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Double Fine Releases
Trailer for …

Double Fine has released a teaser trailer for its point-and-click
adventure game Broken Age, which raised $3.3 million on Kickstarter …

cyanideandhappiness

Business

“Cyanide and Happiness” Shatters Kickstarter Animation Record
by Amid Amidi   Sunday March 17, 2013   8:11 pm
The Kickstarter campaign to produce an animated series based on
the online comic Cyanide and Happiness concluded a few …
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cyanideandhappiness

Business

What is the Biggest Animation Project on Kickstarter Right Now?
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday February 26, 2013   6:26 am
The answer may surprise you.
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Cartoon Culture

How To Earn $70,000 From Looney Tunes Cartoons And Not Pay Warner Bros. A Cent [Updated]
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday December 19, 2012   12:06 pm
Illustrator Rob Loukotka’s ACME Corporation Kickstarter project is worth writing about for many reasons besides the fact that …
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Business

Why Kickstarter is a No-Win Situation for Independent Filmmakers
by Amid Amidi   Friday December 14, 2012   9:26 am
If you think using Kickstarter is the heaven-sent solution for independent artists, this article may make you reconsider.
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goon-main-record

Business

“The Goon” Kickstarter Sets New Crowdfunding Record For An Animated Project
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday November 13, 2012   12:06 am
Last Sunday, Blur Studio completed its crowdfunding effort for
the proposed animated feature, The Goon, based on Eric …
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sagaofrex

Ideas/Commentary

Per-Minute Production Rates Are Climbing on Kickstarter [UPDATED]
by Amid Amidi   Sunday October 28, 2012   11:41 pm
Transparency in the crowdfunding community is highly valued, and
animators tend to be most successful when they are upfront …
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goon-animated-blur

Ideas/Commentary

Blur’s Tim Miller Responds To “The Goon” Kickstarter Controversy
by Amid Amidi   Friday October 19, 2012   9:01 am
The commentary I posted a couple days ago about The Goon
Kickstarter project generated a lot of heated debate, both on …
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The Goon

Ideas/Commentary

Why “The Goon” Is A Troubling Kickstarter Project [UPDATED]
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday October 17, 2012   10:42 am
Kickstarter launched with the promise of helping independent
artists raise funding for projects that otherwise couldn’t …
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Dick Figures

Business

Report: Animators Are Raising Big Money On Kickstarter
by Amid Amidi   Monday September 10, 2012   3:19 am
When television creators Dan Harmon (Community) and Dino
Stamatopoulos (Moral Orel) — partners in Los Angeles production …
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Ideas/Commentary

Revisiting Cartoon Brew’s Crowdfunding Policy
by brewmasters   Sunday July 29, 2012   7:01 pm
Over two years ago, we instituted a strict “no links to
crowdfunding” policy. In other words, we will never post links …
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Ideas/Commentary

How to Run a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
by Amid Amidi   Monday January 2, 2012   3:23 pm
A few months ago, Colorado-based filmmaker Corrie Francis Parks
raised nearly $12,000 through Kickstarter to create her first …
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