BRUNO: The Bear Who Stayed Awake - a children's book
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Bruno: The Bear Who Stayed awake is a children's book I will be publishing in September of 2017 it has 32 pages and will be hardbound.
Backers: 166
Average Pledge Per Backer: $52
Funded: $8,586 of $7,500
Dates: Jan 27th -> Feb 26th (30 days)
Project By: Matt Fitzwater
Backers: 166
Average Pledge Per Backer: $52
Funded: $8,586 of $7,500
Dates: Jan 27th -> Feb 26th (30 days)
Project By: Matt Fitzwater
$8,586
current pledge level
Last Updated: February 26 @ 20:30 -0500 GMT
114%
of goal
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Latest News
A Mother Brags A Little 
February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
*CLICK* *SQUEEK* *SQUAWK* May I have your attention please. This is your mother ... uh ... Copilot speaking. Due to an unexpected pilot malfunction (Matt was rushed to the ER last night with complications following an operation), I will be... (Read More)
Local author meets Kickstarter goal: Bruno the Bear published later this year
February 21st - via: thenewsguard.com
It began with a bear wearing a scarf and a tutu. (Read More)
Stretch Goal #1 REACHED
February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Graphs, Numbers, and Explanations. We achieved the first stretch goal! It was a little one, $500 above the project goal, and we made it! Postcards all around! Instead of making it an add on item, I’m including them at no additional charge... (Read More)
Crunch Time.
February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
With only 6 days left to go to boost funding a wee bit (and maybe hit a stretch goal) I've added an additional 15 paintings to the $100 tier. 15? This late in the game? Yup. I've got the first 10 all drawn out; they're not painted yet, but they're... (Read More)
Beeses and Fishes.
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
In the video I show the process of how I went about drawing a bear in a river catching a fish, but not from its initial sketch. The fun of it is that the painting itself is in the book; it’s small and obscure, but its there in its entirety. So... (Read More)
Big announcement!
February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Click Here, it’ll take you there: http://www.lincolncity-culturalcenter.org/galleries If you scroll down to September there’s a show titled “Children’s Book Illustration Group Show with Sarah Gayle, Matt Fitzwater and Krista Eddy.” I’m... (Read More)
Ballet.
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
One way or another this book was always going to be about ballet. Bruno was a ballerina. He was a bear, to be sure, but he was also a ballerina. He had a fascination with dance as an art. Maybe it was more than fascination with dance alone;... (Read More)
Graphs, Numbers, and Stretch Goals
February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
So, check out this chart: I loves me some graphs and numbers. In 10 days we hit our goal and we’re sitting somewhere around 101% so I went ahead put some stretch goals up there. I don’t know exactly what they’re going to be just yet; I have... (Read More)
First stretch goal.
February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! It’s Matt, again, it's later than I intended, and I just want to give you a quick update on the situation. First: Thank you for all the pledges! I’m happy to say again that we’ve met and exceeded the goal like I never thought... (Read More)
Success!
February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We made it to the goal of $7500 only 10 days into the campaign. This is really crazy and I can hardly believe it! A few months ago I remember sitting with my wife wondering how we would afford to pay for this even if I was able to get it finished.... (Read More)
95%
February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We reached 95% and surpassed it. The number, as I type, is at 95.8% and we've three weeks to go. This is good because it gives me a chance to really look at the binding, adjust ideas, and put some stretch goals on the front burner! I can't say... (Read More)
To Skate or Not to Skate?
February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Spring of 2016, I was given the chance to spend a week working on nothing but the book. No obligations, just work. Perfect! While alone and drawing, people would shuffle through my work space and ask questions, having been told someone was... (Read More)
80%
February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Groundhog Day, all. We've surpassed 80% with more than 3 weeks to go! I feel like this: Woo! (Read More)
75%
February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We're at 75%. Really. I mean, honestly we passed 75%; now we're at 75.2667% (rounded). I'm psyched! Given my excitement, I give you: me being pied in the face via the game Pie Face. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content.... (Read More)
Bored, bored, BORED.
February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
The explanation for Bruno being a Renaissance man was simply that, year after year, he couldn't hibernate. This gave him plenty of time to excel in areas ignored by most bears, which will be its own update, but, man, not-sleeping can be... (Read More)
Oh, really?
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Huh. We're sitting just over 70%. Cool. Cool? COOOOOOL! It's help from all of you out there that's making this take flight! Thanks and keep on sharing! Rehersal: Day 5 (Read More)
Photography
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Bruno using the camera wasn't too big a decision. I mean, what do you do when you’re alone in the woods for months on end? “What would I do," I thought, "if I were alone in the woods for a long period of time?” “Taking pictures is a good way... (Read More)
Day One? Day Two.
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning! In just over 24 hours, we made it more than a third of the way to our goal and by the time I woke up this morning we were over 42%. Now we’re over half way? WOW! Thanks for such a strong day-one! Thanks for being here! Thanks for... (Read More)
These are the first picture I drew of Bruno and the last picture drawn for this book.
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
First picture of Bruno Awe lookit him, with his nose in the air, sniffing that chill in the breeze… This is the very first picture I drew of Bruno where he felt more like a character than just a drawing or a bear. This guy wasn't only... (Read More)
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