It Takes a Village
May 1, we take the leap - and it couldn't happen without help from the kind folks of the internet. My thank you speech...
The internet is a hell of a thing.
At its best, it can connect you with some truly excellent people. Today, I’m going to highlight some of them.
My upcoming Kickstarter project, Unlimited Udo, is not mine alone. Valentin has done an overwhelming majority of the heavy lifting, which you can see in the samples here:
It’s truly an international effort that would have never been possible even 15 years ago.
I’m Canadian, in a beautiful suburb of Toronto known as Etobicoke.
The most talented artist, Valentin de las Casas, is in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
We also have variant covers coming from extraordinary talents Rafael Chrestani (Ponta Grossa, Brazil) and Riccardo Faccini (Milan, Italy).
I’ve had some great advice, and aid, from experts in the Kickstarter and indie comics field.
I’ve been listening to Tyler James’ ComixLaunch podcast for years:
It’s been invaluable. Truly nothing like it out there. It’s what inspired me to take the leap and actually believe this is possible.
Matt Mair Lowry was a huge, huge help in getting the campaign going. I did my best pushing his campaign for ThoughtScape (a truly awesome book, if you haven’t checked it out yet.)
He reached out unprompted with the hopes of doing a cross-promo. He ended up doing a lot more for my campaign than I did his. I’m truly in his debt for that. Check out his newsletter to help me pay that off:
Pat Shand, writer of the Destiny, NY series along with a whole host of others for Space Between Ent. He recommended the strategy of getting variants for the campaign. Something I was considering but didn’t take the jump until he insisted.
Not only did this allow me to work with more great artists in Rafael and Riccardo but built some lasting relationships for future projects.
More recently, Allen Dunford and Caleb Palmquist answered a very direct question in the form of a full episode of their podcast! (Bonus advice from Ryan Little.)
That’s what led me to taking this newsletter a little more seriously. That and the slow decline of my once preferred social media platform.
There’s a whole number of people in the community that I’m missing that were super helpful with signal boosts and following the campaign. I do my best to return the favour and will continue to do so in the future.
Speaking of the future, I’m going to keep a consistent schedule on here. Twice per month updates - on the 1st and 15th.
For current subscribers, you’ve been inundated with near daily updates. I’ve put a stop to that, instead moving those to a new newsletter:
I’ll be moving the old reviews to there and continue to add more as they become available, but this newsletter will be focused on production and crowdfunding efforts. There’s lots to learn and I have plenty to share - but I’ll keep it in check!
One last thanks - it’s you for reading this. I really do appreciate it. There’s more content in the world than everyone’s lifetime 10 times over. I appreciate you giving my work your time.
We’ll talk again on launch day!
In the meantime, check out these cool campaigns on Kickstarter:
Punkdroid by Unpopular Tales Studios is a cyberpunk anthology that looks to give you everything you hope for and more with 13 stories from 20 creators.
A Real Slobberknocker #1 by Kickstarter Super-Super-Duper-Backer James Ferguson joins the trend of awesome wrestling comics.
Cheesecake comics aren’t typically my thing, but Alien Terrodactyls by ABRAXAS looked like too much fun to pass up.
Holy West by Seth Jacob has a killer teaser video that’s worth watching - and the comic looks to follow suit.
Loved the shoutout for Punkdroid! Will you like to make a review? How can we contact you? Thanks