The Last email I Ever Sent
*** This is an email that I just sent to my old mailing list that I hadn’t written to since I lost my last version of my website, before I had any success on YouTube…
This is the part of the story where I am the army guy who has discovered and taken an enemy base, radioing headquarters hoping like hell someone gets the signal.
At the end of this message, you'll get a lifetime subscription to my new SWS art magazine and collectibles.
If you're reading this, you're not just subscribed to an old newsletter I haven't maintained in a while - it means you're one of the people who supported me and rooted for me way back in the day when I was still running on faith, hoping to make something happen as an artist, cartoonist, and filmmaker one day.
My superhero videos have been the fulfilment of a long list of childhood dreams in the comic con world. But the people closest to me have never stopped asking to see something more personal.
2020 brought a lot of challenges - I had really big plans for the type of videos I was going to make. We were working on huge special effects collab videos we were going to make in L.A. and I was already talking to 2 comic cons about shooting footage at the 2020 edition of their event to include in an Oceans 11-style caper that takes place at a comic con based on my real life experiences.
All of that went on hold and the year turned into a lot of sudden starts and stops, figuring out on the fly what we could make with no movies to parody, no comic cons to record at, and the streets closed so we couldn't do flash mobs.
But that's also an opportunity - if all of that is called off, what else can I do? What else do I want to do? If I have to start from scratch and make all new plans, then literally anything is possible.
As all of this is swirling around in my life, friends I haven't heard from in a while are reaching out randomly, and my day to day experience is filling up with coincidences and cosmic signposts, I'm feeling like I felt back when I was working at a call center, feeling like I needed to take swift, decisive, bold action in the direction of my dreams. Time has gone by and if these things I always said were going to happen are going to happen, I need to get to work on it right now.
The dream was always that I was building towards an autobiographical feature film that mixes live action and animation, and the narrative shifts between the two worlds and it's this epic expression of the nature of creativity and how we're all writing our own story. Every video I make for the last while is run through the filter of "what does this do for us, how does this help us make the movie?"
And with that in mind, a little secret insight into my thought process just for you people in this group who have known me since back in the day when I was hustling in the streets to get my career started, I'm excited to announce the return of The Sean Ward Electric Comics Freak-Out.
HOW I GOT MY FIRST 1 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE is the first 'issue' of a new concept of comics, animation, and video that I haven't even revealed yet is an update and reboot of The Sean Ward Electric Comics Freak-Out. You can watch the video AND read the story on my brand new website - theseanwardshow.com
I've been on this rollercoaster ride of a journey on Youtube for years. It's been so long that I don't know if anyone is going to see this update that I'm pouring my heart into.
But if you're out there, if you're the OG supporter reading this, then I want to make it special for you as we enter the next phase of The Sean Ward Show.
You appreciated my art back when no one else did so I'm going to give you a lifetime subscription to my Sean Wardian physical membership perks for free, for life. This includes my seasonal "The Sean Ward Show - The Works" art magazine featuring art from new videos, works in progress, sketchbook pages no one was supposed to see, and more. It arrives with an assortment of stickers and collectibles. I can't give you the exclusive digital content but you can get those by joining my Patreon at any tier.
Here's how to claim your free everything forever:
Subscribe to the new newsletter - The Sean Ward "What's the Word?" Email Newsletter
Send an email to production@theseanwardshow.com with your mailing address, tell them you’re from the original “What’s the Word?” newsletter so we know where to send your stuff.
Get ready to receive the first issue of my new VIP art magazine and the first two stickers in a new collectible series…
