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Breaking News

By Jimmy Johnson

Cartoonist’s Update: It’s out there! The truly curious among you won’t have a problem finding the information on Kickstarter—I hope. But for now, I’m kind of beat. I will be back here tomorrow with a discussion of rewards and the project and related stuff. It’s going to be fun! For now, I’m going to relax a minute.

OK! All right! I’m back. I was getting so flustered I promised myself I would not get back on here until that dang Kickstarter campaign was ready to launch. Well, almost true to my word, I am here to tell you that it will launch at noon CST today! As I write this, that is a little over two hours. I will come back here with a link, but where you really will want to go is the Kickstarter site, kickstarter.com. Search for “Arlo and Janis” or “parsonage.” But not until after noon! We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

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32 responses to “Breaking News”

  1. Den in MN Avatar
    Den in MN

    Exciting! And well worth the wait 🙂

  2. Norm Avatar
    Norm

    What is “kickstarter”?

  3. Dan Griscom Avatar

    It’s up right now…

  4. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Pledged–Great rewards–Good luck Jimmy!

  5. James Avatar
    James

    Want to do the comic and the book but it’s not possible to select both. Can you create a combo of sorts?

    I’m new at this, too! I will check into it. Thanks for the input. — JJ

  6. minnesotadon Avatar
    minnesotadon

    OK someone is going to have to explain it to me. I couldn’t find A&J and I don’t get what is going on either.

    HELP

  7. Rick Drury Avatar
    Rick Drury

    Hey, Jimmy. I want the book and would happily support that level, but also treasure your original art. How about adding a reward that includes the book AND an original strip?

  8. David Avatar

    Will the After Dark book be signed (or otherwise customized)?

    Sure! Why not? — JJ

  9. Ruth Anne in Winter Park Avatar
    Ruth Anne in Winter Park

    minnesotadon: Use the link I posted above for a direct route. Once you get there you can check out the “About us” of the FAQs at the bottom of the page. Hope that helps!

  10. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    JJ, may one send a check directly to you? The fewer sites have my info, the better I like it – hackers being what they are.

  11. Ruth Anne in Winter Park Avatar
    Ruth Anne in Winter Park

    Hmmm … maybe someone could put together a Village workday at the parsonage?

  12.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    I am in! For donation pledge tonight and to really go paint the parsonage!

  13. Blinky the Wonder Wombat Avatar
    Blinky the Wonder Wombat

    Great news! I’m now pondering the options. After Dark seems interesting, but it feels odd being rewarded with a somewhat naughty item for supporting such a noble effort.

    BTW, I loved the Arlo, Gene and Ludwig version of MST3K.

  14. Den in MN Avatar
    Den in MN

    I would also be interested in a combo pack, as James mentioned above. Thanks for taking our input!

  15. Bill Avatar
    Bill

    It looks interesting, but I’m not completely sure because the video is in black on green — which is insufficient contrast. For example, I can see that word balloons are happening but cannot read them. Can this be corrected, or the information expressed in some other clearer way?

  16. Blinky the Wonder Wombat Avatar
    Blinky the Wonder Wombat

    Bill-

    The video ran fine on my Samsung smart phone.

  17. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Hum. That putz in the mirror looks vaguely familiar.

    I predict this project will bear fruit.

  18.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Guys, so far as I know and understand abou Kicktarter is you can donate more than once and receive more than one prize reward. For example a $120 donation tonight for that one and a $65 one in two days for another.

  19.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Sort of anticlimactic after Jimmy and the Parsonage but I bought my boat today. Left sellers house, went to end of street to a neighborhood pub for lunch. Before we ate two bites I got call the money was in his account, less than hour.

  20. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Yeah, well, you know what they say are the two happiest days in a boat owner’s life.

  21. Jim in TN Avatar
    Jim in TN

    Nicely done! Love the video by the way, especially Ludwig’s asides!

  22. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Yes, Jimmy, the video was great. You know what that means, don’t you? We’ll be expecting more sometime. And my favorite was Arlo’s last comment, “We do empty your litter box daily”. Even better because I didn’t expect it.

  23. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Since just typing a comment (made two errors in that last word) is a challenge for me, I’m going to do a Scarlett and worry about it tomorrow.