I learned a lot of hard lessons from my previous Kickstarter, when I attempted to launch the first campaign without building a solid fan base one year ago. In that time I have become an artist capable of illustrating my own work and I've built a loyal following through publishing regularly at Reality Sandwich and Disinfo.com.
I've already completed about 12 of the 24 projected pages, so the March 2015 release is a conservative estimate considering I am doing the equivalent of a 5 person job, and I intend to finish before then.
*All backers who have not already read KALI-YUGA will receive a digital .pdf of the first issue the moment they pledge.*"
But check out the reward levels on the sidebar. I've found that to be the trick to a successful kickstarter. You're basically letting them preorder your first run of whatever project it is you're working on. I've ordered art (posters), toys (custom pieces so you can use legos, k'nex, and hot wheels tracks together), board games and other shit like this. Its how i support independent creators first.
Here're examples of some of the more successful ones I've backed that weren't comic related. Look at his goal and look at what he actually got.