Alphabet Book Series for Nerds: Kickstarter Update!

I just posted my one week update to my Kickstarter campaign! (see link above)  With 23 days to go I’m really trying to gain more followers, so please share the link on your blog.  Again, this is for the first three books in my nerdy alphabet book series.

Cover Art

My Nerdy B Book cover

If you’re interested in preordering copies of My Nerdy A, B, and C books, participating in this campaign is the way to go.  Not only are you helping me publish them, but you’re getting them for the low cost of $10 apiece! ($5 for PDF version).

Thanks again for all of your support everyone. 🙂

Katie

Kickstarter is coming!!

Wow, long time no update!  I guess the holidays got the better of me as they do most people.  However, I have been busy in my absence making new art!  Most of it holiday-related.

BBC Sherlock-themed Christmas tree

The Tardis decorated for Christmas- painted on my iPad

But I’ve also been working a lot on those nerdy alphabet books you all may remember I posted about a while back.  I’ve actually made a lot of progress- so much so that I’m almost ready to start a Kickstarter campaign to fund the mass printing of the first three books in the series!  I’m currently editing My Nerdy B Book and finishing illustrations for My Nerdy C Book.

My Nerdy B Book cover

Boba Fett!

The main goals of the Kickstarter campaign will be to:

A. Raise as much money as I can so I can order as many copies of each of the three books as I can, because the more I order the more of a discount I’ll get. (I’m thinking I’ll start with a smaller goal, around $6,000)

B. Gauge interest for the series and raise awareness of it.  I want to make a book for each letter of the alphabet, but I think I’m in a good place right now where I can start getting the first three books out there and make sure people want to see more.

I’ll be sure to update again once the Kickstarter is up and running.  I’ve never done one before so I have no clue how it’s going to go down- I’ll need all the help I can get!

As for Jane and Chompy, I’ve honestly been so involved with this book series I haven’t given the next segment of the webcomic much more thought.  Every time I do think about it I just hit a road block, which tells me I’m not ready to go back to it yet.  I’ve been thinking about collecting the first volume of the comic (so the 18 pages I have done so far) into a nice book though.  But yeah, it’s one of those things where I know how I want it to end, I’m just not sure yet how I want to get there.

Anyway, that’s all for now.  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  And happy new year!

~Katie

What I’ve Been Up To: Nerdy Alphabet Books!

Cover Art

Hey everyone!  Sorry it’s been a couple weeks.  I ran out of time last weekend to post, having spent most of my time writing (when I’m not drawing I write about movies for examiner.com).  Anyway, this is what I’ve been working on during my break from Jane and Chompy.  It’s the first in a series of alphabet books aimed at introducing kids to different pop culture franchise.  Each story is formed around a variety of characters and things from different fandoms that all begin with the same letter, from Star Wars and Star Trek to Marvel and Harry Potter.  It has been fun to work on, but slow going.  I just finished the first book (the cover art for which is pictured above) and ordered a sample copy, which should be coming in the mail this week.  I’m hoping it looks awesome- I’ll be sure to let you all know!  I’m almost finished illustrating the second book and have written the third one; since I’ve established the style I want for the drawings and have worked out all the layout kinks with the first book, the rest should go a lot smoother.

I’m not really sure how I want to deal with publishing/selling these on a mass scale yet; I’ll probably save that problem for when I’m closer to having the whole series done.  I’m thinking maybe I should do a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign.  Of course, if you’re interested in purchasing one of the books I already have finished, or want to know more, feel free to send me an email at katiecarterart@gmail.com. 🙂

I guess that’s all for now.  I haven’t worked on any new Jane and Chompy yet either.  I haven’t really had any stroke of inspiration and have been devoting my energies to other projects, and I’ve been planning a last minute Disney World trip for the end of the month.  So it probably won’t be until after I get back from that trip that I’ll really start getting back into it.

Thanks, as always, for reading and following me!

Katie 🙂

Jane and Chompy, Part 18

Part 18

Alright guys, this is the last installment of “Jane and Chompy” for the time being.  I suppose this could be called the end of volume one of our story.  It will be back, I’m just not sure when yet; I’m taking a little break to work on some other projects, and of course figure out what direction the story should go in next.  I will definitely be posting some samples of other things I’m working on over the next few weeks, and will let you all know when I think the comic will be back!

Also, would anyone be interested in the comic in book form?  It’s something I’m thinking about. Not sure if it would be colored or still in black-and-white.

Thank you all again so much for reading.  I hope you all enjoyed the comic thus far, and will be back for more in the coming months!

Jane and Chompy, Part 17

Part 17

Here’s part 17!  Enjoy! (even though it’s kind of sad…)

Jane and Chompy, Part 16

Part 16

Here’s part 16!  Starting to wrap up what I guess I’ll call “volume 1″…stay tuned for more details.

Jane and Chompy, Part 15

Part 15

 

Jane and Chompy, Part 14

Part 14

Jane and Chompy, Part 13

Part 13

Here’s part 13 everybody!  Wow, I can’t believe I’ve already been doing this for thirteen weeks.  Enjoy, and let me know what you think of the comic so far.

Thanks for reading!

Jane and Chompy, Part 12

Turns out Chompy is quite the artist.