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How to Back a Crowdfunding Project on Kickstarter
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Comics
Kickstarter Heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to Celebrate the Future of Comics
Join Kickstarter at San Diego Comic-Con for conversations with legendary comics creators, practical crowdfunding insights, and a weekend celebrating the stories, creators, and community shaping the future of comics.
Creator Spotlights
Acclaimed Cartoonist and Kickstarter Creator Juni Ba Discusses His Whirlwind Year
The Eisner Awards has bestowed three of their most prestigious nominations to Juni Ba for his Kickstarter-funded graphic novel, The Fables of Erkling Wood.
Comics
What To Do If Your Comic Book Printer Suddenly Closes
Don't let an unexpected printing disruption derail your campaign. Here's how to find a new comic book printer, communicate with backers, and keep your project moving. Also: a special deal for Kickstarter Comics Creators from Mixam Printing.
Creator Tips
Validation: How to Predict Your Campaign’s Success
“My friends love it!” is something every founder has said at least once. But successful Kickstarter campaigns are built on market validation, not friendly encouragement. Here’s how to test demand before you launch.
Games
Meet SideQuest: A Community Effort to Bring Tabletop Crowdfunding Back to Basics
SideQuest is proving that successful Kickstarter campaigns can be small, affordable, and easy to deliver.
Partners
How BB-777 Hit $1M in 1 Hour on Kickstarter
This recreation of the most iconic boombox ever made had a loyal following and a product their community had been requesting for years, but it was entering unproven territory. This is where the marketing team at TCF came in.
Product Updates
What's New on Kickstarter This Summer: Better Discovery and Fulfillment Flexibility
We've been hard at work, rolling out updates designed to make fulfillment more flexible, improve project discovery, and strengthen creator and backer trust.
Creator Spotlights
Meet One of the Creators Who Helped Transform a Fantasy Podcast into $1.5 million Kickstarter-Funded Graphic Novel
The hit podcast Worlds Beyond Number is about to becomes a graphic novel. We spoke with co-creator Erika Ishii about it.
Case Studies
Community Is Everything: The Story Behind the Most Funded Tabletop Role Playing Game in Crowdfunding History
How did Legends of Avantris' Neon Odyssey raises more than $16 million? It might have had something to do with their 49,116 backers.
Creator Spotlights
20 Years of Radical DIY Publishing, Brick-by-Brick
The independent publisher PM Press, founded in 2007 by Ramsey Kanaan and Craig O'Hara, looks to continue for another 20 years.
Next Wave
Meet the First Recipients of the Google Next Wave Fund
From robotic hands and AI translation to respiratory health and digital scent, these creators are turning ambitious ideas into reality with support from the Kickstarter X Google Next Wave Fund.
Creator Spotlights
Eight Kickstarter Campaigns Later, Here's What FLYOS Would Tell New Creators
The Montreal-based studio, FLYOS, is known for immersive narrative experiences like Vampire: The Masquerade — CHAPTERS and Rayman: The Board Game. What's next?
Partners
Beyond Ads: What Creators Ask Us Most About Running a Successful Kickstarter
Most Kickstarter projects deliver successfully, but the ones that struggle often fall victim to the same avoidable mistakes.
Creator Spotlights
Creator Spotlight: Restoration Games Brings The King's Gambit to Middle-earth
From a long-simmering dream project to an unlikely collaboration with Space Cowboys, Restoration Games co-founder Justin Jacobson shares the story behind The King's Gambit, the evolution of his studio, and why community remains at the heart of every Kickstarter campaign.
Creator Tips
Why Kickstarter Campaigns Fail After Funding (And How to Avoid It)
There are five common mistakes. Here's how you can sidestep each one.
Creator Tips
From Funded to Delivered: A Creator's Guide to Fulfillment
Where post-campaign timelines actually slip, how to choose a fulfillment model, and what the new international shipping rules mean for your backers.
Newsroom
More Than 1 Million Jobs Created: Kickstarter’s Growing Impact on the Global Economy
New research shows how Kickstarter continues to fuel job creation and long-term economic activity across the creative economy.
Policy
An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines
Last week, we released a set of updates to our rules around mature content. It was our first time publishing a set of detailed, specific guidelines for adult-oriented content on Kickstarter. And honestly? We botched it. The rules didn't land the way we intended, and the response
Creator Spotlights
Creator Spotlight: Meet the Author Who Uses Kickstarter to Publish on His Own Terms
Russell Nohelty has published sci-fi and fantasy novels, short story collections, self-help books, tarot cards, and more via Kickstarter.
Games
How to Playtest Your Board Game Before You Launch on Kickstarter
Long before a game makes it to Kickstarter, playtesting is how you find out if it's ready.
Partners
Partner Case Study: Meet the Digital Agency that Prioritizes Offline Experiences, Too
The international marketing agency, Longham, has never approached crowdfunding as a conventional digital marketing service.
Business Strategy & Growth
How Blockbuster Projects Benefit Smaller Projects
The data shows it: Blockbuster projects are, in fact, having a positive impact on the smaller projects around them.
Games
Video Games Are Leveling Up on Kickstarter
Video games on Kickstarter are off to a strong start in 2026.
