Do Artists Really Matter Anymore? ‘South Park’ Thinks You Might Not Like The Answer
South Park Asks: Are artists relevant anymore? Or are they just conversation pieces? Anyone still watching South Park? Twenty years in and it's they're still spot on. From the latest episode #REHASH the [...]
Two Successful Kickstarters In One Year: Here’s What I Learned
So you want to launch a successful Kickstarter do you? Well, having just completed my second successful campaign in one year, I'm happy to share what I learned. Here are a few of the 'Goods' [...]
The Sire Kickstarter: Day 1 SUCCESS!
Hello all! I want to extend a HUGE thank you to all our backers so far. We are already more than halfway through our goal and we've got so many surprises still in store for [...]
It’s The Little Things That Help Inspire Us To Make Comics
So as I'm writing this I'm back from Honeymoon. Married my best friend and all is as it should be 🙂 Now that of course counts as one of those BIG things in life that [...]
Comic-Con 2014: How To Use Social Media To Make Folks Think You’re There
I'll see YOU at Comic-Con...next year. Yep, that's right. Another San Diego Comic-Con is upon us and for the second year in a row, I'll be missing out. Bummer. But San Diego Comic-Con is so [...]
Blogging Is Like Going To The Gym Sometimes…
Seriously folks, you know it's true. It's good for you. It keeps you (or for this metaphor your career) healthy and sustained. It also gets overlooked when you get super busy. That's me right now. [...]
NetFlix For Comics: The Sire On ComicsFix
Hey folks, real quick I wanted to give a heads up that The Sire is on ComicsFix.com. What is ComicsFix? It's basically Netflix but for comics. You pay a monthly fee and you get to [...]
Comic Book Blog: Nice To Be Back
Hey everyone, nice to be back on the mikebooks.com blog. This one is a relative short one though. Just going to list the upcoming awesomeness I've got in store over the coming weeks: New York [...]
Back From The Dead: My Kickstarter Post-Mortem
Whew! How about that guys, it's been a month or so since my Kickstarter for the Undone was fully funded. And it's taken me about that long to recuperate and grind some of the work [...]
The Undone Kickstarter: 100% FUNDED
UPDATE: We finished with 167 backers for a total of $3380. Thanks to all! Thanks once again to all who helped us get our first funding goal achieved. I'll be doing a post mortem sometime [...]
Kickstarter: So You’ve Been Funded With Time To Spare: What’s Next?
So I'm happy to report that we have reached our funding goal! But does that mean the campaign is over? Heck, no! Let's talk Stretch Goals and (shudder) Dropped Backers. First things first: Mo' money [...]
Kickstarter Tips: Keeping Up With Thank You’s & Start Fulfillments Early
Well gang, we're in the home stretch - less than a week to go and only $153 or so needed to cross the finish line. With that in mind I want to thank everyone who've [...]