KICKSTARTER: What are you supporting?

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 29, 2012 4:58 pm

The purpose of this thread is to shine some light on Kickstarter projects that you think are cool and you are lending your support to!

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 29, 2012 5:01 pm

Cerebus: High Society Audio/Digital
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/189 ... al-digital

This just started & looks super-cool.

The primary objective of this Kickstarter project is to introduce Cerebus to a new generation of comic book fans by turning the World's Longest Graphic Novel into the World's Longest Audio Book with (fingers crossed) the creation of digital versions of every page of each issue of Cerebus. Every digital issue will include front covers, editorials, essays, letters and back covers and be made available as a $0.99 digital download (If this project succeeds!) In addition to digital versions of the individual comic books, Dave Sim is also providing additional audio and video content, including:

• Sim performing all of the hundreds of Cerebus characters' dialogue as well as text and captions from the storyline for every issue

• Sim will also provide audio-visual commentary for every issue, looking back and providing his reflections and a look at all of the relevant documents in the chronological Cerebus Archive

• In addition, Dave Sim will also be shooting and narrating footage of his rough sketches and drawings (and translating cryptic entries) from his notebooks, as well as providing a never-before-seen "tour" close-up of the original art still in the Cerebus Archive (190 pages of the 500 page HIGH SOCIETY as an example) issue-by-issue.

With the additional audio and video content, The Digital Cerebus will enable a new audience, and those already familiar with it, to take the "closest look EVER" at this monumental achievement. An established classic in the medium will be introduced to a whole new generation of comic book fans in an expanded modern format.

* 99 cent digital issues with the comic PLUS audio!!!!

* You can essentially pre-order the initial 25 issues (#26-50) to help this become a reality for $25 and they'll throw in a copy of Cerebus #0 & the Cerebus World Tour Book.

I'm in for $70 because I want a head sketch of "Pope Cerebus" thrown in.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 29, 2012 5:05 pm

Sullivan's Sluggers (a Baseball Horror OGN)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194 ... phic-novel

I'm in for $30, I'll get the HC & a PDF:

Sullivan's Sluggers is a baseball horror graphic novel written by Mark Andrew Smith with art by James Stokoe (Orc Stain).

Our goal is to use Kickstarter to complete Sullivan's Sluggers and to produce a beautiful 200 page, color, hardcover book.

We're relying on your support to make Sullivan's Sluggers the reality we all so very much want it to be. $30 for 200 pages in glorious hardcover format is very reasonably priced, and Stokoe's art on its own makes Sullivan's 'the not to be missed' book of the year.

This book is exclusive only to Kickstarter backers and available here for a limited time.

This has been pretty successful, they targeted $6,000 and have raised over $48,000 as I write this. They have pre-sold >1000 of the HCs which is pretty good sales for a $30 indie HC.

This makes me happy!

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 29, 2012 5:43 pm

Mark Dos Santos Art Book
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/445 ... s-art-book

Mark's an artist who does a lot of the cons out west & I really like his art.

I'm in for $30, essentially like buying the HC sketchbook from him at a con.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:06 pm

BobBretall wrote:Cerebus: High Society Audio/Digital
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/189 ... al-digital

This funded in 9 hours!

The more they go over goal, the more issues they will produce in audio/digital format! I'd love to see the entire series done this way!

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:49 am

I actually put in for $100 on the Dos Santos book - I have soooo many of his prints on my wall as it is, getting the book is a no-brainer, and if he'll do a sketch inside of it for me? Bonus.

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:03 am

I funded Daisy Kutter because I've never read it (or even heard about it), but the preview pages look pretty cool. And for only $15 you get a copy of the book (apparently delivered).

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:43 am

boshuda wrote:I funded Daisy Kutter because I've never read it (or even heard about it), but the preview pages look pretty cool. And for only $15 you get a copy of the book (apparently delivered).

I read Daisy Kutter in issue form, it was pretty good.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:06 pm

BobBretall wrote:
BobBretall wrote:Cerebus: High Society Audio/Digital
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/189 ... al-digital
This funded in 9 hours!

The more they go over goal, the more issues they will produce in audio/digital format! I'd love to see the entire series done this way!

I'm in on this one, too. And from the site today:

Hey guys! WE'VE DOUBLED our goal in less than 24 HOURS!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE!

Dave Sim was so excited and so appreciative that he called me this morning to tell me this.

"Every Dollar beyond the goal will now be put towards a mastered soundtrack for the book and special sounds and effects and whatever else I can think of to throw in there and make it even better"

If we reach the Dream goal of 200k then Dave will be doing all of the Phone books. Each and everyone of them! (keep in mind - this will take years!

He also said he was going to get working on "SPECIAL" KICKSTARTER THANKS TO ALL THE BACKERS!!!

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ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:08 pm

I also funded: Blink's Super-Keen WONKA WONKA KOCHALKA Campaign!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/192 ... n?ref=live

Great stuff from Max Ink. Plus, he's a super nice guy!

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dbm · Post by **dbm** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:47 pm

Cool idea, Bob.

Here's one, called Year One... the writer\artist moved to Philadelphia, and documented her first year there in comic form. Looks pretty cool.

I liked the description:

Year One is about being in a new place, trying to convince yourself to be outgoing, reassuring yourself that going to bed at 9pm on a Friday night will not kill your social life, new adventures with new friends, being confident, exploring new relationships, keeping in touch with old friends, the highs of summer and the lows of winter, embracing community, tiptoeing toward new love, holding on to an old one, family, and friends that are like family, open relationships, punk community, companionship, loss and grief, appreciating home while searching for new variations of that word, and generally being a twenty-something year old trying to figure things out.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/433544158/year-one

You can read it here:

http://www.everydaypants.com/yearone

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:33 am

Daisy Kutter just updated. Now you get a much better printing process copy of the book, and a bookmark.

Update #11

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:32 am

Alright you win...that book looks cool. I'm backing Daisy Kutter...

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:53 am

torchsong wrote:Alright you win...that book looks cool. I'm backing Daisy Kutter...

I just upped my pledge from $15 to $25. You only get the bookmark at $25, but what sold it for me is that basically for $10, you get a sketch.

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:54 pm

boshuda wrote:
torchsong wrote:Alright you win...that book looks cool. I'm backing Daisy Kutter...
I just upped my pledge from $15 to $25. You only get the bookmark at $25, but what sold it for me is that basically for $10, you get a sketch.

That's what I went in for as well. For $25 a book and a sketch inside are worth it, to me anyhow.