Thom Revor and Alex Heberling with News Researcher Eric Kimball bring you this week’s edition of The Webcomic Beacon Newscast! Read all the news of the past week below. Some news not discussed in part, or at all, on the show.

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Comic (and Webcomic) artist Al Rio commits suicide
Original Source: Bleeding Cool

Two Kickstarter webcomic projects surpassing their targeted goals
Links to Kickstarter projects for Order of the Stick and Benign Kingdom (Riceboy, Tiny Kitten Teeth, Gun Show, and Johnny Wander).
Original Source: Kickstarter – Additionally: Comics Alliance – Kickstarter

Also, via Fleen:
“Rich Burlew has now exceed the previous highest-funded comics project on Kickstarter by nearly 150%, and is rapidly closing in on a quarter of a million friggin’ dollars after less than ten days. I’m putting the over/under at US$325,000, and the supporter tally at an even 5000 pledges. Of course, if the pledges get a second wind, we’ll see numbers that may take years to be equalled.”

The OOFT Kickstarter is now approaching half a million dollars.  This has entered wholly hell territory.  More on this at the Order of the Stick home page:

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Kate Beaton… Retires? No, not really.
Kate Beaton’s success opens up many opportunities for her. Hark! to take a back seat.
Found via: The Webcomic Overlook – Original Source: Kate Beaton

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