Chance Press is publishing underground comix legend Kim Deitch

[esart]

Now can I borrow a few hundred bucks?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

For the $150 version you could have Crumb and Linda King sign it.

 

[jordan]

i'm going to have her doing a painting of a horse for the $500 version. with the inscription, "how many kim deitches can a man eat?"

 

[mjp]

The painting of the horse is good, but maybe a more appropriate inscription, like, "He couldn't have written HORSEMEAT if it wasn't for me!" It really shouldn't have anything to do with Kim Deitch, if we want to remain consistent here...

 

[jordan]

okay, there are but TWO copies of the trade edition left! these are part of the $135 reward tier, and they come with three limited edition prints. once these are gone, that's it for the trade edition - we don't plan to raise the edition size, despite the demand we've seen. so head over to the kickstarter page and pledge for one of them, or you'll have to wait to buy a copy off of abebooks for $2000 or something ridiculous.

 

[mjp]

$6,471 pledged of $2,000 goal.
9 days to go.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

That's crazy! A good crazy. $7000 is not unthinkable. A reach, maybe, but doable.

 

[jordan]

yep, someone came through with a $575 pledge last night to bump us over 6K, and we got a couple more today. I'm starting the home stretch publicity wave in a couple days with the goal of breaking 7K by the end.

oh, and i deleted the reward tier where we'd do a bookbinding tutorial for someone. it seemed like a good idea at the time, but i'm going to be too busy making books to manage it now!

 

[jordan]

wow, just a hair shy of $9000. i have to say, i'm plum shocked at the success of this. i thought we'd make our goal by selling the cheap prints and might get lucky to sell a handful of books. now, there are barely any books left to "release" once they're done - almost the entire edition is claimed. there is one trade edition, one medium fancy edition, and one deluxe edition left.

 

[mjp]

Sorry, I posted this without any comment...I thought it was interesting and apropos, since I think you can now be called a comic publisher.

 

[PhillyDave]

"What's the future of comics?" Welll... some people around here seem to have an idea or two.

 

[jordan]

we're a publisher, technically, although other publishers i've talked to give me the cold shoulder and don't take us seriously. that's fine, since i don't have the network or contacts to build an audience... i think of us more as bookmakers than publishers, at least with respect to comics, since most of the projects i come up with are based on taking work by artists i like and making a wildly elaborate, expensive book out of that artwork. when you're only making 10 of something, it's hard to call it "publishing."

 

[jordan]

so, this is kind of weird, but i just noticed that the sun in this kim deitch artwork...

has the same expression as Dan.

Maybe my choice of projects is guided by Dan behind the scenes, and all my ideas have really been his. I'm okay with that, btw.

 

[mjp]

Dan is guiding us all.

 

[jordan]

in case anyone wanted one of these books, there's currently one hardcover copy left. there are also a few of the oversize deluxe editions that haven't been sold via preorder, but they're insanely expensive (i haven't set the price yet, but at least $600).

This is what the standard size (10" x 13") hardcover looks like. Bill printed the cover.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Got my trade edition today and it is fucking magnificent. Seriously.

Beautiful work.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

there's currently one hardcover copy left.

No there isn't. :D

 

[jordan]

thanks so much!!!

 

[bospress.net]

got mine too. Really classy...

Great job from the two of you!

Bill

 

[jordan]

just finished the deluxe editions tonight. these are the kickstarter copies - there are three more, but i need to do a few other things before i get to finishing them. i'll have better photos soon.

let's just say i'm proud of these and leave it at that :)