As some who read the strip regularly might notice, I dropped about 6 strips on Monday to finish off the chapter and said that the rest of the story would be on my upcoming Kickstarter campaign.
This is true. I dropped the rest of the strips online and I have about 50-60 pages more to go in the story. Most of the art is done for it, with about 15 pages left to pencil and ink. The rest are mostly colored and lettered. So maybe a couple months work left on these. Once completed, I am going through and I am going to recolor all the strips and mix various mistakes, spelling errors, etc. Then I am putting it all together and launching it as a Kickstarter downloadable PDF book. I have seen the success of other adults only material on KS and I am encouraged to try it out for myself.
I will have various goals and rewards such as original art, commissioned art/stories, and a bonus 2 story erotica comic, exclusive to this deal.
Once the Kickstarter is launched, I am deleting the adults only section of Idiothead.com and it will go back to the way it was before Starslam hit the scene. So no more adults only section here.
Why am I doing all of this?
Mainly, I launched Starslam and couldn't pull in the numbers I wanted. I went out for advertising and reviews and barely got any of it. I do have about 100 faithful readers every week, but its not bringing in any income or sales on my things. However, with Kickstarter, I can reach out to a larger audience and get the story in the hands of those who don't know about it yet. Plus, I can make the cash I need to fund the project and other projects of mine. Also, if successful, it will encourage me to continue the story and do another book. I really have about six books worth of story planned out, but none of it can happen if the book doesn't get an audience. Bottom line.
No failures here. Just reorganizing my game plan. I'm finding ways to let the audience support the work, as well as reach out and gain new followers. Thats the name of the game, folks.
Anyway, if you are a faithful reader, I thank you. Starslam is more than just a porno comic. Its about creativing a sex positive story that all adults can find fun in. I believe strongly in that. And you won't believe this whole thing when its all done and put together. I've really crafted something special, that I am extremely proud of! She deservers a bigger audience. She deserves her story to get told. Thats what I am doing. The ways of promotion and indie sales are changing, so I am changing along with it.
So: In the next two months, no more updates to the ADULT part of the site. Once Kickstarter is launched after the summer, I will delete that side of the site. So you got that long to dig in there and enjoy what I got up there so far. And yes, the PORN WORLD WEEKLY strips will be available in the Kickstarter book as well. I love doing that strip, I don't want to see it go anywhere. :)
Exciting stuff all around. I better get crackin' on it.
Much love, T
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