ComicsForEveryone - Week 7
Crowdfunding Spotlight - TERROR IN THE TRENCHES : Youtube Spotlight - Publishin' Pete Simeti : Personal Project - Humphrey
Crowdfunding Spotlight: TERROR IN THE TRENCHES
Indiegogo Campaign: TERROR IN THE TRENCHES
“Black Terror must don his dark mantle once again when vengeful super-nazis bomb his hood.”
by Von Klaus: Writer Creator (Monster M.D., Godlike) Monika Maccagni: Art (Monster M.D., Vampblade) Tiago Barsa: Colors (GROM, Punchline) Eric Weathers: Letters (Cyberfrog, Graveyard Shift)
Twitter: Vonster
Youtube: Von's Haunted Castle
Substack: Von Kingdom
What is the campaign about?
“"It's Bruce Timm on steroids."
TERROR IN THE TRENCHES is a 78 page dark avenger action epic, the first in a brutal trilogy. Black Terror and his fear inducing terror gas made him the boogeyman of the trenches in WW2. 30 years later he's gone from black-clad hero to humble New York City pharmacist, Dr. Robert Benton. When vengeful super-nazis known as The Black Reich bomb his hood into oblivion he must don the dark mantle once again, and fight for his life in the trenches that were his streets against his darkest sins come back to haunt him.
EVIL WILL KNOW TERROR AGAIN IN”
Wow.
Von Klaus is pushing into the rule of cool hard. The character itself is a golden age character, the name and skull design being now public domain. I prefer new characters, but in this case, there is just an idea that is taken, from pharmacist occupation to world war timeframe, with so much added that it really feels like a new character.
Connecting the violent history and bringing it into a more personal city surrounding is a neat trick. The page number is good, the book being first out of three books, there is a lot one can do with this starting point.
The designs are stunning, and especially fun! Monster MD. was great book, Von Klaus has good grasp of tempo and comedy, and his writing and the art style work together perfectly.
I would recommend checking this campaign out, and to back the tier you are able to, I am sure it is worth it.
How is it going?
The campaign is new, having been up for little over a week, and has already raised a phenomenal $35,681 by USD 552 backers. That is $64.64 average, which is great. Good, featured perk does wonders here, though it is a bit high for my taste at $85. I prefer to see something in the 50-75 range.
Earlier book, Monster MD. is an option to get too, which helps build up momentum for the campaign. There is, somewhat expensive digital perk, which is a great addition.
There are a large number of backers who have jumped in for the secret perks too! These are priced well, again well-designed features of the campaign!
Monster MD. was a great success, getting good numbers during the run and with long indemand time, it even crossed six figures. The number of backers made it a hit comic, and TERROR is on its way to be one too. Looking at the numbers, the funding phase is outperforming Monster MD. to it get into similar numbers in total is a question as Monster MD. was available for quite a long time.
Von Klaus is doing a great job on going around on the Youtube shows, his social media game being also one of the best. It is a combination of great content and stirring some discussion. Von Klaus is perfect on streams, quick to react and has a good ear to read the room. This is a great asset for him, maybe build during his time with theater.
RULE by Cool! + TERROR in the TRENCHES w/ Von Klaus
Also, Trailer is Extremely professional.
Is the Campaign Page done well?
I have some campaigns that are my examples of well-built campaign pages. TERROR is now one of them. There is very little I would change. The Featured perk is somewhat high, but this is due the Secret perks being priced perfectly. There is a bit too much art, but as every page shown is so entertaining and fun, I cannot really complain.
There are great unique mercantile too!
So, in short; yes. This campaign has one of the best Indiegogo campaign pages there is!
Youtube Spotlight: Publishin' Pete Simeti
The man behind Alterna has his own channel, with a great OPEN MIC MONDAY show. As Peter is quite busy backing books for a large number of customers, the show is occasionally on hiatus or moves to different days, so hit the bell for notifications!
If you LOVE it, PROMOTE it on OPEN MIC MONDAY!
Personal Project Update – Humphrey
Some more lines on Wip page, and two more to show this week! Book is developing really well!
More next week! Do Subscribe!
Cheers
-Tomi