The Long Way Home and The Ronin & The Shisa

A project in Okinawa-shi, Japan by Ryan Cody
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A documentary that follows a group of friends halfway around the world as they return home together for the first time in 25 years.
Backers: 96
Average Pledge Per Backer: $54

Funded: $5,167 of $2,500
Dates: Feb 15th -> Mar 17th (30 days)
Project By: Ryan Cody
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Latest News

Stretch Goal #3!

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
36 hours to go! Thanks to everyone for their generous support! Be sure to spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested!  (Read More)

Ronin & the Shisa characters

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a look at 3 of our main characters, Tori, Hanma and Kabe. Hanma is sporting an early look at this campaign's tee-shirt reward. Thanks to everyone for your support and please tell your friends about it!  (Read More)

Stretch Goal #2!

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Let's shoot for one more added bonus before we wrap up in 2 weeks. At $5,000, all backers will have access to behind-the-scenes process videos and posts for both the documentary and the comic.   (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 ACHIEVED!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
You lucky backers are going to now get a Scott Godlewski cover for The Ronin and The Shisa! Scott has done work for Image Comics and DC comics. Scott will provide the layout and pencils while Ryan will ink and color it. The next stretch goal will be... (Read More)

Stretch Goal

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
If we reach $3700 then the cover to The Ronin and The Shisa gets an upgrade in the form of Scott Godlewski! Scott will pencil the cover and I will ink and color it. Scott's work has been seen in his creator owned Image comic, Copperhead,  as well as... (Read More)

We're funded!

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Even though I wasn't too worried about reaching 100% funding, it is still quite relieving to be there in just a week, so I wanted to send out a heartfelt 'thank you' to all the backers. I set the goal low, literally the very bottom dollar amount to... (Read More)

New reward tiers

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Over the weekend I added a reward that combines the comic and the documentary DVD and this morning I added a reward tier for a digital version of the comic. Both are things that I should have had from the start. Thanks for sticking with me and please... (Read More)

Almost at 50% after 1 day!

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We're closing in in the end of the first day and I just want to say thanks to the first group of backers. It's snowing here and I'm sipping my coffee and just feeling very grateful. Remember to let all your friends know who might be interested and... (Read More)

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