Personalized Comic Books to be made and given to terminally ill children at no cost to them.
Every single day hundreds of children are diagnosed with terminal illnesses such as cancer or MDA. The strength, bravery and courage these children show during their short lives and in their darkest hours is amazing. These kids really are heroes in the truest sense of the word.
The "Hidden Heroes" project is an idea brought to life by my wife Kim when she found out that the son of a classmate of ours had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and is bravely fighting the most important battle of his short life using the only tools he has...his smile and positive attitude. This touched her heart deeply and the "Hidden Heroes" project was born.
What is the "Hidden Heroes" project? The HH project is our way of giving a terminally ill child a representation of just what heroes they really are by drawing them into their very own personalized comic book. The child will be the main character of their own 16 page professionally drawn full color comic book that features items directly from that child's life and experiences and the child will be given 5 copies of the finished comic at absolutely no charge.
We plan to do a five child pilot program and are hoping to raise enough funds to hire five separate indy artist/writer teams to produce the books. We are also working with the good folks over at What The Flux Comics and Comix WellSpring to print the books.
Along with the Hidden Heroes project, we plan to use the funding to produce a one-shot comic featuring superhero kids which will be used as a fundraising vehicle to keep generating funds for the Hidden Heroes project beyond this Kickstarter campaign.
Every little bit helps, so please pledge what you can!!
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Aug 12, 2011 -
Oct 11, 2011
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If you are kind enough to pledge us one dollar we will send you an Ecard and a Giant Virtual Hug!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2011Pledge $5 or more
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For a pledge of five dollars we will list your name on our "Thank You" page on our website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2011Pledge $10 or more
7 backers
For a pledge of ten dollars we will HAND WRITE you a thank you card and mail it to you as well as list your name on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Nov 2011Pledge $25 or more
15 backers
For your pledge of twenty-five dollars we will send you a copy of the one-shot book we are producing with What The Flux Comics! This will be a limited run special book directly related to this project. You will get this as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Nov 2011Pledge $50 or more
5 backers
For your fifty dollar pledge you will receive one of our awesome T-shirts showing your support for the Hidden Heroes Project! You will get this and a copy of the one-shot book as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Nov 2011Pledge $75 or more
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If you pledge seventy-five dollars we will send you an enlarged artists print of a scene from the book signed by the artists. You will get this and a copy of the one-shot book as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Nov 2011Pledge $100 or more
5 backers
A pledge of one-hundred dollars will get your name printed in the "Thank You" section in the back of one of the books we actually give the children. The child will be able to read your name in the back of his/her book and know YOU helped support their book! You will get this and a copy of the one-shot book as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011Pledge $150 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
For ponying up one-hundred and fifty dollars we will put your name and personal message on your OWN page at the back of one of the books we actually give the children. There are only five books being made so this is limited to five pledges!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011Pledge $250 or more
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For going in whole hog and pledging two-hundred and fifty dollars you will receive a cameo appearance in one of the books we actually give the children! Along with this we will send you an enlarged print of your cameo appearance and a copy of the one-shot book as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see! There will only be two cameos per book.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011Pledge $1,000 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
Whoa...if you are willing to pledge one-thousand dollars we will have YOU written in as the hero's sidekick. The child-hero of the story and you will fight the evil forces side by side! You will get this, a t-shirt, a hand-written thank you and a copy of the one-shot book as well as your name listed on the website for the whole world to see!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011
