Awesome Possum
A project in Seattle, WA by Angela Boyle000days
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Awesome Possum is an natural science comic anthology collecting art from seven natural science illustrators.
Backers: 102
Average Pledge Per Backer: $24
Funded: $2,417 of $1,000
Dates: Jul 10th -> Aug 11th (33 days)
Project By: Angela Boyle
Backers: 102
Average Pledge Per Backer: $24
Funded: $2,417 of $1,000
Dates: Jul 10th -> Aug 11th (33 days)
Project By: Angela Boyle
$2,417
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 11 @ 15:02 -0400 GMT
241%
of goal
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Latest News
Stretch goal achieved! 
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all you wonderful people, the artists will be paid $16 per page. That is really exciting. And we still have 4 hours to go. If we can make another $60 by then, we can get everyone a desktop wallpaper of the opossum postcard. Yeah! (Read More)
Postcard Layout Possibility
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a crummy phone picture for you to get an idea of the postcard. It might still change a little. possible postcard layout And it will be drawn in a style more like this. Drawing style for postcard. (Read More)
Stretch goal achieved: Postcards!
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Well how nice. I go to watch Guardians of the Galaxy and when I come out, we have hit another stretch goal. Just to get you nice and excited, at $2300 I will pay the artists another $3 per page. At $2400, Every level will get a digital image of the... (Read More)
Getting close
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Oh my glob, everyone. Only $40 more until all the physical rewards get an opossum scientific illustration postcard. I should have a pencil of the image for you tonight. Yesterday I was out on a nature walk with my aunt Karen learning about local... (Read More)
Hourly Countdown Time
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
OK guys, we have less than 3 days to go. That's the weekend and some of Monday. So keep it going! Keep spreading the word! If we can make another $200 you are all getting a cool opossum postcard. I'm thinking cream paper with a dark blue ink. Tick... (Read More)
Stretch goal achieved!
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
You did it again. Another stretch goal. We hit $2,000 today so the artists get $13 per page. Which is so awesome. Thanks! Next up is $2200. There are still three days to make it. I have already started planning out the scientific illustration... (Read More)
Stretch goal achieved: Cover posters
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Well well. Everyone at the $15+ tier will now be getting a print of the beautiful cover image by Marly Beyer. I'm sure you are all well excited. And you should be. That means our next goal is $2000 and all the artists will get paid $13 per page. For... (Read More)
Artist profile: Jessica Heidi
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Introducing Jessica Heide! She is doing a comic on how the narwhal uses its tusk and another comic on how a pitcher plant digests the bugs it eats. What's your science background? I have been interested in science and the natural world since I was... (Read More)
Cover preview!
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Close-up of Marly Beyer's cover image We have a preview of the awesome comic cover from the talented Marly Beyer! Yipee! All the comics are in. Waiting on a few more spot illustrations over the weekend and I think next week we will be pushing out a... (Read More)
Stretch goal achieved: Stickers!!
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit another stretch goal! Well all those physical reward tiers are now each getting at least one sticker. This will most likely be one. Kami's adorable baby opossum And you know what that means? 11 days to make another $200 to hit the $1600 mark... (Read More)
Preview: Gray Fox
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Angela Boyle's Gray Fox comic So we have 14 days left and are working our way to getting stickers added to every reward tier. To keep you excited, here is a preview of my comic about the gray fox, one of the oldest Canids. They are only about the... (Read More)
Stretch goal achieved!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Fantastic news. We made our first stretch goal. Artists will get paid $5 per page. It's a great start. Next goal, every physical reward level will get at least one sticker when we hit $1400. I think these will all be opposum stickers. And likely... (Read More)
International shipping
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Turns out I forgot to include international shipping on the Awesome Possum $15 level. So now there is one! Due to limitations of the site, I had to make it a separate level but it is the $23 level! So tell your international friends. (Read More)
Artist profile: Hatty Koerner
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Introducing Hatty Koerner! She is doing a comic on Peter Kropotkin, a Russian geographer, economist, activist, philologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, writer and prominent anarchist, according to Wikipedia. Juvenile brown pelican... (Read More)
Vertebrate posters
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We have a level that includes a random vertebrate poster by either Angela or EJ. Well, what does that mean? OK, I will give you an example. This is Angela's poster (uh, my poster) about the Brazilian tapir. You can see the flesh, muscle, and skeletal... (Read More)
100% hit!
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We made it guys! Rockin' 'Possum Now it is time to start working towards stretch goals. First up, at $1200, each artist gets paid $5 per page. Very exciting. So keep sharing. Share with everyone! Coming soon, I will start putting up some interviews... (Read More)
Preview: Emu
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a preview of the adorable comic by Kami about how emus are not ostriches. Because, well, they aren't. 10% to go! (Read More)
Another sneak peek - Alyssa
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a sneak peak of Alyssa's comic about bug diversity. I am loving the diversity of the comics! So keep sharing this project and keep backing it. The more, the better! (Read More)
60% celebration
July 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Well things are going so well, I just wanted to post and say thanks to everyone who has shared and pledged so far. To celebrate, here is a snippet from EJ's comic, who seems to be quite the popular artist. :) Beautiful cicada by EJ Landsman It is a... (Read More)
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