Explain Yourself : A Crowdfunding Round Table

Explain Yourself : A Crowdfunding Round Table

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Explain Yourself : A Crowdfunding Round Table episodes

  • Magic Powder, Two-Eyed Tales, Morsels and Godslayers

    Every Friday night Will Allred and Kevin Joseph sit down to talk comics, crowdfunding, and a little bit of Pop Culture with comic creators currently running campaigns.

    This week they speak with with

    Joseph Duis writer of horror anthology magazine Two-Eyed Tales

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephduis/two-eyed-tales-magazine-bandw-horror-collection-man-and-nature

    J. Michael Donohue, writer of his own horror anthology Morsels:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmichaeldonohue/morsels

    Jeff Schiller who has brought a mafia crime story into the world of elves and orcs called Magic Powder

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpls/magic-powder-issue-2

    and Nathan Johns who is living his dream of bringing a Dungeons and Dragons style campaign to the world in the form of a comic called Godslayers.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/godslayersepisode1/godslayers-episode-1

    Kevin's comic Tart can be found at scoutcomics.com/collections/tart or ordered through your local comic shop. His twitter handle is @kevinjosephcmx

    Information about Will Allred's comics can be found at crossoverdivision.com and diaryofnight.com. His twitter handle is @wallred

    Find more information on works by Joseph Duis at www.heresystudiosllc.com, Twitter @heresystudiosll, Instagram @heresystudiosllccomics,

    Nathan Johns can be found at @Gage theWolf on Facebook and @Gage_theWolf on Twitter

    J. Michael Donohue on twitter as @JMichaelDonohue

    Jeff Schiller can be found on Twitter and Instagram @ajeffschiller, and his books can be purchased through his webstore www.getmagicpowder.com

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    1 hr 49 min
  • And We Love You, A Queen of Mars, and Bloom Pretty

    Every Friday night Will Allred and Kevin Joseph sit down to talk comics, crowdfunding, and a little bit of Pop Culture with comic creators currently running campaigns.

    This week they speak with with Fellhound who writes and illustrates And We Love You

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fellhound/and-we-love-you

    Lisa and Brant Fowler who shepherded Bloom Pretty into existence through their Last Ember Press line: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lastemberpress/bloompretty

    and Mick Beyers who writes and illustrates his recreation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Scifi series that takes place on the world of Barsoom https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hmyc/a-queen-of-mars-1-2

    Kevin's comic Tart can be found at scoutcomics.com/collections/tart or ordered through your local comic shop. His twitter handle is @kevinjosephcmx

    Information about Will Allred's comics can be found at crossoverdivision.com and diaryofnight.com. His twitter handle is @wallred

    Fellhound's twitter handle is @fellhound_ and her Instagram is @Fell_hound

    Lisa Fowler's twitter handle is @SheWritesComics and Brant's is @brantfowler

    Mick Beyers can be found on twitter, Instagram and Twitch with the handle @mccomicker


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    1 hr
  • Cthulhu is Hard to Spell and House of the Queerbodies

    Every Friday night Will Allred and Kevin Joseph sit down to talk comics, crowdfunding, and a little bit of Pop Culture with comic creators currently running campaigns.

    This week they speak with with Russell Nohelty of the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell Anthology,

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/cthulhubattleroyale

    and Taylor Curreysmith of the House of the Queerbodies campaign.

    .https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whimsymachine/house-of-the-queerbodies-part-1

    Kevin's comic Tart can be found at scoutcomics.com/collections/tart or ordered through your local comic shop. His twitter handle is @kevinjosephcmx

    Information about Will Allred's comics can be found at crossoverdivision.com and diaryofnight.com. His twitter handle is @wallred

    Russell's twitter handle is @russellnohelty

    Taylor's twitter handle is @Taylor_CS

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Deep Dive into Gage and the Dragon's Tear

    Will Allred and Kevin Joseph sit down with Patrick Kellner, writer of the indie comic Gage and the Dragon's Tear.

    The Mature Readers fantasy Kickstarter campaign can be found here:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westofthesuncomics/gage-and-the-dragons-tear-issues-1-2-and-3


    Kevin's comic Tart can be found at scoutcomics.com/collections/tart

    Will Allred's webstore is coming soon! Bother him about it on twitter @wallred

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Breakneck Fantasy Anthology, Drumsticks of Doom, and Prison Witch

    Will Allred and Kevin Joseph were joined by creators from three current Kickstarter Projects to learn about their projects. The conversation was expansive and ended up covering topics as diverse as how co writers break down an issue, and the mechanics of building a card game based on your comic work.

    Projects can be found here:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patshand/prison-witch-volume-three-volumes-1-3-available-finale

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parttimecomix/drumsticks-of-doom-issue-1

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breakneck-01/breakneck-fantasy-anthology-1-bandw-sword-n-sorcery-comics

    Kevin's comics can be found at scoutcomics.com/collections/tart

    Will's online store is under construction, but he can be found @wallred on twitter.

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    2 hr 7 min
  • The Dancer, The Adept, Thoughtscape & Haunting

    Will and Kevin were joined by a fabulous group of creators who are currently crowdfunding comic projects.

    Charlie Stickney and Peter Shiao spoke about their Kung Fu adventure series The Adept. Including the fact they have master martial artists consult on the action scenes to make certain everything is authentic

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theadept2/the-adept-2

    Matt Mair Lowery discussed his mind-expanding anthology series ThoughtScape which takes place in the fifth dimension, a plane of existence where every thought ever conceived exists as it's own reality. ThoughtScape is the first project we've discussed crowdfunding on Zoop. A new platform that is comics-centric, and takes about 90 seconds to sign up for.

    https://zoop.gg/c/thoughtscapecomics

    Kat Calamia joined to talk about The Dancer. A comic that was inspired by her real life pursuits of dance and martial arts. The Dancer is a deep psychological inspection of what a life as a vigilante might lead you to.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicuno/the-dancer-2-a-psychological-martial-arts-thriller

    Our final creator Phil Falco discussed the fourth chapter of his ghost tale Haunting. A story of a young man who cannot control the fact he brings spectral spirits back to our plane of existence, and has long since stopped caring about the damage they cause.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philfalco/haunting-4

    Kevin Joseph's comic Tart can be ordered through your Local Comic shop or ordered from Scoutcomics.com/collections/tart

    Will Allred's webstore is coming soon.


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    1 hr 34 min
  • Lady Mayhem and The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet recorded January 13th 2022

    Will Allred and Kevin Joseph are joined by writer/editor/whiskey enthusiast Brian Hawkins to hear about he second installment of his "three act" slasher horror The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet, as well as the team behind Lady Mayhem. Lady Mayhem is a bloody love letter to nineties comics with big fights and bigger guns created by the team of writer Jenna Lyn Wright and artist Karl Slominski.

    Both campaigns are live at the time of upload and can be found at:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianlouisiam/the-lunatic-the-lover-and-the-poet-issue-2-act-2

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidreverie/lady-mayhem

    Will can be found on twitter @wallred

    Kevin can be found on twitter @kevin JosephCMX

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Sacrimony, Granite State Punk, and Catdad & Supermom recorded January 21, 2022

    Will Allred and Kevin Joseph are joined by three creators to talk about the projects they currently had on Kickstarter. A children's comic with heart, lessons and fart jokes written by Rob Andersin called Catdad and Supermom, a mature readers occult mystery one shot written by Travis Gibb called Granite State Punk, and another mature readers, but this time in the fantasy genre written and illustrated by M. Sorcier.

    At the time of upload, Sacrimony has closed, but can be enjoyed online at sacrimony.com

    Granite State Punk Kickstarter can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bd4db-issue3/granite-state-punk-issue-1


    Catdad and Supermom can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/catdad/catdad2

    Will's twitter is @Wallred

    Kevin's twitter is @kevinjosephCMX


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    1 hr 3 min
  • Toddler-Pocalypse and The Alchemist of Aurillia recorded live January 28th, 2022

    Will Allred and Kevin Joseph get to count down the last hour of Melissa J. Massey's Kickstarter campaign for shounen-inspired mango The Alchemist of Aurillia,. They also deep dive the demented, but sometimes touching moments of the Anthology Toddler-Pocalypse with George O'Connor The crew talks comic and scripting process, marketing, and the importance of finding a group of like minded people around you to help you through the harder moments.

    Toddler-Pocalypse is live until Feb 18th https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/charliesspot/toddler-pocalypse

    Will Allred Twitter @Wallred

    Kevin Joseph Twitter @KevinJosephCMX

    George O'Connor Twitter @lazyhorde

    MJ Massey Instagram @byzantinetifosi

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    1 hr 23 min

About Explain Yourself : A Crowdfunding Round Table

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New host Benjamin Morse Comic Creator & Illustrator of "We are Scarlet Twilight, & August: Purgatory Underground. Follow Benjamin as he explores the awesome world of comics crowdfunding with the creators running live campaigns. A weekly deep-dive into comics, crowdfunding, and how they handle their creative careers, marketing and sales.