BOOK PLATE SHALL BE SIGNED! SAY HI TO THE LEGENDARY PRICELESS GEMS EDITION!
almost 4 years ago – Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:58:40 PM

HOWDY, Y'ALL! 

Quick update with sweet info--FOR YOU! 

ONE! NOW! All of your bookplates will be signed by Ryan (me) and Charles! That's right! Look, Charles and I are seasoned veterans at writing our names over and over so I'm assuming we won't both need bionic inserts in our wrists at the end of this. I guess the bright side is you guys get signatures and maybe Charles and I become cyborgs.

TWO! YES! Very excited to announce the FINAL (and most laborious (for Ryan)) SPECIAL EDITION! BEHOLD!

THE LEGENDARY PRICELESS GEMS EDITION!

Legend has it that once in a generation, a book will come to destroy us all with it's shocking weight and wonderful content. Legend also has it that said book will come bejeweled out the ass with "priceless" "gems!" You get one copy of the hardcover omnibus that Ryan will decorate with "priceless" adhesive "gems". The cover of this book will sparkle like a mother! THEN! Ryan will make a LEGENDARY LIBRARY CARD OF LEGENDS which will list all the previous wizard owners of this book AND THEN he will write YOUR backer name as the most recent owner of this legendary tome! AND THEN THEN Ryan will "realistically" age this card with "ancient" tea and a "bic" lighter and (when it dries) he will adhere it to the inside cover of your book with "magical" rubber cement! Look, Ryan is really jonesing for an arts and crafts project, so please indulge him. (FYI additional copies of the normal--less covered in jewels--edition can be added in the survey) FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE U.S.

You guys are super wonderful. We hope you want our gems/we hope you don't because that's a lot of work for Ryan. Let's finish with a flourish!

RYAN n' CHARLEZ!

P.S.--We always want to give a shout out to our two partner Kickstarters, Cosmic Detective and Octobriana. Both projects get a huge seal of approval from us, so check 'em out if you haven't! 

COSMIC DETECTIVE!

JIM RUGG'S BLACKLIGHT COMIC, OCTOBRIANA!

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
almost 4 years ago – Sat, May 23, 2020 at 04:24:19 AM

The CURSE WORDS - THE HOLE DAMNED THING omnibus Kickstarter campaign just passed another milestone, which means your pledge just got more valuable! We passed the $95K mark, so a new stretch goal is activated: Ryan and Charles will create an audio drama version of Curse Words #1, designed for you to read along with the issue. Super fun.

We're also zeroing in on the next stretch goal, at the unbelievable $100K level. Seriously. We can't believe it. You guys are incredible. At $100K, Ryan and I will sign all of the bookplates he created at the $85K stretch goal - something we know a bunch of you have asked about. Beyond that... more music, more adventure... this dang train just won't stop! AND WE LOVE IT!

We also wanted to point you toward something else we love - there's another incredibly cool comic being Kickstarted right now, created by our friends and brilliant, award-winning creators Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and David Rubin. It's called COSMIC DETECTIVE, it's beautifully strange noir about a fellow investigating the murder of a god, and we could not recommend it more highly. CHECK IT OUT!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

CHARLES N' RYAN

IT'S ALL HAPPENING! NEW STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED AND LISTED!
almost 4 years ago – Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:05:27 AM

Well, that was one hell of a weekend. Ryan and I doubled our funding goal for the CURSE WORDS - THE HOLE DAMNED THING omnibus in no time at all... and we're moving toward TRIPLING it. (I probably shouldn't jinx us by saying that... but this is all very exciting!)

THANK YOU for the massive support you've been showing this project - from sharing the Kickstarter on social media to commenting here to, of course, backing the book, you've all been amazing.

Some new stretch goals have been unlocked - first, Ryan will be creating a new version of CURSE WORDS #1 for you kind backers, a completely re-written issue where HE creates all the dialogue balloons the way he would have done it. He's calling it CURSE SWORDS #1. May God have mercy on all our souls. That'll go out as a PDF along with everything else.

We've also added a new goal at $70K (which we're headed toward!) In addition to writing stories, I also do a lot with music - I've been playing, singing and writing for a long, long time. When Ryan and I launched Curse Words, we debuted the book at New York Comicon 2016 via a Wizard Party (exactly what it sounds like.) My band played (dressed as wizards, of course), and I wrote a theme song for the book: "Mr. Magic Man." It was only performed live that once... but now, if we unlock the goal, I'll record an all-new version of it and send it out to every backer. It's good, I swear! 

Many more fantastic stretch goals on the way... original art, maybe even more music and other fun things.  Once again, THANK YOU - and keep sharing and funding! We love you!

Ryan & Charles "TEAM CURSE WORDS" 

SO MANY STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED--WHY NOT ADD A FEW MORE!?
almost 4 years ago – Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:05:18 AM

Crap, guys. Holy crap! 

I fell like you can handle such excited cursing since you've backed Curse Words--and I fell like such strong language is warranted! Y'all have unlocked so much bonus value! For those not following along at home, here's the rundown of what most of you get! These are only available via this kickstarter, so make sure you tell everyone! Also, check below for all the future stretch goals! Let's make it happen!

UNLOCKED STRETCH GOALS added to your order!

• The Hardcover will now feature a full-length new story by Charles and Ryan plus all you backers will have your backer name listed in the book!

• PDF of the Hardcover for people who buy the physical book

• HC will have a ribbon bookmark sewn in and have a deluxe soft-touch cover finish (much nicer than a dumb old book jacket)!

• Everyone will get a digital teaser of the new Charles and Ryan comic!

• Everyone gets a digital Ryan Browne Sketchbook and a digital set of scans of Charles' Curse Words idea notebook! Super classified insight on how the book was made!

• Everyone who bought the physical book gets a sticker!

• Everyone gets the Curse Words Theme Song written and performed by Charles!

• Everyone gets a PDF of Ryan's rescripted version of Curse Words 1-- CURSE SWORDS 1!

• Three lucky backers at random will win a page of original art from the Curse Words series!

AND NEW STRETCH GOALS!

STRETCH GOAL NINETY MINUS EIGHTY-ONE (LOCKED) $85,000: VILLAIN BOOKPLATE! Ryan will design and draw an all-new, beautiful bookplate for the hardcover featuring the villains of CURSE WORDS, from Sizzajee to Jacques Zacques to Cornwall and everyone in between! ONE PACKED WITH EACH PHYSICAL COPY OF THE BOOK.

STRETCH GOAL TEN TIMES ONE (LOCKED) $95,000: READ-ALONG! Charles and Ryan will create an audio drama version of CURSE WORDS #1, a digital download for all backers that you can listen to as you read the comic. They'll do all the voices and sound effects themselves - and you have not LIVED until you've heard Ryan voice a teenage female koala.

STRETCH GOAL TEN POINT THREE ONE FOUR ONE FIVE NINE (LOCKED) $100,000: SIGNED VILLAIN BOOKPLATE! The beautiful new villain bookplates from the $85K level will now be signed by both Ryan and Charles - this will be a challenge, with all the shipping back and forth and signing and shipping again... but you have earned it, and we will do it! FOR YOU! ONE PACKED WITH EACH PHYSICAL COPY OF THE BOOK.

STRETCH GOAL ELEVENTY-FIVE (LOCKED) $110,000: MORE SORCEROUS TUNES! You're already getting the theme song of CURSE WORDS, "Mr. Magic Man." Well, now it will be joined by FOUR MORE SONGS, to create an entire CURSE WORDS EP, written, recorded, produced and (mostly) performed by Charles! Available as MP3s for all backers at $5 and above!

STRETCH GOAL INFINITY (LOCKED) $120,000: THE CURSE WORDS CONCEPT ALBUM! Oh my goodness. Now it's not just an EP, it's a FULL ALBUM of songs about Wizord and the gang. Featuring such classics as "The Ballad of Ruby Stitch" and "Jacques Zacques Rock," you might just listen to it... FOREVER. Available as MP3s for all backers at $5 and above!

Y'ALL RULE!

LOVE N' COMICS,

RYAN

Bookplate unlocked! Here's what it'll look like!
almost 4 years ago – Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:05:05 AM

Howdy, y'all! Quick update on ye' olde CURSE WORDS OMNIBUS! You've unlocked a special 4x6 bookplate featuring Sizzajee's Nine Evil Wizards! This'll be packed with every physical copy and if we get to $100,000 (!) these book plates will all be signed by Charles and I! FUN! Here's the initial sketch of what it will look like!

AND! 

I Thought it'd be fun to give a shout out to my friend Jim Rugg who has an incredible Kickstarter going right now as well! Jim is making the world's first Blacklight comic and it looks incredible! I backed it and I've been helping Jim with the whole Kickstarter process--so if you are looking for more wacky comics I give it my highest recommendation! Check it out--click the Image below to visit the campaign.

OK! You're awesome! Continue to kick butt! We love you!

Ryan!