HAUNTS 2nd printing kickstarter launching this friday!!
HAUNTS second printing!
If you've been following my work for a while, you probably already know about HAUNTS, my artbook of haunted house illustrations. I ran a Kickstarter for the first printing of it 2 years ago, and I've finally run out of copies from that print run — so I'm running another Kickstarter to reprint it!
The Kickstarter will include:
The 60+ page full-color artbook, featuring over 50 illustrations & an essay about haunted houses!
Brand new bonus rewards!
Brand new stretch goals! (Including new content added to the book — more art, more writing, more ghosts!)
Early bird discounts for those who back within the first 48 hours of the campaign
An exclusive signed and numbered risograph print!
I'll be launching the Kickstarter campaign Friday March 22nd at noon EST! Sign up here to be notified on launch!
To be a little transparent for a moment: I'm a bit nervous about this Kickstarter, since a lot of the success of the first HAUNTS Kickstarter came from the audience I had on Twitter two years ago — and now that I've deleted my account there, that no longer exists. I'd really appreciate your support on this project, and if you have any friends who like spooky haunted art, consider sharing the link with them!
As a special treat for subscribing to my newsletter, here's the exclusive riso print that will be available through the Kickstarter!
In other news: my Patreon mail for April is going to be some cool ouija board stickers, repurposed from my latest washi tape design! (Because I like these designs way too much to have them only available in one format.) Ouija board tier patrons will be getting two ouija board stickers and one top secret bonus sticker (which may or may not be sparkly) in the mail next month. I have a poll running now where patrons can vote on which designs they'd most want as stickers!
I also just increased the number of spots in the ouija board tier from 50 to 75! Ouija board level patrons get all the digital content I post to my patreon, plus goodies in the mail every month — prints, postcards, stickers, pins, zines, and anything else I feel like making. If you've been wanting in on the ouija board fun, now's the time to join before spots fill up again!
Sign up at the ouija board or spirit box tier before March 31st to get these stickers!
Some other cool projects you should check out:
HOW A GAME LIVES — Jacob Geller is making a book collecting his essays! It's crowdfunding until May 10th. I'll also be making some art for it, but mostly I'm just really excited for the book itself; Jacob is one of my favorite internet people, and the book looks absolutely gorgeous. If you're not familiar with his work already, check out Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House, a video essay that's been hugely influential to my own work on hauntings.
OUR SINS ARE SCARLET — an erotic spy thriller comic by Jordan Alsaqa & Skylar Patridge! The campaign ends March 28th, so you've got a little over a week to join me in backing it. Jordan's writing and Skylar's art are both fantastic, and I'm so stoked to read this story.
Things I've been enjoying lately:
Joan in the Garden, the new 19-minute long song from The Decemberists
Balatro, a roguelike deckbuilder poker video game that's been eating all my free time lately
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole, a short story by Isabel J Kim
Important links:
Donate eSims to Palestinians through the Crips for eSims for Gaza donation drive or the Cartoonist Coop's eSim drive
Operation Olive Branch - a spreadsheet collecting donation & mutual aid requests from families in Gaza
<3 - Kaylee