&offset=0&statuses=ended&languages=fr.
- Oriana Leckert, “Pow! 2020 Is the Best Year Yet for Comics on Kickstarter,” Kickstarter.com, October 20, 2020, https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/2020-is-the-best-year-yet-for-comics-on-kickstarter.
- Kat Calamia, “Should Major Publishers & Creators Be Crowdfunding Comics alongside Independent and DIY Creators?,” GamesRadar+, September 22, 2020, https://www.gamesradar.com/should-major-publishers-and-creators-be-crowdfunding-comics-alongside-independent-and-diy-creators/.
- While Image Comics is a well-known comics publisher, they tend to operate more like self-publishing than many traditional publishers as they do not pay page rates or advances, provide minimal editorial oversight, and charge a flat publishing fee.
- “Drainers—An Underground Graphic Novel,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/drainers-an-underground-graphic-novel; Robert Jeffrey II, “Route 3: Vol 1,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter. com/projects/1484007393/route-3-vol-1; Richard C. Meyer, “‘No Enemy, But Peace’ Graphic Novel,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/863672719/no-enemy-but-peace-graphic-novel; “Are You Ready for War in the Neighborhood?,” Ad Astra Comix, Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1856162.
- A “stretch goal” is an amount above the initial amount asked for at which point additional rewards are “unlocked.”
- A “tier” is a level of support tied to a specific amount of money.
- The campaign for “Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow HARDCOVER” lists “Fifty copies for Libraries + another Print in Print Set!” as a stretch goal in an image but doesn’t describe these goals in text anywhere on the project page.
- Rachel Seeger, “SPROUT: A Wordless Comic Book for Kids,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511570919/sprout-a-wordless-comic-book-for-kids.
- Tom Humberstone, “Solipsistic Pop 4: Maps,” Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www. indiegogo.com/projects/solipsistic-pop-4-maps#/; Becca Hillburn, “7 Inch Kara Volume 2: An All Ages Watercolor Comic,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/beccahillburn/7-inch-kara-volume-2.
- Isaac Cates, “Cartozia Tales: Ten Issues,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www. kickstarter.com/projects/1765342446/cartozia-tales-ten-issues; “Life Finds a Way,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/ life-finds-a-way.
- “Aztlan Graphic Novel,” Astlan, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter. com/projects/aztlan/aztlan-graphic-novel; Joamette Gil, “Mañana: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/manana-latinx-comics-from-the-25th-century; “Chicken Soup and Goji Berries,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/ chicken-soup-and-goji-berries.
- Including the “Reading Rainbow” DVD campaign, the only non-comic related crowdfunding project we found that specifically mentioned libraries.
- Seeger, “SPROUT”; “Barefoot Gen for Schools and Libraries,” Last Gasp, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1784498350/barefoot-gen-for-schools-andlibraries; JD Sweet, “The Ring Masters Comic—Continuing the Adventures!!,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trmvsshiaraku/the-ring-masters-comic-continuing-the-adventures; Levar Burton and Reading Rainbow, “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere!,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh; Jeff Douglas Messer, “The Adventures of Young Robin Hood Comic Book,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https:// www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeffdouglasmesser/the-adventures-of-young-robin-hood-comic-book; Sean Lykins, “Lora and the Paper Mirror (Children’s Comic),” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/739841783/lora-and-the-paper-mirror-childrens-comic; Sweet, “The Ring Masters Comic”; “Happy AlternaWeen!,” Alterna Comics, Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2419865.
- Megan Lavey-Heaton, “Valor: Fairy Tale Comic Anthology about Courageous Heroines,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1987386669/ valor-a-fairy-tale-anthology-about-courageous-hero.
- Debra A. Riley-Huff et al., “Crowdfunding in Libraries, Archives and Museums,” The Bottom Line 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 67–85, https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-03-2016-0014.
- “Crowdfunding and Public Libraries: The Record so Far,” Public Libraries News (blog), June 28, 2018, https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/campaigning/increasing-income/crowdfunding-andpublic-libraries-the-record-so-far; K. W. Colyard, “15 Crowdfunding Campaigns For Libraries To Donate To This National Library Week,” Bustle, April 12, 2017, https://www.bustle.com/p/15-crowdfunding-campaigns-for-libraries-to-donate-to-this-national-library-week-50736; Caroline Lewis, “Crowdfunding the Library,” Library Journal (April 17, 2013), https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=crowdfunding-the-library; Tom Mukite, “Bring the Hulk to the Northlake Public Library,” Indiegogo, 2013, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/386975/fblk.
- Kay Ann Cassell, “Do Large Academic Libraries Purchase Self-Published Books to Add to Their Collections?,” in Self-Publishing and Collection Development, ed. Robert P. Holley, Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2015), 27–36, https:// doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1wf4dpf.7; Heidy Berthoud, “Going to New Sources: Zines at the Vassar College Library,” The Serials Librarian 72, no. 1–4 (May 2017): 49–56, https://doi.org/10.1080/03615 26X.2017.1320867.
- McGurk and Robb, “Comics in Special Collections”; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring-Digital Comics: Ownership vs. Access,” Against the Grain 25, no. 5 (November 1, 2013), https://doi. org/10.7771/2380-176X.6628; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring--Collaboration Is King in Cartozia,” Against the Grain 25, no. 6 (2013): 2; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring—Fireside Fiction Keeps the Stories Coming via Crowdfunding and Subscription,” Against the Grain 27, no. 3 (June 1, 2015), https://doi. org/10.7771/2380-176X.7114; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring—Unexpectedly Musical Updates,” Against the Grain 27, no. 5 (November 1, 2015), https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.7213.
- Matthew Z. Wood, Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).
- McGurk and Robb, “Comics in Special Collections”; Izabella Penier, Martin Paul Eve, and Tom Grady, “COPIM—Revenue Models for Open Access Monographs 2020,” Zenodo, September 8, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4011836.
- Tom Bruno, “Self-Publishing and Libraries: The Slush Pile Is the Platform,” in Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2015), 125–38, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1wf4dpf.14.
- “Kickstarter Comics at the Library—The Seattle Public Library,” BiblioCommons, accessed October 16, 2020, https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/ share/104354882_shelf_talk/1146745557_kickstarter_comics_at_the_library.
- “Review Copies and What We Cover,” No Flying No Tights (blog), accessed February 5, 2021, http:// www.noflyingnotights.com/about/submitting-review-copies/.
- “Best Graphic Novels for Adults—FAQ,” Text, Round Tables, April 20, 2020, http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/-bgna-faq.
- Perry Chen and Aziz Hasan, “The Future of Crowdfunding Creative Projects,” Kickstarter, December 8, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/the-future-of-crowdfunding-creative-projects.
- Heidi MacDonald, “Kickstarter’s Switch to Crypto Platform Alarms Creators,” The Beat (blog), December 9, 2021, https://www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-crypto-platform-alarms-creators/.
- Rob Salkowitz, “Why Comics’ Top Crowdfunder Is Leaving Kickstarter For Her New ‘Poorcraft’ Project,” Forbes (February 7, 2022), https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/02/07/ why-comics-top-crowdfunder-is-leaving-kickstarter-for-her-latest-project/.
Further Reading
Stretch goals: Launching crowdfunded comics collections in academic libraries by Mara L. Thacker and Jason Larsen
206 episodes
Manage episode 384972395 series 1210826
What About Crowdfunded Comics? By Matthew Murray 🦇 and Mara L. Thacker
Published in Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris
Notes
- Caitlin McGurk and Jenny E Robb, “Comics in Special Collections: Purposeful Collection Development for Promoting Inclusive History,” in Comics and Critical Librarianship (Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books, 2019), 169; examples of crowdfunded comics providing a platform for marginalized voices include Black Comix Returns: African American Comic Art & Culture, Bystander: Stories, Observations & Witnessings from South Asia and Sensory: Life on the Spectrum—An Autistic Comic Anthology
- Todd Allen, “Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher?,” PublishersWeekly.com, July 10, 2012, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/52925-is-kickstarterthe-2-graphic-novel-publisher.html.
- “Kickstarter Stats,” Kickstarter, accessed August 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats.
- Chris Arrant, “These Are the Titles Driving Kickstarter Comics to Their Biggest Year Yet,” gamesradar, July 21, 2021, https://www.gamesradar.com/these-are-the-titles-driving-kickstarter-comics-to-their-biggest-year-yet/.
- “Monthly Ranking for Patreon Comics: Ranking for Top Creators by Month,” Graphtreon, accessed August 12, 2021, https://graphtreon.com/monthly-ranking/comics.
- “Ended on Ulule,” Ulule, accessed August 12, 2021, https://www.ulule.com/ discover/?categories=bandes-dessinees&offset=0&statuses=ended&languages=fr.
- Oriana Leckert, “Pow! 2020 Is the Best Year Yet for Comics on Kickstarter,” Kickstarter.com, October 20, 2020, https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/2020-is-the-best-year-yet-for-comics-on-kickstarter.
- Kat Calamia, “Should Major Publishers & Creators Be Crowdfunding Comics alongside Independent and DIY Creators?,” GamesRadar+, September 22, 2020, https://www.gamesradar.com/should-major-publishers-and-creators-be-crowdfunding-comics-alongside-independent-and-diy-creators/.
- While Image Comics is a well-known comics publisher, they tend to operate more like self-publishing than many traditional publishers as they do not pay page rates or advances, provide minimal editorial oversight, and charge a flat publishing fee.
- “Drainers—An Underground Graphic Novel,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/drainers-an-underground-graphic-novel; Robert Jeffrey II, “Route 3: Vol 1,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter. com/projects/1484007393/route-3-vol-1; Richard C. Meyer, “‘No Enemy, But Peace’ Graphic Novel,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/863672719/no-enemy-but-peace-graphic-novel; “Are You Ready for War in the Neighborhood?,” Ad Astra Comix, Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1856162.
- A “stretch goal” is an amount above the initial amount asked for at which point additional rewards are “unlocked.”
- A “tier” is a level of support tied to a specific amount of money.
- The campaign for “Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow HARDCOVER” lists “Fifty copies for Libraries + another Print in Print Set!” as a stretch goal in an image but doesn’t describe these goals in text anywhere on the project page.
- Rachel Seeger, “SPROUT: A Wordless Comic Book for Kids,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511570919/sprout-a-wordless-comic-book-for-kids.
- Tom Humberstone, “Solipsistic Pop 4: Maps,” Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www. indiegogo.com/projects/solipsistic-pop-4-maps#/; Becca Hillburn, “7 Inch Kara Volume 2: An All Ages Watercolor Comic,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/beccahillburn/7-inch-kara-volume-2.
- Isaac Cates, “Cartozia Tales: Ten Issues,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www. kickstarter.com/projects/1765342446/cartozia-tales-ten-issues; “Life Finds a Way,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/ life-finds-a-way.
- “Aztlan Graphic Novel,” Astlan, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter. com/projects/aztlan/aztlan-graphic-novel; Joamette Gil, “Mañana: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/manana-latinx-comics-from-the-25th-century; “Chicken Soup and Goji Berries,” Cloudscape Comics, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudscape/ chicken-soup-and-goji-berries.
- Including the “Reading Rainbow” DVD campaign, the only non-comic related crowdfunding project we found that specifically mentioned libraries.
- Seeger, “SPROUT”; “Barefoot Gen for Schools and Libraries,” Last Gasp, Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1784498350/barefoot-gen-for-schools-andlibraries; JD Sweet, “The Ring Masters Comic—Continuing the Adventures!!,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trmvsshiaraku/the-ring-masters-comic-continuing-the-adventures; Levar Burton and Reading Rainbow, “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere!,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh; Jeff Douglas Messer, “The Adventures of Young Robin Hood Comic Book,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https:// www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeffdouglasmesser/the-adventures-of-young-robin-hood-comic-book; Sean Lykins, “Lora and the Paper Mirror (Children’s Comic),” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/739841783/lora-and-the-paper-mirror-childrens-comic; Sweet, “The Ring Masters Comic”; “Happy AlternaWeen!,” Alterna Comics, Indiegogo, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2419865.
- Megan Lavey-Heaton, “Valor: Fairy Tale Comic Anthology about Courageous Heroines,” Kickstarter, accessed January 12, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1987386669/ valor-a-fairy-tale-anthology-about-courageous-hero.
- Debra A. Riley-Huff et al., “Crowdfunding in Libraries, Archives and Museums,” The Bottom Line 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 67–85, https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-03-2016-0014.
- “Crowdfunding and Public Libraries: The Record so Far,” Public Libraries News (blog), June 28, 2018, https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/campaigning/increasing-income/crowdfunding-andpublic-libraries-the-record-so-far; K. W. Colyard, “15 Crowdfunding Campaigns For Libraries To Donate To This National Library Week,” Bustle, April 12, 2017, https://www.bustle.com/p/15-crowdfunding-campaigns-for-libraries-to-donate-to-this-national-library-week-50736; Caroline Lewis, “Crowdfunding the Library,” Library Journal (April 17, 2013), https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=crowdfunding-the-library; Tom Mukite, “Bring the Hulk to the Northlake Public Library,” Indiegogo, 2013, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/386975/fblk.
- Kay Ann Cassell, “Do Large Academic Libraries Purchase Self-Published Books to Add to Their Collections?,” in Self-Publishing and Collection Development, ed. Robert P. Holley, Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2015), 27–36, https:// doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1wf4dpf.7; Heidy Berthoud, “Going to New Sources: Zines at the Vassar College Library,” The Serials Librarian 72, no. 1–4 (May 2017): 49–56, https://doi.org/10.1080/03615 26X.2017.1320867.
- McGurk and Robb, “Comics in Special Collections”; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring-Digital Comics: Ownership vs. Access,” Against the Grain 25, no. 5 (November 1, 2013), https://doi. org/10.7771/2380-176X.6628; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring--Collaboration Is King in Cartozia,” Against the Grain 25, no. 6 (2013): 2; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring—Fireside Fiction Keeps the Stories Coming via Crowdfunding and Subscription,” Against the Grain 27, no. 3 (June 1, 2015), https://doi. org/10.7771/2380-176X.7114; Jerry Spiller, “Decoder Ring—Unexpectedly Musical Updates,” Against the Grain 27, no. 5 (November 1, 2015), https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.7213.
- Matthew Z. Wood, Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).
- McGurk and Robb, “Comics in Special Collections”; Izabella Penier, Martin Paul Eve, and Tom Grady, “COPIM—Revenue Models for Open Access Monographs 2020,” Zenodo, September 8, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4011836.
- Tom Bruno, “Self-Publishing and Libraries: The Slush Pile Is the Platform,” in Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2015), 125–38, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1wf4dpf.14.
- “Kickstarter Comics at the Library—The Seattle Public Library,” BiblioCommons, accessed October 16, 2020, https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/ share/104354882_shelf_talk/1146745557_kickstarter_comics_at_the_library.
- “Review Copies and What We Cover,” No Flying No Tights (blog), accessed February 5, 2021, http:// www.noflyingnotights.com/about/submitting-review-copies/.
- “Best Graphic Novels for Adults—FAQ,” Text, Round Tables, April 20, 2020, http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/-bgna-faq.
- Perry Chen and Aziz Hasan, “The Future of Crowdfunding Creative Projects,” Kickstarter, December 8, 2021, https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/the-future-of-crowdfunding-creative-projects.
- Heidi MacDonald, “Kickstarter’s Switch to Crypto Platform Alarms Creators,” The Beat (blog), December 9, 2021, https://www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-crypto-platform-alarms-creators/.
- Rob Salkowitz, “Why Comics’ Top Crowdfunder Is Leaving Kickstarter For Her New ‘Poorcraft’ Project,” Forbes (February 7, 2022), https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/02/07/ why-comics-top-crowdfunder-is-leaving-kickstarter-for-her-latest-project/.
Further Reading
Stretch goals: Launching crowdfunded comics collections in academic libraries by Mara L. Thacker and Jason Larsen
206 episodes
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