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Hey, gang!! I wanted to let you know about the Kickstarter we have going that is designed to get your some REALLY COOL comics into your hands!!

Please consider helping by backing this project -- $1, $2... $5 gets your name in print! And the rewards get better as you go up!!

If you can't help that way, then please help by spreading the word on every social media platform you can imagine!! :D

Thanks in advance!!!
You guys rock!
~Charlie~

WatchGuard + Teen Force 5 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/w…
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The campaign to get these two "pilot" issues is underway!! Please check out our Kickstarter project page, consider supporting, but *at least* spread the word!!

Thanks!!!
~Charlie~

www.kickstarter.com/projects/w…
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In The Works!!!

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It's official!

Kevin Sharpe will be working pencils on my teen retro superhero team book, Teen Force 5!!!  Don't know who Kev is?  What, you been under a friggin' rock?!?  You can check out his stuff here:  :iconkevin-sharpe:

Gorgeous inks to be supplied by the lovely, talented, and über-cool Canuck, Diana Greenhalgh!  Her stuff is here:  :iconmechangel2002:

BUT THAT'S JUST HALF OF IT!!!

Yup, I've two, not one, TWO full 20-page stories going into this.  The legendary, and amazing, Andy Smith will be doing the line work for the WatchGuard half of the book!!  Wo0t!!!  Andy's dA gallery is here:  :iconsmittyd:

His homepage is here:  www.andysmithart.com

Between the pencilers, Andy & Kevin, they have worked on such titles as Green Lantern, X-Men Forever, Thor, Captain America, Nova, The First, Iron Man, X-O Manowar, Vampirella, G.I. Joe, Adventure Comics, Legion of Superheroes, Army of Darkness, The Rise of Arsenal, All Star Comics, Squadron Supreme, Blade, R.E.B.E.L.S., Mystic, Outsiders, Black Panther, Quasar, Claw, Alpha Flight, Stormwatch, ArmorX, Justice League, 52, 52:WWIII, Silver Surfer, Project Superpowers, and on, and on, and on.  These guys have drawn them all!

The coloring hasn't been finalized as yet, but expect Eddy Swan :icon eddy-swan: to be in the mix!  In fact, the only thing not making him the official colorist for the WatchGuard portion, inside Andy's lines, is my having not asked him, yet.  :D  We've worked together in the past, but I'm just trying to move through the linework and edits right now.  But, I expect to use Eddy's palette on at least 20 pages.

Keep watching this space for more info!

~Charlie~

PS -- for those interested, or wanting to get a head start on the characters & universe, you can buy the WatchGuard Sourcebook on amazon.com *right now*!!!  If you want to support your FLGS, then tell them to order the WatchGuard Sourcebook in the upcoming Game Trade Magazine #143!!!  (If you want an autographed, pre-production limited version, you can buy it on WatchGuardComic.com right now!!  Some limited edition BCC2011 con prints still available too!)
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Hey, folks!! Sorry for the lack of noise lately, but there's a really good reason -- we've a few more WatchGuard-based supplements in the works, as well as two comic book one-shots!! Here's a quick rundown of what's in store (and approx. "when" to expect them):

• WatchGuard: Les Supérieurs (The Superiors): A Canadian-based (Quebec is their ministry's base of operations, Manitoba is their HQ) team of metas led by surly, retired JTF2 (former Royal Canadian Mounted Police SERT officer), former envoy to the Canadian Ambassador to the United States, Col. Frank "Mase" Mason, who also happens to be a metahuman weapons expert. Look for a small supplement with these guys coming before the end of the year!!

• WatchGuard: The Reign of Regent: This will be larger than The Superiors, but smaller than the original WatchGuard Sourcebook, and will focus on an intergalactic conflict threatening Earth. Will the WatchGuard be able to protect our home planet? Who is Regent? What do Asa and Captain Victory have to do with it all? Wait and see, True Believers!! Expected 1Q 2012 in print and digital download!!

• WatchGuard: Teen Force 5: Yes, sir!! Your favorite retro teen team (and ours) will be available in an updated format, focusing on their enemies, timeline, and Summit City as it was then... all leading up to the formation of Summit's premiere metahuman hero team, WatchGuard!! Expected late 1Q/early 2Q 2012 in digital download (possibly print, but this has not been determined as of this writing).

• The WatchGuard Sourcebook: Master Edition Hardcover: This compendium will collect the original WatchGuard Sourcebook, and the three new supplements, updated, expanded, revised, and with some new content in a deluxe, limited hardcover collection!! More details to come!!!  PRINT EDITION ONLY.  Planned for mid-/late-3Q 2012.

And, you read correctly: I am currently scripting not one, but TWO comic book one-shots featuring WatchGuard and Teen Force 5. This will be released in a "flip book" format and feature art by Andy Smith on WatchGuard, and Kevin Sharpe w/ Diana Greenhalgh on Teen Force 5!!  I'm lining up colorists now, but it looks to be Eddy Swan on WatchGuard, and possibly Stephen Downer on TF5.  In all likelihood, Fonografiks will do lettering & design work.  More to come on this one, also!!! As soon as we have a publisher & release date lined up, I'll splash that here on the news!!  

Be on the WATCH!
~Charlie~
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From :iconmechangel2002:'s journal:

We've JUST relaunched with a goal of $650!! The project will be funded in the order of the budget below (books, rewards, colourist, print) as we get closer to the goal. And the campaign will have a slightly shorter deadline as we need to get the book to the printer by the end of September (which also happens to be my birthday! Yay!). And Indiegogo allows the use of Paypal as a pledge option!

Our new project budget is: $300 to print 100 copies, $100 for pledge rewards (production and shipping), $100-150 to hire a colourist for the NYCC print, and $100 to produce the NYCC print.

Minimum pledges for our project start at just $1! Please help spread the word!

PINUPS vs CREATURES on INDIEGOGO!!
www.indiegogo.com/PinupsVSCrea…


We wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the support with our sketchbook's Kickstarter. The costs we were looking at were insane because of rush printing, and we knew the goal probably wouldn't have been met. In the end we garnered almost $500 in pledges, but because of Kickstarter's all-or-nothing method, the project wasn't funded from that campaign.

But someone was looking out for us. They introduced us to a printer who is giving us a MUCH lower price quote for the same specs and turnaround. Rush printing was going to cost us an arm and a leg, now its a fraction of our original project costs. Instead of printing 225 copies (100 for pledges) and paying almost $1500, we're now looking at 100 copies (plus pledge copies) for $300. And planning on producing a special NYCC print to go with it.

And they also told us about Indiegogo.com - which works LIKE Kickstarter except that it allows the projects to be funded by pledges even if the goal isn't met in the end. They also allow projects from countries outside of the US, and pledges can even use Paypal instead of having to use a credit card or an Amazon account. That in particular was a sticking point with a few of our friends and relatives (they didn't want to use their credit card online).

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Mikey  and I are excited to announce the fundraising campaign for our NYCC 2011 sketchbook!

We're working on producing a 32 page sketchbook that would debut at NYCC 2011. This will be Mikey's FIRST sketchbook EVER, and my first in over 2 years. Its also our first collaborative effort as comic book artists - I'll be illustrating 16 pages of pinup girls, while Mikey will be channeling his fan of horror to create 16 pages of monsters and other creatures. This will also be the first sketchbook to have a customizable sketch cover!

Your help would be greatly appreciated, and rewarded! We need your help to make it happen. We have 1 month to get the sketchbook printed in time for NYCC.

We're offering awesome rewards for our pledges, from signed and sketched copies of the sketchbook, to prints, other collectibles, and even original art! Not only will the art from the sketchbook be up for grabs, but we also have a couple of special guest artists that a couple of lucky pledges can snap up! We're working on production throughout August and September, with pledges getting special sneak peeks and other exclusive goodies. The sketchbook will be released at NYCC in October.
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