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As you can see from the Kickstarter widget at right, our Kickstarter fundraising campaign was a wild success!
Our original goal was 2K, but we wrapped up at midnight May 16 with a total of $4,011, from 63 different backers. The outpouring of support--both financial and emotional--from everyone was truly wonderful and very much appreciated. Many of you plugged our KS page relentlessly, via Facebook and Twitter, helping us get more wider known than we would have been able to do on our own. That, too, was very much appreciated.
Since we took in a lot more than we planned, this will enable us to kickstart some other Ace Kilroy-related projects that we've been wanting to do. And we wouldn't have been able to do it without all of you. Stay tuned!
We are now in the final 24 hours of our Kickstarter fundraising campaign. And while we passed our target goal of 2K a few weeks back, we are of course still taking in donations right up until the very last minute!
For the last few days, we have been right at the precipice of crossing the 4K mark, which would mean we have achieved a full 200% funding! With so many different Ace Kilroy-related projects in various stages of development, we're extremely thrilled that many of them will now be funded thanks to all the money we raised past 2K.
As of this writing, we are just $189 away from hitting 4K. So to help inspire a few last-minute donations and get us past the 4K mark, we're sweetening the pot a bit!
In addition to all the various rewards already listed on the Kickstarter page, we are now offering a full set of brand-new Ace Kilroy trading cards to anyone who donates at the $40 (or more) level! This includes all 30 cards, wrapper, AND a one-of-a-kind "sketch card" drawn co-creator Dan O'Connor!
So if you were thinking of supporting Ace Kilroy, now's the perfect time to do it! Head on over to our Kickstarter page and JOIN THE FIGHT!
As you can see on the Kickstarter app in the sidebar, yesterday we reached our fundraising goal of 2K, with still 18 days left to go! Dan and I am truly humbled and amazed that we reached our target so quickly. Our thanks to all who pledged and spread the word, we literally couldn't have done it without you.
We had planned to post some sort of celebratory image to commemorate the moment we hit 2K, which you see here. But as I started to work on it, I realized this drawing of Dan's was too good--too dramatic, too striking--for me to put some goofy balloon over, talking about Kickstarter and whatnot. (BTW, click to embiggen)
So just enjoy this sweet shot of Ace and our version (for the moment) of the Wolf Man, and thanks again for supporting Ace Kilroy!
Today is the first day of our Kickstarter campaign, which will run until Wednesday, May 16. Head on over to the Ace Kilroy Kickstarter page, where you can pledge to receive any of the following rewards:
$10:
--Membership in "Ace's Allies", which earns you a permanent listing as a member of AA on the Ace Kilroy website and blog, and entitles you to any and all AA member premiums (AK button, drink coasters, bumper stickers, and more!).
$40:
--Membership in Ace's Allies
--Signed copy of the first Ace Kilroy TPB collection, standard comic book size
$75:
--Membership in Ace's Allies
--Signed copy of the first Ace Kilroy TPB collection, TREASURY FORMAT--oversized, 10x13"!
$125:
--Membership in Ace's Allies
--Signed copy of the first Ace Kilroy TPB collection (standard or treasury format)
--Signed original art from one Ace Kilroy daily strip
$250:
--Membership in Ace's Allies
--Signed original art for one Ace Kilroy daily strip
--Signed copy of the first Ace Kilroy TPB collection (standard or treasury format) with a custom-drawn b/w Ace Kilroy sketch drawn into the book! ONLY FIVE AVAILABLE
$1,000:
--Membership in Ace's Allies
--Signed copy of the first Ace Kilroy TPB collection (standard or treasury format)
--Receive artist/co-creator Dan O'Connor's original sketchbook for Ace Kilroy, which features dozens of pencil and ink concept illustrations! ONLY ONE AVAILABLE
Be sure to check back here regularly, for as we achieve various levels of funding, we'll be posting pin-ups, behind-the-scenes material, and more fun stuff as a way to say "thank you" for supporting Ace Kilroy.
Join the fight!
Announcing Phase II of the Ace Kilroy Fundraising Campaign!
We launched our initial Kickstarter effort the same day as Ace Kilroy went live--October 31, 2011--and while we received many high-profile raves (from places like The Onion's A.V. Club, Robot 6, and Geekadelphia), in the end we just didn't have time to get the word out to enough people to reach our financial goal.
On April 16, we will be starting another Kickstarter drive, where you'll have the chance to pre-order a copy of Ace Kilroy, Volume 1, featuring the complete Dracula story arc plus bonus, behind-the-scenes material. And of course there will be other goodies offered, as well!
Ace Kilroy will be going on hiatus during that time, to give new readers a chance to catch up on the strip and see what it's all about. But we will be returning before you know it, the date of which will be announced here and on AceKilroy.com on April 16.
During the hiatus, and concurrent with the new Kickstarter drive, we plan to try and get Ace Kilroy mentioned in as many comic book news sites, blogs, and print outlets as possible, hopefully connecting with a whole new audience that have yet to check us out. And that's where you come in!
If there's a blog or news site (print or web) that you think would be interested in talking to Dan and me and/or reviewing Ace Kilroy, drop us a line with that site's contact info, and we'll do the rest. Any tip that leads to a mention--no matter how small--will earn you a special mention here on the blog and a hearty thanks from Ace himself!
Dan and I cannot thank you enough for your support and enthusiasm for Ace Kilroy. We are having an absolute blast doing the strip and, judging by the overwhelmingly positive responses we've been getting, we think that comes across in the final product. And if we can get just enough people to support what we're doing, we plan to do Ace Kilroy for a long, long time.
Keep 'em flying, boys and girls!
Last week Ace Kilroy broke $1K on our Kickstarter fundraising page! A great start but we still have a way to go! Spread the word and help support the fight against evil!
Ace Kilroy is featured on Kickstarter's "New & Noteworthy" page in the Comics section of the site. We're proud to be among some really cool other projects--a veritable fountain of creativity.
As of this writing, we have 23 backers--thanks to every one of you! Keep 'em flying!
