Vincent Konrad's 'Taken Upper Collection'

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Vincent Konrad's 'Taken Upper Collection'

Project 2016-11-07 19:22:16 +1300

Hullo. If you like to pick up a comic book and flick through a few pages at random, then this will be just like any other comic book for you. Except this one is playing along too. This will be the first time I have 'properly' published pictures, as opposed to just making zines.

Having had an unfinished comic sitting around for far too long, I decided not to finish it, and just try and print it as is. Furthermore, I figured I would draw new beginnings to not finish, and that expanded to middles and a couple of endings too. Freed from the burden of completion, the comics flowed quickly and easily from my pen.

Most of these are just one or two pages, representing part of some imagined comic that will never exist in its entirety. Some of them are complete stories over a few pages. Some of them are not even finished pages. Context and conclusion are left up to the reader, and if you want to draw in the empty panels, there is pretty much nothing to stop you from doing that.

 Most of them are fairly inoffensive, but some of them are vulgar, so you may not want to share them with kids.

The book itself will be a little over 100 pages, on nice thick stock at SRA5 size. Funding will primarily cover printing and postage costs.

If all goes well, you will have your book(s) in time for Christmas. They would make a perfect gift for friends, enemies, and strangers. The schedule is tight, however, as the NZ Post cut-off date is 18 December, and printing will take 15 days, not counting shipping and approval. To counter this, I am ensuring that all of the files are ready to go in advance of the funding date, and that everything is prepared for packing and posting as soon as they arrive at my house.

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Updates 9

Deliveries

30/12/2016 at 12:18 PM

Hullo!

 

Books are here, and, if you are lucky, books are there! Aside from a few wellington ones which I am yet to deliver, your books should arrive about now. If you ordered original artwork, you will have to wait just a little bit longer while I figure out which bit to send you. If you want more copies or know someone who does, you can email me at [email protected]. Thank you all again for being part of this momentous occasion.

 

Etc,

Vincent.

A slight delay

20/12/2016 at 9:11 PM

Dear everyone,

Unfortunately I have not got your books back from the printers yet, so if you are outside of Wellington they will not be there until after Christmas. Rest assured though, that they are currently in production, and I expect to have them any day now! 

Fake books have been e-mailed out, let me know if you have not received yours or are having difficulty with the technical side of things. If you just find the comics themselves difficult, I'm afraid that is your own problem.

Love and apologies,

Vincent.

Proof copy has arrived!

06/12/2016 at 10:40 PM

Here are a few sneak pics of the proof copy. Needs a couple of tweaks, but we are pretty much ready to go!

We did it!

28/11/2016 at 6:36 PM

Dear everyone, 

You are by now likely to be aware that the goal has been reached and everything is 'go'. I am just putting the finishing touches on editing the files, and will be sending them to the printers for proof copies tonight. Once I have the proofs and have checked them, it will go to print.

Thanks again,

Vincent.

Half way!

22/11/2016 at 1:52 PM

Hullo! Thank you all for your continued support! Here is another page just for you guys (though I guess it will also go in the book). Funding is now just a little over half way, which is good, but there are only a couple of days to go! Encourage everyone you know to pledge immediately!

mad scientist 2

Quarter of the way

13/11/2016 at 12:29 PM

Hullo, thank you all for your help so far. This is now a quarter of the way to being funded. Here is a comic about that. Please tell your friends etc, bully them if you must. I'll add another page to this comic when we get to a third!

 

International orders

13/11/2016 at 11:13 AM

 I didn't really think about the possibility of people ordering from overseas when I started this, but I have had a couple of people do so and the suggestion that I add a reward tier they can use to cover shipping. So now there is one. A mere thirty New Zealand dollars!

A sample page

09/11/2016 at 12:38 PM

An example of what is inside

ISBN

09/11/2016 at 12:06 PM

I have got an ISBN number for both the printed version and the PDF! Just like a real book!

    Pledgers 41

    Tayla Atkin
    25/11/2016 at 9:14pm

    "Can't wait to read it!"

    Benny Jennings
    25/11/2016 at 5:50pm
    Anonymous pledger
    25/11/2016 at 5:08pm

    "<3 from your #nzsecretsanta, glad I could be one of the final pledges to make your project fully funded!"

    Peter Larsen
    25/11/2016 at 4:59pm
    Anna Jackson
    25/11/2016 at 2:50pm
    Ottilie G. Smith
    25/11/2016 at 11:55am
    Brandor Garbagio
    25/11/2016 at 11:45am
    Catherine Ireland
    25/11/2016 at 8:58am
    Sam
    24/11/2016 at 4:46pm

    "Holla holla get dolla"

    Jack Brookes
    24/11/2016 at 1:57pm
    Christopher Pepper Mint Butler
    24/11/2016 at 1:50pm

    "there is an option to leave a comment and i think thats pretty neat"

    Alice May Connolly
    24/11/2016 at 11:47am
    Anonymous pledger
    23/11/2016 at 6:02pm
    Michael Fincham
    23/11/2016 at 5:55pm
    Juliet Thomborson
    23/11/2016 at 12:46pm
    Anonymous pledger
    23/11/2016 at 12:28pm
    Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith
    23/11/2016 at 1:39am
    Sam Orchard Comics
    22/11/2016 at 2:29pm
    Arika R. Crotty
    22/11/2016 at 11:45am
    Anonymous pledger
    22/11/2016 at 6:44am
    Liamicus Igneallios
    20/11/2016 at 6:02pm
    Phillipa Clark
    19/11/2016 at 6:14pm

    "<3"

    Une Entite Inconnue
    19/11/2016 at 10:12am

    "Wooooh!"

    Grace Tong
    18/11/2016 at 7:52pm
    matt macdonald
    18/11/2016 at 6:07pm

    "There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more) x"

    Somi Yun
    17/11/2016 at 11:05pm
    Ruth Corkill
    16/11/2016 at 3:55pm
    Maria
    16/11/2016 at 11:22am
    Bunny Joe Martin
    15/11/2016 at 12:41pm
    Jack Bush
    13/11/2016 at 9:51am

    "I'm so excited about this"

    Followers 1

    Followers of Vincent Konrad's 'Taken Upper Collection'

    Vincent Konrad's 'Taken Upper Collection'

    Project 2016-11-07 19:22:16 +1300

    Hullo. If you like to pick up a comic book and flick through a few pages at random, then this will be just like any other comic book for you. Except this one is playing along too. This will be the first time I have 'properly' published pictures, as opposed to just making zines.

    Having had an unfinished comic sitting around for far too long, I decided not to finish it, and just try and print it as is. Furthermore, I figured I would draw new beginnings to not finish, and that expanded to middles and a couple of endings too. Freed from the burden of completion, the comics flowed quickly and easily from my pen.

    Most of these are just one or two pages, representing part of some imagined comic that will never exist in its entirety. Some of them are complete stories over a few pages. Some of them are not even finished pages. Context and conclusion are left up to the reader, and if you want to draw in the empty panels, there is pretty much nothing to stop you from doing that.

     Most of them are fairly inoffensive, but some of them are vulgar, so you may not want to share them with kids.

    The book itself will be a little over 100 pages, on nice thick stock at SRA5 size. Funding will primarily cover printing and postage costs.

    If all goes well, you will have your book(s) in time for Christmas. They would make a perfect gift for friends, enemies, and strangers. The schedule is tight, however, as the NZ Post cut-off date is 18 December, and printing will take 15 days, not counting shipping and approval. To counter this, I am ensuring that all of the files are ready to go in advance of the funding date, and that everything is prepared for packing and posting as soon as they arrive at my house.

    Comments

    Deliveries

    30/12/2016 at 12:18 PM

    Hullo!

     

    Books are here, and, if you are lucky, books are there! Aside from a few wellington ones which I am yet to deliver, your books should arrive about now. If you ordered original artwork, you will have to wait just a little bit longer while I figure out which bit to send you. If you want more copies or know someone who does, you can email me at [email protected]. Thank you all again for being part of this momentous occasion.

     

    Etc,

    Vincent.

    A slight delay

    20/12/2016 at 9:11 PM

    Dear everyone,

    Unfortunately I have not got your books back from the printers yet, so if you are outside of Wellington they will not be there until after Christmas. Rest assured though, that they are currently in production, and I expect to have them any day now! 

    Fake books have been e-mailed out, let me know if you have not received yours or are having difficulty with the technical side of things. If you just find the comics themselves difficult, I'm afraid that is your own problem.

    Love and apologies,

    Vincent.

    Proof copy has arrived!

    06/12/2016 at 10:40 PM

    Here are a few sneak pics of the proof copy. Needs a couple of tweaks, but we are pretty much ready to go!

    We did it!

    28/11/2016 at 6:36 PM

    Dear everyone, 

    You are by now likely to be aware that the goal has been reached and everything is 'go'. I am just putting the finishing touches on editing the files, and will be sending them to the printers for proof copies tonight. Once I have the proofs and have checked them, it will go to print.

    Thanks again,

    Vincent.

    Half way!

    22/11/2016 at 1:52 PM

    Hullo! Thank you all for your continued support! Here is another page just for you guys (though I guess it will also go in the book). Funding is now just a little over half way, which is good, but there are only a couple of days to go! Encourage everyone you know to pledge immediately!

    mad scientist 2

    Quarter of the way

    13/11/2016 at 12:29 PM

    Hullo, thank you all for your help so far. This is now a quarter of the way to being funded. Here is a comic about that. Please tell your friends etc, bully them if you must. I'll add another page to this comic when we get to a third!

     

    International orders

    13/11/2016 at 11:13 AM

     I didn't really think about the possibility of people ordering from overseas when I started this, but I have had a couple of people do so and the suggestion that I add a reward tier they can use to cover shipping. So now there is one. A mere thirty New Zealand dollars!

    A sample page

    09/11/2016 at 12:38 PM

    An example of what is inside

    ISBN

    09/11/2016 at 12:06 PM

    I have got an ISBN number for both the printed version and the PDF! Just like a real book!

      Tayla Atkin
      25/11/2016 at 9:14pm

      "Can't wait to read it!"

      Benny Jennings
      25/11/2016 at 5:50pm
      Anonymous pledger
      25/11/2016 at 5:08pm

      "<3 from your #nzsecretsanta, glad I could be one of the final pledges to make your project fully funded!"

      Peter Larsen
      25/11/2016 at 4:59pm
      Anna Jackson
      25/11/2016 at 2:50pm
      Ottilie G. Smith
      25/11/2016 at 11:55am
      Brandor Garbagio
      25/11/2016 at 11:45am
      Catherine Ireland
      25/11/2016 at 8:58am
      Sam
      24/11/2016 at 4:46pm

      "Holla holla get dolla"

      Jack Brookes
      24/11/2016 at 1:57pm
      Christopher Pepper Mint Butler
      24/11/2016 at 1:50pm

      "there is an option to leave a comment and i think thats pretty neat"

      Alice May Connolly
      24/11/2016 at 11:47am
      Anonymous pledger
      23/11/2016 at 6:02pm
      Michael Fincham
      23/11/2016 at 5:55pm
      Juliet Thomborson
      23/11/2016 at 12:46pm
      Anonymous pledger
      23/11/2016 at 12:28pm
      Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith
      23/11/2016 at 1:39am
      Sam Orchard Comics
      22/11/2016 at 2:29pm
      Arika R. Crotty
      22/11/2016 at 11:45am
      Anonymous pledger
      22/11/2016 at 6:44am
      Liamicus Igneallios
      20/11/2016 at 6:02pm
      Phillipa Clark
      19/11/2016 at 6:14pm

      "<3"

      Une Entite Inconnue
      19/11/2016 at 10:12am

      "Wooooh!"

      Grace Tong
      18/11/2016 at 7:52pm
      matt macdonald
      18/11/2016 at 6:07pm

      "There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more) x"

      Somi Yun
      17/11/2016 at 11:05pm
      Ruth Corkill
      16/11/2016 at 3:55pm
      Maria
      16/11/2016 at 11:22am
      Bunny Joe Martin
      15/11/2016 at 12:41pm
      Jack Bush
      13/11/2016 at 9:51am

      "I'm so excited about this"

      Followers of Vincent Konrad's 'Taken Upper Collection'

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 25/11/2016 at 10:00 PM.