So what happens after volume 1? Who’s the Basho twin Jamie’s been talking to? What will happen to the Chief? What’s going to happen to the orb? AND WHAT’S UP WITH THE DRAGON??
There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to get The Legend of Jamie Roberts, Volume 2.
New stretch goals have been unlocked, including exclusive stickers. PLUS, you can select rare and limited edition acrylic pins as part of your rewards!
Can we make it to 25 backers? Or even 30?? If we do, we can unlock more rewards, like zines!
It’s time for another serving from the Crowdfund Café!
In Crowdfund Café, we’re rounding up the latest news on crowdfunding campaigns that Fantasyville Productions is running, doing fulfillment for, or otherwise has a hand in.
Without further ado, here’s the latest from the Crowdfund Café…
THE LEGEND OF JAMIE ROBERTS, VOLUME 2
The campaign has been running for about 10 days as of this writing. We are ⅔ of the way to the base goal, and new stretch goals have been announced! Stretch goals include themed stickers of The Legendary cast as punk rock stars. For more details, to back the campaign, and/or to share the link, head over to the campaign page.
BE NOT APURRED: BIBLICALLY ACCURATE CAT ANGEL KEYCHAINS
Rewards are all shipped, which means the BE NOT APURRED campaign is officially wrapped up! Thank you to the backers for their support and patience. Leftover stock will be taken to upcoming local shows, Small Press Expo, and coming soon, a wholesale shop.
COMING SOON: MR DINO AND FRIENDS ON CROWDFUNDR
As part of a partnership with Small Press Expo and Crowdfundr, Mr. Dino & Friends will be launching their own pop-up shop on Crowdfundr in September! To sign up for notifications (and to see some behind-the-scenes art before the store launches), sign up for Kelci’s email newsletter. New subscribers will get a Mr. Dino & Friends desktop wallpaper free to download.
THE C3 ANTHOLOGY 2023
The Columbus Cartoon Coalition is launching its Anthology campaign on Monday, right after the pre-launch livestream party! Tune in to the live stream on YouTube or their Facebook page, and follow the coalition on Ko-fi for updates.
OTHER UPDATES…
Kelci will be re-designing their website this week. As part of this re-design, all Crowdfunding announcements and shop announcements are moving here to the official Fantasyville website.
The Legend of Jamie Roberts, an LGBTQ+ pirate adventure, makes its debut on Crowdfundr, a rival platform to KickStarter. Their goal is to fund the second volume of the swashbuckling webcomic, complete with remastered art and exclusive bonus content!
Kelci D Crawford, the artist and writer, has been making the genderqueer fantasy adventure since 2018. The story is about Jamie, a genderqueer pirate, and their two best friends who travel to a new land in search of treasure. Along the way in volume 2, they find dragons, magic, darkness, and a King of Evil who breaks free of his prison.
The Legend of Jamie Roberts, Volume 2 is now on Crowdfundr until Sept 1.
This campaign seeks funding to get Volume 2 in print, collecting Chapters 5 through 8 of the adventure. Rewards in the campaign include copies of volumes 1 and 2, as well as commissions from the creator. Early bird rewards include an exclusive phone wallpaper for the first 20 backers of the campaign.
This is Kelci D Crawford’s eighth successful webcomic project. All of Kelci’s past webcomics have been successfully crowdfunded on platforms like KickStarter, Patreon, and Ko-Fi. What sets The Legend apart from the rest, though, is the emotional resonance of the story.
“The Legend is the story I wish I had as a genderqueer teenager, trying to figure out my gender identity and my place in the world. Jamie is the protagonist my teenage self WISHES they had.”
And readers resonate with the message. The Legend successfully crowdfunded volume 1 in 2021 on KickStarter, and Kelci hopes to achieve even better results on Crowdfundr.
Crowdfundr is a relatively new crowdfunding platform, launched in 2022 to compete against KickStarter and other platforms like it. One thing that sets Crowdfundr apart is their fee structure: In their Nearly Free package, Crowdfundr asks supporters to cover payment processing fees so creators don’t have to. This means more funding for the creator and their project thanks to extra support from their backers.
