What
is The Barrow Hill?
The Barrow Hill is an original
graphic novel following the life of a young girl and the unusual events that
surround her.
The story follows the fate of Erika,
her fears and dreams, her desire for happiness and her effort to find out more
about curious disappearances around her. The more she discovers, the more she
feels like the past is just repeating itself.
Join Erika in overcoming the
obstacles of life and experience her road to happiness and love.
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Who
am I?
A freelancing artist as well as a
classical archeologist. So far I have been able to (successfully, I believe)
combine my love of comics and history both in my own works and in professional
cooperation, for example in the form of educational comics.
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What
is the purpose?
The Barrow Hill has been coming out
for two years and so far a half of the story is done. The purpose of this
campaign is to collect money which will allow me to finish the story and the
art, and publish the work as a book much faster. The final story, which is also
being simultaneously released on the web, will be 216 pages long. The book
version of the story will include redone page, two new short stories and other
bonuses (see rewards).
What
do I offer?
An original story of 216 pages, final
print including bonus stories, totally comprising 250 pages.
A warm feeling of helping a project
that is worth it.
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What
is needed?
Many things. Firstly, money needs to
be collected for the print and distribution of the novel. Some will go towards the
drawing and painting, so I can give The Barrow Hill more time. If I don´t need
to worry about finances, I will be able to commit myself fully to writing and
drawing. At the moment, I am only able to set aside a maximum of two days a
week, but more often than not just one.
Complete list of expenses:
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1300 USD – Fees and taxes
(IndieGoGo, PayPal, business tax)
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2000 USD – Printing expenses
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1000 USD – Shipping and
packaging fees
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1700 USD – Money for
approximately 25 pages of art. These finances will allow me commit at least one
more day a week to making the Barrow Hill
Why
pay for a webcomic?
Let´s be frank, paper is paper. It
can be used for many things besides reading. I can also offer the warm feeling
of supporting someone´s dream. For those more materialistic: the paid version
will be different from the web version. It will include at least two short
comic stories. Some pages will be changed, redone, in short improved.
And who knows, maybe I will be famous
one day and my early works will be worth their weight in gold!
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Example of changed
page (Chapter 01 page 011)
What
would I like to do before publishing the comics?
Besides actually finishing the story
I would like to improve on a couple of things that would in my opinion improve
the reading experience. First and foremost I want to change and partly redo
some of the pages that have been already released. I would also like to arrange
a professional translation, expand my technical options and as a cherry on top
of the cake: publish the entire comic in color! However, many of these aims
depend on your help.
List of additional aims:
-
6000 USD – Basic financing
- 6500 USD – Each printed version
will include a free poster
- 7500 USD – Additional proofreading
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9000 USD – Third bonus story
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11000 USD - I will have money for Cyntiq and won´t be
limited in drawing (i.e. more redone panels and better quality of work)
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22000 USD – Complete colored
version
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I
would like to support the project but I don´t want to pay
No problem! You can just share this
link, vote for the Barrow Hill on Top Web Comics or just write me.
When
is it going to be finished?
The expected release date of the
complete graphic novel is May 2016. I will be keeping you informed about the
progress. Subscribers will also have access to finished pages earlier than the
regular readers.
Story so far:
Do
you have any questions? Don´t hesitate to contact us