On certain days, when I pass by a trash can full of rotten fruit and children's vomit, I get a very strong sense memory of being inside Jambalaya Jim's
#1564; A Cold Stare From a Tall Bookshelf (Part 3)
Today’s comic revisits another of the heroes from my #Pintopia campaign! This time, it’s that famous satellite of the planet on which most of us live – Luna, the Moon.
We first heard from this celestial character in the classic comic #302.
I have also gone back through the archives and added the new tag #astronomy to past comics involving our various friends in the heavens.
In doing so, I realized there are also quite a few comics featuring the moon in a supporting role, in the context of werewolfery — but that is another topic altogether.
I will let you know when I have completed the assignment of a #lycanthropy tag.
Meanwhile, the loud round one is also the subject of a brand new pin design, once again part of…
They originated in comic #729 (with a brief cameo in #730 as well).
For each of my book collections, I have colored a handful of strips to make them special for the book. Occasionally I have then run the colorful versions later on the site, but I never reposted this one, until now!
I’ve shared it online a bunch this week – such as on Reddit – and I’m pleased to say that, despite being 13 years old, it still hits.
AND…if you’ve backed any of my Kickstarter campaigns before (and you use the same BackerKit account for this project), you will automatically get a free sticker set added to your order. A computer will figure this out!!
Launch Livestream
Peter hosted a livestream on our launch day, and I joined him for the first hour or so. We discussed my work, his work, the travails of both, and all kinds of interesting topics.
Before & after the launch time (which is 10AM Pacific time on Thursday), I’ll be livestreaming with my Pin Partner™ Peter™ over on his campaign page:
What will we be talking about? Maybe pins??
I imagine the topic will come up!!
What is “Pintopia,” anyway?
Wait, what is this whole project about? The sponsoring organization (BackerKit) describes it this way:
🎉 Welcome to Pintopia — a celebration of creativity and collaboration from a diverse group of artists collectively running enamel pin crowdfunding projects from March 28th – April 18th.
The more Pintopia pins you back, the more FREE pins you can earn ✨
⚔️ 2 FREE Cross Collaborative Pins if you back both pins from a cross collab project pair
💯 1 FREE Full-Color Pintopia 2024 Pin once ALL projects are 100% funded
🏆 1 FREE Gold Pintopia 2024 Pin if you back 5 projects or more
So, in other words, it’s a ton of different artists – over 125 of us! – all launching collections of enamel pins, all at the same time.
BackerKit is really pushing the cross-promotion angle, so I hope it works out for us all!
Early bird bonus gifts
One of BackerKit’s features is to automatically assign bonus gifts to certain backers.
For example, I have it set so all backers (at any level) in the first 48 hours will get a free postcard set added to their order!
Returning backers (anyone who’s participated in one of my crowdfunding campaigns before, such as on Kickstarter) will get ANOTHER bonus gift, a free Wondermark sticker set!
This is all tracked in the backend if you have a BackerKit account.
The old pins are showin’ up too
My existing pin designs are available anytime from my online store. But, sometimes a campaign like this will nudge someone off the fence into participating!
So, all of my existing designs will ALSO be available, as add-ons to any order of the new pins.
But a reader wrote in to let me know that it may actually be a remake! There is a 1978 German film calledMesser im Kopf– in English, Knife in the Head.
As this review raves, the film contains, at least for the time:
“…arguably the most realistic enactment of a brain injury ever depicted in the cinema.”
A more succinct summary of Headstabbers you would be hard-pressed to find.
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