Update! We just got the Ultimate Zombie cards from USPCC.

I've posted a couple of pics here as they arrived.  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/527023912/the-ultimate-zombie-deck/posts/694178

Thank you all for your support and inspiration. I'll be busy for a few days mailing them out. I hope to have a new Kickstarter deck ready after everyone gets their cards.

Back from the dead! So the Ultimate Zombie cards are at Bicycle. I am expecting about 6 weeks from now to have the cards shipped but I am sitting here with fingers crossed hoping it all goes smoothly.

I posted some of the cards on my Facebook page and I am including the link here.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152238147568222.1073741829.21915743221&type=1&l=8e4b381b77

Here are some updated and final graphics.

Don, that's good to know. Maybe I won't have much problem with Bicycle over the zombie bits.

So far as of this posting I am $1250 away from hitting the goal and I have 18 days left to go.



Any thoughts about adding stretch goals?

I had a backer ask about a second colored tuck(box) today. He said some games he plays he uses 2 decks and he would like a second colored deck to keep the decks separate. He mentioned others are probably wanting to back this project but are held back by the lack of a second tuck.

I will try to update the Kickstarter this week with new art. Some of the court card bidders have sent in their likenesses and I want to get a head start on drawing those. PLus I think I need to show off what the animation will look like. Some people-including friends of mine- don't know what a flip animation is. I thought everybody made those in school with stick figure commandos and jets with explosions. LOL or in my day, bi-planes. (Sorry for lol-ing)

I'm already excited about this deck and can't wait until June 1st to see more of it. It's a great idea for a deck and I'm sure it will do beyond your estimations!

It's a great idea for a deck though. I would love to see better execution and thought behind it. Maybe the creators will have a chance to update it with new designs.

The idea of the zombies in a casino is awesome. I'm sketching out some ideas right now.

I think Tutankhamen should have been one of the Kings instead of the Joker. I'm sure with a little digging the designer could have found a better Joker character. Perhaps Set would have been a good choice for the Jokers? There are so many great looking Egyptian Kings and Gods to choose from for this set. I don't think using English/French Kings is appropriate. But, I do wish the designer well.

I am absorbing all the info you gave me. I went to bed right after reading it with thoughts of everything you mentioned bouncing about in my head.

I will spend this weekend adding color to a redesigned back and adding color to the faces.

What do you think about more customized pips? What about the numbers and Letters?

I woke up this morning with the thought of adding animation to the cards-either at the very bottom and tops, or the corners. Maybe little zombies in the corners or bigger zombies at the tops and bottoms but sideways so you can flip it and see a full bodied zombie. I've been watching YouTube videos of dealers flipping cards to see where the best animation points would be.

I'll call the feature, "Re-Animation" or "Re-Animators."

Hello. I am a new board member and the designer of the ultimate Zombie Deck now on Kickstarter.

SORRY
My apologies for yet one more zombie deck. As a comic artist who has drawn a bunch of zombie and monster/horror related comics since starting my career in 1994 I felt I had some background pedigree to bring a zombie deck to life. Working in small press comics it seems we can't sell a comic to our distributors unless it is zombies and/or Steampunk. (Don't worry we'll lay off the Steampunk decks.)

NEW BOX ART
I am working on the deck and tweaking the designs as the Kickstarter goes further along. I have just updated the box design though I think it still needs some revisions. I placed the pips along the top of the deck but that is where the seal goes and the pips will be covered up. I am thinking about moving them to the 4 corners of the sides of the box or just removing them totally.

CARD BACK
What I thought was a pretty clever design of the back of the card has fallen a little flat over the last week to me. I read a ton of the posts on here in other threads and it seems colored card backs would be the way to go. I would probably keep the color along the lines of grayscale as I think full color zombies can be a little too gross or disgusting for what should be a fun gaming session.

COURT CARDS
I am working on the court card designs at the moment and hope to add them to the site this weekend. There is the question of doing the designs with just a full body shot of the Kickstarters who buy their likeness as the court cards, or doing the reversible design. I think since the other cards are drawn with one angle in mind that the court cards would be OK with that design idea as well. Since there won't be a tell of a player turning over a one-way court card in their hand since all the designs would be one-way.

BICYCLE
I still need to get approval from Bicycle on the box art but this is the concept so far. We will probably go with the Magic finish but I have seen it called a few different things I am not sure how to specify what exactly the paper/finish will be.


Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Hello all. I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Brian Denham and I'm from Texas. I live just a few miles north of the Alamo.

I am a professional comicbook artist. I have worked for Marvel, DC, Image and a ton of smaller companies on an eclectic variety of comics. I have been into artwork my whole life and I've recently been putting together artwork and plans for making card decks. I came across the Aether board from reading a ton of comments on Kickstarter and I have seen a lot of advice from board members who mentioned this site. I have been reading a lot of old threads on here and getting a sense of the forums. I thought it was about time to say hello.

I recently launched a Kickstarter with a friend and publisher of Antarctic Press, a small comic company that has been publishing since 1985. Thanks to a lot of your comments and suggestions you have made my card designs a lot better. I am a week into this campaign but I plan on doing a few other decks in the future. I don't feel it is appropriate to share a link to my KS along with my introduction but I will start a thread in the proper area if you are interested.

I look forward to seeing you all on the boards.

~Brian Denham