Monsters and Other Scary Shit: A Monster Anthology

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Russell Nohelty
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Do you love monsters? We love monsters so much we made them a 224 pg love letter. Monsters from sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and more!
Backers: 624
Average Pledge Per Backer: $44

Funded: $27,631 of $16,000
Dates: Feb 14th -> Apr 7th (52 days)
Project By: Russell Nohelty
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$25,000!!!

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
If $22,000 was a fevered dream of madmen in my pre-launch strategy, then $25,000 was unfathomable. In fact, it's hard for me to wrap my brain around anything that's happened in the past couple of months.  Before this campaign started I was nervous... (Read More)

Stretch goal unlocked!!!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We hit our stretch goal with 62 hours still left on the clock! Thank you so much! Since there isn't much time left, now is a great opportunity to check in with your pledge and see if it's right for you.  Remember, no money has been deducted... (Read More)

500!

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I hope you don't mind my many emails, but we just keep racking up the milestones and I'm just too excited not to share!.  Yesterday, we passed 500 backers! I am truly humbled that 500 people believed in this project enough to pledge for this amazing... (Read More)

Almost $23,000!!!!

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Whoa! Not only did we pass $22,000 this week, but we're almost at $23,000. A couple of days I was bummed because I didn't think we would hit $24,000 so we could unlock this awesome digital print pack, and now I'm trying to figure out what a new... (Read More)

Do you want even more monsters?

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
My friend Terrance Grace has tapped into the monster inside us all in his very cool Kickstarter project: The Locksmith 3: Cry Me A River Of Blood.  This is the third of five, 44 page issues in the series and Terrance has raised nearly 200% of his... (Read More)

Do you love Shakespeare...with guns?

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
My friend Maytal Gilboa is currently running a Kickstarter to fund her company Emet Comics’s newest original graphic novel, Verona, written by Emily Dell, with artwork by Mollie Helms and Bryndon Everett. You can find it by clicking here. I can’t... (Read More)

Less than 10 days left!

March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
I know this has been a long campaign for most of you. Many of you have been with me since the very. first. day. If that's you, then you've stuck with me for 43 grueling days so far.  That's incredible.  Frankly, putting up with me for one day is... (Read More)

$21,000!!!!!

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Wha!!! We just hit 450 yesterday, and now we're at $21,000 today! Woot! We're smashing through goals like it's our job. I mean it technically is my job, I guess, but it's the fun kind of job.  As yet another thanks to you, here's ANOTHER of our... (Read More)

450!

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. We just passed 450 backers for this campaign and I am so thrilled. It's hard to believe, honestly, that just a month ago I wasn't sure we would even get to 300, and now we're well on our way to 500.  You are just amazing. All of you. I'm so... (Read More)

Chatting the Chit with Jay Campbell

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
A couple days ago I chatted the chit with Jay Campbell from the Conceptual Heist Kickstarter campaign. We talked for over two hours about making comics, why we love books, and our favorite writers.  I thought you guys might enjoy it. ... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal announced!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I talked with my team, and you guys yesterday, and came up with a really cool stretch goal, especially since it's clear you like digital prints.  The MAOSS artists scoured their back catalog and found all sorts of amazing monster prints that they... (Read More)

$20,000!!!

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Woot!!! We hit $20,000, which means glow-in-the-dark eyes are a GOOOOOOOOO!!!!  That is all 100% because you believed in this project, and I can't thank you enough for that. I can try though!  So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank... (Read More)

New Reward Tier Unlocked!

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're just $500 away from Glow-In-The-Dark Eyes! Woot! As such, I've unlocked a brand new reward tier which is ironically, or unironically if you're not Alanis Morrissette, exactly $500!  www.monsteranthologycomic.com I'm going to assume that since... (Read More)

Do you love cards?

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We are just $40 away from unlocking four free prints from Stan Yak for everybody that backed the campaign up to this point. If we can hit $19,000 by tonight all of these are yours...for free.  But this really isn't about that. This isn't about... (Read More)

Free stuff @ 400 backers!

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
We're so close to 400 backers! Right now we are at 389, and thank you so much for that!  389 is more than just a number to us. It means 389 people trusted us with their hard earned money.  That means the world to us.   But we reeeeally want 400,... (Read More)

Two New Reward Tiers!!!

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
To celebrate the fact we have only a month left in this campaign, I added two new reward tiers to the campaign.  The best part of these new tiers is that if you've already backed at $40 or above, you don't have to do ANYTHING to get these rewards.... (Read More)

Emerald City was the best!

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We sold out at everything at Emerald City Comic Con! Even all those fliers and cards were GONE by the end of Sunday. It was one of the most incredible con experiences of my life.  Most importantly, we had such an amazing reaction to the book.... (Read More)

Hanging out with Tom Spellman

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This is the last update I'm probably going to be able to write for at least the next week, as I'll be in Emerald City Comic Con until Monday (TABLE Z-5! Come say hi!) In my last update, I wanted to give you another replay link to a live stream I did... (Read More)

100%!!!!!!

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit 100% funding!! Wheeeee!!!!  That means this book is really gonna happen in the amazing way I always envisioned in my head.  I did a live stream late last night to thank everybody involved. I won't do it here because there are just too many... (Read More)

Live with Andrew Pawley of Galaxafreaks

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We just tested a dual live stream with both myself and the creator of Galaxafreaks, a weird all-ages comic book my friend Andrew Pawley makes out of England. It went great and Kickstarter Live allows for replays, so you can check it out too! If you... (Read More)

Do you have Instagram?

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Do you have Instagram? If you do, I want to invite you to follow a couple of us on Instagram:  @russellnohelty - this is my page, where I host live q and as, talk about cool stuff, and post pictures of my life on the road as a convention warrior. ... (Read More)

We have a music video! + special print!

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We're only $1500 away from funding this campaign! Woooot!!!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You are awesome! I am so grateful for all of you.  As such, I have a surprise for you. We have a music video for the project!  The amazing Jake Lionheart,... (Read More)

New add-ons and another special print!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We are just $10 away from $12,000, and just passed 250 backers.  I am blown away. I don't know how many more times I can say it, but I keep looking at the statistics and smiling, because with each dollar we raise it's another person willing to... (Read More)

$10,000!!!

February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy shit. (I'm assuming I can say shit, since you guys backed a campaign with shit in the title, right?)  I thought, in my wildest dreams, it would take at LEAST two weeks to get $10,000 funded to the campaign, and you guys helped us get there is... (Read More)

Monsters and Other Scary Shit, Now on Kickstarter

February 20th - via: military-technologies.net
If you love monsters, comics, and anthologies, you have to check this one out. (Read More)

Just 7 backers away...

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We're just 7 backers away from 200!!! It's been an insane and incredible ride the last couple of days. I know I keep saying it, but I've never been so honored and humbled by anything in my life like I have with the response to this campaign.  That's... (Read More)

Wow.

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We are almost halfway home in just 2 days! That's crazy.  I'm so honored and humbled that we have gotten so far, so fast. Honestly, my wife is incredibly grateful too b/c I haven't been a nervous ball of stress all day every day :)  In fact, I've... (Read More)

I am overwhelmed.

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
I am overwhelmed with the response we've gotten for Monsters and Other Scary Shit. Thank you so much for your generous pledge.  I decided to judge this launch on how many of my previous projects we could leap frog in the first day. I'm happy to say... (Read More)

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