Kooky Pets Book update

December 11th, 2009

Kooky Pets

Dear Kooky Pets enthusiasts: I thought I owed you an update about the release of the forthcoming Kooky Pets Book. Several of you have been asking me about it with anticipation so it’s time to let you know more about the whole plan.

  • The book will be released sometime around February 2010. There’s a lot of work still to do, specially since I decided to extend the content quite a lot with new material, including texts and drawings. It will be announced at least a month before it’s release.

    I know that many of you were excited to have the book sitting at your Christmas tree. I’m very sorry if this is disappointing but I decided that it was more important to complete the book the best I can instead of completing it in a rush.

  • There will be two different editions of the book. The first one will be limited and pre-order edition. It will be signed with a personal dedicatory note and it will include extra material, such as signed original drawings. It might be available only to the people who has collaborated in the making of the book: the Kooky Pet team who brought ideas to the Kooky Pets Workshop.

    The second edition will be released later. It won’t include the extra material and probably it won’t be signed. It will also be a little more expensive than the first one. So far, I can’t talk about concrete prices.

  • If you are one of the people who collaborated with this project at the Kooky Pets Workshop, you know that lately I’ve been contacting you to get your email contact. A series of characters are being developed as part of the Kooky Pets story. These characters will represent each one of you, and in the future I will request your contribution to help me design and give a fictional name to the character that will represent you in the book and will credit your contribution.

    For this, I’ll be contacting you probably after Christmas holidays. I believe this is going to be really fun!

Thank you all once more for your kooky enthusiasm and petting contribution!


14 Responses to “Kooky Pets Book update”

  1. Amy Crook says:

    Thanks for the update! This sounds like such a great project, I’m happy to have been a teeny tiny part of it.

  2. DawnS says:

    This is going to be great fun, Koldo — it’s hard to wait!

  3. Miss Jody says:

    So. Excited.

    My birthday is in March, I will get one for me as an early birthday present. It will be grand.

  4. zoe says:

    this was so much fun, and i can’t wait to see the book! thanks for keeping us updated!

  5. cyn kuhn/cynsheis says:

    WOWZA….This is really exciting news…You are a very generous Artist Sir

  6. Pat Graham says:

    Was I or was I not a contributor Koldo???
    I can hardly wait for the book to come out and hope that I am one that will get a signed copy~:)
    Pattee

  7. Carolyn and Aiyana says:

    Thank you for keeping us updated on this wonderful project. We can’t wait to see your talents put into book form.

    Wishing you and yours only the best!

  8. steven says:

    This is great that you want to include the “The Kooky Pet” team. Please keep us posted with the progress. Looking forward to seeing the story behind the characters. Thanks as always for sharing!

  9. bett says:

    hola Koldo, como siempre sigo siendo fans de tus maravillosas ilustraciones, éste medio año fué muy muy duro por eso he estado buscando nuevamente la luz del camino ….te dejo un abrazo…grande

  10. La Donna says:

    Can’t wait to see the book!

    Merry Christmas and thank you for your friendship throughout the year!

  11. Thank you all for your illusion in this project. Because of your imput, I have the feeling that it’s going to become something more special than I first thought. And very fun too!

  12. angel holsten says:

    hi koldo, i thought i missed out on the new book. so you will probably get a message from me about a minute ago. i just read your book update & thank you so much for it. also it was very much fun to help with the kooky pet team. i can hardly wait til it’s out. i love your little kooky pets.

  13. cyn kuhn/cynsheis/cyn says:

    have enjoyed your FB comments and links…now on to the book…umm contributer here..would like to pre order…is there info posted on this somewhere or am i getting ahead of myself again?…LOL

    although i am a fairly new fan and contributor it has been a very pleasureable experiance for me. I am very greatful..as i know we all are! TY again for sharing this process with us.

  14. Is not that i don’t want to take your money Cyn, but I’m afraid you’re gonna have to wait a few months…

    Never mind though, when the book is out you’ll be one of the first to know about it. Promised.

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