Contents of the Sunnyville Stories Reprint

Continuing where we left off, here is the exact plan for the reprint of Sunnyville, known as Sunnyville Stories: Beginnings.

First, there will be a brand new prologue to open up the saga of Rusty Duncan. It’ll deal with our wisecracking cat learning that he’ll be moving from his big city home to a small town (Sunnyville of course). It will be based on the Sunnyville Stories Zero zine I did years ago. In fact, I will be serializing the new prologue here on the blog soon!

After that, the next part will be the redrawn version of the first episode “Beginnings”. As I said before, I will be redrawing the whole story over again to reflect my vastly improved drawing skills. I also want to rework some of the jokes, redraw some of the character designs and add in references to Dominic, Rusty’s small cousin, in both this story and the prologue.

There will be a brief vignette, probably two, last a few pages set in between the first and second episode. Planned vignettes include Rusty learning he has to go to school here and Samantha showing him more of the the town.

The second, third and fourth episodes will also be included in the reprint along with a brand new cover. Also in-between those stories will be more vignettes, including that one segment I discussed before that establishes Hilda & Richie (my picture book characters) as part of the Sunnyville universe!

I repeat – this will be a DIGITAL only release at the moment. If all goes well though, I plan to crowdfund print copies in 2023 or 2024.

In addition to the new prologue, it is my aim to share the pages and progress on the redrawn first episode. I will not be posting it in its entirety here nor will I get rid of the old version. That will remain here for archival purposes.

That’s it for now. Stay tuned here for more news on the Sunnyville comics.

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First Sunnyville Stories Comic To Be Redrawn

And now it is time for the announcement I wanted to make in regards to the planned Sunnyville reprint and following up on where I left off yesterday.

I have decided that the very first episode of Sunnyville Stories, titled “Beginnings”, will be completely redrawn!

I originally said I wasn’t going to do this. I did change my mind though my other earlier comics will simply stick to retouching and minor edits.

Why am I doing this?

The first Sunnyville comic was drawn over 10 years ago. It is showing its age back when my drawing skills were much weaker. I honestly want to go back and redo the story now that I am much better at drawing.

I also want to rework some of the scenes and redo the jokes. Among one of the items on my list is to have Rusty reference his cousin Dominic, meant to establish the Dominic & Claire spin-off as being part of the Sunnyville canon.

I plan to start work on redrawing Sunnyville #1 once I get the Hilda & Richie Kicsktarter and reward fulfillment out of the way.

Stay tuned for more news on that as well as my plans for the Sunnyville reprint!

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Updates on the Sunnyville Stories Reprint

Last night, my Kickstarter for my debut picture book Hilda & Richie ended. The campaign was a resounding success and I am now a picture book author right up there with greats like Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Richard ScarrJack Keats, Mercer Mayer and many more! But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. (Hilda & Richie has its own blog anyway.)

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I have big announcements to make regarding Sunnyville Stories. Sometime ago, I announced a planned reprint of my original comics. I want to expand on that; as a committee of one, I came to a series of decisions after lots of thinking and several cups of coffee.

First, the reprint I planned – Sunnyville Stories: Beginnings – will go ahead as planned. I’ve left my Sunnyville work on the back burner for too long and it’s high time I get back to it.

Second, the planned Sunnyville Stories reprint will be digital only! In fact, there will be a small Kickstarter later this year to help cover costs; we’re talking $100 to 300. I will put this up for sale on Amazon, Comixology and Payhip.

Third, there still may be a print edition in the future. I may run Kickstarters in 2023 and 2024 to fund new runs of Sunnyville Stories books.

The next question you may have is why I am doing digital only and not print editions. My plan was to crowdfund print copies; the recent Hilda & Richie Kickstarter proves I can raise funds in the $1,000-4,000 range. The problem? During said Kickstarter, my resources were badly mauled. I need time to rebuild and strengthen my email list. This is a necessity if I ever expect to fund more books and comics. I also need to review marketing. Besides my own sources, I’m going to need additional help on that so I’m consulting with outside assistance. I meant to overhaul my email list last year but made the mistake of putting it off.

Another reason why I am sticking to digital only? I still have print copies of the older editions. My plan was to liquidate the older copies during 2020 but the events of that year stopped all events like conventions. To be honest, I want to get rid of all the old print books first before moving onto reprints.

So you should be expecting the Sunnyville Stories reprint later this year. I have one more decision to announce in regards to that…but that will wait until tomorrow.

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Five Days Left For Hilda and Richie

Five days remain for my picture book Kickstarter Hilda & Richie. We have since funded and we’re working towards our first stretch goal. Once we hit $3100, all backers get a digital sketchbook of Hilda & Richie wearing various outfits.

On the Sunnyville front, I’m still thinking over how to handle the planned Sunnyville reprint. Fighting to get this picture book of mine funded was not easy and I don’t want to risk the same challenges with funding a reprint of a remastered Sunnyville book.

This is not an easy decision; it’s a big one to make and I want until Saturday 2/6/2021 to think things through. On that day I want to make a final decision about how to proceed with Sunnyville.

In the meantime, please go back Hilda & Richie on Kickstarter!

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Mulling the Sunnyville Reprint

Earlier today, the Hilda and Richie Kickstarter fully funded. My first picture book will be a reality! I am now a picture book author.

My feelings on this Kickstarter are mixed. Yes, I am pleased that it funded and I was able to raise more money than my comic book Kickstarters.

However, it took A LOT of effort to get to this point. My resources too were badly mauled in the attempt to get funded. My mailing list has suffered and will need to be rebuilt. Sadly, I put that off as I meant to do it last year; I will need that to fund future picture books and more comics.

Another problem I had was that some backers did not support this Kickstarter. It may be because it’s a different type of work, being a book for children rather than a comic. Current events also played a role in some of my past backers not returning this time.

While I still plan to go ahead with the planned Sunnyville Stories reprint, I need to think things over and decide how to proceed given the challenges of this Kickstarter.

Once the Kickstarter ends, I will make a final decision. Stay tuned for more news.

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Hilda and Richie in its final week!

We are now in the final week of my Kickstarter for my first picture book, Hilda & Richie (part of the Sunnyville Stories canon).

The Kickstarter will end next week at about 11:56PM Central on Friday night Feb. 5, 2021. So how are we faring?

WE ARE NEARLY FUNDED!! We only have $100 to go before hitting the final goal of $3000. This means Hilda & Richie will be a picture book and this will have the way for more books with my two foxes.

My future plans for Hilda & Richie though are another subject for elsewhere. This is about Sunnyville Stories. While this Kickstarter is making more Sunnyville comics feasible, there are some challenges that I must overcome.

But that is for tomorrow.

Please go to back Hilda & Richie now on Kickstarter!

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Ten Days Left For Hilda and Richie

The Hilda & Richie Kickstarter (which is part of the Sunnyville Stories canon) has ten days remaining. I’ll bet you’re wondering how we are doing.

We are ALMOST FUNDED!!

But we still need to get to 100% funding. I’ll be having regular updates from now until the end of the campaign both here and on the Hilda & Richie blog.

Please go back Hilda & Richie now!

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Looking ahead to the Sunnyville Stories reprint

I’ve got some announcements to make. First, on Hilda & Richie – the Kickstarter is now very likely to fund! Just a short time ago, the funding level for the Hilda & Richie picture book Kickstarter hit sixty-one percent!

This means the chances of fully funding are very high. My research shows that the likelihood of the Kickstarter hitting its goal is 96.5%! However, I don’t plan to sit around and do nothing; I am sticking to my plan of getting the Hilda & Richie Kickstarter fully funded.

Now there is something else to discuss and that is tied to the Kickstarter – the planned reprint of Sunnyville Stories. While all my attention is now focused on funding Hilda & Richie, I need to seriously think about that planned comic reprint.

While I’m doing well with this Kickstarter, there have been some problems with fighting to get funded. Besides thinking over funding the printing of Sunnyville’s reprint, I need to think about the reprint itself.

I’m unsure of what to do. I expressed wanting to go back and redraw some of the older art as it was much weaker. But how much of it? I just don’t know.

I must finish this and I must come to a decision about how to proceed with the reprint.

Come back here on Sat. 2/6/2021. Once the Hilda & Richie Kickstarter has ended, I want to make a final decision about Sunnyville getting reprinted.

Don’t forget to go back Hilda & Richie!

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Life On Cora 3 Kickstarter

The Hilda and Richie Kickstarter is doing a phenomenal job as we are now past halfway funded! Go back it while you’re here.

But it’s not mine I’m here to talk about my Kickstarter today. The one I want to talk about is Life on Cora #3: Oktaz Climbs by user Faeries and Ents.

Go back Life on Core #3 now!

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Hilda and Richie Hits Forty Percent

Just an update on the Hilda & Richie Kickstarter front – the Kickstarter is now 40% funded and is getting closer to being halfway funded!

As we have passed the 25% funded milestone, all Kickstarter backers are getting a special reward and that is a sneak peek at a BRAND NEW SUNNYVILLE STORIES COMIC! That’s right; it’ll be the first one I’ve drawn in a few years with Rusty and Samantha!

At this time, only anyone backing the Hilda & Richie Kickstarter will get access to this comic. Do you want to see it? Then there’s an easy way to do that.

Just back Hilda & Richie now on Kickstarter for any pledge, even as low as US$1, and the Sunnyville comic is yours!

Well, what are you waiting for? Go back Hilda and Richie now on Kickstarter!

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