Be sure and watch the video above, because it will tell you some important and exciting details about our upcoming smallHoliday project! We felt like the low-key crowdfunding we did for American Whoopee really worked, and we want to do it again to bring you a little holiday short that will feature some Shipwrecked standbys. Here are the perks we are offering this time around:
$5 – Early access to our holiday short and a thank you shout out in a livestream
$15 – A holiday postcard signed by Shipwrecked, as well as early access and a livestream shoutout
$25 – 3 Shipwrecked posters grab bag! We have a lot of old Poe Party/Gilded Lily posters lying around, so we’ll pick three at random and send them to you at this level. If there’s one you’re really hoping to get, just let us know. No guarantees, but we’ll do our best! Also includes a holiday postcard, early access, and a livestream shoutout
$40 – American Whoopee poster signed by Shipwrecked – remember this awesome poster Sean designed? Yeah, this right here is your only chance to get it! Also includes the 3 poster grab bag, a holiday postcard, early access, and a livestream shoutout
$50 – A polaroid from set and your name in the video credits. Also includes the American Whoopee poster, the 3 poster grab bag, a holiday postcard, early access, and a livestream shoutout
$100 – A virtual holiday movie night with Shipwrecked AND the character of your choice on your voicemail–choose from Poe, Lenore, Annabel, Emily, and HG. Also includes every single perk listed above.
ALSO, anyone who donates AT ANY LEVEL will receive access to Starbelt Around Uranus, a very weird, very bad short that Sean, Sinead, Sarah, Tom, and Blake made years ago.
Don’t forget to include your mailing address in a note along with your pledge so we’ll know where to send your perks!
We hope you’re as excited about seeing Poe and Lenore again as we are. Head on over to this link to donate until November 18, and join us for a final livestream on that day as well! And thanks as always for making it possible for us to make the things we love to make.
This rant is brought to you by Poe Party and who is honestly surprised by that.
Listen, I fucking love this web series and here is why.
As an amateur writer, I get discouraged like all the time, literally every second because either I’m not writing often enough, my ideas are crap, I’ll never be a good writer, etc. etc. and whatever else my anxiety can concoct.
But when I remember how weird all the classic authors are? Like, when I remember how Emily Dickinson literally almost never left her house, how Ernest Hemingway was probably a sex addict and was definitely an alcoholic and how Edgar Allen Poe suffered from a crazy severe depression and how George Eliot was always running from herself, I feel better about what I can accomplish. Because hey, these flawed people made it– why not me? And seeing them portrayed on a medium like YouTube so well and with such light humor takes away that worry that I’ll never amount to anything and fade into oblivion after I die.
Now, when my anxiety is like hey you suck, my brain is like yeah they said that about Oscar Wilde too and look where he is, he’s being played by an incredible actor on an amazing web series that I hold very dear to my heart so HA to you anxiety, also leave me alone please and thank you.
Also, it combines my two very favorite things which are literature and history so that’s a plus.
Also it’s a pretty great community that I can feel like I belong to, so that’s also nice.
Moral of the story, thank you Poe Party for helping me combat my anxiety and fear of oblivion, I really appreciate it.
Announcing Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Fanart Contest!
Hungry dinner party attendees! We are hereby hosting a fanart contest as a part of our Poe Party campaign. Draw your favorite author that’s been revealed, what you think might be going down at the party, your own version of the logo–whatever your creative brain desires!
The Shipwrecked team will be judging the entries based on how well they capture the essence of the Poe Party, not on artistic merit, so artists of all skill levels may apply!
Be sure and include the kickstarter link in your post and tag it #poeparty to be eligible for consideration. Entries are due Friday, February 19th at midnight PST, and a winner will be chosen by the following Monday. The winner will receive a signed character poster of their choice from the campaign!
Happy drawing, and be sure to bring your appetite…for murder!
