CATS: The Sketchbook is NOW LIVE on Crowdfundr!

They’re cute, cuddly little goblins who steal your food and your hearts. It’s CATS!

BEHOLD! I have put together an art book full of cat sketches I drew during the Inktober challenge of 2023!

WHY

I got the idea at Small Press Expo when someone came up to my table and spotted The Stars of Fantasyville (my 2022 Inktober sketchbook). They saw Duchess, my black cat character on the front and flipped through it. And they said, “Oh I thought the whole book was cats.”

And I said, “That’s my NEXT book!” So I made it happen.

I had been meaning to make an art book of cats for a while, anyway, and that was the signal I needed to make it happen.

HOW

With YOUR help, because I don’t have the budget to print these books on my own.

Thanks to a generous patron on Ko-fi, I DO have about $70 saved back for this project. Which is enough to cover the books getting shipped to me. Here’s a breakdown of what we still need to make this happen:

I’m not getting an ISBN or barcode for this book to keep the circulation small. As cute as the idea is, I don’t expect this book to pop up at Barnes & Noble or something similar. CATS is more of an art zine. Let it be a collector’s item!

As for shipping to backers, Crowdfundr has shipping costs as a separate line item in the budget. So I can just ask for the goal, but still get the funding needed to ship stuff because it’s handled separately! It’s kooky compared to KickStarter, but it works.

“Who’s printing the book?”

We’re going to the same folks who printed The Stars of Fantasyville to print these CATS books…MIXAM! For art books, their print and paper quality is *chef’s kiss* marvelous. Plus they’re fast and budget-friendly, and their customer service is stellar.

WHEN

This campaign is only open for ONE WEEK and ENDS on Jan 18. For reasons why it’s so short, I go into it on the campaign page.

If you can, please consider pre-ordering your own copy of CATS: A Sketchbook! We also have other rewards available, which you can pick and choose a la carte to make your own reward bundles! Many of these rewards are digital, too, so if you’re international, I have you covered.

Broke? Share this campaign far and wide! Sharing is caring and helps more than you know.

We have UNTIL Jan 18 to make this happen!

That’s all for now. Thank you for your time and support!

You. Are. Awesome.

Crowdfund Café: The Legend and Mr. Dino

It’s time for another serving from the Crowdfund Café!

In Crowdfund Café, we’re rounding up the latest news on crowdfunding campaigns that Fantasyville Productions is running, doing fulfillment for, or otherwise has a hand in.

Without further ado, here’s the latest from the Crowdfund Café…

THE LEGEND OF JAMIE ROBERTS, VOLUME 2

The campaign has been running for about 10 days as of this writing. We are ⅔ of the way to the base goal, and new stretch goals have been announced! Stretch goals include themed stickers of The Legendary cast as punk rock stars. For more details, to back the campaign, and/or to share the link, head over to the campaign page.

BE NOT APURRED: BIBLICALLY ACCURATE CAT ANGEL KEYCHAINS

Rewards are all shipped, which means the BE NOT APURRED campaign is officially wrapped up! Thank you to the backers for their support and patience. Leftover stock will be taken to upcoming local shows, Small Press Expo, and coming soon, a wholesale shop.

COMING SOON: MR DINO AND FRIENDS ON CROWDFUNDR

As part of a partnership with Small Press Expo and Crowdfundr, Mr. Dino & Friends will be launching their own pop-up shop on Crowdfundr in September! To sign up for notifications (and to see some behind-the-scenes art before the store launches), sign up for Kelci’s email newsletter. New subscribers will get a Mr. Dino & Friends desktop wallpaper free to download.

THE C3 ANTHOLOGY 2023

The Columbus Cartoon Coalition is launching its Anthology campaign on Monday, right after the pre-launch livestream party! Tune in to the live stream on YouTube or their Facebook page, and follow the coalition on Ko-fi for updates.

OTHER UPDATES…

Kelci will be re-designing their website this week. As part of this re-design, all Crowdfunding announcements and shop announcements are moving here to the official Fantasyville website.

That’s all for now. Thank you for your support!

You. Are. Awesome.