https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicoz/rob-feldmans-fridge-boy-in-space 

After sharing my attempt at a video (that was more fun than serious), Rob Feldman and I have, over the past few days, been preparing a Kickstarter campaign for his Fridge Boy in Space comic. Including this visual masterpiece (above) by Rob (that we shall use)! Seeing Diamond are not interested and Luna have not responded to my emails about Rob (and Dillon)'s comics and books, we needed some way of getting the word out there into the world! I know! I'm a bit of a hypocrite: I have been vocal about my 'criticism' about Kickstarter. Well, perhaps 'criticism' isn't the right word: I'm concerned about the limitations and the saturation of that particular crowd-funding site, and my concerns that it doesn't take the comic medium further. Still, it's going to be useful to us for the present point in time, so maybe I'll just suck up my reservations and get on with it!

We're tweaking the Rewards today (and hope that it will be finished later this morning) before we are able to submit the project. Launch (at this time) is scheduled for August 23rd, although there is every likelihood that we may go earlier. Stay tuned!

Everything seems to be happening at once around here (comic-wise). John Dixon's son (Andrew) and Don Ticchio are getting together this Wednesday to check on the availability of material for Air Hawk #3, which is destined to be the first overseas issue of the current series. Andrew and John will no doubt also be discussing the layout dilemma that I posted about earlier (in relation to the back cover to #2). With all this activity going on, it means I have not been keeping Ryan McDonald-Smith up to speed with the needs for Iron Outlaw. And what is The Cloak up to? When I was working, it's my belief that I was able to work on many comic projects simultaneously. These days, I feel I am so flat out with other things (house maintenance, Netflix with Carlene, visiting friends) that I'm nowhere near as organised, comic-wise, as I once was. (Said with a wry smile?)

The proof to Air Hawk #2 has arrived from the printer, and the readers of this website are seeing it here first! There is a dilemma, however: which back cover should be used? Which do you think is the better one...and why??! Let's hear your thoughts! 

There's no doubting that Rob Feldman and I became friends from our very first meeting at an Australian Cartoonists Association's conference (over ten years ago now). I've made a short video based on a recent get-together, which I plan to use as a promotional tool for Rob's comic. Sadly, as I have documented elsewhere, Diamond Distribution have declined to carry Rob's Fridge Boy From Space, so I soon plan to run a Kickstarter campaign to allow comic fans an opportunity to purchase a copy (and bonus material). (Yes, I know I have been critical of Kickstarter more recently, and still believe it has limitations, but I am at a loss at how to get the Fridge Boy message out there otherwise!) Here (above) is the early rough of that video...

​Let me know what you think!!