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Wanna see me eat banana and ketchup?
UPDATE: ABC Disgusting artist Takeshi Miyazawa and potential ABC Disgusting theme song creator Jane Lui are joining me with the ketchup/banana challenge! If we hit $28,000, all three of us will eat some banana dipped in ketchup! Back the project today and make this grossness reality!
ANOTHER UPDATE: ABC Disgusting colorist Jessica Kholinne has joined the ketchup banana challenge! So Jessica, Jane, Tak and I will ALL eat banana with ketchup if we hit $28K!
By Greg Pak
Because I am ridiculous, if the ABC Disgusting alphabet book Kickstarter hits $28,000, I will embrace the spirit of the book and eat some banana dipped in ketchup. And yes, I’ll post a video of it.
Back it today and make me do it! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregpak/abc-disgusting/
2015.07.26 – Comic Book Master Class with Greg Pak in NYC
By Greg Pak
This Sunday afternoon, I’ll be leading a comic book master class at the Museum of Chinese in America as part of the Asian American International Film Festival! It’ll be a blast — I’ll go over all aspects of comic book making and give out free books, Kingsway West posters, and ABC Disgusting stickers. Grab your tickets here: https://mocanyc.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=7
Here’s the description:
For over a decade, Greg Pak has been writing acclaimed comic books featuring icons like the Hulk, Batman, Superman, and Storm — as well as creator-owned books and Kickstarter breakout hits like Code Monkey Save World and the Princess Who Saved Herself.In this in-depth, practical master class, Pak will dive into the nuts and bolts of comic book making, using the 22 year development process of his newest creator-owned comic book as a case study. Topics will include:
- The creative storytelling challenges and practical business considerations of moving from filmmaking to writing comics.
- The huge joys of bringing Asian American and other diverse characters to life in comics.
- The step-by-step work of making a comic book, from concept to story to script to art to publishing, promotion, and audience building.
- The specific challenges of funding and publishing independent comics in the digital age — both via Kickstarter and traditional publishers.
Also featuring nifty comics-related giveaways and never-before-revealed sneak peeks from Pak’s secret, new creator-owned work!Admission:
$12 – Regular
$7 – Student/SR
Free – ACV & MOCA Members
Tickets Available here: https://mocanyc.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=7
2015.07.25 – Greg Pak at Insta-Con 2015 in Kennett Square, PA!
By Greg Pak
This Saturday, I’ll be a guest at the amazing (and FREE) Insta-Con 2015 at the Kennett Public Library in Kennett Square, PA! The whole con’s ru by middle and high schoolers, who will be moderating the panels. I can’t wait!
The library will have copies of The Princess Who Saved Herself and Code Monkey Save World for sale and I’ll have Kingsway West posters and ABC Disgusting stickers to hand out for free.
Here’s the sked:
10:00 AM – Insta-Con 2015 opens!
10:30 AM – ALL AGES COMICS AND MEDIA. Guests: Greg Pak, Luke Foster. Moderators: Katie & Emma
11:30 AM – SHADOW MANIFESTO: A READING & DISCUSSION Guest: Annie Mok. Moderators: Allison & Wiley
12:30 PM- GETTING STARTED IN WEBCOMICS. Guests: Luke Foster. Moderators: Andrew & Abbie
1:30 PM – THE COMICS PROCESS. Guests: Brooke Allen & Greg Pak. Moderators: Wiley and Katie
2:30 PM – SKYPE Q&A SESSION WITH JOE KELLY. Moderators: Andrew & Emma
3:30 PM (upstairs): KPL MakerCamp Ultra Robot Contest
5:00 PM – Insta-Con 2015 is over!
See you there!
Video from Racebending’s Super Asian America panel at the SDCC!
By Greg Pak
I had an absolutely tremendous time on the Super Asian America panel at the SDCC, talking about Asian Americans in comics, film, and television with super smart, super funny people like Amy Chu, Keith Chow, Chloe Bennett, Sumalee Montano, Dante Basco, and Ilram Choi. Massive heart, total honesty, and great good humor from every panelist here, with tremendous moderation by Racebending’s Dariane Nabor. Check it out!
Tak apparently drew a poo cone for “ABC Disgusting.” Yes. A poo cone.
By Greg Pak
So brilliant “ABC Disgusting” artist Takeshi Miyazawa drew an awesome series of images for the super-sized sticker sheet we’re hoping to make for Kickstarter backers of the physical books. And yesterday I took a close look and realized he’d drawn a cute ice cream cone… but it’s not an ice cream cone.
As far as I can tell, it’s a stinky poo cone.
Thank you, Tak. Thanks so much.
If this appeals to you, the “ABC Disgusting” alphabet book Kickstarter is less than $600 from reaching its first stretch goal of super-sizing the stickers that all backers of physical objects will receive! Check it out and back it today so we can make big 6″x9″ sticker sheets with multiple images of gross stuff drawn by Tak! Here’s the full set of pencils he’s done for possible disgusting stickers.
Gloriously gross eight page “ABC Disgusting” preview!
By Greg Pak
If you’ve been sitting on the fence about supporting the “ABC Disgusting” children’s book Kickstarter, I’m here to push you over one way or the other! Here’s a repulsive, beautiful eight page preview of the book with art by Takeshi Miyazawa, colors by Jessica Kholinne, letters by Simon Bowland, and story/words by me! If you dig, please do back the project on Kickstarter and help us reach our crazy stretch goals!
Back the book today at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregpak/abc-disgusting!
Awesome singer-songwriter Jane Lui to create an ABC DISGUSTING theme song!
By Greg Pak
Huge thank you to everyone who’s backed or helped spread the word about my ABC Disgusting children’s book Kickstarter! We hit our $24,000 goal last night, which means we’re definitely making the books! And today I’m thrilled to announce our stretch goals!
$26,000 – SUPER-STICKERS! If the funding hits this level, we’ll supersize the stickers that come with all physical rewards, creating 6″x9″ sticker sheets that feature multiple peel-off stickers of disgusting things drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa.
$30,000– THEME SONG! At this funding level, every backer will get an mp3 of an original “ABC Disgusting” theme song written and performed by the great singer-songwriter Jane Lui, whose incredible work can be viewed here: http://janelui.com and in the tremendous “Happy/50 Ways” cover embedded above. Jane’s got a tremendous sense of humor and gorgeous vocal style and is already thinking about gross sound effects and a sing-along chorus kids will love. Please do back the project and help make this song happen!
$40,000 – ANOTHER BOOK! At this level, every backer will get a digital copy of a WHOLE ‘NOTHER CHILDREN’S BOOK written by yours truly and illustrated by Tak with glorious black-and-white art! Title and story to be revealed if and when we hit the $30,000 stretch goal.
$50,000 – GROSS! At this level, I will eat ketchup on cantaloupe — and post a video to prove it.
$100,000 – SUPER-GROSS! At this level, I will make and drink (part of) a mayonnaise milkshake — and post a video to prove it.
“ABC Disgusting” on the verge of being funded!
By Greg Pak
ABC Disgusting, my new children’s book about disgusting things, is on the verge of hitting its Kickstarter target! Please do feel free to visit the Kickstarter page and consider backing!
My brilliant partner in crime, artist Tak Miyazawa, has been drawing like crazy and colorist Jessica Kholinne and letterer Simon Bowland are hard at work, so we’ll have a gorgeous lettered preview to show off soon.
In the meantime, check out the new Newsarama and NBC Asian America interviews — and feel free to back the book!
Following my own Kickstarter advice
By Greg Pak
In the Kickstarter primer I posted the other day, my last pointer was “Adjust on the fly and never give up.” This morning, I eyeballed my Kickstarter page for ABC Disgusting, an alphabet book of disgusting things written by yours truly and drawn by the great Takeshi Miyazawa, and realized I’d made a dumb mistake with the page’s main image. So I’ve taken my own advice and replaced the image, here on the 18th day of the campaign!
Here’s how the original image was showing up on the page:
Such an obvious mistake in retrospect — the “Play” button was covering up one of our main character’s faces! That’s subliminally off-putting. Eyes are the windows to the soul and all that. I’d covered up the central human drawing point of the most important image on my page!
So here’s how the replacement image shows up on the page:
Better, right?
Learn something new every day!