SONGS OF GIANTS: the poetry of pulp, illustrated

A project in Westminster, MD by ComicMix, LLC
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Songs of Giants: lost poetry of pulp giants Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs & H.P. Lovecraft, illustrated by Mark Wheatley!
Backers: 293
Average Pledge Per Backer: $46

Funded: $13,415 of $5,500
Dates: Mar 12th -> Apr 20th (40 days)
Project By: ComicMix, LLC
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INCREDIBLE!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE! Thank you all for your incredible support for my dream project! I am thrilled with the response and I can't wait until you all have your rewards! Because of the success of this project, there is already talk of a... (Read More)

NOW WE HAVE METAL!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
WHOO HOO! METALLIC INK COVERS! We unlocked SONGS OF GIANTS Stretch Goal #9!  Can we unlock Stretch Goal #10 in the next hour? You guys have done amazing things in this campaign. I have a feeling we can pull this off! Keep sharing and I'll check back... (Read More)

LIVE PREVIEW TONIGHT!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
SONGS OF GIANTS LIVE! I know that sounds like I am announcing SONGS OF GIANTS ON ICE or some other live production of the material. And while that might be fun (hey, they made a very popular Broadway musical out of poems about cats) I'm actually... (Read More)

OOPS! STRETCHED RIBBON!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
IT IS CRAZY EXCITING HERE! I got a little confused last night and jumped to our SONGS OF GIANTS Stretch Goal #9, skipping #8! So we got the really cool ribbon bookmark added to the rewards and we are still a little short on the metallic Ink. But I... (Read More)

HEAVY METAL INK!

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
THE METALLIC INK STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! Thanks to all of you, SONGS OF GIANTS is not only going to be a collection of the very best Pulp Poetry ever written, and not only be one of my favorite collections of illustrations, but it will also be a fine... (Read More)

THE UNLOCKED FACES!

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
PORTRAIT OF A STRETCH GOAL! The SONGS OF GIANTS Stretch Goal #7 is now unlocked! This set of signed prints feature original, painted, portraits of each of our Masters of Pulp Poetry; Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. P. Lovecraft! How... (Read More)

DEADLINE CRUNCH!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
THE CLOCK IS TICKING We are into the final hours of the Songs of Giants campaign. We have come a long way, hitting nearly 200% of our goal! But the real question is, how many of the remaining Stretch Goals can we hit before the deadline on Saturday,... (Read More)

FINAL WEEK!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
MORE STRETCH GOALS This is just a quick update. I've been in Chicago for most of the past week for the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. My art show featuring the original illustrations I did for Christopher Paul Carey's SWORDS AGAINST THE MOON... (Read More)

VIDEO KILLED THE ROCK STAR

April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
VISIT MY STUDIO!   Hey Folks! Tonight at 8PM ET I will be the guest on the CROWDFUNDING COMICS Video Show on YouTube. This show is the huge success masterminded by the resourceful Nile Scala and the wildly talented Billy Tucci. The show is going to... (Read More)

STRETCH!

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
DARE TO REACH - DARE TO STRETCH! This is a short SONGS OF GIANTS update! I spent the day celebrating the birthday of the most important person in my world, my lovely wife, Carol. And while we were doing that, we passed our 6th Stretch Goal! Now... (Read More)

EXCITEMENT!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
COOL THINGS ARE HAPPENING! As a publisher, I get excited by things that probably seem odd to the average reader. But today, two things happened that really got my blood racing! First, we got assigned our SONGS OF GIANTS ISBN and Barcode. And the back... (Read More)

THE PROMISE

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
THE COMPLETE PAN Hey Folks! Just a short SONGS OF GIANTS update to follow through on a promise. Every Saturday I share a sketch or a work in progress on my Facebook Fan page. And this week I shared two versions of my work in progress for the... (Read More)

STRETCHING THINGS!

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
LIFE IS ABOUT THE JOURNEY, BUT GOALS ARE THE REWARDS! We are sneaking up on the 6th Stretch Goal for SONGS OF GIANTS! Everyone has been so great about sharing the campaign link. I am just blown away by all the help you are giving the book. And... (Read More)

VIDEO VISIT for APRIL 6th

March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
WE GOT BUMPED! If you tuned into CROWDFUNDING COMICS last night, you probably noticed I was not there, and SONGS OF GIANTS was not the subject! They had to change their scheduling. But hopefully you were able to enjoy Billy Tucci's and John Broglia's... (Read More)

FIVE ALIVE!

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
MORE ART! We have passed the 5th Stretch Goal for SONGS OF GIANTS! Now all print level backers will be getting a full size, signed art print added to their rewards!  This leaves only our 6th Stretch Goal out of the original group we announced. I... (Read More)

THE TIDES OF ART

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Presenting a new progress video! Hey all! As promised, here is a preview of my next-to-last illustration for SONGS OF GIANTS! I created this illustration of a sunken galleon to accompany the Robert E. Howard  poem: TIDES! Mark Wheatley's new... (Read More)

MAKING MORE ART

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
I've been making more art!  I have exactly one illustration left to do and SONGS OF GIANTS will be complete! While I have been putting my time into creating art, Facebook has been making it pretty much impossible for me to get the word out about the... (Read More)

STRETCH GOAL #4 UNLOCKED!

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
SONGS OF GIANTS IS GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY! Thanks to all of you, we all are getting more! We have now passed the 4th Stretch Goal for SONGS OF GIANTS! Every backer beginning with printed book level and above will be getting the exclusive,... (Read More)

THE SOUNDS OF POETRY

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
While we continue our approach to the 4th Stretch Goal for SONGS OF GIANTS, we have an event planned for tonight at 5PM ET. Mark Redfield will be reading the complete H. P. Lovecraft poem; THE CATS. There will be a video posted to my fan page on... (Read More)

STRETCH GOAL #3 UNLOCKED!

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
YOU ALL HAVE DONE IT AGAIN! We have passed our 3rd Stretch Goal and are well on our way to the 4th goal. But right now we have the "Surrender" music video and the series of ART process videos on how I created the illustrations for SONGS OF GIANTS... (Read More)

STRETCH GOAL #1 UNLOCKED! STRETCH GOAL #2 UNLOCKED!

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! While I was sleeping, SONGS OF GIANTS hit Stretch Goal #1! I got up early and put together a graphic and wrote an update. And before I could send out the update, we hit Stretch Goal #2! So now we have the bound-signing plate! And we also have... (Read More)

STRETCH GOALS, ANYONE?

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
FULLY FUNDED IN LESS THAN 5 DAYS! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I feel like we had to have broken a land speed record hitting our funding goal in so short a time. I am blown away by your early and strong support! This happened so fast that we... (Read More)

YOU REALLY LOVE SONGS OF GIANTS!

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all! Thanks for your support and for sharing the campaign! In just 48 hours we are 58% funded! If we can keep this up, everyone will be getting some very nice upgrades! One thing that is going to help us is that Kickstarter has just... (Read More)

TWENTY FOUR!

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for being a part of SONGS OF GIANTS!  Thanks to you all, the first twenty four hours of this campaign have been very gratifying! Now, we just have to keep the momentum going until we unlock all those lovely stretch goals! Nothing comes... (Read More)

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