I've spoken with a lot of people about this, and the most compelling thing for me about going the Kickstarter route is that you can really test out the audience

I've spoken with a lot of people about this, and the most compelling thing for me about going the Kickstarter route is that you can really test out the audience for your idea, and hopefully create a group of people who have a vested interest in seeing it succeed. There are so many stories of guys who quit their day jobs to produce a web series - which believe me costs much more to produce than you'd think - and end up way out of pocket with something that doesn't rate and/or can't be sold. I actually really want to tell these stories and I can certainly do it in an efficient way, but I'd definitely like to break even!