Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations
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Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations is a 200 page comic book where mythological characters face their modern technology counterparts.
Backers: 64
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61
Funded: $3,893 of $3,300
Dates: Dec 17th -> Jan 31st (46 days)
Project By: John Rap
Backers: 64
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61
Funded: $3,893 of $3,300
Dates: Dec 17th -> Jan 31st (46 days)
Project By: John Rap
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Last Updated: January 31 @ 23:45 -0500 GMT
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100 Backer Stretch Goal - YOU in the comic 
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We have just entered the last 48 hours of the project. 100 backers is within reach. All of those first 100 backers will get the special stretch goal, assuming we reach that stretch goal of 100 backers. Every backer numbered 100 or lower can choose... (Read More)
Ed Benes Studio Hired
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll be happy to know that the money raised over Kickstarter is being put to production use. Of course money will also be used for printing and shipping. However, even the digital versions will reflect value from Kickstarter. For example, in the... (Read More)
Goal reached - Thank you!
January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
The goal has been reached. Thank you to everyone. Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations will be a reality. I will see that the graphic novel continues to completion with top quality work and will send you periodic updates along the way. Shortly... (Read More)
5 Reasons Why All Novels Will be Graphic in the Future
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Comic book conventions and comic book movies are doing great, but the comic books themselves could use a smash hit. Fortunes are made by investing in the stock market when prices are right. Graphic novels today might be due for a similar correction.... (Read More)
A Comic Book Page From Conception to Completion - How It's Made
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
It can start off any way. You are just sort of living your life, buying milk, renewing your driver's license, brushing your teeth, when all of a sudden Nicola Tesla sends a ripple of static through the aether that hits you square in your brain. Then... (Read More)
Free Chapter of Electromagnate on Kindle Over the Next 5 Days
January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
From January 15th through 19th the comic book issue 4 of Electromagnate is free on Kindle. You can "buy it" now for free on Kindle and read it whenever. But you have to buy it before the 19th for it to be free. It's like a thing Amazon does. Kindle... (Read More)
Reward Update: Postcards for the first 1,000 backers of any kind
January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Post cards are being made to commemorate the launch. The first 1,000 backers, no matter which reward chosen, will get the post card. Electromagnate was never just one novel. It's a universe with its own alternative history and alternative physics... (Read More)
Free rewards for all backers if successful
January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Motion Comic @ $3,333
January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
There is now a stretch goal. When we reach $3,333 the bonus reward is a motion comic of the entire book that will be posted online for the world to enjoy. It will be like the video above but much better, and movie sized. (Read More)
Andrew M. Henderson
January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll get to the interview in a second. First, the project graphic has changed. The old graphic had only attracted 180 views of the project video in two weeks. The conversion rate from views to pledges was great, but the project was getting so few... (Read More)
Shadowmares & BackerClub
January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
If you can believe it they picked this color scheme first...true story There are now some special rewards for members of BackerClub. Any BackerClub member gets a free upgrade to signed book and a piece art with a pledge at hardback level. Further if... (Read More)
Have the computers begun programming us?
January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
What percentage of humans can pass the Turing test? The project gets support once people see it, but people weren't seeing. So, I changed the blurb to more closely match the video. Matrix Reindexed (Read More)
It looks like you can have the book for free
January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This project has been trending below the goal for three straight days. Each time it gets further from the goal. On the bright side I can go back to focusing on production soon It's weird that the project still has a high conversion rate from... (Read More)
The Evolution of a Comic Book Page
January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
OK, time to come clean. One of the reasons that I didn't originally offer a script book is that I'm not sure I have one. I have script for the pages Andrew wrote. The guy has an IMDB page. He writes actual scripts. However, I wrote the other chapters... (Read More)
Jekyll Corp Tower
December 30th - via: kickstarter.com
You might have noticed an image in the trailer of a tall building emblazoned with the phrase "Jekyll Corp Tower." Gaining control of that building is a struggle in Electromagnate. The Tower is the last piece needed before certain powers can move to... (Read More)
The Interview (NRB)
December 28th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm not sure how many of these I'll get to before the KickStarter ends. It's an interview, with N.R. Bharathae who draws the flashbacks to ancient times in Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations. N.R., who are you and where are you from? N.R. Bharathae... (Read More)
In the interest of science...
December 27th - via: kickstarter.com
This is the first KickStarter that I've been part of. Thus this is my first look at the stats behind a KickStarter project. I'm fascinated by the numbers coming in so far. You can see them for yourself in the graphic below, which is a screenshot from... (Read More)
The Better to See You With
December 26th - via: kickstarter.com
This weekend, many are heading to the movie theater to see a film called Big Eyes. The movie is about the art of Walter Keane that was really the art of Walter Keane's wife, Margaret Keane. I have to come clean. 9 of the 15 drawings in the trailer... (Read More)
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night -Noetal
December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Let's talk for a minute about the main character in Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations. His name is Noetal. You can see him in the picture below losing an argument to a pigeon. Crowmance That scene above is not one of Noetal's best. He's had... (Read More)
Early Bird Special
December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
There are now paperback copies of Electromagnate Book of Rebel Nations being rewarded for $10 pledges. Limit 25. I also had an interesting conversation with Santosh Pillewar recently, that you might like to hear about. As colorist and letterer... (Read More)
Europe, Signed Art and Social Media
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
As the Electromagnate project crosses the first milestone of $100 it seems a good time to update everyone on a few things. These are issues raised by individual backers that are now being shared with everyone. Shipping to Europe: Officially the... (Read More)
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