Carmen: The Graphic Novel

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The classic opera adapted by Alek Shrader, P. Craig Russell, Aneke, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou in partnership with Arizona Opera
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Backers: 829
Average Pledge Per Backer: $52

Funded: $42,944 of $20,000
Dates: Mar 28th -> Apr 28th (32 days)
Project By: Arizona Opera
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Latest News

SHIPPING ESTIMATES AND A NEW JILL THOMPSON PRINT

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! It's the very last day of the Kickstarter, but boy do we have some some exciting 11th hour news for you... Legendary comics artist Jill Thompson will be joining the CARMEN campaign with her very own print! An American illustrator... (Read More)

Less than one week left

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We can't believe we have just one week left of this campaign! If you haven't yet, this week would be a wonderful time to share our project with anyone in your life who you think might enjoy it—comics buffs, opera lovers, art fans and storytellers... (Read More)

Kickstarter Alert: "Carmen, the Graphic Novel"

April 21st - via: geekdad.com
When Arizona Opera put out a call to its community to pitch new and interesting ways to bring people into opera, tenor Alek Shrader won the pitch with an idea for a graphic novel based on an opera. But which opera? (Read More)

A few words about Erica D'Urso

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello folks! We have some news... (Insert extended drumroll here.) We're announcing our first (and probably only) stretch goal: if we surpass $32,500 in funding, every person who is backing a tier that gets a physical copy of the CARMEN graphic novel... (Read More)

Have you seen Colleen Doran's CARMEN print?

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thursday to all 579 of our wonderful backers! Today we thought we'd hand the mic to writer, director and overall mastermind Alek Shrader, who has a number of recommendations for you good folks. First off, Alek thinks all of you should add... (Read More)

A little bit about us

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Tuesday, folks! We're so excited to have all 557 of you here with us. There's a pretty good chance a number of you are new to opera, as well as new to Arizona Opera, so we thought we'd share a few fun trivia items about us to help you get to... (Read More)

Happy Thursday, folks!

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thursday, folks! We still pinch ourselves every time we check out the Kickstarter and see that 526 of you have pitched in to help bring our unique vision to life. Thanks so much for being a part of our mission to help bring opera to brand new... (Read More)

Some recommendations...

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Tuesday, everyone! We still can't believe that there are almost 500 of you here backing and supporting our project! We know that our backers are probably a delightfully eclectic mix of opera lovers and comics lovers, so today we thought we'd... (Read More)

FUNDED!

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Seems like we can't say it enough, but... WOW! As of yesterday afternoon, we're officially fully funded! We can't thank enough our over 400 backers so far, as well as some of the creative heavyweights who shared our project on Twitter like Margaret... (Read More)

Day One

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow!  First off, we're absolutely thrilled and blown away by the response to this project. It's day 2 and we already have 299 backers and are 82% funded! We had no idea how powerful the response would be to our out-of-the-box idea to combine opera... (Read More)

INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader talks adapting CARMEN as a graphic novel

March 28th - via: comicsbeat.com
Georges Bizet‘s Carmen is one of the most famous works of theater in history. Now the Arizona Opera is looking to bring the story of Carmen, Don José, Escamillo, and the rest to a wider, non-theater-going audience in a new medium: comics. (Read More)

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