Time for another Comicsgate News Update.
FROM CREATORGO
During the past week we've witnessed the launch of an additional ten comic campaigns listed on CreatorGo bringing the total number listed to 75. Eight of the new entries join our to watch list while a previous book got funded and another failure since the
previous update. Albatross Junction Vol 1 escapes the CG glut and managed to get funded while Evermatter: Conscript joins the CG 2021 graveyard.
Previous Failures
The Current Plane Comic #1
Pillowman and Blanketboy Comic-- Second Chance!
KINETIC
Cross Comics coloring book
Melvin #1
Everlasting Survivors Volume 1 Graphic Novel
The Tome Of Reckoning
Chateau Obsidian #3
Updated Failures
EVERMATTER: Conscript
Campaigns to Watch
Wulfsbane- Issue 1
Chaotic Flux issue 3: Relentless
COBALT: Thrashing About
RAPTOR: The Preamble
Glyn in Monster Land
New Campaigns to Watch
Lure
Wahid 2: Dawn of Evil
Hexwood: Dust and Ashes
Demon Hunter Raven 1-3
Nyobi Birthright #2
Siamese trade paperback
Beardzzerker #1: BRZRKR parody comic
Columns of Creation Vol 1: Down to Earth
The Oswald Chronicles: My Time with Clive 1-4
Zener: Master of the Mind Vol 1-2
Rokan
This brings the total number of projects listed on CreatorGo, including the removed failures above, to 82 projects in the first four months of 2021. The health of which will be analyzed below:
Legendary Campaign - $200k+ campaign 0/82 (0%)
Amazing Campaign - $100k+ campaign 0/82 (0%)
Homerun Campaign - 1k backer campaign 5/82 (6.1%)
Great Campaign - $25k campaign 4/82 (4.8%)
Good Campaign - 200% funding goal 34/82 (41.46%)
A-OK Campaign - 100% funding goal 14/82 (17.07%)
Still Funding - campaign still funding 16/82 (19.51%)
Failed - campaigns that have failed 9/82 (10.98%)
$1,456,939 in 2021 funds raised (100%)
$923,920 spent on 2021 campaigns (63.42%)
$533,019 spent on 2020/2019 campaigns (36.58%)
From the above data we can tell that Comicsgaters have poured nearly 1.5 million dollars into crowdfunded comic book campaigns this year, but over a third of that money went into campaigns from previous years. Comicsgate has a failure rate currently of just under 11% which is an increase according to
@Crescent Fresh's post
here, who points out according to CreatorGo 11/140 (7.86%) projects failed during 2020.
What's more concerning than the failure rate however is that just over 10% of campaigns have cleared the $25k mark to be considered a
Great Campaign according to CreatorGo's award system. Equally as concerning is the lack of a six figure campaign and the amount of campaigns that struggle to break 1k backers.
I would compare elements of this phenomena to what is currently occurring to the middle class of western nations. With the $25k-$100k campaign range being absolutely decimated when previously occupied by such books and creators as Ben Henderson/Ravage, Antonio Brice/Brand, Cridious/Detective Dead, Martina Markota/Lady Alchemy, Von Klaus/Monster M.D, Clint Stoker/FATL/Downcast, Liam Gray/Xenotype, Eric Weathers/Battle Brick Road, Cal Jameson/Shinobi Sasquatch, Donal Delay/Brutas, Andrew Huerta/Sovereign, Jeff Hicks/Stealing Solo and many others.
The current decimation of the middle class crowdfund creator could be a result of the misbehavior of the creators who occupy that space. I base this theory off examples that include:
- Brand, Monster MD, Shinobi Sasquatch, Brutas and Sovereign being years overdue from their initial fulfillment date.
- Other high profile unfulfilled campaigns like Detective Dead and Lady Alchemy have next to no chance of being fulfilled at all due to mismanagement.
- Incompetence on behalf of the creator, namely Liam Gray with Xenotype who reportedly printed his book backwards and Jeff Hicks whose Stealing Solo had various production and fulfillment issues.
While many might attempt to lay the blame for this decimation at the feet of others, I believe it is the examples above that are responsible for the current lack of customer confidence in untested creators whom previously easily earned over 25k on their first campaigns. Potential backers may feel that established creators like Frog, Malin and Stoker are a safer bet than some of the new up and comers.
@Mister Dongs and
@Crescent Fresh feel free to weigh in with your opinions on this issue?
FROM INDIEGOGO
Our beloved
@FROG recently closed Rekt Planet after nearly spending a year open on Indiegogo, the final total from the sequel to Bloodhoney received $1.211,679 from 11,929 backers making it the highest CG funded book of all time beating out it's predecessor Bloodhoney.
The next chapter of the CYBERFROG saga, the biggest crowdfunded comic of all time. | Check out 'Ethan Van Sciver's CYBERFROG 2: REKT PLANET' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
Tim Lim and Mark Pellegrini's third outing of Kamen America launched for a short time only on Indiegogo and has currently raised $22,920 from 542 backers. There is little difference from the campaign previously listed on Kickstarter with the exception on an international package tier of the three books in hardcover which are now made available to Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom and Japan. Tim and Mark's books had previously been US only, however now appear to be experimenting with international shipping to fans overseas.
The Kamen Corps faces off against an alliance between Vermillion Masquerade and Kamen U.N.! | Check out 'Kamen America, Volume 3' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
The Kamen campaign has just over a week remaining on it's limited opening and offers all books at an affordable $10 each for 64 pages hardcovers.
FROM THE TWITTERVERSE
Jon Malin took some time out from not drawing Graveyard Shift 3 to throw down the gauntlet to unnamed Comicsgate artists who he feels are just phoning it in. The thread was quickly joined by a number of CG artists quick to promote their struggling campaigns and showcase their art. The tweet was later elaborated on in a Bancroft stream which will be featured in our Youtube segment.
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Our very own
@FROG took some time off to dab on Preston Poulter /
@PocketJacks "one last time" after the latter had previously claimed that Frog had lost half his backers from Bloodhoney to Rekt Planet.
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Several independent comic creators tweeted out that Narwhal's work on Zack's 499 comic was subpar and that if the mainstream had such art Ya Boi would be quick to criticize it. The thread's were then filled with Narwhal defenders and critics engaging in discussion surrounding the merit of the art and the claims.
Narwhal's art would appear to remain an
"acquired taste."
FROM YOUTUBE
DA Talks put out a short video going over the Geeks and Gamers IMDB conspiracy that was first revealed in this thread, whereby IMDB pages were being edited to show that Jeremy from G&G was a producer of various Comicsgate and Fandom Menace Youtube channels. DA points out that the individual responsible was most likely not Jeremy or a Fandom Menace fan and was probably a critic, possibly involved with Rewriting Ripley.
This information would further be extrapolated on in follow up livestream with his cohost
@VIkkiVerse. The stream would later be joined by
Darth Lunga,
@TESTEFY-HD,
Saggy Melonz and a brief appearance by Weeb Wars lolcow
Spirit Junior.
Frog himself would efap DA Talks video in a livestream titled: IMDB, easy as 1 2 3 and offer his opinions and thoughts on the situation.
Michael Bancroft hosted Jon Malin and Mark Poulton to shill for the variant cover campaign of
Graveyard Shift 3. Jon Malin went on to explain his cryptic tweet above referring to several artists he had hired to work on Graveyard Shift 3 submitting sub par work.
Comics by Perch goes over why having the Red Skull becoming a Jordan B Petersonesque online blogger is dumb and demeaning to the Captain America mythos as a whole.
Preston Poulter makes a complete ass out of himself as he reports that the
"Fandom Menace v Comicsgate clout war" has subsided to little real effect. This was a narrative Preston alone was pushing due to one lone Fandom Menace nobody calling out Frog for having opinions on the Snyder v Geeks and Gamers drama. Preston continues to throw journalistic integrity out of the window as he lays Warcampaign's harassment of others at Frog's feet while giving Warcampaign themselves a pass. In a final act of desperation Preston claims Frog having a Kiwi Farms account is indicative of suspect behavior, but glosses over the fact he himself and several of his
"Preston Knights" also have Kiwi Farms accounts for the purpose of astroturfing the thread with anti-Comicsgate rhetoric.
And finally Yellowflash reported on the recent decision by Dynamite Entertainment for force artist Aaron Lopresti to censor the cover of an upcoming James Bond comic called James Bond: Agent of Spectre. The cover had previously featured scantily clad women, which was later edited to avoid portraying James Bond as
"a sexist character."
Well that's our news update for today, overall Comicsgate is deathly quiet right now. Many of the videos featured are days old and it was a struggle to find anything worthy of reporting on. The biggest development currently is probably the Red Skull/Jordan Peterson story which was reported on earlier in the thread. It (hopefully) has the makings of developing into a giant shitshow. A savvy internet Youtuber, with a connection to Jordan Peterson, might make use of this opportunity to promote Comicsgate and the problems with the mainstream comic book industry to Peterson's large audience while this development gains momentum
hint hint @FROG nudge nudge.
As always take care and stay safe out there.
