Kros: Hallowed Ground
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Vampire Hunter Kros fights a battle at night as fearful and horrific as the battles fought during the day at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Backers: 824
Average Pledge Per Backer: $69
Funded: $56,742 of $49,534
Dates: Jun 30th -> Jul 30th (30 days)
Project By: Tom Mandrake/ John Ostrander
Backers: 824
Average Pledge Per Backer: $69
Funded: $56,742 of $49,534
Dates: Jun 30th -> Jul 30th (30 days)
Project By: Tom Mandrake/ John Ostrander
$56,742
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 30 @ 13:30 -0400 GMT
114%
of goal
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Latest News
Marc Alan Fishman: How Kickstarter Will Shorten Your Life
August 1st - via: comicmix.com
In case you’ve not been reading my articles religiously – and if you’re not, why aren’t you? – you know my li’l studio has launched our second Kickstarter campaign. The first time around, in 2011, we asked for a little cash to make a cosplay suit. We succeeded. It was a small goal, and it took every day of the campaign for us to eek out the victory. On Thursday evening, we launched again, asking for a lot more money, with a much bigger goal in mind. This time, we want to take over the world. (Read More)
MESSAGE US THE CODE! 
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
To our backers receiving shipped rewards! Message us the code from this Bleeding Cool article and get a free Kros Button! http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/07/27/tom-mandrake-on-kickstarting-kros/ (Read More)
We are almost there!
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everybody, We are just 5 hours away from the end of our Kickstarter! I can see the finish line! There's still time to bring in a some more people, did you order a t-shirt yet!? I can't believe we're almost to the end. LAST PUSH!!! -Tom (Read More)
T-Shirt update! No shipping!
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We found a better, lighter T-shirt! And that means we can ship it anywhere with levels from REVENANT on up! Below is a size chart to help you with sizing. Thanks! Jan (Read More)
T-SHIRT ADD ON!
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
With hitting the second stretch goal, we want to bring you a T-Shirt ADD ON! The shirts will be black 100% cotton with a white Winged Vampire emblem on the front! Available in sizes small, medium, large, XL and 2XL. Take a look at the Kickstarter for... (Read More)
2nd STRETCH GOAL!
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody, we're in the middle of another exciting day! With 20 hours left in our Kickstarter campaign we just hit our second stretch goal! Now we can add 20 pages of content to the Kros: Hallowed Ground graphic novel bringing us up to 148... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Update!
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everybody, I was very excited to see we hit our first stretch goal overnight! The Silver Foil Winged Vampire Emblem for the Graphic Novel cover! We can still make it to the the next stretch goal! That would give us an additional 20... (Read More)
Funded! Thank you so much everybody!!!
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
INCREDIBLE! We reached our funding goal today! Thank you everyone for all your support and enthusiasm for Kros: Hallowed Ground! We couldn't have done this without you! - Tom and John (Read More)
STRETCH GOALS!
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We are so very close! We'd like to take this time to announce our Stretch Goals. If we go over our goal...these are our plans ! Reaching Stretch Goal One makes it possible to add a silver foil Winged Vampire stamp to the cover of Kros: Hallowed... (Read More)
52 HOURS LEFT!!
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers! Wow! We are 92% FUNDED! We are only $3,646 away from hitting our ALL or NOTHING Goal on Kickstarter!(Perhaps even less, by the time you read this.)We have 635 amazing backers! Thank you all! If each one of you are able to add $5.74... (Read More)
MORE SPECTRE PAGES!
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
HI folks! Final update for today--I promise! We're adding two new pages from The Spectre to the Kickstarter! We are offering these in the Rewards section! Please check out the ADD ONS--it's NOT too late to add a 22 x 22 Winged Vampire Bandana, a set... (Read More)
JAN DUURSEMA COMMISSION SKETCHES!
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! There's been a LOT of updates today, but we have one more good one for you! We are happy to announce that Jan Duursema (the artist who worked with John Ostrander on Star Wars titles, Republic, Legacy and Dawn of the Jedi) is going to... (Read More)
REMINDER FOR OUR CURRENT BACKERS
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Reminder for all of our backers-- if you see an ADD ON you would love to have--like Skype classes, a second copy of the graphic novel, a Flying Vampire Skull Bandana, buttons, etc-- all you have to do is to go to MANAGE PLEDGE and pledge the amount... (Read More)
VAMPIRES ARE CHASING KROS...!
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
...And he's almost out of silver bullets! With only 2 days to go, we've still got a long way to go to make Kros a reality! We are hoping, really hoping, that all of our wonderful backers will tell their friends about Kros! Only you have got the power... (Read More)
WINGED VAMPIRE SKULL BANDANA AND KROS BUTTON ADD ONS!
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We're thrilled to announce some great new additions to the KROS KICKSTARTER--KROS: HALLOWED GROUND BANDANAS marked with the iconic KROS WINGED VAMPIRE SKULL--and a set of 3 KROS buttons--available to all backers as ADD ONS! WINGED SKULL BANDANA... (Read More)
ART AND ADD ON UPDATE COMING SOON!
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a heads up to all our backers--we'll be posting a couple of new rewards and some fun add ons very soon--so keep watching! (Read More)
MANDRAKE SKETCH COMMISSIONS!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Can't be at your local comic book convention? We're having an online Kickstarter convention RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW! TODAY you can REQUEST which of these characters you want Tom to sketch for you--THE SPECTRE, MARTIAN MANHUNTER, BATMAN, GRIMJACK,... (Read More)
LAST CHANCE FOR SKETCHES TODAY!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Well-- the sad new is, we've worn Tom's fingers to the bone. The good news is that now, he can use himself for reference! Here are the last two sketches from our awesome Kros Kickstarter Convention for today! We'll be posting them on the site for... (Read More)
TWO MORE SKETCHES!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
BATMAN GOTHAM SPECTRE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (Read More)
ANOTHER TWO SKETCHES!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Tom has created two more sketches that will be offered shortly on the Kickstarter! J'ONN OF MARS SPECTRE FATE (Read More)
MORE SKETCHES!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Here are the next two sketches! BATMAN AVENGER SPECTRE FIEND (Read More)
SKETCH UPDATE!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Tom has two more sketches that will be posted as rewards for our virtual convention! We want to thank all of our backers for your continued support of this project--so this update goes out to you first! SPECTRE UNDEAD SPECTRE SPIRITS (Read More)
FIGHT THE VAMPIRES--JOIN KROS: HALLOWED GROUND!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The Kros Kickstarter Convention goes into it's second day TODAY! Tom is fueling up on coffee, cleaning those brushes and getting ready to SKETCH! We will be posting updates about new sketches here first for Backers. That's right--You get the FIRST... (Read More)
ONLY ONE SKETCH LEFT, BUT....
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Only one Tom Mandrake sketch left, but Tom will return soon with more commissions for our KROS KICKSTARTER CONVENTION! We'll send an update! MARTIAN MANHUNTER MOON (Read More)
KROS KICKSTARTER CONVENTION!
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
The KROS KICKSTARTER CONVENTION is underway! Check out the backer rewards levels for 6 X 9 Tom Mandrake convention sketches! If there is a level you have backed and for which you would like to see a sketch offered-- please let us know! (Read More)
EXCITING TIMES!
July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! First we want to announce that we are offering two more of Tom's Spectre pages on the Kickstarter as rewards! They are beautiful original pieces of Tom's art and come with the Kit and Caboodle reward, PLUS a sketch by Tom in the graphic... (Read More)
NEW! MANDRAKE SKYPE ART CRITIQUE!
July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
NEW and offered only to backers of Kros: Hallowed Ground! Send jpgs of your art to Tom and he will offer an experienced art critique on composition, storytelling, drawing, perspective. Tom is a teacher with over 30 years experience illustration and... (Read More)
FIRESTORM VS. VAMPIRES!
July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We've just posted 2 pages of FIRESTORM by Tom Mandrake as rewards for the Kros Kickstarter! These two pages come with everything at the VAMPIRE REGIMENT LEVEL INCLUDING THE SKETCH CARD! (Read More)
MAJOR KROS RETURNS!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Due to popular demands--We're offering 20 more sketched in sketchbooks on the MAJOR KROS RETURNS level! (Read More)
BEWARE THE VAMPIRES! UPDATE! READ KROS PAGES 6 AND 7 NOW!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! We've just added lettered pages 6 and 7 to the Kros Kickstarter site, so come on over and take a look--but beware the vampires--Bully Boyd is up to no good! (Read More)
KROS RETAILER'S REWARDS!
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
HI Everyone! We are now offering a QUARTERMASTER'S WAGON and QUARTERMASTER'S WAGON 10--Retailer's Reward levels on the Kros Kickstarter! Please let your favorite comic book retailer know! Thank you for your continued support! Best-- Tom and John (Read More)
BATMAN PAGES!
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
BATMAN PAGES #660 PG 8 AND 662 PG 19 with Tom Mandrake art are available to Backers of the Kros: Hallowed Ground Kickstarter! Please tell your friends who love comic book art! These two pages are inked on Strathmore series 400 2/ply board and are... (Read More)
9 DAYS REMAINING!
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
To all of our Kros: Hallowed Ground Backers-- Thanks for your kind and generous support of the Kros Kickstarter campaign! We are at58% of our goal with only 9 days left to go! Please share this link and graphic on social media with your friends and... (Read More)
FIGHT THE VAMPIRES!
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone and thanks for your continued support of Kros: Hallowed Ground! Here's a new button for the campaign! Post and share around, please! We'll get those vampires on the run! (Read More)
10 DAYS LEFT!
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! We're racing toward the end of the Kickstarter and the vampires are closing in! With a mere 10 days left to go on the Kros: Hallowed Ground Kickstarter, we need your help to SPREAD THE WORD about KROS! Please share this image or use... (Read More)
MORE TOM SKETCHES IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We've heard our backers ask so we've added more Tom Mandrake graphic novel quick sketches at the $85 and $100 levels! Please tell your friends so they don't miss out! Thanks!' Tom and John (Read More)
OSTRANDER SKYPE STORYTELLING ADD ON!
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We are happy to announce that we are offering hour long Skype storytelling class sessions with John Ostrander as an ADD ON exclusively for backers of the Kros Kickstarter! Please take a look and let your writer friends know too! With over 30... (Read More)
2 MORE SPECTRE PAGES
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We're offering our Backers A NEW opportunity to own a page of art from THE SPECTRE. SPECTRE # 57 PG 6 AND SPECTRE #42 PG 20! Please check out our add ons! You can add another copy of the Kros graphic novel for $25 or the Kros Sketchbook for $15.... (Read More)
HALF WAY THERE!
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Good Morning Everyone! Exciting day yesterday! We hit the halfway funded point for Kros: Hallowed Ground! We'd like to thank each and every one of our wonderful backers for their support and for getting Kros a little closer to publication! We now... (Read More)
MARTIAN MANHUNTER PAGE ADD ONS FOR KROS
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! Tom is offering some of his Martian Manhunter comic books pages to support the Kros Kickstarter. They are on the Kickstarter page under New Add Ons, but we wanted to give our backers a look at them here. We offer these as add ons so all... (Read More)
SKULLY TALKS ABOUT KROS
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to Tom's studio! Skully has a few words to say. (Read More)
VAMPIRE AWARD!
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
To all our Backers! Who will be the coolest Vampire? This contest will only be available to backers! It's simple and fun! Take a pic of yourself or a fellow fiend in your best vampire pose and send a jpeg under 3M to Tom:... (Read More)
NEW ART REWARD ADD ONS!
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! WE wanted to let you know--we've added some new art rewards to the Kros Kickstarter. We have 4 pages of original comic book art by Tom Mandrake. These amazing Martian Manhunter pages are being offered as ad-ons on a first come basis for $400 per... (Read More)
Help get the word out!
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! First--thanks for backing Kros: Hallowed Ground--you've made it possible to get that much closer to making this dream project a reality! Have your friends seen us? Please take a moment to spread the word and tell your friends about... (Read More)
Spectre art reward
July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Wanted to let all of our backers know first that Tom will be offering 2 pages of art from The Spectre as Kickstarter rewards for Kros: Hallowed Ground. We are posting images pf these pages on the Kickstarter tomorrow morning (7/13/2015)! We now... (Read More)
John and Tom talkin'.
July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
John and I had fun working with Johnny Hughes at Comic Crusaders on this interview! https://www.comiccrusaders.com/interview-with-kros-hollowed-ground-creators-john-ostrander-tom-mandrake/ (Read More)
Articles about Kros: Hallowed Ground
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
From comic books to heavy metal to horror, we have been getting so many great articles and notices about Kros from a wide range of sites. I've got to keep better track and start posting them. Here's an incomplete list as I begin to collect them all... (Read More)
Kros Character Profiles
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We're starting to post Character Profiles on the Kickstarter --today, it's Kros! The Kros website is also up and running with some art by Tom and a Blog by John! http://www.kroshallowedground.com/ We want to get the word out, so please share... (Read More)
KIT AND CABOODLE AND MORE--QUICK SKETCH ADDED
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Because you asked, we are offering a new level for the Kit and Caboodle PLUS a QUICK SKETCH by Tom Mandrake! Limited to 20 offerings! (Read More)
BLOOD DEMON IMMORTAL!
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Vampires and more vampires! Because the Blood Demon Returns rewards level is almost GONE Tom has agreed to draw a QUICK SKETCH in 20 MORE copies of the Kros: Hallowed Ground graphic novel! Scarce as hen's teeth--except vampire hens of course... (Read More)
ARCHFIEND 2--APPEAR IN KROS: HALLOWED GROUND!
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Wanted to let all our backers know that we have added another opportunity to appear in Kros: Hallowed Ground in an interactive speaking role and to get the page you appear on with art by Tom Mandrake! (Read More)
KROS PG 4 B&W WITH TEXT!
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Posting Page 4 of Kros: Hallowed Ground with word balloons! What kind of creature haunt the battlegrounds of Gettysburg at night? Ask young drummer boy, Jack McGuire what he's seen! (Read More)
KROS PG 3 COLOR ART WITH TEXT!
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Posted page 3 color art with word balloons! Don't forget your garlic and silver bullets--here there are vampires! (Read More)
KROS PG 3 B&W ART
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We've posted page 3 of Kros: Hallowed Ground black and white art with text! Stay tuned for color coming soon! (Read More)
BLOOD DEMON RETURNS!
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Keep the vampires coming! Tom Mandrake is taking on doing 20 more QUICK SKETCHES in the KROS GRAPHIC NOVEL at the BLOOD DEMON LEVEL! (Read More)
KROS PG 2 IN COLOR WITH TEXT
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We've added page 2 in color and with text to the Kros Kickstarter page! (Read More)
Tom Vampire Sketch Video
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We have added a video of Tom sketching a vampire to the Kickstarter page! (Read More)
Twitter handles
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Ostrander and Mandrake Launch A Kickstarter For 'Kros'
July 3rd - via: comicsalliance.com
John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake are crowdfunding 'Kros: Hallowed Ground', the story of a vampire hunter taking on the undead at the Battle of Gettysburg. (Read More)
Portrait of a Vampire--PLUS Sketch added!
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
You requested more...and Vampire portrait artist Tom Mandrake heeds your call! New level Portrait of a Vampire PLUS a quick sketch in your copy of the KROS: HALLOWED GROUND graphic novel! Limited to 20. If you've already signed on for the Vampire... (Read More)
Kros: Hallowed Ground page 1 posted!
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We'll be posting pages of the Kros: Hallowed Ground graphic novel with text so you can read the first several pages of story. Page 1 is up today July 2! (Read More)
A new day.
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It's July 2nd, the second day of fighting at Gettysburg in 1863. There was intense bloody fighting throughout the battlefields including Devils Den, Little Round Top and the Peach Orchard, and Kros was there! At the Mandrake house in 2015 it's a blur... (Read More)
Twitter shout out
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ADDED!
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
By request--We've added International Shipping to levels up to both the $200 levels! (Read More)
Starting our second day!
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
July 1st 1863. The first shot of the Battle of Gettysburg was fired at about 7:30 in the morning. In Kros: Hallowed Ground the vampires are already swarming and Kros is not far behind! We had a great first day and huge thanks to everybody who has... (Read More)
Project video is on the way
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We do have a project video and it will be up soon, still processing through KS. We were so anxious to launch we decided not to wait for it. Check back soon...any...minute! (Read More)
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