Drowtales is a successful ten-year-old comic and fantasy series with a passionate following and dedicated team. Led by Yan "Kern" Gagné, this talented studio is looking to transfer online success into the real world. Their crowdfunding campaign - quickly approaching 100% - is looking to publish a graphic novel. So I connected with Kern to learn more about their inspiration and approach.

Drowtales have now been going for 10 years. While we are successful with our online comic and interactive services, our result with print media have been far from a success. Hope was rekindled this year when we've met other comic creators at conventions, including one who have found success by involving his readership through a crowdfunding effort and offering perks that make the project personal to those who contributes.

So to say "inspiration" might not be the right word, but "encouragements" is what led to this project. From fellow comic creators  and hundreds of fans. Crowdfunding may be the future for projects run by small studio such as ours. It is my hope that we too will find success with RocketHub as our partner.

It seems to be working quite well for you - with 99% of the way there! How do you feel about crowdfunding and what advice can you give?

What's different with crowdfunding is the strenght of the individual responses. Those who contribute wish for the project to succeed, making this a team effort spanning beyond our studio.

Ask your readers and fans what perks they desire. A book project is more than just the finished product, it has personal attachement to it's core followers. Give them a chance to see this attachement materialize itself in the book.

A big "thank you" to Kern and the Drowtales team for their campaign and wonderful comics. Grab your copy of the book, here.

-Vlad