Another Ithaqa Fan Drawn By Our Artist!
Congrats to Bridget, you look quite capable as an investigator! We hope you enjoyed our raffle Ithafans, if you want a shot at being drawn by Theresa, back our Kickstarter at the Raffle tier. There will be 5 winners, so at this point, if you back you're guaranteed to win!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/494808041/ithaqa-comic-issues-2-and-3?ref=c84han
I was talking with my editor, Lisa, and she has hatched a brilliant idea that I could not be more excited to tell you about. We will be putting on a digital, live-stream, theatrical reading of Ithaqa Issue 2. We are in the process of hiring actors, building sets, and developing costumes. There will be more info to come, but here is a basic look at the press release Lisa and I have started to put together:
Live theater meets horror comics meets digital streaming the week of March 29th, when the creators of Ithaqa, a new horror comic, stage a theatrical reading of their 1920's "Lovecraftian" adventure!
Michael Watson and Lisa VillaMil found their creative endeavors in art and theater in danger due to the global Coronavirus crisis. As freelancers in the arts, they watched as their friends and co-workers lost contracts, book tours, and theater events they had spent months or even years building towards. With no relief in sight, and no obvious way forward for the live arts, Michael and Lisa envisioned a way to join the world of comic books with the world of live theater, but in a safe, digital, format.
They came up with the idea to put on a 5 night theatrical run of Michael Watson's 1920's', comic Ithaqa, and live-stream it to a world deprived of live theater, and in many cases, forced to remain indoors. The production will be complete with costumes, sound effects, and music, and will be accessible to everyone in the world for FREE via a Youtube link and a Twitch Stream.
Michael and Lisa will bring all of their actors into a Zoom video conference call, and then stream the whole performance live to Youtube and Twitch, where digital audience members will be able to like, comment, and tip the production.
The whole production process will be completely transparent so that other thespians looking to replicate the format will have the tools to keep their productions alive in an era of unprecedented social distancing.
The most important thing you can do right now, aside from backing and SHARING the Kickstarter link, is to like our FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/IthaqaComic/
That is where you will be able to find the most timely information on this crazy new experiment we are embarking on. The extent to which you think the steemit community can be involved in this new digital frontier of comic book live streaming theater, let me know in the comments.
Thanks for everything steemit fam, keep steeming!
I might enter the contest if I can protect private information and my anonymity here. Is a public profile needed to participate? If so, can I submit an entry without letting anyone here know it's me?
The live theatrical readings sounds like a fun idea. The costumes and characterizations is indeed a great way to build up popularity for others who might want to replicate it, or create their own stories with the Ithica characters.
Heya! Yeah, at this point entering in the contest means backing at the "raffle tier in the comic, but you can make an unnamed guest account with Kickstarter, and then when I send out the reward survey you just provide me with an email I can contact you at.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/494808041/ithaqa-comic-issues-2-and-3?ref=c84han
I am VERY excited about the digital Ithaqa play and will of course be uploading our links/streams to steemit for everyone to view
I opted to get an issue 1 in the Kickstarter as I don't have it, but I would like 2 and 3 too. Would you accept some Steem to add those to my order? I am powering down and so will have a fair bit available soon. I could convert it to Hive or other crypto if you prefer.
Yeah that's totally fine, which issues do you want via crypto again? Also thank you so much for supporting the Kickstarter.
I'd like 2 and 3 please. Just let me know how much Steem or Hive. I'll be powering down some more Steem on Friday that should cover it. Can you send them together with 1 that I bought on the Kickstarter to save on postage?