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      Miguel Jorge on August 1, 2010

      All I can say is: YESSS!!!
      I've been looking forward to this since I met you at NYCC a couple years ago.

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      Dave Ryan on July 29, 2010

      Thanks Andrew!

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      Andrew on July 29, 2010

      Glad I could help. I've been looking forward to this!

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      RInterverse on July 27, 2010

      Congratulations on hitting that goal! I'll make sure to say hi at NYCC!

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      Dave Ryan on July 27, 2010

      Thanks Dave!

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      David W. Ryan on July 27, 2010

      You did it! Congrats!

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      Dave Ryan on July 23, 2010

      Ha, thanks Joel!

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      Joel A Danford on July 23, 2010

      Well, I can't drink alcohol anymore so I figured I'd spend that money on something worthwhile. ;)

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      Nigel Flood on July 22, 2010

      Fingers crossed it all works out. There is still alittle over a week left

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      Dave Ryan on July 21, 2010

      Thanks Jacob, Kickstarter is not Plan A but it would help. Hope to see you at NYCC!

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      Jacob Ketron on July 21, 2010

      Hey Dave,
      I wish you the best of luck but I hope you have a Plan B just in case. War of the Independents is a crossover that I've looked forward to for a couple years now. You can do it!

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CEREBUS REWARD • Pledge $10 and get a downloadable double-sized 50 PAGE Preview of the first 2 issues in PDF format containing inked pages of the first issue AND YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR IN THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN ISSUE #1.

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TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN REWARD: An AUTOGRAPHED ISSUE of War of the Independents #1, plus a limited edition War of the Independents sketchbook available only to backers of the project. •Your name will be printed in the Acknowledgments section of the book. • . Free shipping included for all US residents. Please include an extra $6 for international shipping.

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THE CAPTAIN CANUCK REWARD: package includes all the previous rewards plus a limited edition T-SHIRT and a SIGNED ARCHIVAL PRINT of the first issue's cover.

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THE BOMB QUEEN REWARD: package includes all the previous rewards plus an ORIGINAL SKETCH and signed copies of ALL 6 ISSUES of WAR OF THE INDEPENDENTS. You also get a printed credit inside the comic book!

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THE MR. MONSTER REWARD: includes all the previous rewards, plus you get to own an ORIGINAL COMIC ART PAGE from an issue of WAR OF THE INDEPENDENTS. These pages are all hand drawn in black and white and measure 11 by 17 inches, perfect for framing. You get to pick the page you want from a pool of 30 pages, first come, first served! As a bonus, you get THREE signed copies of each issue instead of just one. Please include an extra $30 for international shipping and insurance.

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THE FAUST REWARD: includes all the previous rewards, but your ORIGINAL COMIC ART PAGE isn't just a random comic book page. Your original comic art page includes an actual CAMEO of your comic creation! That's right, your character will be drawn directly into the comic and then you get to OWN that page of art! That's the truth Ruth. (Please note that references of your character will be required for this process). It's a chance to get your creation into print!

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Comic book creator as well as fine artist, David Ryan was born, 1965, Bayonne, New Jersey. Raised on a menu of comic book culture fused with iconic Rockwellian imagery, Dave Ryan began taking art lessons as a child and at the age of 18 saw an exhibition of Vincent van Gogh’s postimpressionistic paintings, which helped inspire him to become a painter. His body of work focuses primarily on painting portraits, fusing a realistic, larger than life iconic image laden with a Lichtenstein-esque undertone adorned with semi-impressionistic techniques. These images represent a very human, undeniable view of the subjects, given the scale of attention to the brushstroke itself, while also presenting a rather grand, iconic view of the sitters, given the monumental and confrontational quality of the works. He has received his BA in 1991 from New Jersey City State College, in Jersey City, NJ.

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