The Shepherd: a comic book adventure

A project in Long Beach, CA by Nathan Sage
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A shepherd on a distant planet has to make some tough decisions when she finds a wounded ancient beast on her flock's grazing grounds.
Backers: 308
Average Pledge Per Backer: $43

Funded: $13,357 of $12,000
Dates: Jan 1st -> Feb 1st (32 days)
Project By: Nathan Sage
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Latest News

The Final Countdown

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Well friends, it looks like we're coming in for a landing. It's been an incredible ride so far, and when we cross that finish line tonight, it will be with all of you. When we look at this list of backers, there's so much that we see. We see old... (Read More)

Goal

January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, yesterday was a special day. We hit our funding goal of $12,000. The moment we hit our goal yesterday Thank you dearly to everyone who has brought us to this point. Every link, every tweet, every word of encouragement has helped us. But we... (Read More)

It's Time to Beat the Odds

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, it's the last week of our Kickstarter: we have 4 days to go. And for the first time in the length of our hard-fought campaign, the tracking websites are projecting us to fail. And if we fail, it will be a travesty to have come so far and... (Read More)

Final Week!

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Well Friends, Here we are. The final week. And we're 81% funded. The dream is within reach. With just 7 days to go, we need to raise every cent to the goal in order to make it. And I'm absolutely floored at the creative ways some of our dear friends... (Read More)

New Milestones

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This past week we hit an important milestone in our Kickstarter for The Shepherd: the 75% mark. We're three-fourths of the way there! Also, Ron took us to Phat Con, an awesome little comics convention hosted by Phat Collectibles in Anaheim,... (Read More)

Astrid

January 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This weekend a young woman from Norway got excited because she shared the name of our book's female protagonist, Astrid. And it doesn't surprise me one bit. The name "Astrid" is Nordic in origin, descending from the cold Northern European countries... (Read More)

This is my Story, This is my Song

January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, I wrote my first press release this week. I can't count how many times I've summarized the story, and indeed I'm happy to retell it every time Ron and I meet a new person in a comics shop. But never has it occurred to me so strongly that,... (Read More)

A New Challenge

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, it's impossible to say just how excited we all are on the creative team. In just under a week, we have made up 60% of our funding goal. Now if we hit that goal early, which we have every intention of doing, we're going to keep pushing.... (Read More)

The Grassroots Campaign Begins...

January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Big things are happening for The Shepherd! Just this morning the comics and movie blog Bleeding Cool published an article I wrote, about the making of our comic book. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/01/05/finding-astrid-the-making-of-a-comic-book/... (Read More)

Our First Interview

January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone, We got our first interview about the Kickstarter today, on the comics blog Panel Patter. In it, Rob McMonigal asks us about everything from our early influences to our creative method. Be sure to check it out!... (Read More)

A Monstrous First Day

January 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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