New illustrations, new rewards for everyone, and another page posted!
I'll stop posting these updates when YOU stop pushing us past reward thresholds like it isn't even a thing. Thank you all, again, a thousand times.
So! In the time since I last wrote, we've pushed past another couple of reward thresholds, which means prizes for everyone! We're up to 40 illustrations in the book, PLUS anyone who's donated enough to get ANY reward will now also be getting a second book: the first ever ebook Dinosaur Comics collection! It's two books for the price of one because you are all being amazing and I want to give you something back. There's never been a Dinosaur Comics digital book before, but I'm going to make it, SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU. Thank you for backing this project, and thank you for continuing to spread the word about it!
As a perk, here's another illustration from the book; I feel the events leading up to it are pretty self-explanatory. This is by Ryan Pequin!

As for the story, voting for the first page was 24 to 31 for CHOICE TWO, which can be summarized as "reading acknowledgements instead of the awesome book you just bought". My friends, I don't claim to understand your choices, but I do respect them.
Like last time, leave a comment with your vote for what to do next!
Acknowledgements And Thanks
No book comes together without an author feeling like thon's in debt to SOMEONE.
Thanks to MetaFilter for all the terrific advice on how to dispose of a body and not get caught (SPOILER ALERT: there are murders in this book!). They have a page just about this, did you know that? They’re one of the top search results for “how to dispose of a body”. And I guess also thanks to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for not getting me in trouble after I ran all those searches for "how to dispose of a body” and “I want to know how to get rid of a dead human body” and “gross dead body +how to hide it” and “what if I committed the murder act, how do I ditch the body not go to jail IT’S AN EMERGENCY??”
Thanks also Emily Horne, William Shakespeare, and Chef Michael Smith for the stew recipe (SPOILER ALERT: you can cook in this book too! It’s not murders ALL the time), for the expansive knowledge of boats and the seas in which they sail (SPOILER ALERT: play your cards right in this book and you just miiiiiiight gain command of a pirate ship, just - just be cool), and for retroactively ripping me off and making this book so famous (but which thank-you applies to which person?? That is for YOU to decide. Yes, even here in the acknowledgement parentheticals it's up to YOU to choose your own path, but I mean come on it’s pretty obvious).
Thanks to all my artist friends who draw all these pretty pictures in the book. You’ve made death into a visually-stunning treat, I'm pretty sure.
Finally, thanks to my extremely awesome wife Jenn for being extremely awesome, and to my brother Victor who confirmed over walkie talkie that the idea for this book was rad.
And thanks to you, for buying this book or at least picking it up and flipping to this page: that took initiative! As a reward, you get to continue to enjoy reading this book!!
CHOICE ALPHA: Okay, I'm ready now. I will choose my character!
CHOCE BETA: Um no, I'd rather read more acknowledgements! MORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, PLEASE.
CHOICE GAMMA: You know what? I'd prefer to know more about the author before I commit to anything.
PROTIP: guys seriously you don't want to know any more about me, I already talked myself up plenty here, alpha and beta are WHERE IT'S AT
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TOTALLY SWEET: The physical and future book (signed book and digital copy!) plus some Kickstarter-only temporary tattoos! One is of T-Rex saying "Sup?" and the other is of Utahraptor saying "WHATEVER". Don't you want these on your skin? Probably?? For non-US donors, please donate at least $35 total to accommodate shipping.
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SUPER AMAZINGLY RAD: Everything in AMAZINGLY RAD (signed hardcover book and digital copy) plus some Kickstarter-only temporary tattoos! One is of T-Rex saying "Sup?" and the other is of Utahraptor saying "WHATEVER". Don't you want these on your skin too? Probably you do?? For non-US donors, please donate at least $65 total to accommodate shipping.
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I WANT TO PUT THINGS ON MY BODY AND WALLS: Everything in the "TOTALLY SWEET" pack (signed book, digital copy, rad tats) AND a giant, gorgeous poster featuring an annotated flowchart for the entire book. You'll be able to go through the story just by staring at your wall. That's what living is all about, my friend.
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BEST BUDS FOREVER: a signed paperback copy of To Be Or Not To Be, PLUS a signed hardcover version too. And you get all the goodies in "SUPER AMAZINGLY RAD" tier twice! That means two bookmarks, two copies of the prequel, twice the tattoos, and so on. I hope fighting over who gets the hardcover version will not destroy your friendship :( Add $15 to ship outside the US.
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WHAT ABOUT ME THOUGH: Everything in the Super I Want To Put Things On My Body And Walls pack (hardcover book + poster + rad tats + digital copy), PLUS I'll write and sign and sketch a dinosaur in a separate pamphlet book containing a 100% all-new gamebook adventure starring YOU. Just tell me a bit about yourself and what sort of adventure you'd like to go on! You are now a patron of the arts with a custom minibook written about your wacky times! Put that on your epitaph, baby.
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ULTIMATE CHAMPION IN ALL POSSIBLE TIMELINES 2000: Everything in "ULTIMATE CHAMPION IN ALL POSSIBLE TIMELINES", plus your painting will be on a sexagonal canvas which makes it better and more valuable, plus you and I will have a nice conversation on the phone during where I'll ask you what T-Rex should be doing in the painting, and then we'll just talk about our feelings, during which time you will be given SEVERAL opportunities to choose where the conversation goes next.
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Comments
Creator Gabriel Romero on November 22, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Richard Fitch on November 22, 2012
Beta
Creator Sarah M on November 22, 2012
Beta!
Creator Wendel Scardua on November 22, 2012
Alex below said it is better, so I'll bet on Beta.
Creator Taylor Martin on November 22, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Daniel Irwin on November 22, 2012
Gamma. I WON'T LET YOU RULE MY LIFE RYAN.
Creator Alex on November 22, 2012
Beta is better
Creator Alexandra Becker on November 22, 2012
Alpha!!! although I appreciate the contrariness of those voting Gamma....
Creator David on November 22, 2012
Alpha. I am hungry and would like some cooking please.
Creator Kate Fox on November 22, 2012
Alpha! I am ready for KILLINGS.
Creator Holly on November 22, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Glen Sanger on November 22, 2012
Beta FTW
Creator Sn Cn on November 22, 2012
Gamma.
Creator Jeremy Day on November 22, 2012
Beta, I crave closure.
Creator Ian Adams on November 22, 2012
Beta!
Creator Richard Cook on November 22, 2012
Gamma!
Creator Hannah Frank on November 22, 2012
Beta
Creator Leah Dehnel on November 22, 2012
Gamma!
Creator Sarah Hill on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Colin Beerens on November 21, 2012
Beta beta beta
Creator Jessie on November 21, 2012
Alpha!!
Creator Timothy Peck on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Dave Huber on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Tine Nielsen on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Nate Dickson on November 21, 2012
Alpha for me!
Creator Will Scotland on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Michael Carens-Nedelsky on November 21, 2012
Alpha, for sure!
Creator Z Rider on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Elise Kendall on November 21, 2012
CHOICE BETA
Creator Amy V on November 21, 2012
Alpha, please!
Creator Bryan Rutherford on November 21, 2012
Alpha please :)
Creator Katrina Sauvé on November 21, 2012
GAMMA!
Creator FaolchuDonn on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Gisele Jobateh on November 21, 2012
Beta :D
Creator Chris King on November 21, 2012
Beta, please!
Creator Charles Clark on November 21, 2012
Alpha!
Creator Zachary Hearn on November 21, 2012
Inject us with GAMMA radiation!
Creator Caleb Huett on November 21, 2012
Gamma gamma gamma gamma gameleon
Creator Margolotte on November 21, 2012
Alpha please!
Creator Timmo Warner (Duck Duck GOO) on November 21, 2012
Gamma, please.
Creator Katie Harding on November 21, 2012
gamma
Creator Robin VanGilder on November 21, 2012
Gamma!
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS, MR. NORTH
Creator E.J.Olmos on November 21, 2012
Watch Calculon do paperwork! Beta!
Creator Jessica Cooreman on November 21, 2012
Gamma please (I'm secretly hoping that we will also learn more about Noam Chompsky with this choice).
Creator Shaun Gannon on November 21, 2012
#2, because i will always go with a choce.
Creator Anthony Robusto on November 21, 2012
Oh, I'm all about Gamma right now.
Creator Rose Goodison on November 21, 2012
Beta!
Creator John Tudball on November 21, 2012
Beta please.
Creator Doug Plesz on November 21, 2012
You can't tell me what to do! GAMMA!
Creator Jessica Tedder on November 21, 2012
We're supposed to be satisfied with incomplete acknowledgements? I think not. Beta!