Print on Demand is a method of selling comics without the risk of spending a ton on the production of comics, and only creating them as and when they are needed.
This also saves the creator a lot of money since they do not have to put money into crating comics before there are even any sales. Printing on Demand can be good if you want to create just a few to give out, perhaps to show a publisher or to test how the comic actually works in print. This can also be a good idea for selling comics at conventions, as there is often not enough time or space to sell tonnes of comics.
Digital printing is similar to Print on Demand but usually prints 100 - 100ish books, you you would need to ensure that you can sell that many copies before considering this method.
Offset printing is mostly used to print comics in bulk. For a series expecting a LOT of sales, or to provide a bookshop with copies, this is a very good idea as it works out very cheap per book. It just isn't as profitable if you do not sell many comics, which means that it isn't necessarily a good option for self publishing.
Each of these methods depend on the audience and how many copies you can sell. If a Kickstarter was does to create and sell a comic, it would be easy this way to determine how to sell a comic from the number of donations and people already willing to buy it, making it much easier. A Kickstarter generally needs a decent sized fan base anyway to reach the monetary goal - comics without this kind of fan base have a harder time of determining how they may sell, but in that case printing on demand may be the best idea.
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