The time in nigh… but not quite so nigh as previously planned! Thanks for bearing with me. This is my first Kickstarter and, needless to say, our pal Covid-19 has been a pain in the ass.
But enough about that, let’s get to it! JUNE 2nd IS THE DAY!!!
Here’s the link for the my Preview Page! Click the image!!
You can click the Notify Me link on the page to get and update when the project launches.
I’m very excited and the Project Page is going to look GREAT!!!
I really appreciate your support and your patience. I’m excited to see this finally take off. This has been a tremendous learning process and Kickstarter is no small nut to crack. The ComixLaunch course has been extremely helpful and an amazing resource.
I’ll have another update to send out soon with more musings and other etcetera, but I wanted to get this note out as soon as I could with the launch date change.
But, since we’re talking about launches… here are a few other friends that are firing off their own launches! Kickstarter is abuzz and teeming with projects. Have a look!
(Click the image for a link to the page)
Interested in a Fuck-You Tarot Deck? Check out the Demon Bitch Shitty Tarot:
Bigfoot is lost in space doing Bigfoot things: carjacking, arm wrestling, creating cosmic havoc. Savage Sasquanaut launches May 26th!
And now for something completely different… something for the kids! Mythic Creature Trainer:
How are you holding up? I hope you’re staying healthy, happy, and sane! I’m doing my best to keep busy and stay motivated. I find that sleep is a bit of a big deal. Whatever goes on with self-quarantine it’s conducive to long naps after work… which keeps me up at night… which means I’m groggy and useless in the morning. A vicious cycle! I just broke out of it this week and I feel way better.
But enough of that… time for some good news! The comics community on Kickstarter is ALIVE AND WELL! I’ve hooked up with some great creators that are all putting their work out there to support: 1-The Comics Medium, 2-Kickstarter and, 3-Themselves. Hey, we all gotta do it. We have the need!
Here are some links to a few current Kickstarters that are going down right now that you might want to have a look at:
Silverline Double Feature:
Young girl discovers power scifi/superhero AND supernatural horror (I KNOW you’re into that)
Click the pics!
The Alchemist of Aurillia: Action/fantasy about a wizard and a sprite in the Ottoman Empire
XCT: Fractured Worlds: History’s greatest figures of myth and legend brought back to fight it out
Check them out when you get a chance and back one/two/three that you like! If it’s not your thing and you’re got a friend who you know might like it, pass it along!
Thanks again for sticking with me and my story. May 26th is coming up and I’m very excited/nervous/… terrified? Nah, not terrified, but you know what I mean.
Have a great weekend!
Next update will feature: TIME TRAVEL – Thoughts and musings ISSUE #3 UPDATE – Yes… oh yes. CONVENTION UPDATE – Yeah… not so hot. KICKSTARTER UPDATE – SO HOT!
Hope you’re doing well. I just watched the Nicolas Cage flick, Color Out of Space. I don’t watch a lot ofpay-per-watch stuff but obviously that’s changing now! Heh. Have you discovered anything kind of out-of-the-way and cool? What’s been sitting on your shelf that you finally got to or finished up?
How are you holding up? Staying safe? Staying healthy? Staying SANE? Yeah, I’m working on all those as well.
I’ve been watching Kickstarter very closely over the past few weeks. It’s true, Kickstarter has laid off some workers as the amount of campaigns being launched has diminished significantly. But, if you look at COMICS, it’s still going. Chugging right along, actually. Lady Death, Shi, White Widow, Todd McFarlane, and multiple other creators have had amazing success with their launches. Being a cautious fellow, I watched and waited. Has Covid-19 impacted the comic book world in general? Definitely. Has Covid-19 impacted comic book creators on Kickstarter? No. Not at all.
I’m really excited to get this on track! I’ve been working with some wonderful, generous artists (Topper Helmers, Chris Ehnot) that are helping me make this a fantastic launch. Topper is doing a series of 10 original, unique sketches and Chris will have his original pencils/inks available as well as sketching remarked covers. Conventions are off so this is the closest I can get right now. My video for the launch is in its final stages of editing and I’m working w/ a guy to put together some cool graphics for my project page. It’s taking time… but I want to do it RIGHT.
Indiana Comic Con has rescheduled to June 26-28. I guess we’ll see how that goes
Wizard World Chicago is still on for August 20-23
MetaCon is September 4-6. Still have to register for that one
Bizarre Bazaar still on for September 26th
GalaxyCon, MN is still on for November 6-8
AniMinneapolis has been pushed to May 7-9 2021. Their website says if you bought a ticket for AniMinneapolis 2020, you can use it to get into MetaCon 2020 for free (if it happens)
In Other News…
Never thought I’d say this, but I’m missing the drive into work! It was a great time to listen to audiobooks and now, obviously, I’m taking that commute time to sleep in (this is going to segue into the new Dune movie, one moment). One of my favorite listens was Cleopatra – A Life by Stacy Schiff. I’ve always dug Egyptian history and mythology so I checked out that book. It’s a huge source of inspiration for my character Spectress. Way back when, Cleopatra and her partner Mark Antony were engaged in a war of words with the Roman emperor of the time, Octavian. Strong, indomitable personalities throwing verbal stones at each other from Rome to Alexandria. It was only a matter of time before it escalated into real conflict and both sides new it. Egypt was rich, but no where close to Rome when it came to military strength. Antony and Cleopatra almost certainly considered sending an assassin to kill Octavian. Maybe they did. Imagine a mission like that. Imagine as assassin on a mission to save her entire country. Imagine the cost of failure! They say that ghosts are sometimes the spirits of those with a monumental task left undone. That’s really the basis of my story.
And now… Dune is coming out!
So excited! Great casting and the director (Denis Villeneuve) is TOP NOTCH. Sicario and Arrival are two of my favorites. I miss going to the movies and I hope we’re good by December to check this out.
After a bit of research on the Director’s page, what do I find?
Wait… what?
One more click….
Well…. OF COURSE THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE IT A MOVIE! IT’S AN AMAZING STORY!! Needless to say… I’M STOKED!!!
Thanks for bearing with me through that.
I hope you’re well and staying healthy. Maybe the walls are closing in a little bit but these are unprecedented times. Stay positive, stay safe, stay sane. I think comic books will be back in distribution here sometime soon. That’s great news for fans! In the meantime, Kickstarter is my go to for new stuff.
