In case you have been living off the grid for the past month, the Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium Kickstarter campaign has been funded. Are we rapt? Of course we are! A huge congratulations to Sam Dyer and Bitmap Books for hitting their target.
With a week to go, you would think Sam would take it easy and take some well earned rest. But that is not how Sam rolls. After a fantastic response to the campaign, it doesn’t end there. Sam has been busy behind the scenes coming up with some great stretch goals, pulling together some new pledges and getting some new contributors on-board. Let the drooling begin!
New pledges
These include: signed Psytronik Software goodies, a personalised avatar by legendary C64 artist S.I.T, signed Oliver Frey goodies and a ‘one off’ framed Last Ninja print signed by original artist, Steinar Lund. There will be two more very special pledges coming this week – keep an eye out on the Kickstarter page!
New book contributors
Great news on the contributor front as some true legends of the industry have agreed to be involved in the book. The new contributors include:
- Gary Penn (Zzap!64)
- Dan Phillips (Armalyte)
- Stephen Thomson (S.I.T)
- Jon Hare (Sensible Software)
- Steven Day (STE’86)
- Philip & Andrew Oliver (The Oliver Twins)
- Andrew Hewson & Rob Hewson (www.hewsonconsultants.com)
- Steve Rowland (Thalamus)
- Robin Levy (Armalyte)
- Jacco Van ‘t Riet (Boys without Brains)
- Jonathan Temples (Thalamus/Codemasters)
- James Leach (Commodore Format)
Stretch goals
As the campaign goes further over it’s total, the extra money will be used to add extras to the print specification of the book. This will include adding a dustcover, spot varnish to the cover, extra pages to the pagination and finally, an enhanced PDF. All backers will benefit from hitting these goals.
If you have pledged already, these new rewards are quite enticing. If you have not yet pledged, then surely it is time to dig deep and support this wonderful Kickstarter campaign.
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About Sam
Sam has over 10 years experience as an award winning professional Graphic Designer, working for agencies in London and also in the South West of England. His passion for design and also the Commodore 64, mean that he is ideally placed to create this book to the highest possible standard.
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About Bitmap Books
A new publisher specialising in beautifully designed and produced books all about video games. Commodore 64: a visual commpendium is the first book by Bitmap Books.
Commodore 64: a visual commpendium is a book that celebrates the beauty of the greatest home computer ever made.
It will be packed full of artwork by Oliver Frey, game art, reviews, loading screens, game maps and photography. The foreword will be written by legendary Sensible Software Graphic Artist Stoo Cambridge.