Tart: Submerged Hardcover Collection

The Tart Volume 4 Perspective Shift Kickstarter campaign is live (and a bonus fun fact).
11 months ago – Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 08:14:49 AM

With our Kickstarter supporters' help, we are continuing to build a premium, limited hardcover collection of Tart. One that when we finish our story can (we hope will) earn a prominent spot on your bookshelves. All Volumes are available now, but the funds raised will be used to recoup the printing costs of Tart Vol 4. 

If you are newer to us, or have never purchased a Tart hardcover, skip this next link, and keep reading.  If you’re jazzed to grab Tart Volume 4, and don’t need the first three, you can head over right now to secure your book!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tartcomic/tart-vol-4-perspective-shift

As I said, supporters who are interested in the entire set of hardcovers published so far, this is for you.

We have a secret Catch Up Bundle that gets you all four hardcovers for only $120 (savings of $5 a book). I explained why I did this in an email to our entire list, but suffice it to say, I refuse to give a discount to new readers if it means my existing supporters don’t get that offer as well.

The link to save $20 on a hardcover bundle is:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tartcomic/tart-vol-4-perspective-shift?secret_reward_token=623b22f6

Thank you so much for your support. I hope you can pledge to help us make a scene on Kickstarter this next three weeks. But if the timing is wrong, please help us spread the word on Social Media or even better, tell someone who likes things like Tart that we exist and they might LOVE us.

Kevin

PS - I hate that some backers are going to get up to a half dozen of the same updates, so I'm going to add a fact I learned or know that surprised me. I am not an expert on these facts, so you can try them during trivia night, but if you're ever asked to testify at a trial, I'd confirm them with a second source.

You ever read the graphic novel or see the movie for Snowpiercer. It's a darn good sci fi (I've only seen the movie and read the first chapter, so I'll be discussing the movie specifically) flick that is truly about class struggles. But the set up is that one of the governments of the world decided to shoot a specific element into the air to absorb or reflect some of the sunlight coming in contact with it to cool the planet and it worked to well, freezing almost everything on earth. 

That's not a fact. Just a good story. The fact is some scientists in Britain are about to embark on an experiment to send sediments into the air to absorb or reflect some of the sunlight coming in contact with it to cool the planet. 

What could go wrong?

https://theweek.com/environment/why-uk-scientists-are-trying-to-dim-the-sun

MYSTERY HARDCOVER TIER ADDED TO TART 16 - Hardcover backers only
over 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 10:24:28 AM

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Like sands through the hourglass...
over 2 years ago – Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 01:01:45 PM

The Final Jeopardy theme music is playing. We're almost there. 

If you were going to grab the next Tart hardcover you only have hours to do so.

 Kickstart My Tart 

If you already have, thank you so much. We're heading toward 300 backers and our highest funding ever. We would not be in this position without our readers who have been with us, and stay with us. 

Thank you!

Here's one of my favorite one off illustrations Ludo created for fun as an extra bonus reading this. 

Kevin

We are so close to funding Tart Vol 3
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 08:31:48 AM

I wanted to touch base with you as a backer of the Tart Vol 2 Submerged Kickstarter campaign to let you know we are just on the precipice of funding Vol 3. 

We would love to deliver Amissa Anima (Lost Soul) to you to join its companions Adrift and Submerged on your bookshelf or coffee table. 

We are just 12 backers from breaking the 200 backer ceiling and less than $1,400 from reaching our funding goal. We'd love to have you with us for the final two weeks of our campaign:

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tartcomic/tart-vol-1-3-prestige-hardcover-set 

Kevin 

The Tart Vol 3 Hardcover Campaign is live
over 2 years ago – Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 06:27:11 AM

I’m so excited to say that I just hit launch on the Tart Volume three "Amissa Anime (Lost Soul) hardcover campaign!    You’re receiving this update because you backed the Tart Vol 2 Submerged campaign.

Ludo, myself and our entire team hope that you were ready for the next Prestige Hardcover of this collection. We’re going to do everything we can to make this book special. If you are then follow this link and Kickstart my TART!

Pledge now!   

If you prefer the floppies, or this campaign is just hitting at the wrong time for you, we understand. While we want as many backers as we can possibly get, we know that we can’t launch at the right time for everyone. If you can share the campaign. Let somebody that you think would like Tart know that we are live. Or simply like, share, retweet, blue skippit, Instagrant it etc (I have lost count of the tikytoky possibilities out there, but you get it). It all helps. It all works. We appreciate it all.    Let’s go!!!