The Phill from GCHQ Comicbook // An Idea turned into Reality

Dear friends,

yesterday was a big big day for me: The printed version of the webcomic "Phill from GCHQ" by @katharsisdrill finally arrived at my home! I'm so happy and super excited about this.

Look, how beautiful it is:

Front and back of the "luxury hardback edition with sewn pages".

Phill who?

About four years ago, @katharsisdrill started posting the first page of comic on his diaspora profile and on Steemit. What was planned as only a three page experiment ended up being one of the most recognized and successful webcomics of Steemit with 89 pages and counting.

After a few pages I asked @katharsisdrill, if I could do the German translations (soon to be followed by @vcelier, who did the French version) and post them on my Steemit profile for the German community.

This intensive collaboration on the comic then turned into a real friendship at one point.

Kickstarter

Soon after the first part of the comic series was finished, the idea arose to turn it into a real comicbook. But it took quite a while until @katharsisdrill actually started a Kickstarter campaign to make it really happen.

That was about 5 month ago and now I'm so happy to hold it in my hands.

I had goosebumps while opening the package and flipping through the book.

The first book in which I am mentioned in the blurb and a personal dedication from @katharsisdrill

An Idea turned into Reality

It's such an amazing feeling to see, how the idea of publishing a free-to-read (CC-BY) comic turned into something beautiful like this. It was even supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, which made it possible to create a luxury edition.

If you ever were in doubt, that it is very rewarding to do what you like most, this might be a very good example.

Additional Prints

In addition to the signed comic-book, I received some really beautiful extra artworks, that were offered as a perk on Kickstarter. Here is one, that I instantly framed and hung on the wall of my living room. Notice the red sigil-stamps, which are kind of a signature.

Also look at this beautifully hand-inked work:

Did I mention already, that I'm so super-happy about these?

How to get yours!

If you missed the Kickstarter, you can still mail to Katharsisdrill and order an album. He's currently on a family trip, but as far as I know, he will also set up a webshop, when he's back in early August.

Thanks to the German Steemit/Hive community

Ein ganz besonderer Dank geht natürlich auch an die deutsche Steemit/Hive Community, die durch ihre Upvotes und Kommentare einen großen Teil dazu beigetragen hat, dass ich so lange die deutsche Übersetzung gemacht habe und damit nicht zuletzt auch Katharsisdrill ermutigen konnte, weitere Seiten zu kreieren und den Traum vom selbst-publizierten Comic-Album Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen.

Danke und thanks for reading!

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