The final two volumes of the critically acclaimed comic strip! Plus the complete 12-volume set now all in one place!
For fans of: science fiction comedy, the shadow government, animals in little hats, long-game plotting
$28,974
supported of $10,000
316
supporters
$10
Black Ops Support Staff
29 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 11 and 12
$40
Virtual Citizen
33 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 1-12
$40
Being in Black
108 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 11 and 12 + print copies of Volumes 11 and 12 signed & sketched by Shaenon.
$50
Field Agent
83 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 11 and 12 + print copies of Volumes 11 and 12 signed & sketched by Shaenon + exclusive character sketch
$80
Investigator into the Conspiracy
10 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 11 and 12 + print copies of Volumes 11 and 12 signed & sketched by Shaenon + exclusive character sketch + Ask five questions, over email, of any Skin Horse character! She/he/they/it is honor-bound to answer truthfully (to certain values of "truth") and in character. Your answers will be written in your copies of the books.
$100
Sinister Small Business
Retailers only! Five copies each of Volumes 11 and 12, all signed and sketched by Shaenon. Please ONLY pledge at this level if you are a retailer ordering books for sale. Thank you!
$150
Special Operative
18 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 11 and 12 + print copies of Volumes 11 and 12 signed & sketched by Shaenon + exclusive character sketch + original art from one strip
$200
Field Agent, Certified
36 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 1-12 + print copies of Volumes 1-12 signed & sketched by Shaenon + exclusive character sketch
$250
Special Operative, Certified
12 claimed
Your name in the Acknowledgements section + PDF copies of Volumes 1-12 + print copies of Volumes 1-12 signed & sketched by Shaenon + exclusive character sketch + original art from one strip
$1
Tip Jar
274 claimed
If you want to add a little something extra for us hard workin' creators and administrators. You can increase in increments of $1 by simply pressing '+' in the quantity field during checkout until you reach your desired amount. Much appreciated!
$30
The Complete Narbonic Perfect Collection
24 claimed
The Complete Narbonic Perfect Collection
$10
The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon & Co.
28 claimed
The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon & Co.
$10
The Reactorside Reader
31 claimed
The Reactorside Reader
$14
Skin Horse Volume 1
4 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 1 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 2
4 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 2 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 3
4 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 3 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 4
5 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 4 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 5
3 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 5 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 6
3 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 6 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 7
6 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 7 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 8
6 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 8 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 9
9 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 9 signed & sketched by Shaenon
$14
Skin Horse Volume 10
9 claimed
Print copy of Skin Horse Volume 10 signed & sketched by Shaenon
Project Skin Horse started as a government agency dedicated to aiding America’s nonhuman citizens. Now the agents find themselves embroiled in an all-out war between a corporate paramilitary, an all-devouring biomass, a giant robot, and a UFO. (For the record, they’re the ones in the robot.) Who will live? Who will die? Who will remember to RSVP to Nick’s wedding?
Shaenon K. Garrity and Jeffrey C. Wells have been writing and drawing the daily online comic strip Skin Horse since 2008. Now the strip is reaching its conclusion. This campaign will fund print collections of the final two volumes, with plenty of bonuses for backers.
Jeffrey Channing Wells (co-author) reluctantly began writing fictions in 1996 when the theater department at his university denied him access to the vocal performance classes he actually wanted, and the world has not been safe since. He is the author of numerous plays, serial stories and robot battle anthems (actually, just the one) and is now apparently co-writing a webcomic. He is kind of at a loss as to how this all happened.
Shaenon K. Garrity (co-author and artist) has written and/or drawn a lot of webcomics, including Narbonic, Li’l Mell, and Monster of the Week. Her graphic novel The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor, with art by Christopher Baldwin, is available from Simon and Schuster.
“Skin Horse is laugh-out-loud funny, in the way that the Marx Brothers were funny: It starts with something that is just barely plausible and then piles up incongruities into a massive, complicated structure built entirely of crazy.”
—Brigid Alverson, Comic Book Resources
“I absolutely love every bit of Skin Horse from beginning to end!”
—Sheena McNeil, Sequential Tart
“One of the smartest, funniest, long-con-est webcomics around.”
—Gary Tyrrell, Fleen
“It’s like the X-Files crossed with Monty Python, with a healthy dose of civil service bureaucracy.”
—Skye Kilaen, Planet Jinxatron
“I’m constantly amazed at how many jokes Skin Horse can get out of ‘robots talk weird.’”
—Daniel Kelly, The Webcomics Review
$20,000: Shaenon will draw Season Seven of her webcomic Monster of the Week.
$25,000: All backers receive original Skin Horse prose stories by Jeff and Shaenon.
We’ve published 10 volumes of Skin Horse and run numerous crowdfunding campaigns. We foresee no problems with the publication of the final two volumes.
Assets will go to the printer in July/August. Books should be received from printer by September. Books will be shipped to backers by the end of 2022.
Hello, Skin Horse 11 & 12 backers!
Please check your email inboxes for a link to the second of our two bonus prose stories, “Babe” by Jeffrey C. Wells.
The first story, “Thanksgiving” by me, is still available to you, as well, if you haven’t enjoyed it yet.
Thanks so much, and happy New Year!
—Shaenon K. Garrity
It’s true! Skin Horse 11 and 12 are in from the printer and looking fine. Now I need to get busy shipping them out. Expect your books and other goodies to arrive between December and January. And thank you all so much!
Skin Horse Ebooks Are Here! Thanks again for backing Skin Horse Volumes 11 and 12. PDF editions of the books are now available for your perusal. All supporters will get download links emailed to them today, so please look out for those in you inboxes!
If you see any revisions that need to be made, you can email me (me@shaenon.com) and let me know.
Enjoy! —Shaenon
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