Translating Pow Pow Press

A project in Montreal, Canada by Luc Bossé
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We are a Montreal-based publisher. Our authors wish to translate their comics from French to English. We want to help them do that.
Backers: 410
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59 CAD

Funded: $24,302 CAD of $20,000 CAD
Dates: Nov 9th -> Dec 10th (32 days)
Project By: Luc Bossé
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Latest News

Last 90 minutes!

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
The last few hours have been pretty exciting. We are getting closer and closer to our $25,000 stretch goal. If we reach it in the next 90 minutes, we will translate Vampire Cousins in English! We've been trying to celebrate every new backer or pledge... (Read More)

The big analog board

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We've now made it past $22,000, which means we will be making the Vampire Cousins screen prints. We now need one final push to reach $25,000 and translate the book itself. Let's keep it up. With only nine hours to go, we've decided to use our famous... (Read More)

Final 24 hours…

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The countdown has started… These are the final 24 hours of the Translating Pow Pow Press campaign. The last month has been very exciting for us. We will start working on the books as soon as this is over : there is still a lot we need to do in... (Read More)

New stretch goal : Vampire Cousins screen print

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
So we've finally made it past $20,000 and we are slowly making our way towards the final hours of our Kickstarter campaign. What's left to do? Rest on our laurels and wait until the clock ticks out? Of course not! We've got a fourth book we still... (Read More)

Final design : New Pow Pow t-shirt

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We've finally made it past the $20,000 mark. We want to thank everyone who contributed to the "Translating Pow Pow Press" campaign, either by pledging or spreading the word on the internet. But it isn't over yet. We still have 49 hours to get to... (Read More)

Artist Spotlight : Pascal Girard

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
A few days ago, Pascal Girard came over to the Pow Pow HQ looking for a way to help us reach our $20,000 objective. Pascal immediately set out to do what he does best : draw, draw, draw and draw some more. Pascal seems to spend most of his spare time... (Read More)

Artist Spotlight : Zviane

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Zviane is one of the most critically acclaimed cartoonists in Québec right now. Her most recent book For As Long As It Rains won the Grand prix de la ville de Québec in 2014, an award she had previously received once in 2011 for her graphic novel... (Read More)

Artist Spotlight : Samuel Cantin

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have one week left to reach $20,000 and start translating some books. This is it : the epic final push of the "Translating Pow Pow Press" campaign. We're gonna need all the help we can get and quite a few more backers to get to our objective. But... (Read More)

200 backers and counting…

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was a pretty exhilarating days at the Pow Pow headquarters. We finally reached 200 backers, before getting ten more pledges in the span of ten hours. We ended up reaching $12,186 by the end of the day. Pretty encouraging figures, all things... (Read More)

Thursday night at the D&Q library

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
While our Kickstarter campaign has kept us quite busy in the last few weeks, that's not the only thing we've been working on lately. We've recently released three new titles in French : 23 h 72 by Blonk, La guerre des arts by Francis Desharnais as... (Read More)

Pascal Girard Screen Prints

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Once again, we're off to get a great start this week; we've been getting some new backers, a couple of pledge upgrades and tons of support on social networks. Thanks again for everything! We've got a little surprise for you : new screen print designs... (Read More)

Brand new shirt design!

November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been slowly but surely getting closer to the halfway mark in the last few days, but we're gonna need an extra push if we want to get to 20,000$ by Wednesday, December 10th. Once again, we'd like to thank everyone who has contributed to the... (Read More)

Sneak Peek - For As Long As It Rains

November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Alright! We've reached 37% of our objective so far, thanks to you. As a gift to everyone who has backed our campaign, and in the hope of convincing anyone who hasn't yet, we've asked Zviane and Helge Dascher to translate the first pages of her... (Read More)

Artist Spotlight : Michel Hellman

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
First off, we want to thank everyone who has backed "Translating Pow Pow Press" so far; we've reached more than 30% of our objective in less than a week, all because of you and the fantastic support you've given us. If you want to help us some more,... (Read More)

Come meet us this weekend

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone in the Montreal zine scene knows the month of November means Expozine is right around the corner! The smells, the noise, the heat of the overcrowded church basement : Expozine is the busiest, most exciting weekend of the year for anyone... (Read More)

Artist spotlight : Guy Delisle

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This is our first update, so let us thank everyone who has pledged so far to the Translating Pow Pow Press campaign. We are very pleased to announce we've reached 15% of our objective in 48 hours. In order to celebrate, we've decided to offer a... (Read More)

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