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Sefer posted:Exactly that. The original purpose was to get War and XPs back in print, fueled by donations that are basically preorders. It's gone a bit beyond that now. I think it's best to look at it like a shop, a giant pre-order drive. If you factor in the PDF that every $10 and up donation gets it is a pretty good deal if you want some of the books. The $1000+ to choose a short story was a pretty clever way to make some funds for the reprint. If I was rolling in cash I probably would have brought one.
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Ponsonby Britt posted:More than a while, even - Redcloak says he'll contact Jirix "when we've established control of Girard's Gate", which is never. Either the Dark One will control it, or the world will unravel. the spell takes a while to set up. they have to take over the place first
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The lesson to take from the kickstarter is that if you ever make a comic you want to have in print, never, ever make it a full color comic.
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Feb 7, 2012 05:23
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HKR posted:The lesson to take from the kickstarter is that if you ever make a comic you want to have in print, never, ever make it a full color comic. Also, make good things and people will love you for it.
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So has this been getting any more media attention? I mean he is raising a lot of money and it'd be cool to read an outsiders view of it.
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Feb 7, 2012 09:19
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Yeah, I mean the Internet has just deemed him half a millionaire because he entertains them. That's pretty awesome.
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Vorgen posted:Yeah, I mean the Internet has just deemed him half a millionaire because he entertains them. That's pretty awesome.
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Endless Mike posted:Well. It's not like it's his money. It's his company's money, a large portion of which is going to printing books. Sure, he'll probably end up with some cash in the end, but he's certainly not getting all of the money. That depends. The end result of all this could very well see Burlew making a lot of loving money. All his comics will be super-size reprinted and there is obviously a market for this. The publicity will probably also increase his base by a large percentage.
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Affi posted:That depends. The end result of all this could very well see Burlew making a lot of loving money. All his comics will be super-size reprinted and there is obviously a market for this. The publicity will probably also increase his base by a large percentage. Not to mention that to satisfy the number of commitments he's going to be doing print runs on a much larger scale than he previously estimated, which means much better economy of scale for him, and a greater profit margin per book. Not much, but it all adds up.
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Feb 7, 2012 15:22
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If he can make half a million towards reprinting the books, it's at least a pretty good bet that the sales on the actual books will be well over a million, isn't it?
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CapnAndy posted:If he can make half a million towards reprinting the books, it's at least a pretty good bet that the sales on the actual books will be well over a million, isn't it? Not really... everyone who is intending to buy them is using the kickstarter to preorder them, basically, so most sales are accounted for in it.
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Feb 7, 2012 16:03
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MikeJF posted:Not really... everyone who is intending to buy them is using the kickstarter to preorder them, basically, so most sales are accounted for in it.
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Feb 7, 2012 16:10
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There are probably other people like me, who would eventually like to buy and read all his books but don't have the scratch do get them all through the Kickstarter right now.
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Feb 7, 2012 16:29
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Sure, some. There's always some of anything. But the majority of the existing audience is just pre-ordering via kickstarter. I'ld bet non-kickstarter sales for the first year is less than 20% of kickstarter sales.
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Ashcans posted:There are probably other people like me, who would eventually like to buy and read all his books but don't have the scratch do get them all through the Kickstarter right now. When I become loaded I will buy every print collection for the apocalypse. As it is I only have Start of Darkness and On the Origin of PC's, which had a higher priority as they are new material. They are awesome, and I would advise everyone to get them, or at least Start of Darkness (SoD is the better book, the longer book and the book with crayon flashbacks in).
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Tinyn posted:Sure, some. There's always some of anything. But the majority of the existing audience is just pre-ordering via kickstarter. I'ld bet non-kickstarter sales for the first year is less than 20% of kickstarter sales. Don't forget the Kickstarter also allows him to put those books back into gaming stores and such
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Ashcans posted:There are probably other people like me, who would eventually like to buy and read all his books but don't have the scratch do get them all through the Kickstarter right now. Even if you don't have enough for any of the books, consider whether you have a spare $10. You get a ton of stuff for a $10 donation thanks to all the strech goals he's added.
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I just would LOVE to know what Buckley thinks of the success of this drive. Mwa-ha-ha!
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Effingham posted:I just would LOVE to know what Buckley thinks of the success of this drive. Mwa-ha-ha! I don't. Buckley might copy him and somehow magically succeed.
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Feb 7, 2012 18:19
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Sefer posted:Even if you don't have enough for any of the books, consider whether you have a spare $10. You get a ton of stuff for a $10 donation thanks to all the strech goals he's added. Oh yea, definitely. I just meant that there are probably a bunch of people (roughly 1500, looking at the kickstarter) who are interested in supporting the comic but aren't putting up enough right now to get all the books. All those people making smaller donations are potential book purchasers later, and the people that pledged enough to get 2-3 books will probably buy others at a later date as well.
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Feb 7, 2012 18:23
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How many of those 1500 already got the books the first time around.
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Comics Alliance has an interview about it.
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Bongo Bill posted:Comics Alliance has an interview about it. quote:RB: Being somewhat old school, I'm leaning toward electrum pieces myself. Though the encumbrance will be harsh, so I haven't decided.  The success of this thing really makes me feel good about the world.
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Effingham posted:I just would LOVE to know what Buckley thinks of the success of this drive. Mwa-ha-ha! Rich Burlew posted:What I really want to avoid is the temptation to make the next goal, "Buy Rich a Cintaq" or something.
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My Lovely Horse posted:I may be reading too much into it...
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Burlew is gonna have to look out for Garth Ennis: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427653332/erf
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New update on the kickstarter, and apparently two-fifths of the money is going to postage. I just got the $10, but if there'd been a 'don't worry about the magnet' box I'd have ticked it. I just wanted the stories, and he's not gonna get any money after shipping to Oz. Also, new bonus PDF! Romeo and Juliet parody.
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terminal mehmet posted:Burlew is gonna have to look out for Garth Ennis: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427653332/erf How is he going to write a children's book about a lapsed catholic irish immigrant punching superheroes?
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RickoniX posted:How is he going to write a children's book about a lapsed catholic irish immigrant punching superheroes? Um, it could it be a children's war story.
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MikeJF posted:New update on the kickstarter, and apparently two-fifths of the money is going to postage. I just got the $10, but if there'd been a 'don't worry about the magnet' box I'd have ticked it. I just wanted the stories, and he's not gonna get any money after shipping to Oz. From what I remember from other Kickstarters, there will be a survey sent out at the end to collect things like your mailing address for physical stuff and e-mail for electronic stuff. You'll likely have the opportunity to opt out of getting the magnet at that point.
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After seeing how much he's spending on shipping, I might get my book sent to my parent's home in the States, then have it sent from there to overseas (or pick it up myself late this year). I doubt $10 covers shipping across the Pacific.
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RickoniX posted:How is he going to write a children's book about a lapsed catholic irish immigrant punching superheroes? I was going to ask how he was going to gently caress up and put British slang into their mouths despite there not being any such thing as a Britain, but you got to that general territory before I did.
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Pope Guilty posted:I was going to ask how he was going to gently caress up and put British slang into their mouths despite there not being any such thing as a Britain, but you got to that general territory before I did. While Garth Ennis is silly and all, this is a silly complaint too. You might as well ask, "wait, why are these characters speaking English? there's no England in this story!"
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NihilCredo posted:I just learnt that Garth Ennis, the author of that gigantic and at times embarrassing love-letter to America, Preacher, is Northern Irish. What the There's no fanatic like a convert. Android Blues posted:While Garth Ennis is silly and all, this is a silly complaint too. You might as well ask, "wait, why are these characters speaking English? there's no England in this story!" There's a line in a Tom Robbins novel that I always liked, about how the characters are obviously speaking another language, but it wouldn't make a lot of sense for the reader that way, so "translation is being beamed into your mind via literary satellite."
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NihilCredo posted:I just learnt that Garth Ennis, the author of that gigantic and at times embarrassing love-letter to America, Preacher, is Northern Irish. What the Even if I hadn't known going in, I think I'd have suspected he was at least British, with the sometimes weird sentence structure characters espouse. I wish I still had the comics around for some examples, but sometimes Jesse would word a sentence in a way that sounded awkward if you imagined a Texas drawl, but made sense with an Irish or British accent.
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Android Blues posted:While Garth Ennis is silly and all, this is a silly complaint too. You might as well ask, "wait, why are these characters speaking English? there's no England in this story!" Americans, other than the kind of pretentious dorks Ennis only includes when he wants to make fun of people, don't say "bloody", "arse", or "wanker". Ennis is not aware of this, or doesn't care. That's the joke.
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Pope Guilty posted:Americans, other than the kind of pretentious dorks Ennis only includes when he wants to make fun of people, don't say "bloody", "arse", or "wanker". Ennis is not aware of this, or doesn't care. That's the joke. Well, presumably the characters in his kids' book wouldn't be Americans either, so however they speak is just however they speak. That's why it's not a very good joke!
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Nevermind the localisms, his editor will have their work cut out for them. "Okay Garth, before I read the latest draft, remember what we talked about. If I read this, will I find any scenes with assrape or head trauma?" "Haha, no, you don't need to worry about that. No arserape in there at all." And then the editor opens the draft, immediately looks up at Ennis and sighs heavily.
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