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November 6, 2013
Tips on Kickstarter Campaigns
Entreprenuer.com featured a piece of advice I gave during an interview on crowd funding in their article ’10 Tips I Wish I Knew Before I Launched My Kickstarter Campaign’.
I actually told them that I didn’t have just one tip, there was a lot that went into it. But the thing I try to bring to everything I do is a personal touch. Going the extra mile and making sure everyone knows that I appreciate their support, no matter how big or small, is important.
Filed under: Filmmaking, Graphic Novel, Harbor Moon, R.E.M.
November 4, 2013
Goodreads Awards: Rock the Vote
Two years ago, I was contacted by Goodreads because Harbor Moon had made it to some sort of finalist round for Graphic Novel of the Year. I realize that book came out in April and had most of the year to pick up steam (and actually have people read it)… but I’m asking for you to get out and rock the vote on R.E.M.!
If you don’t have a Goodreads account, no sweat (but it’s a cool site that lets you chart your reading). For those of you who do, and who have backed the Kickstarter and received (and hopefully enjoyed) the book… please show some love.
What you have to do is follow this link and ‘write-in’ for ‘R.E.M.’ (you’ll see it as one of the choices once you type in R.E.M. ), then click vote. It’s that easy.
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-graphic-novels-comics-2013
Thanks all!
Filed under: 4.2.3., Graphic Novel, Harbor Moon, R.E.M.
October 19, 2013
NYCC 2013: Life in Artist Alley
Iann Robinson from Crave Online was awesome enough to include us in an interview segment he did for NYCC called ‘Life in Artist Alley’. Check it out here… and support indie comics!
Filed under: Graphic Novel, Harbor Moon, R.E.M.
October 15, 2013
Convention Wisdom-Don’t Exhibit Too Soon
I have gotten the advice not to exhibit until you have multiple books. That having one comic is too soon, and in most cases you won’t cover your costs.
I can say that this advice is fairly accurate after three years of doing conventions. At first I was going with just Harbor Moon. Although I wasn’t making my money back, I convinced myself that it was necessary to get the word out about the book. And I always kept telling myself, wait until you have more and more books…
And this past weekend was my first convention with multiple books – and it was a whole different experience. The traction at the table was great. If someone didn’t think Harbor Moon was their cup of tea, they responded well to R.E.M. – and vice versa. Since I’m not the most outgoing person around, what always seemed like a mountain too high to climb (pitching people)… became fun.
As you can see though – I ignored this advice for the first two years. Why? Because I only had one book. And there was no other way for me to get the word out then go with one book. Also, it helped me refine my pitch on the book, figure out what is best to present at cons and what isn’t… and also get to meet the people I am trying to connect with – comic fans.
Filed under: Graphic Novel, Harbor Moon, R.E.M.
October 14, 2013
Film Specific Interview
Last week I sat down with Stacey Parks at Film Specific for an interview about my experience at AFM last year. I talk about White Space and Lunatic, and apparently my experience is unique. But it didn’t happen by accident. It was hard work.
Listen to the full interview here.
Filed under: Filmmaking, Lunatic, Movies, White Space
October 2, 2013
Gearing up for NY Comic-con
Just over a week out from NYCC and the official launch of ‘R.E.M.’. Zsombor got to NY last week and we’ve been getting a lot of housekeeping done. Putting the finishing touches on art prints (including a NYCC exclusive), making sure all the prints are ready for print (which should get printed this week), getting a promo issue of Chasing Rabbits done, as well as making sure all the rewards and stretch goal artwork is ready to go.
We had a bump in the road yesterday – that made me lose about a year of my life. But it is apparently working itself out – but cost me a bunch of money and has the chance to cost me even more. I will write a detailed post about it tomorrow, but it involves the importing of the books from a foreign country (my first time doing that).
Filed under: 4.2.3., Graphic Novel, R.E.M.
September 23, 2013
The space that is white
I thought I’d take a second and post about something that isn’t ‘R.E.M.’. If you read this blog you may know that I’m in post-production on a feature film entitled White Space. I wrote the story, co-wrote the script and produced the film.
With over 800 vfx shots, it is a very long post process. And our vfx aren’t what you typically see in independent films. So it’s a painstaking process. However, we are making serious headway – and I wanted to post a picture of the cockpit in the Essex (our space vessel).
Filed under: Filmmaking, Movies, White Space
September 19, 2013
Wow… and just over 24 more hours!
I went to sleep kind of early last night… and somehow I woke up and my ‘R.E.M.’ Kickstarter passed not only the $14,000 mark, but the $15,000 one as well. And we are almost up to 500 backers. I am floored. And grateful. And appreciative.
It also means the full set of 3 ‘R.E.M.’ Desktop Wallpapers are UNLOCKED.
We have 26 more hours to go… hard to believe. I have basically made this campaign my full time occupation the last 4 weeks. I am going to miss the daily interaction on Kickstarter – but it won’t end for me – it will just be a different forum (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest – username ‘spokelane’ for all of them). Of course here as well. And once the book goes out that is when it will really set in – because the whole point of this was for everyone to ‘R.E.M.’ and the support received has made that possible!
Speaking of reading, here’s a good one for Oscar Wilde about that subject…
Filed under: Graphic Novel, R.E.M.
