I’m not saying they were right to have done any of that, but I do have a lot of sympathy for them. Kickstarters are not simple affairs, never have been. The processes are a lot more documented and streamlined now, but especially back when this happened, having to physically produce, order, and ship all those books on a successful campaign is in fact a lot of work. Especially when you have a lot of other things going on.
Mental breakdown, very public, people lost money so I understand why they feel burned. Again, not saying it’s right but as someone who did lose money over it … it was a book. I can understand the humanity of the situation and find sympathy for that.
Some people on the other hand love internet drama and can’t let things go.
I think if you’re going to run a Kickstarter (other crowdfunding platforms are available) then you need to be ready to go. Have production partners on the phone, designs done, prototypes in hand, and a solid plan to get your items in the hands of your backers.
I don’t disagree that it’s hard work, but I do think you need to be fully aware and ready for how hard it’s gonna be before starting a campaign.
They had a successful Kickstarter to fund a book of their comics.
They kinda dragged their feet on getting the books out by their backers’ standards/kinda ghosted updates.
Then posted a video of themselves burning the completed books, telling everyone to fuck off.
Then deleted as much of their comics from the web as they could.
Wow. Did we ever find out why?
I’m not saying they were right to have done any of that, but I do have a lot of sympathy for them. Kickstarters are not simple affairs, never have been. The processes are a lot more documented and streamlined now, but especially back when this happened, having to physically produce, order, and ship all those books on a successful campaign is in fact a lot of work. Especially when you have a lot of other things going on.
Mental breakdown, very public, people lost money so I understand why they feel burned. Again, not saying it’s right but as someone who did lose money over it … it was a book. I can understand the humanity of the situation and find sympathy for that.
Some people on the other hand love internet drama and can’t let things go.
I miss the comics …
I think if you’re going to run a Kickstarter (other crowdfunding platforms are available) then you need to be ready to go. Have production partners on the phone, designs done, prototypes in hand, and a solid plan to get your items in the hands of your backers.
I don’t disagree that it’s hard work, but I do think you need to be fully aware and ready for how hard it’s gonna be before starting a campaign.
They were real artists?
Yes, but had had mental health issues from the start.
I mean, Pictures for Sad Children was the title, and wasn’t the ghost a suicide?
Ow. Fuck. Þat’s top-tier assholery, ripping people off.