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on February 28
Geoffrey Brett Williams
backed a project
Robot 13 Trade Paperback by Blacklist Studios LLC.
Help Indy Comics publisher Blacklist Studios print their award winning series Robot 13 in a Trade Paperback & get awesome stuff!
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128% funded $9,630 pledged
- 314 backers
- Funded Mar 13, 2012
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on February 24
Geoffrey Brett Williams
backed a project
Vert Con by Everett Watford
A comic book convention with a focus on indepndent creators
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367% funded $1,101 pledged
- 45 backers
- Funded Mar 31, 2012
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on January 15
Geoffrey Brett Williams
backed a project
Ninjasaur: Volume One by Jason Horn
Ninjasaur: Volume One is an all ages,150 page graphic novel that collects every preposterous Ninjasuar story ever told...and more.
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154% funded $3,095 pledged
- 93 backers
- Funded Feb 20, 2012
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on September 22, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #6Welcome to the Bat Cave!
Post CommentWith two interviews in the past week (Chubstr and today's A.V. Club interview) I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of new traffic to the site as we look to close this out. Anybody following the project can see that we've hit a serious wall. Funding was strong right out of the gate and then it just stalled. I'll still be able to engage in many of these activities in and around Chicago, but I'll also have to work instead of focusing full time on the project, which means less time for extended travel.
I'm writing this to anyone and everyone visiting the site in the wake of this new press coverage. If this sounds fun or inspirational to you or if you just like the cut of my jib, please consider dropping off a dollar on your way by. A dollar's not much, but if everyone who reads that AV Club interview puts a dollar in the hat, well...that would be a sum of truly Bruce Wayne proportions.
Thanks everyone who has supported this project so far and who will continue to support it into the future. Let's bring it home with a bang!
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on September 10, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #5Out of Pocket
Post CommentI'll be out of pocket for a couple of days, visiting friends for the last time, enjoying NFL opening weekend and tying up loose ends. I'll update when I can, but make sure that those of you who have already supported the project keep doing what you can to help, mainly getting the word out to anybody you think may be interested. There are a few exciting developments coming down the pipeline and next week I'll be in Chicago and we'll really hit the ground running on the second half of this thing. We're a long way away, but with just a little help we'll get there. Stay positive and let's bring it home!
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on September 2, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #4First Workout!
Post CommentThe first workout is in the books and I feel great. That's right, I said GREAT! Now, let me preface this by saying that I don't know jack about working out. I'm a chubby nerd who is supposed to be a bean pole, so clearly I'm doing things the wrong way. I've been reading a lot about working out, general exercise, fitness, nutrition, dieting, whoa, whoa, whoa! These are not terms that your average male nerd loves. I'm a lot more inclined to have opinions on which fast food places $0.99 value menu offers the best options than I am to tell you the bet way to get trim. Finally, I had to enlist my trusty part-time, "gosh, okay, I'll help you of course" research assistant to put me on the right path. She used to be a runner, she is a total badass, she occasionally laughs at me (occasionally means a lot, right? Do I have that right?). With her guidance, I managed to put together a quick, simple workout that I can do now, while I'm locked away at my parents' house waiting to kick this thing off. Just simple, "throw your own weight" around stuff that doesn't require a gym. So this is what I did today.
25 sit-ups - 25 lunges - 25 push-ups - 25 sit-ups with 7 lb. barbell - 25 squats with 7 lb. barbell - a mile walk for cardio and cool down.
Not bad for a novice, right?
Let's see if I can even walk in the morning.
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on September 2, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #3Exciting Developments
Post CommentI wake up this morning to find I have two more backers, including my second backer that I don't know from Adam, and the project is up to $230. If we can hit $300 today then we're averaging a hundred bucks a day and that ain't bad, especially since I expect it to kick up steam after Dragon Con.
Another thing that happened this morning is Comic Book Resources released my press release. CBR is the biggest comics news outlet in the world and them picking something up can give it some serious steam. It's Dragon Con weekend, so it might take a bit for that steam to get seriously pumping, but it'll get there.
Oh, and in related news...
The Onion A.V. club has requested an interview.
That's...kind of a big deal.
Workouts start this afternoon! Do you think Bruce Wayne dreaded exercise so much?
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on September 1, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #2The New 52
Post CommentUp to $145 on Day Two! If I can reach $200 by day's end I'll feel really great, especially considering I'm far from the biggest thing going on in comics right now.
Yesterday, DC initiated a a company-wide relaunch of their entire comic line. This new direction for DC sees both Action Comics and Detective Comics being re-numbered back to #1 and a host of other characters getting "edgy" new makeovers. Batman, thankfully, remains largely unaffected. DC will screw around with Superman, but even they aren't brave enough to mess with their top dog.
So yeah, given that we're almost to $150 less than 24 hours after DC changed the face of comics forever (or at least for a little while), I'd say we're doing alright.
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on September 1, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
commented on a projectThank you very much! You're my first non-friend backer, so welcome stranger.
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on August 31, 2011
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Posted project update #1Well, we're up and running.
Post CommentCheck back here for constant updates about the status of the project's funding and also to track the progress of my training. Just because the project isn't funded doesn't mean I can't start building up to my daily workout regimen. While I don't expect to be working out like the Dark Knight right out of the gate, I will start working on getting my conditioning to the level it's going to need to be at to complete something of this magnitude and you lucky readers get to see a sneak preview of what's to come, since I'm going to get started on that right away!
Thanks for your support!
Geoffrey Brett Williams
Chicago, IL
Bruiser. Blogger. Builder of Worlds. I'm a blogger who has contributed pieces to various pop culture websites as well as an essay to Sequart's latest project, a book focused on Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan. I'm attempting to break into the c... view more
