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This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 18.
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Our undying love and affection. And a hug from Alex if you ever see her at a convention.
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Exclusive serialised digital version of ASHES (via the awesome folks at Comixology). Get the book a year before everyone else as chapters are released to you in seven instalments (chapters 1 & 2 will ship together) when finished! This digital serialised edition is ONLY available to Kickstarter participants!
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Beautiful hardback limited edition of ASHES, out of a one-time-only numbered print run of 1,000. This may be the ONLY time the book is ever printed, and it is ONLY available to Kickstarter participants. Once it's gone, it's gone! If there is a trade edition it will ship at least 6 months after this one. Plus you receive the serialised digital edition too! (And a hug.) We ship these books free, to anywhere.
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The limited, numbered hardback edition, signed and dedicated to the reader by both Alex and Jimmy. A great present for a friend or loved one! Plus the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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::UNLOCKED REWARD!!!::: A signed, dedicated limited hardback edition of Ashes PLUS a signed, dedicated print edition of Valentine Book 1 (which has been made possible by exceeding the Ashes funding goal -- THANK YOU!!!), the digital, serialised edition of Ashes, and the hug.
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RETAILER BUNDLE! For comic stores only. Five numbered, limited edition hardbacks (4 unsigned, 1 signed) PLUS bundled digital versions you can sell in your store starting Jan 2012. If we are funded, stores purchasing this bundle will be the only place latecomers can buy Ashes in 2012. For more details & a full explanation of how this works, see Update 3. We deliver worldwide but Aus/NZ/Asia we will need to charge you a bit extra to ship the hardbacks.
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A signed and dedicated colour galley proof from the book. Each proof is a unique page; there are no doubles. Plus the limited hardback edition, signed and dedicated to the reader by both Alex and Jimmy, and the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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A signed, dedicated limited edition, plus the inclusion of your name in the front of the book in this edition plus ALL future editions in a "special thanks". Plus the unique signed and dedicated colour galley proof, the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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A signed, dedicated limited edition, with your name included in "special thanks" AND a hand-drawn cover that is uniquely yours. Each of the 20 covers will be different. Plus the unique signed and dedicated colour galley proof, the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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An original piece of painted art from the glorious, gorgeous, fully-painted section of the book. This is the ONLY art from the book that will ever be for sale. Plus the signed, dedicated limited edition, with your name included in "special thanks", the unique signed and dedicated colour galley proof, and the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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Become a secondary character in the book! Your name and likeness given to an important supporting character. We have great characters for both men and women (and a particularly good pair suitable for a m/f or f/f couple). Plus the unique signed and dedicated colour galley proof, the signed, dedicated limited edition, with your name included in "special thanks", and the digital, serialised version and the hug.
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Alex de Campi has written creator-owned graphic novels for IDW, Tokyopop, and Humanoïdes (in France), plus stories for Dark Horse and an issue of Batman that DC has yet to publish. Her music videos for acts as diverse as Amanda Palmer, Black Francis, Los Campesinos!, Art Brut and the Puppini Sisters have been shown everywhere from SXSW to onedotzero.
Jimmy Broxton is an artist who has drawn or inked on countless well known titles, including (but not limited to) Knight and Squire, Batman, Catwoman, Lucifer, Spider-man, The Unwritten, Daredevil, and Detective Comics.
Chip kidd? Or tim sale? I also LOVE MATT WAGNER design work for the cover.
Alex, your book would have been on my list regardless of the artist. I appreciate your difficulties in separating backers into the patient and the disappointed, but I am in the first group and don't require any refund pending your decision on the future of Ashes.
You have my very best wishes for that future.
Dear Alex,
I'm sorry about the drama, and I know you're probably pretty overwhelmed right now with everything that's happened these last few months. I just want to let you know that I really hope you don't give up on making this book. You raised a lot of money with all of your hard work, and even -he- still says you wrote a great script. I know you'll find a great artist willing to work with you to finish it the way you know it needs to look. I'll gladly wait as long as it takes, because I believe in you and I believe in this project.
Best Wishes,
Ned
Alex, take some time off the project, get rejuvenated, extend your personal deadline for a new artist and we'll still be here when you get back ready to read your kick@ss story.
I wish you strenght and all the best.
I have only a vague concept of how difficult this has been for you Alex. It sounds like it sucked pretty hard. Only thing I do know is that I want to read Ashes. And, since you wrote it, I'm going to assume you want to hold the thing in your hands. You can get this done. I believe you can. Good luck.
What a shame it had to come to this, after reading what Jimmy had to sat on The Beat he comes off like a person trying to save himself .
If this book can go forward with a new artist i'm all in. If not, i hope you find it in yourself to not get too despondent and give up on it.
Best of wishes form me to you, and this project.
Hopefully you will find a new artist, as I backed the book knowing you wrote Smoke. I sincerely hope I don't get a refund and receive a finished product. I truly appreciate all the transparency on your end.
It is a shame that you and Mr. Broxton had to part ways. His art was half the reason I backed the project.
But your writing is the other half. So I'm sticking with you. Best of luck on the new artist hunt, and hang in there.
Good luck finding a new artist, I trust you'll find someone great!
Keep in there Alex!
Alex, didn't mean to imply you were going to spend it on a holiday... I understood it was a joke. Congrats on the success!
Ayul -- not Barbados territory (that was a joke, anyway), but it sure is Give The Artist A Raise, & Get Valentine Trade Printed territory!
Martin -- most definitely. I'm planning a less ambitious Kickstarter in March for future episodes of Valentine, with the printed book as reward. Margaret the Damned, now I can get back to writing it... once it's finished and I have an artist attached, we'll figure out what the next steps are.
Congratulations Alex, will we see more from you on Kickstarter, Valentine or Margaret the Damned perhaps?
So is that Barbados territory? ;-) Congrats on getting your project successfully funded! Must feel incredible. Very much looking forward to reading the book.
I look forward to receiving it :D. Since I've never read anything from either of you other than some of VALENTINE, this is pretty much a gamble. I have faith in you guys XD. You can thank Julian Darius, of sequart.com (great comics criticism and essays site) for posting a link to this on facebook. In case you want a general idea of who's reading your book, I'm in high school.
Yay!! Congratulations Alex and Jimmy and a big pat on the back to all of us! :D I eagerly await next December!
Yeah! Congratulations! I'm lookin forward to reading it. My tablet is waiting!
congrats to all the backers and most especially to the writer and artist of this very special project! I'm looking forward to reading it!
woop woop
Congrats. To all of you really. Very exciting and excited.
$27,014!!! Ashes is going to be made!
WOOOOOOO SMOKE IT! 2 Ashes!
it's going to happen :)
lovely!
Almost there!
Hello Redheaded Pharmacist! Yes, publishing right now is a frustrating situation. Not only is the industry experiencing cataclysmic change, the economy is in the pooper right now so nobody wants to take risk. And, frankly, a lot of people write comics. Many of them have much more titles published than me, and have sold many more books. So, to Kickstarter I must go. Thank you for your support!
Really looking forward to your reddit AMA in a few days.
$831 left to go by the time I write this!
I'm so excited about this graphic novel. yesterday I watched the teaser pages and they look awesome. less than $1000 to go in 2 weeks. should be enough time!
Question from a new backer for Alex: Why is the publishing environment so difficult for comics? You'd think that someone with your track record would be able to get a better deal from a traditional publisher and not need a public funding project to get this book done but a 50% cut just to publish a trade is ridiculous in my book! Good luck to you and Jimmy on this project.
I just backed your project. I am a big fan of Smoke so good luck in making this work, Alex.
You're so close! Am posting on facebook to all my fellow comic readers. Hopefully this helps!
Thanks for Valentine and good luck with Ashes!
I did it!
Maybe if we all up our pledges by 10-20 bucks!
fingers crossed here too
Less than six thousand to go and twenty-five days to do it. Fingers crossed!
Jimmy is amazing! I can't wait to get this book in my hands!
Sweeet, less than 7,000 to go!
Hi Courtland! Thank you, what a nice thing to say! I very much want to finish Valentine. In a perfect world, we'll raise enough to make Ashes AND to publish the print edition of Valentine... then hopefully Valentine can self fund (book sales fund future digital episodes).
Valentine is awesome - I hope you get to finish it! Looking forward to reading both Smoke and Ashes.
A sequel to SMOKE? Count me in! Best of luck to you :)
To trumpet what Victor is saying, Smoke is fantastic and if you have an ipad (which I love reading comics on) you can snag it EVEN CHEAPER at Comixology... 99 cents an issue for a total of $2.97 and no shipping!!!
I can't wait to start reading this. Smoke is still one of my favorite books. I re-read it every now and again. For anyone here that is posting that they will check out Smoke if they like Ashes... Go buy Smoke now. It is out, it is amazing. The art is by Igor Kordey and is gorgeous. You can snag it cheap on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Alex-Campi/dp/193323928X
Almost half way there!
Hi Martin! Kickstarter asked us to take them down. But we are still selling the rights, as it says in the main project description now you have to contact us rather than just hitting them as rewards.
Where are the rights pledge listings gone to?
Yay! 25% of funding pledged!
I have yet t read your work however I enjoyed your video. I do hope you succeed !
Thank you, Barry! I don't tweet as often as some but I try to keep it interesting. If nothing else, it's a handy notepad for me to jot down the neat stuff I come across.
I'm not really a graphics novel kind of guy, but this pledge is for the Bob Edwards interview, the phenomenally enlightening Tweeted links, and support for an artist and a dreamer. Looking forward to the finished work, and best wishes for meeting your, er, OUR goal.