Weapon Brown: Aftershock 7
Keep Whatisdeepfried alive in 2020!
You’ve seen it at the top of the page for a month now: the Death Ray 2020 Kickstarter. This is an unorthodox campaign, not meant to fund a project so much as keep my current projects going and allow me to dedicate more time to this site without the awkward pauses you must sometimes endure. I want making these comics to be my full-time job, and that requires a bare minimum of dollars.
As Death Ray 2020 was a bit of an experiment, it is not too hard for me to admit that, barring a New Year’s miracle, when the clock strikes midnight on January 1st I might not have reached my 7k goal. However, I am super gratified that thanks to fans like you I am within striking distance of 4k!
And with just that much, I can still create all the new, printable rewards in small batches that Death Ray 2020 is offering, as well as deliver on all the other physical and electronic goodies that I already have in stock. I can do this in a post-campaign sale that will be offered through my site to everyone who pledged, and I will stay in contact with those same customers via the Kickstarter page and e-mail system.
And the best news is, without having to factor in the Kickstarter fees, I can offer all the rewards to my customers at a discount! You’ll get everything you pledge for on the exact same terms, but at a lower price!
If you haven’t already checked out Death Ray 2020, or if you were on the fence about pledging, please give it another look, and thank you so much for sticking around this past year (and decade!) I am excited for all the new things I will be bringing to you in 2020 and beyond.
Happy New Year!
-JaSoN
UPDATE!
Hmmm, never having used Kickstarter before …I see no way to “pledge.” Worst GUI evar. Anyone not dedicated to sending money …will just click through. There’s a FAQ, and it says, in order to “pledge” you select your amount. Nope, no click-buttons on the “pledge” page, no nothing.
I assume that you have no control over the Kickstarter graphics design. But be aware, if I wanted to instantly give five bucks …I can’t. (If I was giving a lot more, I’d sit down and figure out which piece of designer-incompetence was blocking me.)
AHA! There aren’t any clickbuttons (that everyone would expect.) Instead there are radio buttons, with great huge spaces between (not standard.) But THE FRIGGING THINGS ARE WHITE ON WHITE!!!! Or maybe FFFFFEx on FFFFFFx. Almost invisible on my old laptop. (So, maybe it’s just me, and current laptops see the click-dots as dark gray? I suspect not.)
Well, if you’re aiming at current Kickstarter users (who have actually sent money at least once, and somehow detected the invisible radio buttons,) then you’re fine.
But, if you have any control over the served “pledge” page, please please please select a design option that USES A VISIBLE METHOD for selecting your pledge-amount.
Graphic buttons of the standard shape would be good.
PS, here, have a $xxx from a former Rochester resident and comic-store owner. Me and Wayne Brown of RFF were running Rebel Alliance, north of the city, in competition with those Emissaries of Dark called “Empire Comics.” Well, Empire’s not really important enough to be Emissaries.
More like Interns of Dark.
JY: Yikes! Maybe the real money is in a lawsuit!
I sit where I likes ! I’ve seen that apocalyptic Fonzie from somewhere…