For JGoldman10

I foresee this spawning many more threads by JG. Such as 'what browser should I use to log in to kickstarter with?' and 'If I were to show a sample of what I want to do on kickstarter, should I show a dog and cat in a cape, or would that be too racially contrived?'

etc, etc. . . .

There will ALWAYS be something standing in the way of JG, and that something is JG.

a radio show i love is a big fan of Kickstarter, they had the director of a George Plimpton documentary on to discuss how Kickstarter works and how it funded the doc, and a friend of theirs who is an independent film maker is now using it to fund his newest project

I learned about it from a friend of a friend on Facebook who is trying to fund a music CD project of his.

I may use it myself after I come up with a project idea for it.

the film projects are pretty cool, large donations get you production credits which mean you'd be on IMDB, would make kind of a cool vanity present for folks with some disposable cash, i think the amount on the doc was $4,000 for a credit, larger amounts got you credits, goodies (advance dvd copies, art work stuff like that) and a red carpet event

So here is the challenge, JG. Prove Questioner and all the other "doubters" wrong. No more excuses or delays. Post a funding proposal on Kickstart to see what kind of funding support it gets when you tell all your Christian friends about your idea for a new Christian comic series for kids.

Wow! I will have to check that out myself for getting my art studio off the ground. Thank you for posting that.

Was at a show tonight of an endearing Boston singer-songwriter who funded her current CD project, now in the final mixing stage, thru Kickstarter. She was effusive in her praise. It works.

Of course, that's not JG's problem. He will NEVER have enough money or enough preparation to actually do anything, no matter how much money he might ever get. Now he maintains he can't possibly start until he's got 4 or 5,000 dollars of drawing and publishing software, and has taken innumerable courses and spent years learning how to use it, completely ignoring the fact that ALL the comic artists whose work he admires did their work years before you could actually use a computer for drawing. THEY spent 10 bucks on a drawing pad, a few pencils and an art gum eraser, and a couple drawing pens and nibs. TEN BUCKS, maybe even just five, and they were ready to go. And they did. He's never gonna do anything but ask the same questions on a2k over and over. Kickstarter's good, but he's gonna have to go a long way to prove he's a good investment and not a money sink.

When he does, the only reply to him should be "post your idea on Kickstart and see what feedback you get via funding."

When he does, the other only reply to him should be "have you posted your idea on Kickstart yet?"

This Kickstart site is as much a resource for us as it is for him. It gives us a place to detour his endless flow of questions and puts the onus back on him to do something about it rather than distracting himself with the other endless "research" nonsense.

Thank you. Please stop CRITICIZING my research or putting it down by calling it "nonsense". Researching ideas for my comics and getting it developed is not nonsense.

Do I need any kind of collateral to get involved with Kickstart? Do I need to write a proposal for them?

http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics

http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines

http://www.kickstarter.com/help/school

I put JGoldman10 on Ignore 6 months ago after going through all this same exact stuff over and over and over again with him and here you all are doing it one more time. Now I have to wonder who is crazier...

You are not researching, you're procrastinating.

izzythepush told jgoldman:


I think that bears repeating:


Are you listening, jg:


He definitely has a point:


Can't repeat the truth too many times, there's always time for one more:


Is there an echo somewhere in here?

Could you folks take this to one of his many other threads where you've done this please. I'm trying to do something constructive here.

Thanks.

I know you mean well Butrflynet, but having done basically the same thing with him months ago I think you are wasting your time when you could be helping others. After recommending Kickstarter I realized no one is going to give him money because he can't actually produce anything. JG10 is obviously mentally ill and we are just feeding his problems by going in these circles with him (which he obviously enjoys immensely).

You're really sweet and lovely, but at this rate you'll be drawing the comic long before he does. I won't comment on this thread again. I'll just wish you luck, because you'll need it.

Thanks for the advice. Feel free to thumb down this topic if you don't wish to see it. That's what the thumbs are for.

Thank you.