My Second Kickstarter!
CUTE PLUSH TOYS WITH EMOTIONS!
After months and months of planning this project, I'm excited to finally announce what I've been working on. For the most part I've been sort of quiet about it (w/ a teaser here and there on instagram of course) because I wanted to make sure I found the right company who could not only produce the quality of items I want to make but are also able to understand my vision. That being said, that time was time well spent! The prototypes you see in the photo above are the pre-production samples and I've gotta say they exceeded my expectations! I really hope you all get a chance to hold these magical little guys in your hands, because they are pretty fantastic quality.
YOU'RE DOING A KICKSTARTER?
That's right, I'm doing my second Kickstarter! It's been a little over 3 years since I launched the L.A.W.L.S. Volume 1 campaign, and I'm still blown away by the support of my readers for helping make that happen! I am forever grateful to all of you and to Kickstarter for making that dream possible. Now, looking towards the future, I plan to put together more books (L.A.W.L.S. Vol 2, ALT., etc), but also I'd like to be able to create these companions along side of them (spoiler alert: there's a bigger picture here I'm working towards in my stories, and magic has a huge part in that). I wish I had all the money in to world to make it all happen at once, but being that I work entirely alone on all this, I had to come to the realization that Kickstarter is pretty much the only way I can do this. So, as I took time away from comics I came up with a plan, and that plan starts with this little guy! My oldest of fans (in span of time, not age) may recognize this inkling from back in 2009, but the rest of you probably recognize his reincarnation from last year:
WHAT SORT OF REWARDS ARE YOU OFFERING?
In order to keep this project simple, I decided that Fire will be the first goal and the first reward. After Fire is funded, each other element will be "unlocked" and made available (I'll explain more about this below). L.A.W.L.S. Volume 1 will also be paired with the plush in a pack. The first rewards are a single Fire Plush or a Fire Plush + L.A.W.L.S. Volume 1. Also, I added a special tier for those who want commissions that is $50. Hopefully if we unlock more elements, the future rewards will be 2 Plush (Fire + Water, or two of the same) + L.A.W.L.S. Volume 1, and so on. Here's a visual example:
Anyway, that's all for now! I'll have more updates about upcoming conventions, products and other fun stuff soon! Thanks for your support everyone! YOU ROCK!
-Denis
BACK THIS PROJECT
Devious Journal Entry
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I GOT YOU A PRESENT
As the year is slowly unfolding and I've been planning future endeavors, one thing I've been thinking about a lot is L.A.W.L.S. and how I want to get back to it. When I got this book printed I almost immediately went on that hiatus due to personal issues and unfortunately didn't really do anything to celebrate it's release or even let people know about it. That was partly due to the fact that if I wasn't releasing new content it felt weird pushing a book that wasn't relevant.
That being said, my comics are back on track and the release of new strips from L.A.W.L.S. Volume 2 are on the horizon! I'd like to get Volume 1 in as many hands as possible before I start so you guys can all see the updated art (that unfortunately is not online) and read the little commentaries I included under all the strips to give some insight into what I was thinking while writing Volume 1.
I'm really excited to start posting Volume 2 strips (hopefully in the next few weeks) as this next part of the story explores a lot more character development and some visually interesting stuff. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this sale! It's a big one!</p>
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About The Book
"Come along on an adventureously awkward journey with the story's main characters Joseph, Autumn, Cadence, and her pet monster Rudy, as they find themselves in the midst of a world of intrigue. While every character may have their own motivation of joining the party, one thing's for sure, they all seem to have it in for Joseph.
This comic is a mysterious romantic comedy with themes of pop culture, music, classic video games, and even a hint of magic lore. In this universe, animals can talk, whales can fly, and hats can have a deviously snarky attitude towards humans."
Includes:
144 pages
First 197 Comic Strips
4 Hatticus Comic Strips
Exclusive Artist Commentaries
Exclusive Sketches
Character Turnarounds
A funny Foreword by Scott Ferguson of Nerf This
8x8inches
Perfect Bound
Full Color
Signed
ARTIST EDITIONS: Specify which character you'd like sketched in the front w/ any notes to who you'd like it signed too if you'd like yours or someone else's name written at the end of check out.
HARDCOVER EDITIONS: There will only be 500 of these available ever, they will be hand numbered.
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Devious Journal Entry
Emerald City Comicon Seattle, WA | March 1-3
Pancakes & Booze Los Angeles, CA | May 3-4
Phoenix Comicon Phoenix, AZ | May 23-26
Anime Expo Los Angeles, CA | July 4-7
San Diego Comic Con San Diego, CA | July 11-15
Convention Schedule 2012
Long Beach Comic Expo
May 12, 2012
www.longbeachcomiccon.com/
Phoenix Comicon
Phoenix, AZ
May 24-27
phoenixcomicon.com/
Anime Expo
Los Angeles, CA
June 29 - July 2
www.anime-expo.org/
Comic Con International
San Diego, CA
July 12-15
www.comic-con.org/
Comikaze
Los Angeles, CA
September 15-16
comikazeexpo.com/
If you don't know this already, I'm working to put together my first collected volume of comics from my webcomic L.A.W.L.S. lawlscomic.com This Volume, which will compile my first two years of the comic, is called "Choking on Air." Here is a brief synopsis:
Come along on an adventurously
awkward journey with the stories main characters Joseph, Autumn,
Cadence and her pet monster Rudy, as they find themselves in the midst of a world of intrigue. While every character may have their own motivation for joining the party, one thing's for sure they all seem to have it in for Joseph.
~*~
This comic is a mysterous
romantic comedy with themes of pop culture, music, classic video games and even a hint of magic lore. In this universe animals can talk, whales can fly, and hats can have a deviously snarky attitude towards humans!
Here are some quote about my book from some webcomic friends that will actually be printed on the back cover:
"It has gallons of talking hats with teeth, dapper whales, angry rocker chicks, and a really ugly (some might say cute, but i don't) monster thing that has a terrible speech impediment. Now, how can you go wrong with that?"
-Scott Ferguson, creator of Nerf This nerf-this.com
"The art is top notch and the writing is... spectacularly demented."
-James Grant, artist of Two Lumps www.twolumps.net/
"LAWLS is the most (adverb)ly (adjective) comic on the Internet. I for one would (verb) myself if Denis ever stopped (verb)ing it." Fill in the blanks however you like. You're welcome.
-Joel Watson, creator of HijiNKS Ensue hijinksensue.com
"You'll find hammerspace hats, vampiric furries, villainous pop stars, and a platonic ménage à trois of heroes all rendered in Denis' eclectic style. L.A.W.L.S. it up, fuzzball."
-Ryan Hudson, creator of ChannelATE channelate.com
Anyway, This book is completely self published and I've been working day and night trying to get it together to ship out by March! If you like what I do and want to support me, please consider pre-order one!
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