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So I’ve been having some crazy thoughts and want to throw them out to you guys for feedback and opinions. Hope that’s cool!I’m having the crazy notion of trying to publish a series of beautiful Shakespeare books on my own. I have to look into copyright and such (does anyone out there know this stuff? Shoot me an email!), but I miss working on those books and would love to start on them again.
Ideally I’d love to get a publisher on board (Nobrow or McSweeneys would be kick-ass!) but I don’t really have a direct connection (if you do and wouldn’t mind sharing, lemme know!). So maybe to start I would just do A Midsummer Night’s Dream - slimmed down to the play itself, printed illustrations, a few laser-cut illustrations somehow, and maybe simpler cover. Something special and hardback and more manageable.
Funding-wise it’d be tricky but could be worth it. Maybe a small Kickstarter filled with cut-paper goodness?
What do you think about all this?
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Well I'm no expert on this, but I think copyright shouldn't be a problem. If an author is more than 70 years dead all his works become public and accessible to everyone.
I would definitely try kickstarter because you don't have to invest anything beforehand and I would pledge!
I really love the whole look of the rose - but does the knot the stem forms symbolize anything? is this a common symbol or something?
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Thanks for letting me know! I figured that's the case with copyright but I'm gonna delve deeper before I do any final pieces.
And nah, the knot was just a quick sketch on a small piece of paper. Nothing symbolic in particular.
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