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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 7, 2012.

Off to the Printer...

Update #18 · Jun 22, 2012 · 16 comments

We finally finished putting together the new version of Daisy Kutter yesterday and the files are being uploaded at this very moment.  The book features new front and back matter designs, a dark grey interior cover design, the four mini-series covers in full color at full bleed, and of course the entire book converted to CMYK with the pages cleaned/restored.  We also put an ISBN bar code on it and registered it with the Library of Congress.  Now it's going to be up to the printer to see how nicely this book comes out.  From a design standpoint, I think this is one of the nicer books we've packaged, so I'm pretty excited.

I am now beginning work on the new volume of Amulet, but I will also be drawing the original art pieces for our Kickstarter backers.  These pieces will be posted in the updates while we wait for the books (a process that I believe will take about 6-7 weeks).

We're also beginning to put together two more books that are very near completion. I wanted to wait until we made sure the Daisy Kutter books printed nicely and we were able to get them to all of you safely before beginning the next project, but I'm starting to think we can just move ahead with them soon.  So stay tuned if you're interested in seeing what we're cooking up.

For those of you that are interested in the creation and business of comics, I was featured in two recent podcasts that you might be interested in: Kids Comics Revolution, and Making Comics.  And an interview over at Publishers Weekly about our anthology, Explorer: The Mystery Boxes.  Thank you all again for your support, and now your patience!  We are getting near the end of fulfilling this campaign, and we have you all to thank for it.

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      Creator jess smart smiley on July 16, 2012

      I can't wait to see this thing!

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      sorry i think i mite have posted 7 or 8 of same comment can u delete

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator David L on July 7, 2012

      will u b doing more kickstarter projects * please say yes! *

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      Creator Angel on June 24, 2012

      I'm a huge fan of Amulet, so I'm delighted to know that there is another volume penciled into your day planner :)

      Very very excited for both projects now!

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      Creator Karen Beilharz on June 22, 2012

      Yay! I'm so excited :) Thanks for the updates!

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      Creator Suzie Q Sailaway on June 22, 2012

      More excitement! I love how so many great comic/art book projects that have been launched here lately. :) Thanks for the update!

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      Creator Kazu Kibuishi on June 22, 2012

      Antonio > a) Yes. b) Yes. c) Yes, but this time we will immediately offer premium versions of the books, and explore the idea of adding extras down the road. :)

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      Creator Antonio Garcia on June 22, 2012

      Sooo, basically:

      a) Book will soon be a reality.
      b) You've got other projects waiting.
      c) We'll be able to show our support here at Kickstarter to make them a reality, and to get the best possible version of each book, thanks to the magic of stretch goals.

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