Saturday, 15 February 2020

Findlay Macbeth Kickstarter reaches target in 2 days


The Kickstarter campaign for my graphic novel Findlay Macbeth went live on Thursday afternoon, just before I set off for an overnight stay before my next school visit. By 9 o'clock Saturday it had reached its goal of £500!


Now I have to dream up some Stretch Goals, which is what I believe the kids are calling them these days. I have still to contact all the schools I've visited and give them a chance to order copies, and plugging has really only started.

The Kickstarter campaign is here, closing on March 14th.

Bizarrely, my attempt to "boost" the campaign on Facebook has been held back because, they tell me, of bad language. This is what Facebook has to say...



Meanwhile, here's the campaign itself:

  1. Pledge £3 or more

    GROUNDLING

    You get a PDF digital copy of the book, and my gratitude. Thank you, I hope you enjoy it.
    INCLUDES:
    • Digital copy of the book, and my gratitude.
    ESTIMATED DELIVERY
    SHIPS TOAnywhere in the world
    1 backer



    £

  2. Pledge £7 or more

    A SEAT AT OPENING NIGHT

    You get a copy of the book as soon as it's released, hot off the presses. Add £5 per extra copy you may desire.
    INCLUDES:
    • The book itself, a pristine paperback to have and to hold!
    ESTIMATED DELIVERY
    SHIPS TOAnywhere in the world
    6 backers



    £

  3. Pledge £15 or more

    A PLAYER

    Thankyou! You are a true patron of the arts. Your name will appear on our Thanks page, and you'll get Twitter and Facebook thanked too.
    You obviously get a copy of the book itself, a paperback hot off the presses (add £5 for any additional copies you might want) plus a special bonus - a PDF digital copy of the First Draft Pencil Layout of Findlay Macbeth (see the book in its earliest stage, before many changes and additions were made).
    INCLUDES:
    • The book itself, a pristine paperback to have and to hold!
    • Your name on the Thanks page + Twitter & Facebook
    • PDF of the First Draft Pencil Layout - work-in-progress exclusive
    ESTIMATED DELIVERY
    SHIPS TOAnywhere in the world
    4 backers



    £

  4. Pledge £30 or more

    LORD (or Lady) CHAMBERLAIN

    We are honoured by your generosity! You will receive 2 copies of the book, hot off the presses (please add £5 for any additional copies you might want) plus your name will appear on our Thanks page - big - and you'll get Twitter and Facebook thanked too.
    Plus you get the special bonus PDF digital copy of the First Draft Pencil Layout of Findlay Macbeth (see the book in its earliest stage, before many changes and additions were made).
    Plus plus you get a unique Findlay Macbeth sketch by Kev F Sutherland, drawn especially for you.
    INCLUDES:
    • 2× The book itself, a pristine paperback to have and to hold!
    • Your name on the Thanks page + Twitter & Facebook
    • PDF of the First Draft Pencil Layout - work-in-progress exclusive
    • A Findlay Macbeth sketch by Kev F drawn for you
    ESTIMATED DELIVERY
    SHIPS TOAnywhere in the world
    3 backers



    £

  5. Pledge £50 or more

    THE KING/QUEEN THEMSELVES

    Your majesty, you have so honoured with your donation that a page of original artwork is yours!
    You get to choose an original page of art from Findlay Macbeth (you will be shown a range when you receive your book and choose from that, on a first-come first-choose basis). Each original page is drawn A4. Not all pages from the book will be available, but most will.
    Plus you get 3 copies of the book, the PDF of the First Draft Layout exclusive edition, and Special Thanks in the book itself and on Twitter and Facebook.
    Add £5 for each additional copy of the book you might want.
    Add another £50 for any additional page of artwork you might want.
    INCLUDES:
    • 3× The book itself, a pristine paperback to have and to hold!
    • PDF of the First Draft Pencil Layout - work-in-progress exclusive
    • Your name on the Thanks page + Twitter & Facebook
    • A page of original art from Findlay Macbeth!
    ESTIMATED DELIVERY
    SHIPS TOAnywhere in the world
    Limited (96 left of 100)4 backers


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Monday, 10 February 2020

It's A Wrap - Findlay Macbeth drawn!


Hooray - it's a wrap, I've finished drawing Findlay Macbeth. 125 pages drawn since Jan 3rd (which, stat fans, averages as 3 pages a day, even including the days when I didn't draw a thing. See the full worksheet here).


So now I have to get it ready to print, get an ISBN number, check it all over, and do that Kickstarter I've been talking about since I wrote it in December. Lots to do.


Oh, and I'm about to get busy with schools, and the Socks are making their return with (supposedly) a new show, so it's really good that I managed to get this done in the only realistic window of drawing time I was going to have for months. Time to get busy doing the hard bit.


I'm so pleased with the writing, and pretty pleased with the artwork. That is to say, parts of the art is excellent, and other parts are a good indication of what my artwork looks like. You know, I'm not as good as the great comic artists I grew up on, but I have a quirky if variable style and, dammit, it tells the story regardless of what you might think about the idiosyncratic technique (and I won't be writing that in the blurb or the publicity by the way). And by god it's been great fun.


I forget how much I enjoy drawing comic strips until I get the chance to do it, and then nothing feels better. And finishing on deadline, like I just did today, is one of the greatest feelings. Obviously I've not been paid to draw this book, so I'm going to have to sell a shedload of them to justify a month and a week spent hunched over a drawing board making pretty pictures. Let us see how I get on shall we?


I recorded a bit of video at the Cartoon Museum on Sunday, where I was doing a Comic Art Masterclass, which should act as the start of my Kickstarter promo. Just another thing on the Things To Do list. Stay tuned.


Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries & art centres. email for details. His debut graphic novel Findlay Macbeth comes out in 2020. Facebook, Twitter. Promo video here. 

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Sunday, 2 February 2020

More Findlay Macbeth Grabs


As I go through drawing Findlay Macbeth, and I've been blitzing it this past week, I'm making regular grabs to post on social media, still trying to keep the best plot twists to myself and not give away too many good images. Here are some more I've posted.






Getting there, and enjoying it by the way. Oh I hope to find an appreciative audience.


Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries & art centres. email for details. His debut graphic novel Findlay Macbeth comes out in 2020. Facebook, Twitter. Promo video here. 
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Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Everyone Will Go Bald Eventually - comics by kids


This new year's Comic Art Masterclasses have been characterised by a spate of brand new schools, new to me that is. I sent out a big email at the start of the school year back in September, and my chickens have very much come home to roost. All six school visits this month have been to schools I'd never visited before, and I believe I've left some happy customers in my wake. These examples are for Clase Primary School in Swansea, my second Welsh speaking school on the year.


Hythe Primary in Southampton came up with a couple of crackers. And, though I'm very busy drawing Findlay Macbeth right now, they were worth taking the time to colour properly.


Final school of the month was Abbey Juniors, where a very witty and erudite pair of groups, all year 6 girls - sorry Lower Third ladies - came up with a ridiculously high standard of work. Lunch was a very high standard too. Frankly, you gets what you pays for with a private school, and I'm pleased that I get to work with schools of all sorts.


The six celebrities these groups chose to appear in my demonstration strip were Michael McIntyre, James Charles, Cleopatra (yes, the Queen Of The Nile), Kanye West, Marti Pellow (a pupil had just been in panto with him) and Boris Johnson.


Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries & art centres. email for details. Facebook, Twitter. Promo video here. 
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