Kickstarter, Taxes and Printing March 4, 2018

Hello, everyone.  I’ve been busy.

First, a few reminders – on Saturday, March 24, I will attending the Toys Collectibles & Curiosities Exposition in Moorhead, Minnesota.  I will be selling there; in addition to Sunnyville comics and books, I’ll be putting up original artwork for sale so be sure to check the event out.  It is free and open to the public.

On Saturday, April 7, the Kickstarter to fund Sunnyville #17 will launch.  Today and tomorrow will mark the days that I contact backers to pledge to the campaign.  I emphasize that we will be raising US$300 for a micro run of Sunnyville #17 comics and I’m confident that this goal can be met.   Continue reading

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Toys Collectibles And Curiosities Expo Plus More!

My next convention will be next month on Saturday March 24, 2018.  It’s a one day event and will be another installment of the event I attended in December 2017 – it’s the Toys, Collectibles & Curiosities Exposition.

This event is FREE to the general public and takes place at Moorhead Center Mall in Moorhead, Minnesota.

I will be there at the event.  I will have Sunnyville comics, books and original artwork for sale.

There is more – I have more events planned this year.  So far, here is my pending schedule.

In May, there is CoreCon.  This event is pending as I have to register for it.

In September, there is Anime Fargo.   I have never been able to get accepted into this event as they seem to be quite selective.  Still, I aim to apply.

There is also Valleycon, which is set for October.

Speaking of the Moorhead Center Mall, the mall does hold craft shows monthly.  I am going to see about applying to one of these to sell Sunnyville comics and artwork.

That’s my pending schedule right now and it’s subject to change.  Stay tuned for more news!

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Fargo Moorhead Comic Con 2018 Day 2

The first convention of the year for me has come and gone.

My dealer table on the second day

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Fargo Moorhead Comic Con 2018 Day 1

The first day of Fargo-Moorhead Comic Con is over.  I am exhausted and outside it is snowing in town.

FM Comic Con 2018 Table

Here’s a look at my table from the event.   Continue reading

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Fargo Moorhead Comic Con 2018 Next Week

Don’t forget that next weekend is Fargo Moorhead Comic Con.  I will be at this event!

It is scheduled for Saturday Feb. 24 and Sunday Feb. 25 at the Ramada on 3333 13th Avenue S.

I will be present at the convention.  I’ll be putting some original artwork up for sale along with Sunnyville comics, trade paperbacks, some older things I aim to clear out and hand-drawn greeting cards.

There’ll be other things to do besides meeting your humble creator here.  There’s cosplay, panels and guests like Phil Hester.

That’s next weekend on Sat. 2/24 and Sun. 2/25.  If you’re going to be in the Fargo, ND metro area, check this event out!

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Sunnyville Number 17 Underway!

Ladies and gentlemen, Sunnyville Stories #17 is underway!  Remember that the Kickstarter to fund this comic will launch on Saturday April 7th!  I’ll have more on that as the day draws near.

Also, next weekend will be Fargo-Moorhead Comicon.  I will be there and I’ll have more info on that tomorrow.

Here is where we stand on Sunnyville #17 – the story will run about 30 pages.  I did meet a self-imposed challenge where I aimed to make the story no more than 34-35 pages.  The pencils are progressing on schedule and I aim to have at least 10 out of 30 pages pencilled by Sunday night.   Continue reading

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Announcing the Sunnyville Stories Number 17 Kickstarter

Now that the Sunnyville Vol. 4 Kickstarter has ended, it’s time to announce the next one.

On Saturday, April 7, we will launch the Sunnyville Stories #17 Kickstarter!

This Kickstarter is intended to fund Sunnyville Stories #17, an exciting story titled “Some Guys Have All The Luck”.  (I’ll have more on this story later.)

The goal for this Kickstarter will be US$300, a modest goal but achievable.  Here’s a quick breakdown of the planned funds.

The cost of a micro run of 50 copies for Sunnyville #17 (estimated at no more than 36 pages) will run around $98.50.  Shipping those comics to me will cost about $13.65.  First class mail to 20 backers (mailing the comics to said backers) will run a cost of $57.80.  International first class mail to 4 backers (I have had backers in Canada and Britain) will run about $24.00.  The cost of padded envelopes goes for about $60.00 and I do have a local supplier on that.

That brings the total so far to about $253.95.  Adding in the fees for processing and the Kickstarter cut plus a little extra to cover anything unseen brings the grand total up to $300.  Those of you who remember the Sunnyville Stories Super Special Kickstarter will recall that funding goal was slightly higher.

Our goal is $300 but there are at least two stretch goals planned.  The rewards that are planned?  They are as follows.

As little as $1 will get our thanks and your name printed in the comic.

A pledge of $4 gets your name in the comic plus a free PDF copy

A pledge of $8 gets your name in the comic, a free PDF copy and a print copy mailed out to you anywhere in the world.

For retailers, there’ll be a pledge of $25 available for you.  That will get you about 4 print copies of Sunnyville #17 to sell in your shop as well as your name printed in the comic AND you’ll get some neat point-of-sale items to promote the work to customers (flyers, posters, etc).  This however will be limited to about 3 backers.

There’ll be a $50 pledge level too for about 3 to 4 backers.  That is still being worked out at the time of this writing.  There may be other rewards too including early bird specials.

Remember – the Sunnyville #17 Kickstarter launches on Sat. April 7, 2018 and has a goal of $300.  Stay tuned as I’ll have some more info on the story itself.

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The Sunnyville Volume 4 Kickstarter Ends

Ladies and gentlemen, I have ended the Sunnyville Stories Volume 4 Kickstarter early.

The Sunnyville Stories Volume 4 Kickstarter did NOT make its goal.

To all those people who pledged to the campaign and stumped for me, thank you.

So what is next?  I have good news and bad news.

First comes the bad news.  Sunnyville Stories Vol. 4 is hereby delayed until at least 2019.  That’s an optimistic release date; it’s possible the book may not see release until 2020 or 2021.

So what is the good news?  On Saturday, April 7, a NEW Kickstarter is launching.  We are going to crowdfund a micro run of Sunnyville Stories #17!  Stay tuned.  In about an hour from now, we’ll have a blog post about that.

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Sunnyville Number 17 and Writing

Welcome back.  First, if you didn’t already, pledge to the Sunnyville Vol. 4 Kickstarter.  

I picked up a book this weekend that is meant to help me do something I’ve been wanting to do for ages.

This book – 9 Day Novel: Writing Fiction – is going to be my ticket to writing a full-length prose novel.   Continue reading

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Kickstarter 2018 Final Week

The last week of the Sunnyville Stories Volume 4 Kickstarter has arrived.

I’m going to be honest right now with everyone and will not give false hope – the Kickstarter is going very badly.

For some strange reason, we have not gone beyond the 27% funding mark.  I’m bewildered at why this is so.

Regardless, this is the fourth quarter and nothing short of a Hail Mary is going to save us.  Despite this, I aim to see it through to the end.  If you have not pledged or have been holding off, please pledge today to the Sunnyville Stories Vol. 4 Kickstarter.

If you cannot pledge to the Kickstarter, then tell others about the campaign.

Should no significant improvements occur with our funding level by tomorrow, I’m going to prepare my contingency, codenamed “PLAN B”.  Should this fail, PLAN B will be initiated and you’ll receive full details about it.  Stay tuned for more news.

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