Spirits of Glasgow – A picture book by Jo Whitby
Fundraising campaign by
Joanna Whitby
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£818.00raised of £400.00 goal goal
Campaign Story
Spirits of Glasgow
A picture book by Jo Whitby
Featuring a short story by Chris McQueer
People might make Glasgow but the spirits, they hold the city together like an invisible glue... well, some of them do, others just idly hang about here and there lusting over bags of cheesy chips and haunting new builds for a laugh.
Having been offered an artists table at the forthcoming Glasgow Comic Con in June I wanted to create a special wee book in time for the convention while also raising a few funds so I can make sure my table is fully stocked. The offer of a table was unexpected which is why I'm going full throttle with this crowdfund – time is of the essence!
About the book:
I will create 6 illustrations like the one featured above (a work in progress but gives you a good idea) and present them in an A5 landscape softcover book! To accompany the images will be a short story about the spirits penned by Chris McQueer (author of the fantastic ‘Hings’ & ‘HWFG’).
What I need to raise:
3rd STRETCH GOAL: Can we make it to £700? Sure we can. As well as an A5 print every backer will get a set of stickers
REACHED! 2nd STRETCH GOAL: Help me reach £650 and ALL backers will receive an A5 print!
REACHED! 1st STRETCH GOAL: It didn’t take very long to hit the initial target of £400! Thank you so much! I think it would be brilliant to upgrade the print quality of the book so would love to see if we can stretch to £500. This would enable me to get a much nicer cover quality and higher grade paper inside.
I
need to raise enough funds to cover the production of the books and
any rewards as well as shipping costs. Any additional funds raised
will go towards helping me print greeting cards and other merch for
my table at comic con.
I have set the goal to £400 which will cover all the above costs and leave me with a few extra coins to make my table look fab.
Rewards:
Extra rewards include art prints, postcards and a limited edition tote bag! ALL REWARDS INCLUDE A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE BOOK!
Rewards
Spirits of Glasgow Book
Set of 4 Postcards
A3 Art Print
Ltd Ed Tote Bag
Donors
- Sean White
- Donated on May 31, 2019
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
Jo very best of luck your art is fantastic.
Book update
Update posted by Joanna Whitby at 12:54 pmThose of you waiting on my ‘Spirits of Glasgow’ book. The order came in from the printers last Thursday and we discovered printing errors including cropping issues (poor to very poor) across the entire batch. Every picture page should have a white border. The printer has confirmed it’s their error
Book update
Update posted by Joanna Whitby at 12:52 pmThose of you waiting on my ‘Spirits of Glasgow’ book. The order came in from the printers last Thursday and we discovered printing errors including cropping issues (poor to very poor) across the entire batch. Every picture page should have a white border. The printer has confirmed it’s their error
Thank you!!
Update posted by Joanna Whitby at 02:11 pmThank you so much to everyone who supported my new book ‘Spirits of Glasgow’. I can’t wait to have it printed! Thanks to your generosity each backer will also get an A5 print and a sticker! The book is also going to be a better quality paper so it’s going
Short story author revealed!
Update posted by Joanna Whitby at 06:31 pmVery excited to announce that the fantastic Chris McQueer (author of ‘Hings’ & ‘HWFG’) provides the short story for the book! I’m chuffed that he was up for working with me on this wee project and I can’t wait for you to read his beautiful story.
Donors & Comments
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
Looking great, can't wait!
- Sean White
- Donated on May 31, 2019
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
Jo very best of luck your art is fantastic.
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
Good Luck with this - look forward to seeing it!
- Robert Moffat
- Donated on May 31, 2019
- Christopher Brooke
- Donated on May 31, 2019
xxx
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
- James McHardy
- Donated on May 31, 2019
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 31, 2019
Well done and thanks!
- Kelly Duffer
- Donated on May 31, 2019
So excited to read this book!
Looking great, can't wait!