Today at 6 pm EST, feel free to lurk while I work in this live stream on some robot comics! These pages are for an upcoming comics anthology all about robots.
I usually don’t draw robots…but I came up with a twist I really liked! So I pitched the idea to the organizers and they were willing to let me run with it. That’s about all I can say right now – stay tuned for further streams for the juicy deets.
If you want to check out any of my free-to-read comics, you can do so right here.
Some other comics I have are only available by digital download. You can find those in my Ko-fi shop.
By the way, would you like to get exclusive zines and early updates of The Legend of Jamie Roberts? You can – by pledging $5 a month on Ko-Fi! You get a ton of perks to go along with those early updates, so check that out.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading and watching!
Good news! Keychains and select pins are on sale in my Ko-Fi shop, from now until Sept 30, 2023!
Right now, I have no plans to do any more conventions for the rest of 2023. But I’m still sitting on a lot of keychains and pins – so I’m marking them down!
Use the code CHAINS to get 15% off these keychains and choice pins. (Alternatively, by using this link the discount is automatically applied).
Here’s a small selection of what’s on sale!
Be sure to use the code CHAINS to get 15% off these keychains and select pins. They’re in my ko-fi shop under “misc” as a category.
You have until September 30, 2023, to get these at this discount!
Fun fact: folks on my email newsletter got this discount first before you did. If you want early bird discount codes, you can sign up for free here.
Jamie is not a boy or a girl – they’re a pirate! And they found this unfinished map with their friends, so they’re going treasure-hunting in an unexplored land. But along the way, Jamie and friends find magic, restless spirits, dragons, and a tyrant locked away for centuries, coming back to haunt the people across the land…
Volume 1 (which will be available as an add-on) collected Chapters 1 through 4 of The Legend of Jamie Roberts. What we’re asking for is funding for Volume 2, to get Chapters 5 through 8 in one shiny book – with bonus content!
WHY?
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.
At first, I made The Legend of Jamie Roberts to fulfill my teenage wishes. Wishes for validation, magic, dragons, and adventure. And along the way, readers found The Legend – and REALLY resonated with the story. Which is how we’ve made it to 8 chapters long! And there are plans for more. But first…
If you don’t have Volume 1 yet, that’s ok – Volume 1 is available as an add-on reward for this campaign! (You can also read the webcomic version for free, but the print edition has remastered art and bonus content not available on the website).
For Volume 2, we’re also working with a different printer – Comix Well Spring! They’re giving a partner’s discount for running this campaign on Crowdfundr, which means less printing cost, and a more affordable price for you, the backer!
So if you love pirates and dragons and magic and mayhem, what are you waiting for?!
This post is for friends and family who are on Facebook.
First of all: WHY?
Second of all: you may have noticed posts coming from my account. That is, in fact, me. I’ve been sharing links to my Ko-fi shop stuff.
If you’re still on Facebook – for some god-forsaken reason – I’m going to keep sharing links from outside platforms, like Ko-Fi, KickStarter, and my webcomics and blogs.
That said, DO NOT expect me to reply to any comments you leave on those posts.
If you have feedback for me, you’re more than welcome to comment here on this blog…or email me, at kelci@kelcidcrawford.com.
I’m choosing how I use Facebook, and here’s what I’ve decided on:
I’m not downloading the app.
I’m ONLY using the web browser version.
I’m ONLY using Facebook to post links to my work on my personal profile.
I will check notifications ONLY once every few days or so.
I refuse to scroll on the site, I refuse to look at other people’s posts, and I refuse to post pictures there. I will not start a separate page for my business, because one of the reasons I LEFT Facebook years ago was because Facebook stopped supporting small businesses.
Also – DO NOT TAG ME IN ANYTHING ON FACEBOOK. Tagging people is a form of data and I want my data to be kept to a minimum on that platform.
So why am I even posting on Facebook again?
Because a lot of friends and family – FOR SOME REASON – continue to use it, and I want them to know I’m alive and working.
I’m also low-key hoping that those friends and family will choose to support my work if they see I’m still at it.
I’m here to announce that my next campaign is happening on Crowdfundr – not KickStarter. Here’s why.
First, it’s not that KickStarter is bad. It’s just that Crowdfundr is friendlier to comics creators.
I wrote an entire blog post with a breakdown between KickStarter vs Crowdfundr. It goes into everything, from fee set-ups to add-ons to promotions. Go read it if you haven’t yet. Since I wrote that piece, Crowdfundr has been improving its promotions. Hooray for that!
Second, I found a new printer.
For those of you who backed The Legend of Jamie Roberts, Volume 1, this will sound familiar. For those not around for this, here’s what happened: the book printer I worked with botched the first print run. This meant I had to get the books re-printed, and that delayed reward fulfillment.
I did NOT want a repeat of this mistake, so I shopped around for printers. I worked with Mixam for The Stars of Fantasyville: A Sketchbook. However, while their quality is great, they cost more per book to print.
The folks at Comix Well Spring sent me a sample packet featuring the options they have in stock. I’m posting a video on YouTube reviewing the samples very soon. But I liked their quality!
Then, when I went to their site, two things happened:
Their customer assistance reached back out to me less than 5 minutes after I emailed them.
When I got a quote for The Legend of Jamie Roberts, volume 2, the price turned out BETTER than with my current book printer OR Mixam.
Add on to this…
Third, Comix Well Spring is partnered with Crowdfundr.
They have a special for small presses (like me!). If a Crowdfundr campaign is successfully funded – with Comix Well Spring fulfilling the print order – then Comix Well Spring will give a discount on the order. It’s on their website!
And finally – Comix Well Spring is domestic.
In fact, they’re based in a state next to mine. I try to avoid overseas printers – I’ve seen too many horror stories of fellow comix makers with overseas printers having their book orders held up in customs…Meaning they had nothing to showcase, so they had to bail on conventions. Conventions they paid $1000+ to attend. It’s a horror story I want to avoid. So I work with domestic printers as much as possible.
So With All of That Said…
I will be launching The Legend of Jamie Roberts, volume 2 on Crowdfundr before the end of July! To know when it launches, sign up for the email newsletter. Newsletter peeps get the news when new campaigns launch.
