5 days, 600+ Backers! Let's streeeetch (goals)!
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 05:23:14 PM
What a week. Because of your support, in five days, we have watched as The Adept --
Crossed 400, 500, and now 600+ backers!
We also:
- Hit our funding goal at 200%+
- Earned a Projects We Love tag from Kickstarter
- Was listed as a #1 project on Fanbase Press's #CrowdfundingFridays
- Was listed as a #1 project on The Beat's Comics Crowdfunding Roundup
- Was featured in NextShark (NextShark is a multi-platform source of content at the forefront of amplifying the Asian American and Asian experience)
THANK YOU for sharing and spreading the word about this campaign. We absolutely cannot wait to show our appreciation by delivering an issue that you'll be proud of.
Let's keep going. Our mission is transformation. And we believe that each one of use can choose the type of hero we want to be. You'll see that in the characters and stories we create and we believe that wuxia (martial arts fantasy) is a an ideal genre to advance that. If those are principles you can support, please continue to help us spread the word and let's keep growing this community.
That being said...let's get to those stretch goals! We've got 7(!) lined up for you. Do you like a little mystery?
Goal 1 - Digital wallpaper of The Adept banner - UNLOCKED. Because we are a little late to the stretch game, let's go ahead an unlock this one. This is the digital wallpaper of our Kickstarter banner both in day (as seen on the campaign page) and in night (like our cover). Both are done by Yishan, so how could you go wrong?
Mystery Goal 2 - ??? - Unlocks at $23,000
Mystery Goal 3 - ??? - Unlocks at $25,000
Mystery Goal 4 - ??? - Unlocks at $28,000
Mystery Goal 5 - ??? - Unlocks at $30,000
(whew, mystery is tiring)
Mystery Goal 6 - ??? - Unlocks at $33,000
Myste - scratch that - Goal 7 - Live conversation with a Shaolin Master - Unlocks at $35,000 - we will draw 10 names randomly to participate in a live conversation (Zoom or Skype or something like it) hosted by Immortal CEO and Founder Peter Shiao. The conversation will cover all things Shaolin - philosophy, living practice, culture, history, breakfast choices. If chosen, you will be able to ask your own questions live in conversation with the Shaolin Master. We will also collect questions from all backers and some will be chosen at random. And furthermore - the conversation will be recorded and made available to ALL backers.
Spread the word!!
words, I've got a few more of them. Many of you have been asking about add-ons - everything from pins to character sketches. Yes, they will all be available through BackerKit by the end of the campaign.
words, I've got one more. This past Monday, we saw the coming together of various worlds of support to get The Adept off to a great start. The Kickstarter creative community was one of them. And Rylend Grant was among them. He gave us a great write-up in one his updates for THE JUMP, whose campaign is entering the back half. If high-concept sci-fi thriller is your jam, please check out the description below. And jump to it here.
THE JUMP is a kick-you-in-the-teeth paranoid thriller set in the world of astral projection. It's a smart, high-concept sci-fi dance full of meaty twists and turns. It is Inception meets The Bourne Identity… if it were dripping with macabre and directed by David Fincher. Rylend is the Ringo-award winning creator of comic books like BANJAX and ABERRANT. He's worked for 15+ years in Hollywood, developing film and television projects - mostly big, poppy action movies - with folks like JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, John Woo, Luc Beson, and Justin Lin.
cool, huh? Go here!