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Catching Up
It’s December?! WILD. As we careen toward the launch of the ThoughtScape Comics 2022 Kickstarter, much is going on here at TSC HQ and I thought I’d offer a peek at the assorted business afoot.
Finalizing Kickstarter Content
While I’ve felt over-prepared for months, as the launch gets closer there is suddenly tons to do…
Finalizing the KS page: I’ve spent A LOT of time refining the Kickstarter page the last couple weeks. Thanks to Milton Lawson and Brittany Matter for great feedback on that front. I think it’s looking solid.
Testing covers: Since the next KS is essentially a subscription to a year’s worth of ThoughtScape Comics, I need to get all the covers for the four quarterly issues into at least presentation, if not final, form. A big part of this is trying out different colors for the logotype on each, printing them out, and staring at them for a few days to see how I feel. Here’s the Karl Slominski cover test print for issue #4, along with Jenna’s officially printed cover for issue #1, nestled amongst the iconic and fave covers generally on the big shelf in my office.
Up next on my to do list: Finalizing the script for the KS Project video. Then I need to shoot it. And it’s seriously December 3rd?! Yikes, I better get cracking.
Acquiring Lyric Use Permission and Licensing - UPDATE
I acquired permission from the Wipers and Au Pairs to use some wonderful lyrics in that story I mentioned a few posts back! Always amazing to get emails from your absolute heroes. Check these amazing bands out…
Still a decent number of outstanding inquiries unanswered, but this stuff takes time, and possibly follow-up communications. Stay tuned…
Writing
I recently rediscovered something that I already knew but neglected to make happen: I feel 100% better if I start my day by writing, even if just for a bit. It’s a tough thing to do and focus on with both the Kickstarter and day job tasks looming, but I am trying hard to stick with it, and I’m having a great time working on both a story that is hopefully for 2023 and an outline for an epic far future project that would take the ThoughtScape world up to the year 3000.
Promo
With just a few weeks ‘til launch, I’m in the midst of one last surge of pre-campaign promotion. Look out next week for an exclusive peek at pages from me and Dave Law’s ThoughtScape 2319 Part 2 over at Comics Bookcase!
LADY MAYHEM
Aforementioned ThoughtScape Comics’ cover and Dash Varrick artist Karl Slominski and writer Jenna Lyn Wright just announced that their next Kickstarter, LADY MAYHEM, will be launching the same day as the TSC 2022 KS! That’s right, you’ll be able to double your dose of mad genius Karl’s work come January 3rd. Look at this image. Ugh, Karl is so #$%&ing good!
Go smash the NOTIFY button now so you don’t miss out on this one!
Alright, I guess I have a lot to do in the next four weeks, and I better hop to it. If you have Disney +, do yourself a favor and hang out with the Beatles this weekend. Holy cow, what an amazing gift Get Back is!
Best,
Matt