the 19th annual Dreamkeepers Halloween Fanart Contest!

Updates to the categories, rules, and entry format this year: https://dreamkeeperscomic.com/halloween

Exclusive shirts and never-before-seen sketches are coming your way October 7th at 7EST, as we launch Volume 5 on IndieGoGo.

Join us as we go live, hosted by Cryptocomics at 6:30pm EST October 7th: https://twitter.com/CryptocomicsM

The Cryptocomics team will be helping us stream EVERYTHING, including exclusive giveaways. The 'FRONT LINE' shirt here will be available only during our launch stream.

And during launch night, every step closer to our goal, we'll be updating the new Dreamkeepers Living Sketchbook with never-before-seen sketches and art.

The Living Sketchbook will be available to peek in here: https://cryptocomics.com/u/VividPublishing

And as we raise funds during the Launch Stream, new art will pop in before your very eyes.

Plus catch a slate of guests- from comic industry veterans to some of the talented people working hard to create the special items in this campaign.

So join us that night- let's see some new art, hit some goals, and get ready to share something special with the world.

Volume 5, only on IndieGoGo- October 7th at 7pmEST! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dreamkeepers-volume-5-assassin-s-flaw/coming_soon/x/12805942

We're getting closer!  Official IGG Pre-Launch page is LIVE, with a link to the Volume 5 cover-art speedpaint premiere tonight.  Questions? Ask us in the comments live. 

 Please share and support independent comics, the time to start building momentum is now: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dreamkeepers-volume-5-assassin-s-flaw/coming_soon/x/12805942 

We're beyond thrilled to be on the brink of releasing not just Volume 5, but our first hardcover collection for the graphic novels.  The rewards we can bring to the table here are like none other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTn-KBoqvCY

Get ready for #Couchcon 2020- we're at nearly 100 vendors! Much is in store for you guys.  

Streaming panels, a dedicated Discord, online gaming- June 25-28 at http://couchcon.org/  

Artist signups open now.

Volume 5 updates will resume next week, March 25th, for backers. https://www.patreon.com/posts/35018904

We plan to continue with weekly updates after that point.

Especially with current events so chaotic, we don't want to spring any big surprises on you- so here are the major Vivid Publishing events to plan for in 2020.

Volume 5 Kickstarter

We're aiming to complete the book and launch the V5 Kickstarter in September or October.

This is the big cahuna. The V5 campaign will include a Volumes 1-4 hardback omnibus, an art book, and a stretch goal to raise production capital for the Dreamkeepers animated short. (More in the campaign, but those are the highlights as of now.)

Video Game Sample

Before then, we plan to share a playable environment of the Dreamkeepers video game in August at Megaplex (and for backers, of course.)

Couchcon

And June 25-28, Vivid is hosting the second year of our online convention, Couchcon. http://couchcon.org/ Coronavirus lockdowns have us opening the doors to a surge of artists with great things to share. So in addition to commissions, merchandise, and specials from the Dreamkeepers table, look forward to a full schedule of streaming panels and a whole dealer's room packed with great work to discover.

Vivid Wallscrolls

Get your commissioned art as a big, beautiful wallscroll. Vivid will be running a special during Couchcon: Any art a Vivid author https://vividpub.com/Titles.php?pg=titles has ever created for you, we'll let you purchase a copy of it as a full-size wallscroll. Have a Dreamkeepers, False Start, Uberquest, Blue Deer Art you'd like? Vivid Wallscrolls will be available during Couchcon only, more details coming.

False Start

Chapter Zero approaches completion, and there will soon be a False Start website for you to enjoy Vivid's first hand-painted action comic, slated for it's premiere crowdfunding printing later in 2020.

Tectomic

I'll have a little teaser for Vivid's Tectomic soon, too- we're all taking a trip to space, kids. Bring your battlecruiser.

We will share V5 updates every Wednesday for backers. If we need another month to focus on animation and finish Mace's video game assets, the Volume 5 updates may be limited to concept art, but I'll alert backers well in advance if that's the case.

I want to create more, and faster- Vivid has a chance to become a fully-fledged entertainment company with actual production capabilities. But it can only happen if readers make it happen.

We have the stories, the characters, the skills. But we need the ability to hire more talent, so things can happen in a timely manner.

Algorithms and unpleasant gatekeepers have been suppressing us every step of the way. If we're to grow, it'll be because of readers like you. So let's do this.

This horrible quarantine is the perfect time to share a whole new world with bored friends. They're stuck inside? Let them explore the Dreamworld. https://dreamkeeperscomic.com/Intro.htm

More readers enjoying the world will bring in the resources we need to grow, and produce faster.

Vivid will be the kingdom we built together- and we're going to be making the most fun things in the world.

Onward!

Vivid Publishing is excited to unveil our latest creator- https://twitter.com/ABD_artist with their ongoing story ‘Bethellium’

Master alchemist Zoana is invited to the mystical city of Bethellium under false pretenses. Brought to save a life, why is her craft treated with fear and suspicion?

Jump into the web of magic and danger here:

http://dbcomics.darkblueworkshop.com/bethellium/chapter-1/webcomic-bethellium-chapter-1-cover/

The webcomic is ongoing, with each page bringing us closer to a new Vivid book printing.

Everyone welcome https://twitter.com/ABD_artist to the Vivid coalition.

Read what you want. Think what you want.

Cut free, and be Vivid.

Convention news- the Vivid Publishing team is being welcomed to Megaplex this year.

https://megaplexcon.org/ (August 2020)

We were looking for a good venue to do something special, and we found it- in the Dealer’s Room this year, we'll run a playable sample of the Dreamkeepers video game.

Come visit Dave, Liz, Geo, Bone, and possibly more Vivid authors, and give the video game sample a whirl while you’re at it.

I wouldn’t call it a full demo, but you will be able to run around as Mace and get a sense of the game’s kinaesthetics.

You’ll also be able to check out David’s exclusive panel on Crowdfunding, tips to dodge failure and achieve success.

All this in a tropical paradise resort.

...Admittedly I may have more than business on the mind in my excitement to be at Megaplex.

Anyone else who can make it, we’ll love to see you there! Bring your sunscreen, it’ll be bright by the pool.

We polled the readership asking where you wanted us. Over a hundred votes, thank you!

Anthrocon won by a landslide.

Those who were excited to meet us there, bad news.

Last year we were excluded, but it was the very first time AC staff took control of curation, so oversights were understandable. Thank you to the readers who took the time to get in touch after missing us. It was both heartwarming and painful to hear our absence left a hole in your experience.

We heard folks say they couldn’t find their usual friends, as our table had become the de-facto rally point, and now everything felt like a disjointed mass of strangers.

It felt bad over here too.

We’re told readers also e-mailed AC staff to politely explain our presence was desired. Plus in 2020, the dealer’s room has twice as many tables as ever before. So we had high hopes of reuniting with you this summer.

Staff declined our application. All those votes, I figure I better have some kind of explanation for everyone. I asked why they curated us out again, and why they were policing table-sharing so vigorously. They told us that there simply wasn’t enough room, and that they earnestly wanted our participation.

The curator who had us blocked on social media apologized when we pointed that out, saying it was a mistake caused by a blocklist. We accept their apology without reservation, and thank them for reversing the error. But none of this brings you, me ‘n Liz any closer together, so let’s move on.

It was a fantastic 12 years. I know many marvelous people that I never would have encountered otherwise. We got to be there from the ground floor, the very first year Anthrocon was in Pittsburgh, and it’s been a thrill to watch the event flourish as more people discover their interest in the genre.

We’re planning to cut down on conventions overall.

Vivid is onboarding new authors, Dreamkeepers is growing into tabletop, video games, animation- our production time is becoming ever-more precious, and we must spend it wisely.

Even so, we hope to maintain one or two core events every year, where readers can trust that we’ll be there to greet them with a wave of the red hat and a smile. I don’t want to roll the dice on waitlisting or other gambles. We want to maintain a tradition you can rely on, to make travel planning that much simpler. One less variable to worry about.

So we’re trying out some fresh new things. If you’d like to try them with us, check our convention listing on the news page, and hop in our newsletter.

https://dreamkeeperscomic.com/News.html

http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/EmailNewsletter.htm

Thanks for everything so far, we’re excited for the next leg of the journey.

© 2019 Dreamkeepers

Vampire Holidays 3: Halloween coming from Vivid Publishing October 25th. Chapter 1 free on e-book below, alongside the quite desirable but significantly more exclusive Chapter 2.

http://www.vividpub.com/JBT

https://www.deviantart.com/dreamkeepers/art/Vampire-Holidays-Chapter-1-Valentine-s-Day-817865560

Why hello, hello all my lovely fellow fans and furries out there. 

Allow me to introduce myself~

I, dear sweet fans of DreamKeepers and the Vivid universe at large, am Sibu Sandrent, mid-twenties, gender-fluid, she/her pronouns, pansexual, dominatrix, sexy, stunning, beautiful and, unfortunately for you, recently married~ <3 (try not to cry too hard sweethearts hankies will be doled out at the door)

The pleasure is all yours I assure you~

And more to the point I, Sibu Sandrent Queen of Kink, am your new page manager for this site and several other Vivid sites throughout the interwebs~

You may hold your applause, though I will remind you that flattery will get you everywhere my dears ;P

What you are required to understand is that this means on this site I will be taking good care of you from this point going forward <3

I will repost Vivid art

I will respond to your questions, comments, and whining. . . erm . . . I mean . . . concerns . . . to the best of my extraordinary ability 

Lucky you

And any questions I can't answer will be directed towards the Lillies :3

Plan and simple

I look forward to spending copious amounts of quality time with you going forward <3

P.S. I tend to refer to people as hun, sweetie, dear, dearest, and sweetheart as terms of endearment <3 should anyone find this language not to your liking just let me know and I shall address you in whatever manner you deem appropriate. I want to make everyone feel comfortable here <3