{"id":5063,"date":"2011-11-16T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2011-11-16T00:21:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T05:21:28","slug":"ace-kilroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/16\/ace-kilroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Support ACE KILROY the webcomic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today we&#8217;re featuring a fantastic new project that needs your support!\u00a0 My good buddy Rob Kelly, from <em>The Aquaman Shrine<\/em>, has started a new daily webcomic called <a title=\"Ace Kilroy webcomic\" href=\"http:\/\/acekilroy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong><em>ACE KILROY!<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 The strip is a wonderful amalgamation of <em>Indiana Jones<\/em>-style pulp and the old Universal Monsters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/acekilroy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Ace Kilroy by Rob Kelly and Dan O'Connor\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/acekilroy_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Kilroy by Rob Kelly and Dan O'Connor\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE STRIP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each day Rob and his artistic partner Dan O&#8217;Connor serve up another installment of Ace&#8217;s adventures. This week, Ace has been given the mission of tracking down the real-life Dracula, before the Nazis can get their dastardly mitts on him.\u00a0 If that wasn&#8217;t cool enough, the briefing of the mission is being given by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt himself!\u00a0 FDR talking about Nazis and Dracula&#8230; heck yeah!\u00a0 Just like a newspaper comic, this webcomic features a new black &amp; white strip each day and a triple-sized color strip on Sunday!\u00a0 <strong><a title=\"Click here to read ACE KILROY\" href=\"http:\/\/acekilroy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here to read ACE KILROY!<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Once there, click &#8220;Archive&#8221; above the strip to read the series from the beginning.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HOW YOU CAN HELP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACE KILROY is a real labor of love for Rob and Dan.\u00a0 There is an expense in time and money associated with producing these strips.\u00a0 Therefore, they&#8217;ve put <strong><a title=\"ACE KILROY on Kickstarter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">ACE KILROY on Kickstarter<\/a><\/strong> in hopes of raising funds for the following purposes: 1) keep the strip from losing money for the next couple months; 2) raise enough money to start collecting the strips in trade paperback form; and 3) get the word out through online and print ads.\u00a0 I truly believe in this project and their reasons for doing some minor fundraising.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve made a pledge myself and urge you to do the same.\u00a0 You can pledge as much as you want, or as little as $5.\u00a0 Kickstarter uses Amazon for pledge transactions, so it&#8217;s super-easy and reliable.\u00a0 Check out the video below for more details on the ACE KILROY Kickstarter effort.\u00a0 <strong><a title=\"Click here to make a donation to ACE KILROY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here to pledge a donation to ACE KILROY!<\/a><\/strong><strong><a title=\"Click here to make a donation to ACE KILROY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"410px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wasn&#8217;t that an awesome video?!?!?!  So, are you interested in reading a daily dose of an <em>Indiana Jones<\/em>-like hero duke it out with Nazis, Dracula, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon?\u00a0 If so, then <strong><a title=\"Support ACE KILROY on Kickstarter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">support ACE KILROY on Kickstarter!<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Or if you&#8217;re just a good soul who wants to support two massively-talented creators fulfill their dream, then <strong><a title=\"Support ACE KILROY on Kickstarter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">support ACE KILROY on Kickstarter!<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>It&#8217;s only on Kickstarter for a limited time, so don&#8217;t delay!<strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Support ACE KILROY on Kickstarter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/45682599\/ace-kilroy-the-online-daily-comic-strip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Ace Kilroy by Rob Kelly and Dan O'Connor\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/acekilroy.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Kilroy by Rob Kelly and Dan O'Connor\" width=\"410\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If donating isn&#8217;t an option for you right now, please consider promoting ACE KILROY to others through whatever social media channels possible.\u00a0 Support ACE KILROY!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE 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