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February's experiment: Lucky Penny!

Ananth — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:08:20 -0800

Hey guys! I mentioned this the last time, but for the month of February we'll be posting an excerpt from the book we're doing with Oni Press. The book is about an unlucky girl trying to figure stuff out. I wrote it with you guys and girls in mind - the humor is pretty similar to Johnny Wander. We're eager to share our work with you, and this will allow us to really dig into the project and bring the completed story to a release date more quickly. Hope you like it!

Besides that here are the other things going on:

Volume 1 is 25% off at Midtown Comics in Manhattan! We're featured in their Book Club for February, and we'll be doing some sort of Q&A at the end of the month. You can also check out their Facebook group for the event.
Benign Kingdom is our joint publishing venture with a couple of other folks - we are printing a set of deluxe art books! 4 individual art books that are collected in a hardcover version. The Kickstarter is ongoing, and you'll get them at a discount compared to the cost after we get them printed.
You can pick up both books at Bergen Street Comics! Volumes 1 and 2, there for the taking. Some of Yuko's originals are also framed and hanging on the walls of the store (for sale!), it is pretty neat.
Special Editions are available online!

That's all for us! Catch you next week!

Lucky Penny - 1

Aido — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:46 -0800

Lucky Penny - 1

Johnny Wander Vol. 1 @ Midtown Comics! And February experiment.

Ananth — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:55:36 -0800

That guy is amazing.

First things first: we're going to try an experiment in February. We've mentioned in the past that we're doing a book with Oni Press - for the month of February we're going to post an excerpt from the book! We're pretty excited to share it with you guys and we hope you like it. This will also allow us to spend some time working exclusively on the Oni book, which means we can hopefully share the finished story with you ahead of schedule!

Cool news - Johnny Wander Vol. 1 is a Featured Trade at Midtown Comics in Manhattan! It's being offered as part of the Midtown Monthly Book Club - that means they're selling it for 25% off cover price for the month of February - a good deal! It also means that we'll be doing some sort of Midtown Book Club Q & A and chat with readers at the end of February - if you missed us at Bergen St. Comics you can certainly catch us here! I'll share more specific dates and information as I get it in.

Picture care of Gary!

Secondly, WHOA! We are totally blown away by the success of the Kickstarter! Because it went so well we're upgrading the treatments for the cover - improved color treatment and gold foil stamping! There's still time to get an early order in, too - the price of the individual art books will be higher once they're printed so now is a good time to get it at a discount if you're interested.

That's all for us! Catch you Thursday!

tai chi-ing up the wall

Aido — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:54:55 -0800

i think we were just "schooled," whatever that means.

Benign Kingdom Art Book!

Ananth — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:27 -0800

I'll just leave that comic there ...

Just a reminder, Special Editions of volume 2 are now up in the store! That means a signed bookplate, a sketch by Yuko, and a sticker. Check it out!

I'm excited to finally be able to talk about Benign Kingdom! Here's a video explaining what the deal is:

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Here's a clip from the Kickstarter:

Benign Kingdom is a creator-owned publishing project designed to showcase the art of independent comic creators. This project will fund the printing of four 32-page art books, by webcomic artists Yuko Ota (Johnny Wander), Evan Dahm (Rice Boy), Becky Dreistadt (Tiny Kitten Teeth), and KC Green (Gunshow). These books will include some of the best work each of us have done over the past couple of years, outside of our comics. There will also be one hardcover book, including the full contents of all four individual art books.

Take a look at the Kickstarter here and donate if you're interested! We are sparing no expense in making sure these books look extra sexy, and I am really excited about them. Help us make it happen!

See you next week!