Well, folks, we're in the last few hours of the campaign, and while I strive to be an eternal optimist, sometimes you've just got to face facts. The fact in this case is that we are too far from our goal for this Kickstarter to be successful. Sorry, guys.  Amiculus was a nice idea, but I guess it'll just remain an unrealized dream.
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Yeah, like hell it will. 

So the campaign didn't go as planned. Ultimately, that means...very little. What it does mean is that production of this series will still go ahead as planned, just on a slightly longer timetable than before. I have looked at my facts and my figures, gauged the resources I have at my disposal, and decided that the next step in production is this: Amiculus, Volume Zero: Ex Libris Amiculi.

Volume Zero will be a preview book to the series that will contain the first two chapters of the epic as a 20-page story. It'll be a solid gateway issue, and with luck will be finished on the same timeline as the full first volume would have been, premiering in Winter 2014. I will regularly be posting updates, including views of brand-new pencil, ink and color art to keep your appetites whetted. This preview will be made available for purchase and limited viewing, and will also be the promotional fuel I use for the next crowd-funding campaign I do in 2014.

Not convinced yet? Here is the script for the Prologue and Chapter One of Amiculus: A Secret History, the bones of Volume Zero.  Check it out, then feel free to e-mail me or enter any thoughts, impressions or questions you have on my Contact Page. If you enjoyed this appetizer, I look forward to serving the main course.


Also, I recommend checking out another KS project Giancarlo Caracuzzo is working on with writer Peter Rogers, Forgotten Planet. It looks pretty cool!

As you can see, the Amiculus campaign continues to grow, albeit a little slower than hoped. Therefore, I'd like to bump things up a bit to reward those of you who backed so far and to make things a little more exciting for backers-to-be.

I'd like to announce that, upon the successful completion of the campaign, ALL backers at the $15.00 level and higher will receive the 80-page Kickstarter edition version of Vol. I in place of the 60-page book! This includes additional art, content and an 8-page sneak preview of Amiculus: Vol. II. Backers at $5.00 and up will receive the Kickstarter version of the PDF.

For backers at the $75.00 level and up who will already be receiving the Kickstarter edition book, I am including an 18 x 24 poster version of "Rome in the Time of Amiculus," the hand-drawn map of Rome, as an incentive. This will also appear on the inside cover of Vol. I. Plus, the map will be signed by both Giancarlo Caracuzzo and myself! 

Thanks so much for your support! Keep spreading the word!

Apparently, Amiculus has been on Blastr.com, an adjunct site of SyFy.com, for the past five days as a featured Kickstarter! you can check out (and share!) the story here: "14 awesome sci-fi rewards you can earn on Kickstarter right now"