Blog – PitDoc Press

Black Lives Matter, and the chapter we skipped

June 3, 2020

Work to do My high school history teacher skipped the chapter on slavery. This was around 1990, at a prestigious New York City prep school. The teacher was himself an institution there, much loved by genera...

No sleep ’til Kickstarter! What is Kickstarter, exactly…?

Colin Devonshire

May 9, 2020

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

Kickstarting and screaming into the world Friday, 5.15.20 5 pm ET through 6.14.20! Making a thing a thing What is all this stuff?! A feature film (and signed script) written and directed by my friend Nelson...

For the nerds: an aside on viral list building for comic creators

Colin Devonshire

February 14, 2020

Blog, comic book, crowdfunding, list building

I am the (email) Warrior This is a niche post for my creator colleagues who are always working to build up their email lists. Growing your list the organic way with friends, family, and word of mouth is of c...

Come here, 2020, I’m going to crush you

Colin Devonshire

January 21, 2020

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

Onwards and upwards Ezra may have gotten an action figure or two from Santa... In December I started an end-of-the-year review of whatever the hell I did in 2019 but realized I had no interest in writing it...

I love the smell of offset printing in the morning!

Colin Devonshire

October 18, 2019

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

All the weird that's fit to print Feel Like Makin' Stuff The growing product line. The far flung PitDoc Press Empire is revving up to fulfill your Kickstarter pledge, your thirst for cool stuff, you very ...

My very first podcast!

Colin Devonshire

July 25, 2019

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

I had the good fortune to be a guest on the PVDcast with John Orlando, a cool guy from Columbus who podcasts about pop culture, chiefly comics, hockey and wrestling. We stuck to comics, though I'd have talked B...

Book One funded! And then some…

Colin Devonshire

July 22, 2019

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

Coffee is for closers!...

Sizzle Sizzle

Colin Devonshire

June 14, 2019

Blog, comic, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter, sizzle reel

It's Getting Hot in Here Kickstarter: Launch Date 6.24.19 Last time I emailed about the magic of crowdfunding, Kickstarter in particular. Well it had better be Gandalf-fighting-a-Balrog level magical beca...

Kickstarting and screaming into the world

Colin Devonshire

April 26, 2019

Blog, comic book, crowdfunding, kickstarter

Where Weird Stuff Gets Made Kickstarting and Screaming into the World What are these things and what do they have in common? They are all awesome and I got them by backing Kickstarter campaigns. For pos...

The Anthrax guitarist killed my comics career and cost me a year of my life!

Colin Devonshire

April 10, 2019

Blog, comic, comic book, rock music

Fistful of Comics The Anthrax guitarist killed my comics career and cost me a year of my life! That guy, Scott Ian. It was 2015, I had been working for 18 months on my first comic book. I’d gotten an in...