Mantle #1 (of 4) | A Coming-of-Age Adventure Comic Book

A project in Toronto, Canada by Adam Santangelo
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Beginning a 4-part series about Vijay, a bullied 14-year-old who discovers super hero armor in his dead father's closet...
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Backers: 115
Average Daily Pledges: $221 CAD
Average Pledge Per Backer: $38 CAD

Funding: $4,422 CAD of $1,000 CAD
Dates: Jun 3rd -> Jun 30th (28 days)
Project By: Adam Santangelo
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Latest News

Getting the Word Out / How Mantle Is Made, Part 3

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Getting the Word OutYou know what I love to see? Readers discovering Mantle. They generally find out about us on social media, then visit this campaign and sign-up to be part of our adventure. Those are little moments of joy, every day. As of this... (Read More)

Milestones! / How Mantle Is Made, Part 2

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Milestones!I can't name names... but on Thursday evening this week, one of you became Mantle #1's 100th backer and took the campaign past $4,000 in pledges.  We're now more than 4x the goal I feared we wouldn't hit, and I can't stress enough how... (Read More)

TCAF / How Mantle Is Made

June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
TCAFThis past weekend, I was at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival with my Sgt. Fury t-shirt and a backpack full of Mantle preview mini-comics. I met a bunch of cool creators, spread the word about Mantle, and took home a pile of wild indie comics. I... (Read More)

Day 4!

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I learn what Day 4 of a Kickstarter campaign feels like. Each one is different! Day 1 was overwhelmingly satisfying as support grew far beyond my expectations (and fears). Days 2 and 3 were a steady drip of familiar names (again, thank you so... (Read More)

We're funded! Actually, we're more than 2.5x funded!!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The last 7 hours have been incredibly exciting and I'm so appreciative of all the support for Mantle #1! We reached our $1,000 goal in well under an hour, and here we are tracking towards 3x our goal as we head into the evening... When I clicked the... (Read More)

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