Digital Comics and why you should add Multimedia with your Stories

I’ve been reflecting on the Madman of Magic comic book Kickstarter Campaign we ran in 2012. Specifically on what worked with promoting the campaign.

What I have found is that utilizing multimedia/multi-franchising to connect with an audience can make the difference between making a living and just making art.

The focus of this post is for people who have digital comics online, but this can be adapted to artist/creator who wants to increase their fan base and find alternative income streams in any media.

Ghost of Comic Book Past (recent past)

Comic books have been a means of entertainment and fascination for me ever since I was a child. Growing up, the heroes depicted in The Punisher, X-men and Batman were the people I pretended to be on the playground (I was always Beast or Wolverine).

Friday Find – Sci-Fi short Film 

Today I wanted to share with you this fantastic Science Fiction short called R’ha.

Social Media Goals and the Kickstarter Campaign

Attempting to reach social media goals was something I did before my Kickstarter campaign. I found that it helped over the long run, but if you have a good following on a few social media channels, you might want to ignore this post.

Final Hours of Kickstarter

We are coming down to the wire and I first want to thank you for all your help sharing the Kickstarter project.

Next Stretch Goal

Successful Kickstarter

100% Funded!

Thank you for helping us get to this point and getting us to where ever we end up.

To celebrate my wife and I are going to eat cookies till we pass out. I recommend you do the same or something similar.

Thank you!

I want to thank everyone for the encouragement. And especially thank those that backed the project.

Before launching, I was worried people wouldn’t be interested in the project. I have been talking about doing this Kickstarter for over a year… The amount of support and encouragement I’ve received makes me wonder why I waited so long.

Your excitement gets me excited.

What’s Next?

Launched!

We did it, we launched the campaign.

A quick look at our progress so far:

• At 3 hours into the campaign, we were 16% funded.
• 24 hours into the campaign, we were 64% funded.
• 48 hours into the campaign, we are 81% funded.

It has been an exciting few days!

I would like to thank all the wonderful people who helped spread the word about the campaign. Without the help from everyone, we would not be this far along already.

We are getting excited as we come closer & closer to our funding goal.

Animation-A-Day

I also wanted to mention that we are posting two animated videos daily. One of those videos is from one of the many workshops I have put on. With these videos, I also mention the age to the students and time it took to make the videos.

Scared but Still Launching in 17 Hours

In 17 hours (give or take an hour) I will be launching the Kickstarter campaign. Yes, the Kickstarter Campaign I have been talking about for months. And thinking about for about for a year.To be honest, I am scared to death.

To be honest, I am scared to death.