We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology
A project in Walnut, CA by Tara Avery000days
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The first anthology of comics entirely by and for transgender creators.
Backers: 1885
Average Pledge Per Backer: $35
Funded: $65,204 of $17,000
Dates: Jul 6th -> Aug 18th (44 days)
Project By: Tara Avery
Backers: 1885
Average Pledge Per Backer: $35
Funded: $65,204 of $17,000
Dates: Jul 6th -> Aug 18th (44 days)
Project By: Tara Avery
$65,204
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 18 @ 16:30 -0400 GMT
383%
of goal
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THANK YOU EVERYONE / $65,203! 
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Bis Thornton AND THAT IS THAT. The final figure is $65,203--nearly four times the amount we initially asked for. YOU GUYS. This sets the artist pay rate at $84/page. When we started, I DID NOT THINK WE'D GET TO THAT POINT. And I'm really elated that... (Read More)
Creator Spotlight LIKE 30 MINUTES REMAIN SPECIAL: Gwen James and Veronica Casson
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
If you're reading this before the KS ends in about thirty minutes: WHAT ARE YOU DOING GO GO SHARE THE LINK PLEASE! Otherwise, please check out these rad contributors! Gwen James Gwen James Gwen James is an artist from England, currently based out of... (Read More)
Creator Spotlight: DiAngele Augustus and Joris Bas Backer!
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! Just a couple of hours to go! We're at $63k at the time of this writing--if we can get to $66k, we'll hit the next stretch goal! It's going to be tight, so please share if you can! And please enjoy these creator spotlights! :) DiAngele... (Read More)
24 Hours Left / Cover First Look!
August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Only 24 hours remain! As of this update, we're at over $61,000 in pledges! That means that the pay rate for creators is at $81/page--way, way up from where it started at $25/page! It'll jump to $84/page at just $62,500. I think we can do at least... (Read More)
Creator Spotlight TRIPLE THREAT II: THE QUICKENING (featuring Margaret Trauth, Dylan Edwards, and Marcy Molly "Bones" Jones)
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Yet another We're Still Here CREATOR SPOTLIGHT! Margaret Trauth Margaret Trauth Margaret Trauth (alias Egypt Urnash) grew up in New Orleans, then spent a decade learning she didn't want to climb up through the ranks of the animation industry. One... (Read More)
Creator Spotlight TRIPLE THREAT: Erin Nations, E Hetrick Jackson, Jey Pawlik!
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! Continuing our closing-days-of-this-Kickstarter tradition: here are three more CREATOR SPOTLIGHTS on anthology contributors! Erin Nations Erin Nations Erin is an illustrator and cartoonist living in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from... (Read More)
Creator Spotlight: Kyri Lorenz
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! So in the final weeks and days of the We're Still Here Kickstarter, we thought it might be neat to highlight a few of the contributors to the anthology. We hope you enjoy--and if so, please spread the word about these creators and the... (Read More)
Kickstart This: The First All-Trans Comics Anthology
August 3rd - via: bookriot.com
Back the Kickstarter for the first all-trans comics anthology, We're Still Here (Read More)
$50,000 Achievement Unlocked and Coloring Book Preview!
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for your continued support!Today We're Still Here crossed the $50,000 mark in pledges! We are so grateful to all our backers who have made this campaign a success beyond our wildest imaginings. As of now, creator compensation stands at... (Read More)
Transgender Comics Anthology
August 1st - via: austinchronicle.com
Oh! This thing has more successful panels than a SXSW weekend! (Read More)
So many ways to RESIST!
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Let's remind the Trump Administration that We're Still Here!After today's outrageous announcement about the current administration's proposed ban on transgender service members in the military, we at Stacked Deck Press feel that trans representation... (Read More)
We're Still Here at San Diego Comic-Con!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Stacked Deck Press is with Prism Comics at good ol' booth 2144 for San Diego Comic-Con 2017! Stop by and get all your fave SDP titles and meet some fabulous creators! Come see me, Tara Avery on the 30th Annual Gays In Comics Panel tonight at 6:00 PM... (Read More)
New Buy-One-Gift-One and Retailer backer rewards levels!
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Because you demanded it! Two new backer rewards levels!We have received some inquiries about how to order two or more copies within the framework of this Kickstarter campaign. Now we have two ways to accommodate your trans comics needs!... (Read More)
We're Still Here, and, yes, we're a little silly...
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Have a look at our gag reel!The multi-talented Sonya Saturday is not only a contributing cartoonist to We're Still Here, she also lent us her video editing skills to our Kickstarter video. Surely enough, our contributing artists sent us more footage... (Read More)
Stretch goals for We're Still Here!
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for making this campaign such a success!Jeanne and I are pleased and proud that We're Still Here has doubled its initial goal in such a short time. We are discussing some stretch goals including additional rewards for all backer levels... (Read More)
Autostraddle covers We're Still Here!
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, backers and other interested parties! So exciting news: we just got featured by Mey Rude in Autostraddle's Drawn to Comics column! This anthology boasts fifty-five different trans creators or trans creative teams! That’s so many! I’ve never... (Read More)
We're Still Here at Queer Comics Expo! (Day 2)
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
It's another day of fascinating panel discussions, wonderful comics, and talented creators here at SOMArts in San Francisco! Our friend Knave Murdok of TransCat fame is in attendance, and she'll be contributing an exclusive story to We're Still Here!... (Read More)
We're Still Here at Queer Comics Expo! (Day 1)
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Come visit Stacked Deck Press and Prism Comics at table 25 and 26 at the Queer Comics Expo at SOMArts in San Francsico! Come meet real live We're Still Here Contributors Sonya Saturday, Knave Murdok, and me Tara Avery! Don't forget to also check in... (Read More)
Goal made! Thanks so much to our generous backers! SDP and We're Still Here at Queer Comics Expo this weekend!
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
In less than 18 hours, your support and generosity has made it possible for We're Still Here to meet its initial goal!Our initial goal of $17,000 has been met and surpassed before the first day of our Kickstarter campaign has come to a close! Thank... (Read More)
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