It appears we spoke too soon. Since the last post a couple of hours ago, we’ve gone up over the $5,000 mark on Kickstarter.com and are sitting at an even 80% of our goal. Looks like it could climb higher before the day is done…Again, a HUGE THANK YOU to all who have contributed!

We’re ending the week at a strong 67% funding on Kickstarter.com, and we’re looking forward to what the next week will bring. Just a reminder to our Philadelphia area readers that at the end of it (Friday, Nov. 5 at 5:00), we will be featured on the November WHYY’s Friday Arts program and at WHYY’s Friday Arts event a half hour later. The rest of you can find the show on the web shortly thereafter.

In the meantime, here are some great comments from Rob about Kickstarter.com, why we’re conducting this campaign in the first place, and his own personal history. Well worth the read.

Some interesting tidbits about our process and about the project as a whole in Mike’s Kickstarter blog update. Read about it here.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1800336145/a-comic-of-james-joyces-ulysses-seriously/posts

ULYSSES “SEEN” will be the lead feature in the November edition of WHYY’s “Friday Arts” show, airing Nov. 5. Those outside the Philadelphia area can catch it on the web shortly thereafter. We will also be in the WHYY studios to show our iPad app & answer questions after the show airs.

ULYSSES “SEEN” will be the lead feature in the November edition of WHYY’s “Friday Arts” show, airing Nov. 5. Those outside the Philadelphia area can catch it on the web shortly thereafter. We will also be in the WHYY studios to show our iPad app & answer questions after the show airs.

So  after a week and a day, we’re over the 50% mark for funding on this project. How cool is that?! We haven’t even had to start pestering people! We’ve even had the high honor of an “in memoriam” contribution. We are so grateful to all who have supported us thus far, and we want to keep that momentum going.

From the beginning, one of my favorite things about this project has been the fact that our readers help to shape it; that there’s an interaction with ULYSSES “SEEN”, rather than just a consumption of it. This Kickstarter campaign offers you yet another way in which to be a part of the project, and not just by contributing directly. Sharing this link through email and social media is HUGELY helpful and requires very little effort. It not only turns others on to our work, but also shows that you think it’s worth reading and supporting.

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you again. We couldn’t have gotten this far without you. We’ve got a lot of very cool things on the horizon, and you’re helping to make them happen. More to come…

After one week on Kickstarter.com we’re almost 40% funded, as the box on the right shows. Thank you so much to all who have supported this project so far, and we encourage everyone to please share the link to this campaign with friends and anyone else who may be interested. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sharing forums are great for getting the word out quickly and without much effort. The more early success we show, the better, so we greatly appreciate your help.

We’ll be rolling out new sketches daily, as well, but more on that later…

We cannot thank all of you enough for reading and for your support.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1800336145/a-comic-of-james-joyces-ulysses-seriously/posts

We’re now on Kickstarter!  We’ve set up a campaign to help us raise money to finish our next episode, Calypso!  We’ll be showing some images of Bloom to give you a glimpse of what we’ve been up to.

The work is well underway, but a contribution from you will help us to finish it off and get ready for the next chapter.  Please take a look at our Kickstarter site and make a contribution — there are some fantastic rewards there too, including a Ulysses Seen pint glass (guaranteed to unbind the tongue of any Stephen in your life).

Here’s the link — check it out, especially the video of Rob, unavailable anywhere else…

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1800336145/a-comic-of-james-joyces-ulysses-seriously

We only receive the funding if we make or exceed our goal, so please don’t be shy about passing this link along to anyone who may be interested. That said, we’re off to a great start. After less than 24 hours, we are 11% funded.

Thanks for your interest!

-Throwaway Horse

We will be at the Irish Arts Center on 51st Street and 10th Ave. in Manhattan this Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. for a panel discussion. If you’re in the New York area, come on out and say hello. Details below. Hope to see you there!

“…lush and comical”– The New Yorker

Experience Ulysses “Seen”, Robert Berry’s graphic novel adaptation of the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s epic masterpiece, through commentary by the artist in conversation with Ulysses “Seen” reader’s guide author Mike Barsanti, and Josh Levitas, production artist/graphic designer. Moderated by Karen Green, curator of the Columbia University Library collection of graphic novels. Learn how you, too, can be part of the creative process, with a special preview of pages from the newest chapter, and a forum for readers to suggest settings, props and character types for the remaining chapters of the comic.

Irish Arts Center is delighted to present an evening with the greatest literary work of the 20th century – complete with the nude images Apple tried to censor.

Admission: $10 general / $8 member
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