The Art of Stan Yak

OH SNAP!! WE DID IT!!!
almost 2 years ago – Sun, Jun 05, 2022 at 06:48:29 AM

I'm not sure how many different ways we can thank you guys, but...THANK YOU!!

We've hit another stretch goal, unlocking the TMNT metal card and Zombies We're Human Too (Stan Yak Edition) with THREE cool-as-shit zombie stories entirely drawn by Stan! 

And we've announced the next stretch goal, which is a banger, and includes THREE THINGS:

1) A black ribbon bookmark on all hardcover editions

2) Black head & tail bands on all hardcover editions

3) Monstrous: Baba Yaga, written by Greg Wright and draw by Stan!! It's a STANSPLOSION!!

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And, a little help for some friends of the studio:

Amazing artist DON WALKER is running a campaign for his awesome sketchbook, FUTURES, AND he's offering commission tiers AND original art from the sketchbook!! Grab 'em now, before they run out!! BACK IT HERE!!

Futures is 20 pages of raw pencil art featuring 20, ALL-NEW, never before seen comic book concepts/characters who will rock the very foundation of the future of Dork Empire Ink comics, all of which are created and penciled by Don!

ALSO, our friend and badass Lawrence James King is running a campaign for EVICTION BELLUM: Book Two (though he's offering BOTH books on this!!) BACK IT HERE!! 

With the invasion of Earth-L, The Last Line finds themselves under attack on all fronts as they rescue their dad, but who's the real threat?   A Universal is approaching Earth-D, and with all the heroes off-world who's going to save them?  Also a megalomaniac has his eyes on altering the balance of the universe itself!  How do our heroes respond?  Can they win?

BEAUCOUP DE CHOSES GRATUITES!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, May 31, 2022 at 11:36:55 PM

Our heads are spinning so quickly, the update titles are in French now! 

Thank you all so much. You guys have now unlocked: Diablo Metal Bookmark, Yak sticker, and Zombie magnet for all physical tier backers. 24 more pages in the book. A Cute Yak dust jacket for the hardcovers. And Fisticuffs #1 for all backers. 

And now, for the $14,500 reveal (SHARE THE IMAGES AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS SO WE CAN HIT IT ASAP!): 

A TMNT Metal card for all physical backers: 

And Zombies We're Human Too for ALL Backers (36 pages of STAN YAK ZOMBIE STORIES)

We Promise We're Not Trying to Spam You With Updates But We Keep Unlocking More Free Shit
almost 2 years ago – Sat, May 28, 2022 at 12:06:52 AM

As the title states, we really don't INTEND to spam you guys with these updates, but... 

We hit another stretch goal last night, and now all physical backers will be receiving this badass Zombie Mime fridge magnet!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

Up next, at $13,000, we add another 8 pages to the book. That's 24 pages already on top of what we have! LET'S MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST BOOK.

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Today we're adding in some promotion for fellow creators. Charlie McElvy, who is running a campaign for SPIDER-SQUIRREL #1-3!!! CLICK HERE TO BACK IT!!

Spider-Squirrel is an entertaining, fun, riotously hilarious, generally humorous, sometimes silly* buddy-cop super-hero action in the vein of Blue Beetle & Booster Gold, or Justice League International during the "BWAHAHA" years. I am pretty darn certain that you might actually kinda sorta maybe like this book a little bit, mostly.

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And our good friend Veronica Smith is drawing and coloring an all-ages graphic novel, reminiscent of Calvin & Hobbes: DREAM WARRIORS!! CLICK HERE TO BACK IT!!

The world of the Night Guardians are tales of kids and cuddly toys who bump back at the bumps in the night. In the Dream Warriors, a child called Thomas and his teddy bear Nate, explore a fantasy realm known as the Dreamscape, so Nate can have one more adventure with his boy. 

More Stretch Goals and a VERY Exciting, Bastardly New Addition!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, May 26, 2022 at 11:30:13 PM

We really are in awe at how this is going. Thank you all so much for your support of Stan. This campaign means more to him than you know. :) 

WE'VE NOW UNLOCKED: Metal Bookmark for all physical tier backers. An extra 16 pages added to the book.  Yak Sticker for all physical tier backers. And a Cute Yak dust jacket for all hardcover books. The next stretch goal is at $11,500 and it's ZOMBIE RELATED!!!

On TOP OF THAT, we have some very exciting news. You may know that Stan Yak is the artist on an indie smash hit  comic called Rayna: The Bastard Queen. You may or may not also know that they had an UNUSED Stan Yak cover for Rayna hidden in the VAULT.  Do you see where we're going with this, yet? :D 

The amazing Ryan Cummins and the folks over at Bad Bug have given us license to offer Rayna #1 with this Stan Yak variant (shown below) and it will be EXCLUSIVE to this Kickstarter. It is NOW available, HERE ONLY, as both an addon and a special tier to get the art book and issue in a bundle! 24 pages of pure Stan Yak ball-stomping! 

Holy Shit. Thank You.
almost 2 years ago – Thu, May 26, 2022 at 06:22:21 AM

Well, I woke up today to us hitting THREE stretch goals on Stan's art book. We are so grateful for your support and enthusiasm on this campaign. Holy Shit. Thank you. Stan deserves this. He is in shock about how well things are going.

So far:

Stretch Goal #1 ($5,500): Metal Bookmark for all physical backers.

Stretch Goal #2 ($6,500): Add 8 Pages to the book.

Stretch Goal #3 ($8,000): Yak Sticker for all physical backers.

And with that, the announcement of the next one: At $9,500, all hardcover backers will get a Cute Yak dust jacket added to their book, so you can get the best of both worlds with Cute and Angry Yaks on one book!!! I know some of you have been asking us about this, so here it is!!! Now is the time to upgrade your pledge to hardcover if you wanted the hardcover but loved the Cute Yak design. :) 

We haven't even had time to find another project to help promote, so this update is just a "please enjoy all this amazing free shit we're sending you" and a "thank you so much for supporting Stan". Thank you all. Seriously. :)