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EVERY BACKER GETS A LITTLE TASTE. If you pledge even $1 to Cartozia Tales, you'll get to see our backer-exclusive updates, which will include links to PDFs of the entire first and second issues. (Second issue will post in mid-September.) We are convinced that if you sample Cartozia Tales, you will want to increase your support and subscribe.
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Our thanks for your support, and a copy of the Alphabetical Bestiary of Cartozia, twenty-six creature sketches with accompanying poems, which shipped out as the "fun bonus" for bonus subscribers with the first issue of Cartozia Tales.
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You get a little more thanks! The "Alphabetical Bestiary of Cartozia" (as at $4), plus the "Introduction to the Principles of Cartozian Magic," which goes out to all bonus-level subscribers with issue #2.
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GREETINGS FROM CARTOZIA: A complete set of 15 different sturdy full-color postcards, with assorted images including several front covers, a couple of paper cut-and-stand figures, and at least one card drawn by each of our core contributors.
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CARTOZIA ON YOUR WALL: A snazzy, high-quality, full-color prints, about 8" x 10", of one of our cover images or other color pieces. (Watch for an update that shows some options, though I'll ask for your selection after the sixth or seventh issue is published, by which time MANY MORE options will be available.) Selections will include work by the regular contributors, plus Leah Palmer Preiss, Brittney Sabo, Evan Dahm, and more. IF YOU ALSO WANT A SUBSCRIPTION, add the appropriate amount ($68 or $89) to your pledge, plus $40 if you're subscribing outside the U.S..
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NON-CARTOZIA MONSTERFIGHT SILKSCREEN: You get one of five monster-fight silkscreen prints by Shawn Cheng. (These are not strictly Cartozian monsters, so they're a touch cheaper than the custom Cartozia print at $40 below.) See update #12 for details, and leave a comment on update #12 to call dibs on a particular print after pledging if you want to claim it. If you also want a subscription, add the appropriate amount (plus international postage if neccessary) to your pledge.
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$35: ROGUES' GALLERY: A postcard-sized original watercolor drawing of a pirate you co-create for the fearsome crew of the "Thurim's Tooth." (They'll appear in a future issue!) You'll send us a name for a pirate and a bit of description, Isaac will do some design sketches, and Lucy will paint him or her. First person to pledge $50 here gets to describe the ship's captain! If seven or more people pledge for this reward, you can also add $30 to get a 8" x 10" print of a portrait of the whole crew, in ink and watercolor, by Ben Towle. If you want the pirate portrait AND a subscription, add $65 (or $85 for the bonus level), plus any relevant international shipping.
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DIGITAL (PDF) SUBSCRIPTION: As the print issues come out, you will receive private links to a screen-resolution PDF version of each issue. Your pledge will support the artists' per-page fees, but none of it needs to be spent on postage or printing. IF YOU ALSO WANT A NON-LIMITED PHYSICAL REWARD, add the dollar amount for that reward (unless it's a print subscription: see $57), plus any international shipping charges.
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HALF-SUBSCRIPTION: Maybe you want to be more sure what you're getting into; maybe you don't want to drop quite so much dough but you still want to support the cause. You'll get the first five issues on the regular schedule, and a couple of email reminders to sign up for the last five before the sixth one ships.
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CARTOZIAN MONSTERFIGHT SILKCREEN: One copy of a hand-pulled 9" x 12" two- or three-color silkscreen print designed and produced by Shawn Cheng, featuring two crazy Cartozian beasts locked in awesome combat. Updates about this print will come later in the campaign, but you may want to reserve your copy now. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PRINT AND A TEN-ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION, manually add either $68 or $89 to your pledge total (either $108 or $129) and $45 more if you need international shipping.
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PATIENT BUT EFFICIENT: You will receive a complete subscription, but bundled in only two shipments: issues 1-5 after #5 is printed (probably Jan. 2014); issues 6-10 after #10 is printed (probably Sept. 2014). This would put you out of communication with Cartozia for a really long time, but especially for international bidders it could be a good option. If you want the fun bonuses for each issue as well, manually add $20 to your pledge amount.
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GET THE REST OF 'EM: A subscription to the last eight issues for Cartozia Tales (#3-#10). If you already have the first two issues and want to sign on for the rest of the run, this is the reward level for you! Third issue will ship a few weeks after the campaign succeeds.
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SCIENCE FOR BEGINNERS: Four book-length comics about science (astronomy, primatology, paleontology, and evolutionary theory), autographed to you or your child and doodled in by the Cartozian contributors who drew them! Plus, you get the two small books listed at the $7 pledge, because that's as close to science as we're likely to get. See Update #12 for full details. If you'd also like a basic subscription, add just $60 to your pledge.
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CARTOZIA ON YOUR WALLS: Three snazzy, high-quality, full-color art prints, as described in the $28 reward above. You'll get to choose the images for your prints after we've had covers by Eleanor Davis, Evan Palmer, Damien Jay, Tara Abbamondi, and others: there will be some gorgeous stuff to choose from. IF YOU ALSO WANT A SUBSCRIPTION, add either $85 (bonuses) or $65 (no bonuses) to your pledge, plus $40 if you're subscribing outside the U.S. Yes, subscribing is a little cheaper for appreciators of fine art like you.
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PATIENT AND EFFICIENT (BUT NOT THAT PATIENT): You will get the ten issues in two bundles, as at the $50 reward, but you'll ALSO get a PDF subscription that comes to you as the issues ship. It's the best of both worlds!
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AVERY FATBOTTOM CAMEO: Jen Vaughn will give you (or another adult you know) a walk-on cameo (so you appear in a couple of panels) in a future issue of her new hit digital comic, "Avery Fatbottom: Renaissance Fair Detective." (Please note this comic is not intended for young readers.) You'll supply photo reference and communicate with Jen after the campaign concludes. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE CAMEO AND A SUBSCRIPTION, manually add either $68 or $89 to your pledge for a total of $193 or $214.
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ORIGINAL PIN-UP: One black-and-white pin-up drawing, at least 5" x 5", of a Cartozia character or creature of your choice, drawn by one of the core Cartozia cartoonists. We will try to incorporate your suggestions for the image and to assign your piece to the cartoonist of your choosing.
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THE BASIC SUBSCRIPTION: One ten-issue subscription to Cartozia Tales. The first two issues will be shipped when the campaign ends; the next eight will ship about once every five weeks.
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ORIGINAL CARTOZIA-STYLE PORTRAIT: Our core contributor Sarah Becan will draw you or your child in Cartozian garb of your choice, in a lightly suggested Cartozian locale of your choice. Full color (watercolor) original art, about 6" x 9". You'll provide some photo reference (and your choice of attire) after the campaign concludes. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PORTRAIT AND A TEN-ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION, manually add either $68 or $89 to your pledge total (either $148 or $169) and $45 more if you need international shipping.
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SUBSCRIPTION WITH BONUSES: One ten-issue subscription to Cartozia Tales, with FUN BONUSES in every subscription envelope. The first two issues (and bonuses) will be shipped when the campaign ends; the next eight will ship about once every five weeks.
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LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS: A ten-issue subscription, plus access to our curriculum of activities (on cartooning, mapmaking, storytelling, etc.), plus 30 full-color bookmarks and a 2'x3' poster drawn by our core cartoonists. The poster features Malith (a librarian of Erissa), her daily struggles in a library of rare enchanted tomes, and her inspiration in nurturing the curiosity of young readers. (It's funny and just a little sweet.) Add $15 to receive the "fun bonuses" for each issue; add $55 (+$35 if international) to receive two copies of each issue.
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RETAILER SPECIAL: Receive 10 copies of issue #1, 6 copies of issue #2, and 4 copies of issues #3-#5, with an option to order further issues or back-issues at a retailer price after the campaign concludes. Also includes a bunch of promotional postcards (40 or so) if you want them. Add $30 ($152) to your pledge to receive two fancy prints of our cover images; add $60 ($182) to receive five fancy prints. To pledge in for 4 copies of each of the last five issues, too, add $110. Be prepared to furnish proof that you are buying on behalf of a retail store.
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BRAD McGINTY (NO RELATION): Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you will also get a 4" x 5" drawing (with watercolor) of a Cartozia character of your choosing, donated by friend-of-the-project Brad McGinty (no relation to Lupi).
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PUT YOURSELF ON THE MAP: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you get to put your name, or your child's name, on the map of Cartozia. We will give you a few options (about what sort of features bear your name) when the campaign concludes, then place your name on the official map, possibly for stories to be set there.
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SECRET MESSAGE: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you will also get to hide a brief coded message (within reason) in one of the stories. We'll ask for the message and when (more or less) you'd like it delivered, then one of our crafty cartoonists will build it into the story and we'll tell you where to look. Could be great if you're getting the subscription as a gift for a kid code-breaker: hide a happy birthday in the appropriate issue!
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VISIT THE BAZAAR OF DRENA: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you (or your child) will also appear in full color and in Cartozian garb on the back cover of an upcoming issue, inhabiting a hectic bazaar drawn by Caitlin Lehman and visited by her cartographer character Terrim the Journeyer. You'll supply us with photo reference after the campaign concludes. IF YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE A HIGH-QUALITY PRINT of the image (at about 8" x 10"), please add $24 to your pledge.
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ORIGINAL PIN-UP II: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but one of the core cartoonists will draw an original black-and-white pin-up (at least 5" x 5") of a Cartozia character of your choosing. (We'll also try to give you your first pick of cartoonists.) We'll ask you for pin-up requests after you've had a chance to read a few issues.
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CALL THE SHOTS: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but in one interval between issues (our choice) you will also get to ask a question that will (within reason) be answered by one of the stories in the following issue.
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ORIGINAL ART FOR A WHOLE STORY: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you will be receive the original art for an entire four-page story by one of our core creators. See the "updates" section soon for news about which stories are available.
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THE FULL HOUSE: Four fun-bonus subscriptions (as at the $89 level) delivered to the same address. Save $50 by cutting down on our shipping costs.
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ONE-SEMESTER CLASSROOM BUNDLE: Ten FIVE-ISSUE subscriptions to Cartozia Tales, all sent to the same place, plus ten copies of the fun bonuses for those issues, plus a PDF of some suggestions for classroom discussion & activities. You'll also receive access to a PDF of each issue. Plus, you can schedule a half-hour Skype session with the series editor Isaac Cates. If your students will not be in the same class all year, this may be a better option than the $750 pledge.
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TEN-ISSUE CLASSROOM BUNDLE: Ten full "fun bonus" subscriptions to Cartozia Tales, all sent to the same place, plus a PDF of some suggestions for classroom discussion (about cartooning, storytelling, cartography, self-publishing, and more). You'll have access to the PDFs of each issue. You will also be able to schedule a half-hour Skype session from your classroom with the series editor Isaac Cates and at least one of the core cartoonist contributors.
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SHAWN'S MONSTER ABCs & NUMBERS: Copies of four little counting and alphabet minicomics by Shawn Cheng featuring mythological beasts, including "Hercules Counts to XII" and "Lamentations of Ridiculous Creatures." Any nerdy-cool kid would LOVE these little books. If you also want a Cartozia Tales subscription, add $68 or $89 to your pledge.
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TINY BIRDS: You can commission a very small (2" x 3") watercolor painting of a bird by Lucy Bellwood, one of the core Cartozia cartoonists. A word or two of dialogue on the painting is okay, too. Yes, you can ask her to paint a ruff crow, an ebawn, or a philosopher bird.
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FASTEST SWORD(S) IN FERNGENDROYTEN: You are one of two speedy bargain-hunters who were able to claim full ten-issue subscriptions (see $68, below) for the price of half-subscriptions. You scoundrel!
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TRADING CARD PORTRAIT: Lupi McGinty will watercolor a very small (2" x 3") portrait of your favorite Cartozia character, or yourself or your child, or your child in Cartozian costume. (Accordian Academy uniform? Sylvia's pauldrons? Cloudherder garb? Your call.) We'll ship it in a plastic sleeve, like a trading card. IF YOU WANT TO ADD A SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REWARD, manually increase your pledge to $104 (plain) or $125 (bonus).
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FURTHER READING: get to know the core cartoonists outside of Cartozia! You will receive a bundle containing at least one kid-friendly self-published minicomic by each of the seven core contributors to Cartozia Tales.
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ORIGINAL UNICORN / MERFOLK PORTRAIT: Jen Vaughn will paint you, your child, or another person you know, in full-color watercolors, either riding a winged unicorn or transformed into a mermaid or merman. You'll provide some photo reference (and your choice of mythical beast) after the campaign concludes. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PORTRAIT AND A TEN-ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION, manually add either $68 or $89 to your pledge total (either $148 or $169).
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ORIGINAL BEASTRIDER PORTRAIT: Shawn Cheng will draw you, your child, or another person you know, in pen and ink, riding a Cartozian beast in Cartozian costume. You'll provide some photo reference (and your choice of beast) after the campaign concludes. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PORTRAIT AND A TEN-ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION, manually add either $68 or $89 to your pledge total (either $148 or $169) and $45 more if you need international shipping.
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DYLAN HORROCKS SKETCH: Dylan has generously offered to do three 8" x 5" sketches (ink, with some watercolor) of Cartozia characters of your choosing. Want a cute pin-up of Taco and Wick by the cartoonist who drew them first? That's just one option. IF YOU ALSO WANT A SUBSCRIPTION, add $68 or $89 (for $156 or $187), plus international shipping costs as necessary. (Or you can pledge $122 and get a digital subscription.)
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TINY BIRDS II: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you can also commission a tiny bird painting from Lucy Bellwood, as at the $20 level, above.
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WEEKLY CARTOZIA NEWS: Not only do you get a ten-issue subscription with fun bonuses (as at the $89 pledge), but you will also get weekly postcard updates from Isaac Cates, the editor of Cartozia Tales, about the progress of the current issue and other matters Cartozian.
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES: Mike Wenthe will translate one four-page Cartozia story of your choice into Yiddish, Spanish, French, or Middle English, then hand-letter the translation for you on sturdy cardstock paper. If you'd like the same story translated into two of his languages, add $80 to your pledge. IF YOU ALSO WANT A SUBSCRIPTION, add $89 (for a total of $209 or $289).
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