That is both fantastic and inspiring! Now I have something else to add to my daily reading. Congratulations!
On Nov 24, 12:20 am, Jennifer Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, for the past couple of years I've wanted to do something that combined > my past as a chef with my current interest in comics (for those who don't > know, I do the webcomics Cocktail Hour and Where the Geeks Are). The idea is > finally coming together. > > What to Feed Your Raiding Party will be half comic book and half cookbook > and written with gamers as the primary audience though I hope it will also > appeal to lovers of geek culture in general. > > Divided into 5 sections, each will open with a 6-12 page comic featuring a > core cast of characters--a gamer guy, his dog, and a gamer girl--who've been > sent on a series of food-related quests (that share some basic concepts with > geek films and books--I'm not at all above parodies and puns!). Following > that will be 10-15 recipes that share some aspect of the story that just > preceded it (the sections being appetizers/snacks; loafs, casseroles, etc.; > grilling; soups and stews; and desserts & beverages). > > To facilitate both the feeding of small groups or families as well as larger > groups, each recipe will feature a chart of ingredients factored out for 4, > 8 and 12 servings as well as nutritional data with a twist: carbs will be > represented as health or constitution, protein as strength and fats as > dexterity modifiers. Each will also be rated with experience and equipment > levels to make it easy to navigate for the beginning cook as well as some > interesting items for the more experienced cook. I'll be illustrating > certain techniques throughout the book (knife skills, visual definitions, > etc.), too. > > (Shameless self-promotion follows) > > I'm using Kickstarter.com as a platform to raise the funds required to bring > this project from idea to reality--mainly to cover the printing costs (150 > pages perfect bound, with an initial quantity of 250), ISBN registration, > nutritional software and art supplies. In return, backers receive > private-access production updates and a variety of other rewards based on > pledge level (everything from copies of the book to original art to recipes > named after the backer). Hence the current "media blitz" that I'm on. > > Even MORE details on the project can be found on the Kickstarter > page.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/randomactscomics/what-to-feed-you... > > Jenn > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jen - That's great! Congrats! You'll have to tell us more about your > > cookbook. > > > The Irredeemable Shag > >http://firestormfan.com > >http://onceuponageek.com > >http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Happy Jack's RPG Podcast > > From: Jennifer Walker <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, November 23, 2009 9:23 am > > To: [email protected] > > > Just wanted to mentioned that I was interviewed on the Happy Jack's RPG > > Podcast <http://www.happyjacks.org/?p=367> last night about my > > gamer-centric comic book-cookbook, What to Feed Your Raiding Party. It was a > > lot of fun chatting with their crew and it's a fun podcast to listen to, in > > general so check it out, if you're curious. > > > I'm also slated for RPG Circus later this week and All Games Considered in > > early December. > > > ------- > > Jennifer "Scraps" Walker > > Random Acts Comics > >http://www.randomactscomics.com > > > "What to Feed Your Raiding Party" funding now on Kickstarter.com > >http://www.bit.ly/WtFYRP > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
