New Romance* comic from Rebellion - Kickstarter

Colin YNWA · 01 May, 2024, 07:44:55 PM

Well this looks interesting. If yhou haven't seen via Thrillmail Rebellion have a Kickerstarter
on the way for a new romance anthology.

*Not as in Adam and the Ants comics that is...

Swerty · 01 May, 2024, 09:02:05 PM

Seems unusual to go down Kickstarter route.Wonder if they'd be open to other kickstarters

IndigoPrime · 02 May, 2024, 08:43:57 AM

Seems like a good idea to me. Reduces risk. Gauges demand. Acts like a preorder. The Good Omens graphic novel was funded this way. And Boom is using it to finish off incomplete collections. (Lumberjanes is currently funding, letting you either buy a new HC set or buy books to complete the stalled To The Max set.)

Barrington Boots · 02 May, 2024, 09:54:57 AM

Seems smart to me also: a lot of comic creators are going this route now. Just on what we've seen so far I'd back this.

A couple of friends use Kickstarter for projects and have complained they take a decent cut of revenue, but the main challenge they've faced is promoting in failry saturated markets which I assume Rebellion will have no real issue with.

Swerty · 02 May, 2024, 11:27:05 AM

I think it's a good idea too.Hopefully means we'll get more stuff like this.(sort of removes the risk element to it)

Colin YNWA · 02 May, 2024, 12:01:00 PM

Yeah mean like the deluxe hardcover Nikolai Dante we NEED and the Complete Sinister Dexter Files we also need.

Yep we need more Rebellion Kickstarters for sure. My wallet wouldn't but if they get them right...

IndigoPrime · 02 May, 2024, 12:05:54 PM

Quote from: Barrington Boots on 02 May, 2024, 09:54:57 AMA couple of friends use Kickstarter for projects and have complained they take a decent cut of revenue, but the main challenge they've faced is promoting in failry saturated markets which I assume Rebellion will have no real issue with.

Indeed. I think it's tough for individuals. You have to spend a lot of time promoting your Kickstarter, to the degree it's almost a full-time job. You have to account for manufacturing issues and changes in costs. Postage and replacements can eat into profits. And so on.

All of those are still relevant for publishers, but they have more people and presumably a lot more experience in dealing with these things. And judging by how things have been going for Boom, this stuff can work out really well. The only thing that hacks me off sometimes is when folks running these things don't bother considering anyone outside of the US. I'd have bloody loved an Atomic Robo HC set, but the postage was monstrous. (I know books are relatively heavy, but the cost of a full set of books effectively doubled the price, and the shipping was 2–3x what it much later cost me to have a pile of omnis shipped over from IST via trackable courier.)

IndigoPrime · 02 May, 2024, 12:07:55 PM

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 02 May, 2024, 12:01:00 PMYeah mean like the deluxe hardcover Nikolai Dante we NEED and the Complete Sinister Dexter Files we also need.

We're in fantasy land now, and I don't really want to double dip, but... I'd find it hard to resist a set of Nikolai Dante books in a format akin to Image's deluxes. (Oversized, but still readable. 300ish pages each. And no bloody dust jackets. Horrible things...)

BPP · 03 May, 2024, 01:55:39 AM

Sadly the vibes on this are both the can't draw school and the let's pile on Ed Piskor mob so hard pass.

I honestly don't understand rebellions thinking on using these types of creators. These seems little sense that their work has ever connected with rebellions existing base and less evidence the themes they push have a market in the U.K. scene.

Funt Solo · 03 May, 2024, 02:19:23 AM

Oh Grud. Could you not bring your comicsgate bs in here? Please.

Colin YNWA · 03 May, 2024, 06:04:54 AM

Quote from: BPP on 03 May, 2024, 01:55:39 AMSadly the vibes on this are both the can't draw school and the let's pile on Ed Piskor mob so hard pass.

I honestly don't understand rebellions thinking on using these types of creators. These seems little sense that their work has ever connected with rebellions existing base and less evidence the themes they push have a market in the U.K. scene.

Can I just check where your seen who they creators are? I've not yet seen a list so woulod be good to know?

M.I.K. · 03 May, 2024, 06:42:08 AM

Y'know... I wasn't sure if I was going to bother with this, romance comics not really being my thing*, but I'm now sorely tempted to back it just to spite BPP.

*Although I would very likely buy a reprint of that time travelling Adam Ant strip from Tops.

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 03 May, 2024, 06:04:54 AMCan I just check where your seen who they creators are? I've not yet seen a list so woulod be good to know?

https://2000ad.com/news/roxy-a-contemporary-romance-anthology-to-get-your-heart-racing/

BPP · 03 May, 2024, 06:44:16 AM

Hi Funt, it's absolutely nothing to do with comicsgate. Whilst I do think identity politics is the enemy of class struggle I don't think I have to be inappropriately politically labelled just because I look at a list of creators and think 'Christ, nothing for me there'.

BPP · 03 May, 2024, 06:48:01 AM

Seems an odd way to choose how you spend your income M.I.K. but if you want to do something 'just to spite' me (a person you've had no dealings with ever) then go ahead.

Colin YNWA · 03 May, 2024, 07:03:37 AM

Quote from: M.I.K. on 03 May, 2024, 06:42:08 AMY'know... I wasn't sure if I was going to bother with this, romance comics not really being my thing*, but I'm now sorely tempted to back it just to spite BPP.

*Although I would very likely buy a reprint of that time travelling Adam Ant strip from Tops.

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 03 May, 2024, 06:04:54 AMCan I just check where your seen who they creators are? I've not yet seen a list so woulod be good to know?

https://2000ad.com/news/roxy-a-contemporary-romance-anthology-to-get-your-heart-racing/

Nice one. Thanks