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A female cropduster pilot fights to save her daughter from Nazis in 1940's Texas! DOWNLOAD THE FIRST 40 PAGES FREE!

DUSTER: The Graphic Novel

A female cropduster pilot fights to save her daughter from Nazis in 1940's Texas! DOWNLOAD THE FIRST 40 PAGES FREE!
A female cropduster pilot fights to save her daughter from Nazis in 1940's Texas! DOWNLOAD THE FIRST 40 PAGES FREE!
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Micah Wright
Micah Wright
468 backers pledged $28,151 to help bring this project to life.
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For Those Who Missed Out

Hello! If you've just now stumbled across the DUSTER book project on Kickstarter, don't worry, it's not too late! You can still get a copy!

Unsigned copies can be purchased... Read more

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Digital Copies Have Gone Out!

Hello Duster Army! 

Yesterday we sent out download codes for the Duster Complete Digital Edition at Comixology... and thus passed the final milestone for this Kickstarter Campaign!

If you're expecting... Read more

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Books have shipped! Signature cards have shipped! Shirts and prints are next

According to Amazon, all books have shipped. At least to everyone who told Kickstarter their address. Those of you who got a signed copy, your signature cards are in the... Read more

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Signing Party

Just a quick update; the books are on 3 different freighters steaming for American ports in Oakland, Baltimore, and New York. Our bet is on Oakland arriving first sometime next... Read more

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Guess What We're Holding?

Our printer overnight shipped us two copies of the Duster hardback yesterday...

We ripped them open and eagerly pawed through them...

Then we ran outside and posed like giddy schoolboys! 

... Read more
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Printing Signatures...

Hello Duster Army!

We wanted to give you a brief patriotic update as we head into the July 4th holiday season... your books are being printed as we speak!  Attached... Read more

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Final Approvals: Go To Print!

Great News, Duster Army, we have received our final printing proof and as of five minutes ago, we have approved it and our printers are moving forward to printing the... Read more

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Gone to the Printers!

Great News, Duster Army!

The sample print pages look great, they revealed a small error in our process, we've spent the last week fixing that problem throughout the book, and... Read more

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Pre-Press Color Check

Fantastic News, DUSTER Army!  Our printer has our test pages for printing color tests. We'll be getting back sample pages, endpapers, and covers fresh off the printing press within the... Read more

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Great News!

Good news from the homefront, Duster Army!

First up, we now have in hand a kick-ass foreword to Duster written by our friend and mentor, Martin Olson! If you don’t... Read more

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Duster Is Moving Forward!

Hello, Duster Army! 

We're sorry that it’s been so long since our last update... you must have thought you’d all been decommissioned--but we’re back with news! 

Again, we apologize for... Read more

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Duster: In Final Stages of Prep!

Hello Duster Backers!

Well, we hit a few snags with the production process, but rest assured that we are plunging ahead. We had a few art errors we noticed in... Read more

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Coloring, Lettering, Sound Effects!

Duster Army, at long last, lettering and effects are complete! Our special donor characters have been finalized and put into the book. Final color corrections are still coming in, and... Read more

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Coloring Finished!

Hello, Duster Army!

We are pleased to announce EXCELLENT news: Duster is fully colored! After a few small color corrections are made, we need to finalize the color of the sound... Read more

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Finished Inking!

Hello, Duster Army!

We are pleased to announce EXCELLENT news: Duster is inked! After a few small corrections are made to the final 16 pages, we will be completely finished... Read more

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DUSTER Graphic Novel Update - With an EXCLUSIVE Short Story Preview!

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Update 19: Now With iPad Wallpaper

Hello Duster Army!

It's August 14th... and it's time once again for a Duster update!  Last time we had a special donors-only desktop wallpaper that we made available, and this... Read more

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DUSTER: Top Secret!

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News... On The March!

Hello Duster Army!

It's March, and Spring is in the air... along with a planeful of Nazis!  Yes, you guessed it, it's your bimonthly Kickstarter update on the progress of... Read more

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Duster Kickstarter 2013 Update

Hello Duster Army!

Well, the holidays are over and as promised we've emerged from our eggnog comas with a new update on the progress of DUSTER!

  • LAYOUTS: The thumbnails for... Read more
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Duster Progress Report #2

Hello Duster Army!

Here we are again, for our bimonthly-or-so update on the progress of DUSTER!

LAYOUTS: We now have the book thumbnailed up through page 184!  Out of 215!... Read more

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Duster Progress Report #1

Hello Duster Army!

Well, it's been one month and 15 days since we hit our fundraising goal on Duster, and while we don't want to KickSpam™ you to death with... Read more

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We Did It!

Hello Duster fans and contributors,

At exactly 12:01 am on Tuesday morning, DUSTER achieved its funding goal, assuring that the book will be completed, and some time next year we... Read more

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Successfully raised $28,151 with 468 backers

Duster Rough by Carla Speed McNeil

We're thrilled to show you, our awesome backers, a new rough sketch by Carla Speed McNeil of Jo and her Stearman cropduster. Carla is the hyper-talented creator of FINDERand... Read more

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Duster's In The Home Stretch!

60 Hours to go... we wrap up VERY soon, and we still need $2,160 before we fully fund!  We think we're to achieve our goal, but we can't do it... Read more

3 Pieces of Great News!

1) Jay Lender just got nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program for his episode "The Doonkleberry Imperative" of Disney's Phineas And Ferb!  Everyone on Duster... Read more

Charlie Adlard Rough Design Unveiled!

Hello, Duster Army!

Yes, that's you!  You've been "drafted for duration of the war plus six months," just like in World War II -- nothing like a little conscription to... Read more

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Duster Hits 300 and Breaks $20,000! Only $5,915 to go!

Good news! We've hit (and passed) 300 contributors and only have $5915 left to raise in the next 6 days, 8 hours, and 25 minutes! 

To help us achieve that... Read more

Duster enters the final stretch! Only 6 Days To Go!

Hello Duster Contributors!  

We have 6 days remaining in our Kickstarter campaign and we still have $6,222 left to raise!  This is where YOU can help us out!  Here's... Read more

Rosie The Riveter Special Unlocked!

Hello, and a hearty thank you to all of our current backers.  With only 9 days remaining, there are 283 of you, and we truly appreciate your pledges of support.... Read more

Experience the thrill of flying in a Stearman biplane!

In our efforts to fund the book, we've unveiled a new contribution reward for our graphic novel Duster: a flight in a Stearman Kaydet biplane trainer! No matter where you... Read more

So We Made A Horrible Mistake...

...because we forgot that there was this little thing coming up called San Diego Comic Con, and it's happening square in the middle of our Kickstarter campaign for our graphic... Read more

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Duster T-Shirt Preliminary Design Unveiled AND New Pledge Reward: Fly In A Real Biplane!

Our rough shirt design is here -- this is NOT the final artwork, it'll be far more detailed and glorious than this rough design, but a lot of people were... Read more

50% -- We're Halfway Home Thanks To You!

WE JUST HIT 50% OF OUR FUNDING GOAL!

Thank you.

With 24 days remaining, we just hit our midway point! We are extremely grateful to all of you who have... Read more

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30%! Whoooo!

Hello all you fine, fine contributors to DUSTER!

We’ve been dreaming of this project for years and it’s amazing to finally see it happening.  We know we couldn’t do it... Read more
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