Many thanks to the growing list of people who have helped support this project in any number of different ways. It’s all helped!
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Patreon Patrons
So much gratitude for anyone who has pledged financial support at any point through the life of this project on Patreon:
- Leon Whitegroatt
- Paul Alborough (Professor Elemental)
- Danie Chance
- Sally Nall
- Ashleigh Crosby
- Siobhan Totterdale
- Matt Kik
- Murdock Swales
- Hannah Mereine
- Helena DeReybekill
- Erin McCarthy
- Yasmin Ogbu
- pun’kin
- Deborah Mullen
- Elle Gilpin
- Matt Davies
- Rob Griffiths
Advice
- Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (author of Battle Lines – A Graphic History of the Civil War) – for advice on writing an historical graphic novel.
Inspiration, Research, and Resources
I had to get my information and ideas from somewhere! And some of these good people helped me out with visual resources.
- Cate Lineberry (author of Be Free or Die: ) – for an account of Robert Smalls’ life that I used as a jumping-off point for all that followed.
- Andrew Billingsley (author of Yearning to Be Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families) – a look at Smalls’ life and relationships.
- Randy Van Nostrand – for supplying me with a digital 3D model of the CSS Planter as a visual reference for drawing it.
- Justin McIntyre – (curator of the South Carolina Maritime Museum) for sending me some photos of the model of the CSS Planter in the museum
- Michael Boulware Moore – Robert Smalls’ great-great-grandson who sent me some photos of Robert Smalls.
Others
Sometimes the support has been just an ear to listen to me worry, or cheering me on as I work.
- Jessica Brettle – an avid supporter since day one.
- Elle Wood – Another active member of the cheering squad.
- Anya Jung – a fellow artist whose insights and input have been most useful.
And absolutely anyone that has said a kind, encouraging, or constructive word to me throughout the project, or shared or reposted anything relating to it. It is all noticed, and all appreciated.