Of course Kickstarter and Indiegogo are two
of the most successful crowdfunding platforms in the business. Each have their
own user base and guidelines for acceptance of projects, so where does an
anti-bullying comic book fit in? Thus to Kickstart or to GoGo is the question!
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Superman (comic book) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Thanks to the ongoing success of
D.C. and Marvel, old comic book characters continue to be reinvented on screen
to the delight of many....the MOB is life staff included. But as we contemplate the public release
tomorrow of Superman (we already have tickets by the way) let your mind mull over
a concept that is beginning to intrigue many........comic book heroes that
fight bullying! Well how about that?
Yesterday we introduced everyone to
the term Mind Over Bullies and today we introduce the so titled comic
book. The concept was created by
Khamicom Entertainment CEO, Damon Smith. The origin of the whole idea came from
a news article of a disturbing teen suicide. “I don’t know where I’d been, I
just hadn’t taken notice and then there it was in my Facebook feed.” Smith was referring
to the morning that the story of 15 year old New York high school student
Felicia Garcia hit the press. Garcia was the target of ongoing bullying and she
reached her breaking point. In a moment of despair Garcia took her life in
front of peers.
Stories like Felicia’s have
become all too common these days as bullying has continued to take on different
forms. The Khamicom team decided to contribute to anti-bullying efforts using
an age old platform.....comic books. No super powers, no distant planet to call
home, just everyday teens with everyday problems (from various races we might
add) that decide to stand up and speak out.
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| Characters from MOB comic book series (Photo Credit: Khamicom Entertainment) |
The concept has been tossed
around for months and months and has been met with positive reactions from
almost everybody that has had a chance to hear about the project. The response
has been positive enough to finally put the wheels in motion.
Enter crowdfunding.....there are
plenty of crowdfunding projects hitting the web every day and while comic books
aren’t the most popular projects they certainly receive their fair share of
support.
Later this month Khamicom will
launch their crowdfunding campaign on either the Kickstarter or Indiegogo
platforms with the hope of raising enough capital to create 12 months of MOB
comics for the series.
Take a look at the preview link
(We couldn’t find a preview link for Indiegogo projects so we are using the
kickstarter link but both pages look the same):
Take a look at the project and
tell us what you think about it and about the concept as a whole.
MOB is life!
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