Man Musk
Well I had a thought last night as I was working feverishly on the Kickstarter.
I have simultaneously been working on a new online store and a Kickstarter campaign, however I have not launched the store because I didn’t want it to interfere with Kickstarter. But now things have gotten so delayed that the KS campaign would be during the Christmas season and because if timing, none of the rewards could be offered as gifts. Seems like a bad move.
However, if I open my store I can sell new shirts, prints, signed books, sketches and commissions in time for Christmas. Seems like a much better plan. What do you think? My only fear is the longer I wait to Kickstart Bearmageddon, the less chance it has of funding, but what different can a couple months make? Alternately, if the store does well I can put some of the money from it towards book printing as well.
So that’s the decision I am working on and I better decide soon.
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You could totally have a filler comic or two about Dickinson conversing about hygiene products.
“Once bottled, your Axe is no good for attacking bears”
“You need more than just the Essences of Herbs to hide yourself from bears”
“I don’t care if it’s Irish, bears are attracted to Springs”
Wouldn’t bears LIKE rotten ham? last I checked cats groom themselves to remove their scent.. certainly I wouldn’t use soap or deodorant but cleaning off your rancid grease every so often and maybe replacing it with bear grease… cmon Kildeer..
Okay, calling a line that doesn’t track (though I understand how it came about):
His natural musk IS his scent. Now it may not be an artificial scent, and old spice might be more obvious, but if the bears smell his musk, then they smell him. :/
Probably not clear wording. In my mind, Dickinson has become such an animal of a man and he is covered in bear fur so when he stays filthy and musky he smells like bear, so if he were to use soap he would lose that and his scent would become distinct to the bears. But it was meant as more of a throw away line. Probably just need to give it another pass.
PLOT TWIST: Dickinson is actually a bear.
Well he’s at least covered in bear fur.
I’d go with “my natural musk makes my scent blend in”
Launching the store first sounds like the way to go, I’m sure I’d get an awesome Bearmageddon shirt for Christmas.
Your reasoning for launching the store first seems solid. Having a store already in place might also open up a medium for additional possibilities for Kickstarer rewards? Maybe?
Here’s hoping!
If you are setting up an online store, please offer international shipping, PayPal and the possibility to pay more (voluntary donations).
The first two will be available. The ability to pay more will not be available through the store, but you could always paypal me or join my Patreon for a few bucks for a few months if you really want to give me more money 🙂
Thanks!
Ethan
Are the Bearicatures still on the way? Just wanted to make sure 🙂
Yep! They are getting real close to getting back to civilization and bear killings again.