I’m running some special bundles and pricing for day 1 backers.
Live footage of the campaign.
I want to thank everyone for listening to me drone on about this book for the last 100 or so years. I’ve poured a lot into it and it’s really important to me. This is just the beginning of the journey for Sam.
I’m going to be doing two streams today. I’m going to be working on the special art print perk. Which means I’m painting something that you can get as part of our thank you for backing this project.
Stream 1: 8AM
Stream 2: 6:30 PM
Thanks for helping me get this thing off the ground.
If you can’t contribute today that is super ok! Share our stuff around, let the people know about it. That really helps.
Maybe you’re heard because I won’t shut up about it but the first book of my graphic novel called SAM THE JUNK is getting ready to drrrrrrrrop. I’m launching a campaign on IndieGoGo this upcoming Monday ( 9/18 ) to fund the printing and you can make a contribution to get the book and other fun stuff if you’d like.
This is a super exciting time for me, and I hope you’ll get excited too. I’m sending excitement vibes to you over this email. Like groovy vibes. I don’t know what that means.
Anyway, if you’ve followed my art for a while and followed what I’ve been doing, you’ll probably know I’ve been working on this book for a really long time. I kinda can’t believe I’m now releasing something and already working on the second book.
I made a trailer. It’s 1.5 minutes long. One thing I learned during the process of making a trailer is that video editing takes a lot of time. I mean A LOT of time. Please watch this video or I’ll get sad.
If you want to know more, I made a longer, more personal video about the campaign here. This one took even longer to edit. I had fun though.
I hope you’ll consider contributing!
And I also hope that this email finds you well fed and happy.
Hello! I’m coming out with a book soon. Do you want to hear me talk about it for a while? Find out what it’s all about? Well, you can listen to this thing I did on Asheville FM
I’m driving east while the sun is rising and I’m driving west while it’s setting, so it’s directly in my eyes the whole time. On the way back, squinting, the only thing I’m thinking about is how much fried chicken I want to eat because that’s how I get when I’m tired and cranky.
And since I’m tired and I’m listening to sad bastard music on the stereo; business-wise, I don’t know if it makes a lot of sense. Morganton is a 60 mile drive. Adjusted for time, cost of materials and other expenses I’m probably making about $10 a hour. Isn’t that less than minimum wage in some places?
Later - with a belly full of fried chicken I thought about the day and how it was very much like an early spring outside. And how I drove with the windows down most of the time and there were daffodils everywhere I looked.
I painted this in Morganton
I met someone who told me about all the ghosts she has seen, including a ghost horse. She was wheeling a dog around in a baby stroller. I would have never known of the existence of this person if I had stayed home.
I got two newsletter sign ups, and someone wanted to know when the painting I was doing would be for sale. Neither of those things happen while I’m painting alone in the studio.
In comparison: this past Saturday I ate a shameful amount of pizza and played video games most of the day.
Which one of these is a better use of my time do you think?
If you said the first one, we’re in agreement.
Yes, it would have been nice to sell $40,000 worth of art in Morganton that weekend, but I didn’t and it was pretty nice anyway.
So I’ll see you at the next one.
And I was on the Radio
On 3/2, I was on a show called “Dreamers and Doers” with Carol Anders. We talked about a lot of things and I think it was a good conversation about lowbrow art. She kept having to tell me to get closer to the mic, and eventually I think I got it.
but I didn’t sell a lot of stuff. I don’t know if people have a whole lot of extra money right now - especially the young ones. Some go by the NASDAQ to see about the state of the economy. I go by cage free egg prices; and they’re $7 a dozen right now.
I did meet some nice neighbors, and I painted a new painting.
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Before I left town with my hair blowing in the wind I went by my parents’ house for a minute and helped my step mom do a 23 and me because she hates the internet.
While we were getting that sorted there was this show on TV about pets, and there was a story about a dog who imitated its owner’s injury out of empathy.
I’m gonna be on the radio
There’s a local radio show on AVL FM called “dreamers & doers” and I’m going to be on that show this Thursday (3/2) at 9am. I’ll probably go on tangents. I’ll probably seem weird. I’m going to try not to curse.
