Update: June 27, 2011

We are FUNDED! In less than 4 days you guys have helped us hit our Indiegogo comic project goal! We are completely blown away THANK YOU! ? Every extra bit of funding will go into the book, packaging and shipping of the rewards, and future reprints of this project. Thank you so much for your support! We could not have done this without you.

Who are we?

Katie Shanahan is a cartoonist from Toronto, Canada. She's worked in the animation industry for the past 5 years as a storyboard artist, animator and designer, and keeps an active online presence with frequent art and comic updates.

Steven "Shaggy" Shanahan is a motion graphic animator, video editor, and compositor, who's early interest in radio plays lead to him creating a humorous audio short in 2005, called Silly Kingdom.

The first chapter, titled "Alengrimrickshaw's 211th Birthday", follows the efforts of a cheerful Princess, a power hungry Prince, and a clever Jester, as they attempt to put on a birthday celebration for the Kingdom's ancient and crotchety jerk-of-a-wizard, Alengrimrickshaw. Sufficed to say, things take a turn for the explosive!

Following the audio drama, many more short stories set in the world of Silly Kingdom have been written, and now, they are ready to be told with the launching of Katie and Shaggy's newest collaborative comic, Silly Kingdom.

Taking inspiration from the radio play, the comic will be a 32 page (approx) black and white inked humor fantasy illustrated by Katie and written by Shaggy. Suitable for all audiences (of awesome readers!)

With published works printed in critically acclaimed comic anthologies ("Flight" volumes 7 and 8, "The Anthology Project" volume 2 and "Side B: A Music Lover's Comic Anthology"), Silly Kingdom marks the Shanahan sibling's first self published work, which they aim to premier at the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con and Tr!ckster in July.  

What We Need & What You Get

The accumulated price of printing the first run of Silly Kingdom books ($600), the flight from Toronto to San Diego and back ($1,260), and accommodations for the convention ($840) is a bit of a strain on a freelancer artist's budget. The whole endeavor is going to run us a total of $3,100.

This is why we've decided to turn to IndiGoGo (and you guys!) in hopes of raising the funds to get this project off the ground. In return for your support we'll reward you with a bevy of perks, such as shout-outs, buttons, prints, original art commissions (fan-art, yourself drawn in Katie's style, whatever you want!) and of course, the comic itself.

We are also offering access to a new live stream series called Shanahanigans which will follow the behind-the-scenes of our present and future comic projects.  Watch Katie draw, hear Shaggy yammer on, and you the viewer can get involved with questions, and maybe even requests!

You can also get access to the Silly Kingdom art blog, where you can follow the progress from thumbnails to final page, see the evolution of character and location design, and gain insights into the comic making process.

What if we exceed our goal?

What if we don't meet our goal?

Other Ways You Can Help

Spread the word, share the link:

indiegogo.com/Silly-Kingdom-at-San-Diego-Comic-Con

Beyond that, your continued interest and support of our work keeps us going.

Thanks a bunch!

- Katie & Shaggy

Our Links

Katie:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ktshy

website/blog: http://www.ktshy.com

Shaggy:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ShaggyShan

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/shaggyshan

Other Works: http://uberfriendship.com/