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

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

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

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Best of ComixLaunch: The Most & Least Valuable Habits for Creators

May 10, 2026 • 41 mins
Two habits. One is extremely common among creators and not only worthless… but actually will cost you. The other, far less common, though simple to practice, and yet is extremely valuable. Tyler unpacks them both...
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Best of ComixLaunch: Why and How to Do a Kickstarter Postmortem

May 3, 2026 • 65 mins
What’s the difference between pros and amateurs? When the pros finish playing a game, they study film… they examine what worked, what didn’t, and what they can do better next time. The same goes for...
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Best of ComixLaunch: Your Foundation for a Large and Loyal Audience

April 26, 2026 • 49 mins
You’re ready to build a large audience to launch incredible projects to on Kickstarter and beyond, you need to put a solid foundation in place. Tyler gives you that foundation in this podcast. Hey, Tyler...
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Best of ComixLaunch: The Power of Paying It Forward

April 19, 2026 • 33 mins
Why paying it forward pays off for comic creators and crowdfunders. Hey, Tyler James from ComixLaunch here, with a BEST OF Episode ready to roll for you. These BEST OF episodes are brought to you...
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Best of ComixLaunch: Getting Chosen vs Choosing Yourself

April 12, 2026 • 52 mins
In this Best of ComixLaunch session, Tyler looks at examples of getting chosen in comics vs choosing yourself. Hey, Tyler James from ComixLaunch here, with a BEST OF Episode ready to roll for you. These...
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Best of ComixLaunch: Is Your Project Worthy of a Kickstarter?

April 5, 2026 • 34 mins
In this Best of ComixLaunch session, Tyler discusses whether a project must be “worthy” of crowdfunding? Hey, Tyler James from ComixLaunch here, with a BEST OF Episode ready to roll for you. These BEST OF...
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Time for a Break

March 29, 2026 • 23 mins
This all began with a declaration of war on the number 49.95%. That number was the success rate of comic book projects on Kickstarter as of May 16, 2015, the day I first turned on...
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New Kickstarter Feature Review: Polls in Update

March 22, 2026 • 22 mins
Kickstarter added a new feature to their updates, now supporting polls. In this short session, Tyler will break down the new feature, discuss its strengths and limitations, how creators might use in upcoming campaigns, and end with some suggestions for improvement to better support how creators actually use polls during launches.
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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Success with David Chaucer La Forest

March 15, 2026 • 42 mins
In this session's ComixLaunch Pro spotlight, Clay Adams interviews David Chaucer La Forest, an African-American disabled veteran, award-winning poet/author, and founder of Asani Entertainment, about building an Afrocentric shared fantasy universe rooted in positive representation.
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New Kickstarter Feature Alert: Adding Free Items to Backer Pledges

March 8, 2026 • 45 mins
In this session, Tyler trains creators on Kickstarter’s new feature for gifting free items to backers by adding existing reward items to individual backers or filtered groups via the Backer Report, with some UI quirks requiring multiple clicks and scrolling.
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What You Focus on Grows (A WINS Show)

March 1, 2026 • 46 mins
It's been a cold winter, so Tyler is rolling through with a bounty of wins from comic creators and crowdfunders to keep us focused on the right stuff. We'll start with some psychological truisms and wrap with a ton of positivity in the form of real wins from hardworking comics launch listeners.
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Are You Tracking Negative Backer Volatility?

February 22, 2026 • 24 mins
In this session, Tyler responds to a question about whether there's a reason for a seeming spike in cancelled pledges when launching projects today? It turns into a discussion about the importance of distinguishing “noise” during a live campaign from meaningful “signal.” Then we discuss ways to turn observations into comparable rates and introduces a simple DIY metric called “negative backer volatility.”
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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Randy Stone Comes Full Circle with his Biggest Campaign Yet

February 15, 2026 • 40 mins
In this ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight, Clay Adams talks to Randy Stone about his journey in the comic book industry, highlighting his various roles in comics creation, including writing, drawing, inking, and lettering. Randy discusses his early inspirations, starting with Marvel Universe trading cards, and his shift from aspiring artist to self-published comic book writer through Altruist Comics.
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10 Big Revelations on the Road to $1.5+ Million Raised on Kickstarter

February 8, 2026 • 73 mins
ComixLaunch hits episode 550, and instead of glossing over the milestone, Tyler leans all the way in. Fresh off wrapping EPIC #1–5 and pushing ComixTribe past $1.5+ million raised on Kickstarter milestone, this episode looks back on the road from 2012 to now—and the hard-earned revelations that only show up after dozens of launches, wins, stumbles, and resets. If you’ve been listening from the beginning, some of this will sound fam...
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Launching a Brand New Superhero Universe with Summit Comics

February 1, 2026 • 62 mins
Let's talk launching not just a comic but an entire comics universe with the brilliant creators behind the Summit Universe! Tyler welcomes Travis Gibb, Marcus Jimenez, C. J. Hudson, and Karla "Moon" Medrano, who are among the 30+ creators who have come together to create a brand new shared superhero universe. Learn about their debut project 'Summit Pinnacle #1,' currently live on Kickstarter and the unique collaborative process tha...
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Wait, Can AI Write My Newsletter for Me?

January 25, 2026 • 27 mins
AI tools are everywhere and agentic AI promises a world where even complicated, intellectual tasks like warming an audience for an upcoming Kickstarter campaign can be completed by bots. Is this something scrappy independent comic book creators should be considering doing? Can your audience relationship building efforts largely be outsourced to LLMs? Let's dive head first into this thorny topic!
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Can you Pre-Launch TOO Early?

January 18, 2026 • 33 mins
Last year, there was an increased focus on pre-launch, with Kickstarter making a number of platform changes enabling creators to get their pre-launch pages up earlier and with less friction, and make visible the conversion power of pre-launch followers. As a result, many creators are bumping up their pre-launch plans. However, is there such a thing as pre-launching too early? Tyler shares some indicators that there might be... L...
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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: How Farhan Qureshi Built a Body of Work on Kickstarter Without Chasing Trends

January 11, 2026 • 49 mins
As the new year gets underway, the spotlight turns to ComixLaunch Pro Farhan Qureshi. Farhan shares his journey, from his origins in film and animation to finding a more efficient medium in comics. He discusses the importance of systems and organization, community support within the ComixLaunch group, and the balance between personal vision and market trends.
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5 Lessons for Comics Crowdfunders I’m Taking into the New Year

January 4, 2026 • 47 mins
Tyler shares five of his biggest new lessons learned over the past year and how he'll be applying them in the new year. A must for comic creators and crowdfunders!
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The After-Survey Sale & Adjusting to the POT Backer Timeline

December 21, 2025 • 48 mins
Tyler shares a new post-Kickstarter, post-survey, pre-fulfillment sales strategy, and reflects on some of the communication challenges in the new world of Pledge Over Time backers.
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