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Our undying love and a shout out on Twitter.
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BUTTON PACKS: 4 buttons featuring Yumi and three other characters from the comic, plus a Twitter shout-out.
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DIGITAL PACK: An MP3 download of 10 new Murs songs & PDF of the 124 page graphic novel two weeks before the public. You also get a shout out on twitter for being an awesome human.
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PHYSICAL & DIGITAL PACK: A physical CD with all 10 songs, a copy of the hardcover graphic novel with one of the three music download cards randomly inserted, the digital songs and PDF of the book, a .MOV file of the music video two weeks before it goes live on the public websites, and a Twitter shout-out. [International please add $10 for shipping]
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ALL PLEDGES OVER $40 ARE SIGNED BY MURS & JOSH.... PRINT, BOOK, DOWNLOAD CARD & CD: An exclusive 11x17 print of the download card art of your choice, the physical hardcover book (CD, book & print signed) with the matching album card, MP3 downloads of all 10 songs, PDF download of the graphic novel & a downloadable .MOV file of the music video two weeks before the public, a special thank-you in the book, and of course a Twitter hallelujah. [International please add $10 for shipping]
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T-SHIRT, BOOK, DOWNLOAD CARD & CD: An exclusive T-shirt featuring the download card art of your choice, The physical hardcover book with the matching album card (CD & book signed) , MP3 downloads of all 10 songs, a PDF of the graphic novel two and a downloadable .MOV file of the music video two weeks before the public, a special thank-you in the book, and of course a Twitter hallelujah. [International please add $10 for shipping]
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PRINT, T-SHIRT, BOOK, DOWNLOAD CARD & CD: The physical CD and hardcover book with the album card of your choice, the 11x17 print of the corresponding album card (CD, book & print signed) , PDF of the graphic novel and a downloadable .MOV file of the music video two weeks before the public, before going on the public sites, a special thank you in the book, and some Twitter love. [International please add $15 for shipping]
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HOODIE, SHIRT, BOOK, DOWNLOAD CARD & CD: An exclusive, limited edition hoodie custom made for the Kickstarter campaign featuring art from the book, the CD, the physical hardcover book (CD & book signed) with the album card of your choice, a t-shirt (guys or girls) featuring the image, MP3s of all 10 songs, a PDF of the graphic novel and a downloadable .MOV file of the music video two weeks before the public, a special thank you in the book, a copy of Murs' last album Love & Rockets, and some Twitter love. [International please add $15 for shipping]
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COMBO - HOODIE, SHIRT, ART PRINTS: The exclusive hoodie, a shirt of your choice, prints of all three album covers, MP3 of all 10 songs, a PDF of the graphic novel and a .MOV file of the music video two weeks before the public, a UNIQUE (non- album-cover art) print signed by Murs, and Josh, a signed Murs CD of your choice if he has it in stock, and the graphic novel signed by Murs and Josh with the download card of your choice, and a special thank you in the book AND on the back of the album cards. [International please add $15 for shipping]
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THE DISTRO PACK (bronze): Are you a retailer or distributor who'd like to carry Curse of the Merch Girl? We will send you 18 copies of the book & CD, with alternating, allocated download cards, shrink wrapped together plus two promotional display posters for your store. You will get them at least a month before any other retailers are allowed to order remaining copies left from the pressing. Please send info / links to verify your business & you pay shipping. The other rewards are exclusive to individual pledgers.
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PAID DUES VIP & COMIC MERCH PACK: Everything in the $75 pledge PLUS a VIP pass to Murs' PAID DUES hip hop festival in San Bernardino, California April 7 (and if you can't make it, we will arrange for some free tickets and a meet n' greet with Murs at a show close to you whenever you can get to one). The VIP pass gets you so much stuff you're going to be so inundated with comic book and hip hop shit we are not responsible if your fucking brain explodes. Also... a special thank you in the book AND on the back of the album cards. [International please add $15 for shipping]
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COMIC-CON PARTY & COMIC MERCH PACK: Everything in the $75 pledge PLUS a pass to San Diego's COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL July 12-15 as a guest of Josh's company Devil's Due, and a VIP invite to the release of the Music Video at a venue TBA during Comic-Con weekend, a special thank you in the book AND on the back of the album cards. [International please add $15 for shipping]
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THE DISTRO PACK (A): Are you a retailer or distributor who'd like to carry Curse of the Merch Girl? We will send you 40 copies of the book & CD, with alternating, allocated download cards, shrink wrapped together plus two promotional display posters for your store. You will get them at least a month before any other retailers are allowed to order remaining copies left from the pressing. Please send info / links to verify your business & you pay shipping. The other rewards are exclusive to individual pledgers.
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PAID DUES, COMIC-CON PARTY, AND COMIC MERCH MEGA PACK: everything in the $75 pledge plus a pass to both PAID DUES (VIP) and COMIC-CON as guests of Josh & Murs, and VIP to the MerchGirl event at comic-con debuting the new video, venue TBA, a special thank you in the book AND on the back of the album cards.
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THE MANIAC PACK: YOU ARE A YUMIKO, MURS, COMIC BOOK MANIAC! You get EVERYTHING listed above, PLUS you will get a special "This entire project was made in part possible by..." credit with YOUR name highlighted in the graphic novel and featured prominently on the back of the album card. YOU will have become our big corporate sponsor (you big baller, you).
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THE DISTRO PACK (B): Another one for retailers or Distributors. We will send you 100 copies of the book & CD, with alternating, allocated download cards, shrink wrapped together, a counter-top display kiosk with a sample copy for customers to flip through, and 2 promo posters for your store. You won't get them until after the individual backers, but at least a month before any other retailers are allowed to order. Please send info / links to verify your business & you pay shipping. The other rewards are exclusive to individual pledgers.
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YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR PACK. Everything in the the EVERYTHING PACK. PLUS at the Comic-Con party you will get to jump on stage and perform your favorite Murs song with the man himself!!! After which we will edit and post on youtube and you will be on you way to STARDOM!
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MURS has been a major player in the underground hip hop scene for over 15 years, rising in fame and popularity steadily year by year, over the entire world. After many years, he finally agreed to sign to a major label, and immediately wished he could return to the indy world. Now, back in control of his own destiny, and with the creation of something as amazing as Kickstarter, he's coming to directly to the people who love his music and bucking the labels. He's also doing something fresh with the introduction of YUMIKO: CURSE OF THE MERCH GIRL.
JOSH BLAYLOCK entered the comic book game the same time that Murs entered hip hop, and is responsible for setting off a storm of '80s retro in the comic book world, having brought back characters like those from G.I. Joe and Voltron, and for a ton of his own creations as well. It's no secret that Murs loves comic books, and Josh likes Murs songs, so this was just a matter of time before Yumi was born.
...so....now i wanna switch to Garcia's design....shoulda waited
Sending out messages to backers with previews of the shirts/prints! Look out for it, y'all.
Yes, I'd very much prefer details on the art prints before I fill in this survey...
forgive me, just seen the other email.
Okay, got my details in for delivery, and chose my tshirt. But what about sizes?
I was wondering as well just like AFB how would the art works look like?
....so, what would the prints look like from each artist choice? also, when should i expect my rewards, like before june?
Bill, check your email and you should have received a survey. That should be everything we need.
Good point, John. :) Maybe we'll have a list of names of the hoodie buyers so you can just show your ID.
As for the party, it's looking like Saturday. Murs should be announcing details soon.
Hey, I'm getting the Hoodie and I got my comic con tickets so my question is what night is the party and do I have to were a hot ass hoodie in July to get in the party or can I bring a pic?
So excited about this project! The survey reminded me exactly *how* excited I am. Thank you!
"T-SHIRT, BOOK, DOWNLOAD CARD & CD: An exclusive T-shirt featuring the download card art of your choice" so, how do we pick this out ?
oh man totally cant wait to get everything from them. gonna be a while but am super looking forward to the comic and the songs
AFB: Printing could take up to 8 weeks, so I don't think they've made a PDF ready for the public to digest yet or converted the album to quality mp3 format from the final mix of the CD.
Should I have gotten my downloads yet or no?
Yes, what Tim said. Also, since they vary, are all the dates under each pledge correct still? Just wondering as my level shows april.
When will we be able to pick the sizes of our shirts/hoodies?
Sylvia, sent you a message. We should be all good.
Isn't possible to do a direct bank transfer on to someones bank account on Friday???
I'm deviatated that I might miss out :'( I thought the payment had already came out but it hadn't awwww nooooo
Ah crap! My cards maxed out!!! Will Friday be too late to fix my payment???
I'm stressin' I can't miss out! Bn looking forward to this for so long now.
ooops... saw the estimate = may...
mine went through! any idea on how long for my package?
Josh: That is indeed what we are confirming. Glad to know you guys got working before the funds actually came into hand though.
Hi guys, are you confirming that your card transactions have gone through? Good to hear! We are already in motion to bring this to you and happy things are finally moving along.
Yup, all good here too. Now the waiting for merc can really begin.
And we're a go... at least on my end.
I made a $25 pledge but if I just want to buy a tshirt, can we purchase that by itself?
Oh good! I was starting to get concerned about the "pending" thing. I'm happy the answers are all here. :)
Kickstarter informed me with the following info:
"Sorry for the confusion! I just realized I made a mistake in my initial assessment of the problem. This is actually an issue with the project creator, not you. The creator's account is still undergoing verification with Amazon, so backers' pledges are being held for the moment. Once the creator finishes verification, your pledge will be automatically collected. If there is an issue with your pledge at that point, we will inform you, but for now, no need to worry!"
Hello everyone. We are on the case, in contact with both Kickstarter and Amazon. We don't see any need to worry but are waiting to hear back from both parties. Thanks for your patience.
On kickstarter's seller FAQ it says:
"1. Funding Successful: If a project has met or surpassed its funding goal, all backers' credit cards are instantly charged and funds go directly to the project creator. Project creators are then responsible for completing the project and delivering rewards as promised."
I have contacted kickstarter support about the issue yesterday, so waiting for their comment on it now. I will keep you all updated.
Help MURS launch CURSE OF THE MERCH GIRL
FUNDED! Thursday Mar 22, 9:32am EDT
(03/02/2012) Pending
Pending is under Collected and a project that got Funded two days later collected and surveyed already. Something strange is up there. They don't have my money, and I'd rather they have my money so I can get the awesome comic and album then it to turn into limbo.
Posting this for those also in an issue. I'm not sure who needs to be asked on this though.
casey & Mak: I just noticed that Amazon didn't charge me yet either, but Kickstarter acknowledged it. Who know what makes something go through on Amazon.
Maybe there's some Murs and Josh have to do before Amazon takes the money itself?
Yup, just checked out my older pledges too and for those the amount was withdrawn immediatly, so there is something weird going on. I have tried to explain the situation twice to Amazon, but so far they have just replied with the same text. I'm out of ideas on what to do next, so maybe (and hopefully) someone else can help us out :)
It's really weird because I've also pledged on another project thats' bidding has ended just today, yet amazon withdrew the amount that I pledged. I automatically receive a message on my cellphone when amazon withdraws but nothing yet for this project I'm afraid. Does that mean we wont be getting what we've ordered or how does that work exactly? *help* does anyone know? :-S
I have had the same problem, and this is what Amazon had to say about it:
"Kickstarter doesn't initiate the charge on your credit card for your donation until the project has been successfully funded and has reached its funding deadline. Once this transaction has been initiated we can process the payment for your donation to the project."
I thought that funding deadline happens when the counter reaches zero, since that has been the case with other projects IIRC, but maybe it isn't so?
Congratulations on the funding! I can't wait till I get the novel! I was wondering whether amazon withdrew the amount as I have
Not yet received a msg from them about charging me for the pledge. Has anyone experienced this problem?
Once again, THANK you to everyone for making this a success. We are getting a lot of questions asking if people can still pledge. As we get everything together, we may make the extra inventory available for sale at some point, but not until after all backers have received their swag. So please check back here and if anything is available we will let you know in the coming weeks. For the next month or two though we'll be 100% working on getting Yumi off to the printer, pressing CDs, shirts into production, and getting all of this great stuff to the backers. Viva Merch Girl!
Congratulations!!! I can't wait to check out the rewards :-) And very excited for the bonus print. Thank you!
Minutes to go! Thank you everyone!
Backed my first Kick Starter project!!!! Congrats!!
Gutted I had to lower my pledge :-( bills are evil. But alas I still pledge!
If you didn't hear, be sure to listen for Murs' song "Lookin' Fly" when you go see 21 JUMP STREET, the #1 movie in America! Not Merch Girl related, but awesome timing and a great way to bring this project home. http://www.youtube.com/watch…
It's so exciting when projects you really like do so well. :) Congrats, you marvelously talented people!
Amazing how many pledges are just flying in now. Thank you! We've hit $30K so look out for the bonus Tim Seeley print to everyone who ordered the $40 pledge or higher, with all backers names on it!
It is wonderful to see you guys doing this good work. Kickstarter has the potential to rearrange the power structures that bring media (music, books, TV, movies) to it's consumers and big names like y'all are exactly the kind of catalyst it'll take to make it happen. I've always appreciated your lyrics (science!) and am glad to see that you're on a similar path with your work. You might be interested in some of our (my brother and I) material. Specifically our ideas about publishing philosophy. Check it out @ www.thelittleredbirdbook.com. It's so much more, it's about the rich stayin rich an the poor stayin poor. Good luck. Push it.
Dan
Appreciation is the secret word, sounds like a lyric.
Congrats!
Appreciation is today's secret word.
We did it, people! THANK YOU! Let's keep the momentum going. We're working out the concept for another reward if we hit a new target goal. But until then, we are gonna stop and enjoy the smell of success and support.