SubCulture Omnibus Kickstarter Campaign Launched!

kfreeman

Hi CGS-ers! I just launched a kickstarter campaign to print the SubCulture Omnibus, a 336-page TPB that collects both the original comic book mini series and all 501 web strips produced between 2008 and 2012. Lots of extras too, including guest strips, pinups, and behind the scenes stuff. I hope you will consider a donation--$25 gets you a S&N copy of the book, although there are plenty of giving levels.

Please take a look!

kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

We went over $700 on the first day! I hope we can keep this pace up. Nothing would please me moe than creating some stretch goal goodies.

kfreeman

Over $1050 after the second day. Feeling fairly confident that our goal might be reached.

TrustyMutsi

Wow, you've been doing this since 2008? Where has the time gone?

Awesome job sir. I hope I can keep producing work as well as you have,

mwhitt80

I'm glad I checked into the forums this week. it's about dang time Kevin.

Torchsong

I'm in, I just need to figure out what I want/what I can afford. Kickstarter has been the bane and the blessing of my existence. :)

mwhitt80

i'm now 100% in for an awesome hardcover edition

kfreeman

You are McAwesome, sirrah! Yeah, the comic book actually started in like April 2007 and ran through October. The webcomic ran from February 2008 to October 2012--501 strips in all.

I really appreciate the CGS support. We're at about $1350 now. We also found a printer for hardcovers, so are doing an HC version as well now, as @mwhitt80 mentioned.

So there are three basic levels: $10 for a PDF, $25 for the 336-page TPB, and $40 for the hardcover with spot color. If you want color in the TPB, it's an extra $5. Cheap, and you'd be helping a fellow CGS-er.

kfreeman

Torchsong said:

I'm in, I just need to figure out what I want/what I can afford. Kickstarter has been the bane and the blessing of my existence. :)

I know what you mean. Lots of good stuff in Kickstarter. My Kickstarter budget is increasing proportionately to my comic budget decreasing.

WetRats

Kicked!

Greg

With a steel toe boot.

kfreeman

Thanks, guys. You rock!

mwhitt80

curse you for the $5.00 HC upgrade Kevin.
Now what am I going to do with all the other Subculture trades I've bought from you? Is there an adultswim cartoon in the works, that would drive the demand through the roof.

kfreeman

Give em to friends, perhaps! Strips 280-501 have never been printed before, so there is quite a bit of new material in there. Plus the HC will have some color pages in order to accurately reprint everything we did in color, so that will be new as well. I wanted a HC for myself, so went on the prowl for a printer who could do them in relatively small quantities at a non-insane price. Found one, and that made the decision easy.

kfreeman

We are almost to $1700 after day four. One more day like today and we will hit our goal with room to spare. Then on to the stretch goals!

kfreeman

Allllmost there! Just $189 to go. Help push us over the edge!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

Torchsong

You're in, buddy! I just pushed it over 2000...because THAT's how I roll!

kfreeman

Woo hoo!

We've come up with our first three (well, okay, two, cuz one's a secret for now) Stretch Goals! Hope these tickle your fancy! On to $3,500!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus/posts

kfreeman

You're not going to find a lot of 336-page books for a measly $25. There's not a better time to give SubCulture a shot.

WetRats

er... ignore this post.

kfreeman

What was that again? ;)

kfreeman

We just hit our $2,500 stretch! On to the $3000 stretch, where everyone who gives $25 or more will receive a nifty polyhedral magnet!



Still plenty of time to give to the Kickstarter! Click here to make it so!

kfreeman

$324 to go to hit our $3000 stretch. Please consider trying this book out, and get neat stuff in the process! Thanks to all the super-groovy CGS-ers who are taking a chance already!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

Sorry I am still begging on this, but we need $144 to hit the $3000 stretch. Give the book a shot.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

If we hit $3500, and we're getting dangerously close, everything will be printed in spot color. Hoody hoo!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

Feeling confident and have added stretch goals for $4000 and $4500:

At $4,000, Stan and I will create a new original, full-page, full-color strip to be included only in this book. We also will make the original to this strip available to anyone pledging at the $300 or higher level, even though the two $300 pieces are already gone. If you want this piece, simply pledge $300, and we will contact you in regard to the strip. As an added bonus, we will add another full-page strip for every $500 we make after $4,000.

At $4,500, we will produce a nifty 12-card trading card set of all of the major SubCulture characters (Jason, Arthur, Noel, Travis, Skip, Babs, Bart, Larry, Sunshine, Miyoko, Kim, and Clint). On the front is a full-color image of the character with a few other things, and on the back will be a bunch of fun facts about each character. Everyone giving $25 or more will receive this set in addition to everything else!

Still six days left to donate: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

Only four days left! Pick a book up before time runs out!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus

kfreeman

Three days to go and we're $187 short of our $4000 stretch. Let's make these last three days truly amazing!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1115718724/subculture-omnibus …

kfreeman

Hey guys, with the Kickstarter over and us frantically working on getting this Omnibus printed, I have some overstock of the earlier TPBs that I am looking to move.

As such, if you want the original trades, I will send you the original mini-series TPB plus all three of the webstrip collections for $20, postage paid. Originally retailed for $47 collectively.

Similarly, if you want to get in on the Omnibus even after the Kickstarter is over, let me know and I can add you to the list. The softcover is $25, the hardcover is $40. And these are in color, unlike what will be solicited in Diamond (the paperback, at least).

Send me a PM and I will get you set up.

mwhitt80

What has 2 thumbs and just got his .pdf of the subculture omnibus?

This guy. I love getting rewards, now I'm waiting on my hard cover.

kfreeman

We're right on target to have the books ship the first week in June. Thanks for everyone's patience!