Mad Scientist High

I like Kickstarter, I really do. I like that people have a forum to pitch their ideas to their would-be audience, who can then choose to support it in a variety of different ways (though primarily by donating money – you don’t get a statue of Robocop without paying people to make it). I’ve seen some really neat comics projects on there, some of which find massive fundraising success, while others sadly languish. I’m excited to see how the Diesel Sweeties ebook turns out, and what Occupy Comics turns into by the time an issue actually gets released. In a lot of ways, it levels the playing field and lets ideas succeed or fail on their own merits.

I’m pretty sure that there’s a niche for a Kickstarter competitor that doesn’t just provide a forum for idea pitching, but support and consultation, as well. Certainly, that service would have to take a bigger chunk of change than Kickstarter likely does, but if you’re a person who has an idea, acquiring the services of folks who know how to birth that idea into being sounds like a worthwhile pursuit to me.

There might already be that Kickstarter competitor, for all I know…