Bonus Print #3 unlocked! One more to go! Only 3 days left!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 04:59:03 AM

Hi everyone!

We woke up to find the campaign over $47,500 and hopped out of bed ready to write an update only to find someone had cancelled their pledge dropping us back below the goal line. DOH! 😟 

Fortunately, others came in since to more than make up the difference!

BONUS PRINT #3 NOW UNLOCKED! 

All physical pledges will now include a beautiful two-sided print with the line art on one side and the finished color piece on the other: 

ONE MORE STRETCH GOAL TO GO!

The final stretch goal will also be a two-sided print, like the newly unlocked piece, this one focusing on the Immortal's happy life. 😊 That target number isn't out of the realm of reality! If even just a fraction of you who may be following the campaign on the fence about pledging were to join, we'll unlock that free bonus easily before the campaign ends this Friday.  

Only three days left!

Keep spreading the word and if you're not on board yet, get in here! 😁

Yow! Big oversight fixed! Extra copies now available as Add-on!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 05:28:43 AM

Hi everyone!

Boy, are we mortified... here we are with just about 3 days left in the campaign, and a backer just pointed out a huge omission in the Add-ons section: there weren't additional copies of the main book being offered! GAH!

This has been rectified!

If you'd like more than one copy of the hardcover with your pledge (as some of you have asked), you can now add additional copies through Add-ons!

...sigh. There's always bound to be something that falls through the cracks... fortunately we've got such a great bunch of supporters out there (you all!) to help squash those bugs while there's still time on the clock! 😊

ICYMI: Digital Editions also available as Add-ons!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 11:55:08 PM

Hi everyone!

Hope you're doing well -- we've passed the halfway point! In an effort to have everything ready to ship in May (along with THE OGRE GODS SAGA and ARSENE LUPIN), we should start receiving some advance proofs and production images of the books and bonus items soon which we will share here as they come in.

In the meantime, we've received a few questions about our add-on titles -- SHANGRI-LA, CARBON & SILICON, and HERAKLES -- so we'll post some nice spotlights on each of those over the next couple of days. Stay tuned!

One question that has come up about those add-ons, however, is whether digital versions are also available. The answer is YES! We failed to realize that you can't see the full add-on list until you actually pledge, so for those of you who have been on the fence wondering about that, we have now posted the digital prices on the campaign page itself:

• SHANGRI-LA (Digital Edition): $15
• CARBON & SILICON (Digital Edition): $15
• HERAKLES Books 1-3 (Digital Edition): $10 each volume

All of our digital books will be provided as PDFs via Gumroad. It's a nice pipeline with a pretty simple ease-of-access process. It has worked out pretty well so far (though we are always open to alternatives if anyone has any suggestions).

We've got a lot of stuff in the works, so buckle up and stay tuned... and as always:

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! THANK YOU!!!

Second Bonus Print unlocked!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 07:56:32 PM

Hi everyone!

Huge apologies -- we were actually out enjoying a beautiful, Spring-like Saturday away from the computer yesterday, so we totally missed the unlocking of the next stretch goal! Woot! Way to go!

Both of these limited edition prints are beautiful -- as you would expect from Mathieu's work! We're particularly in love with this newest unlocked print. While we don't normally spotlight the bonus prints in these campaigns, we really should... I mean, just look at some of these beautiful details...

The next print will be two-sided, with the raw line art on one side and the finished full-color piece on the other. 🤓 And if we manage to get all the way to $55k, well... we'll see...! With two weeks to go, that doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility...!

Thanks everyone! Please keep spreading the word, and if you haven't pledged yet, please consider jumping on board!

WOOT! THANK YOU for a great Day-1! Now let's see those stretch goals!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 08:48:49 PM

Hi everyone!

Welcome to our Kickstarter campaign for Mathieu Bablet's amazing Greek tale about Legacy and Immortality, ADRASTEA! If you're familiar with Mathieu's work (perhaps from having backed our previous campaign for SHANGRI-LA and CARBON & SILICON), you probably already know to expect a beautiful story wrapped in gorgeous artwork, and you would be absolutely accurate for doing so. This book is fantastic. It was only his second long-form narrative project when it was first published in France in 2013 (shortly after his debut with A Beautiful Death) and he immediately cemented himself as a master of thoughtful, character-driven storytelling with an eye for sweeping landscapes and architecture. With these three books, he has built the foundation for truly amazing works to come, and (in my opinion) already secured himself a podium in the halls of comic book greatness.

If you aren't already familiar with his work, you are in for a real treat when this thing ships in May!

While we try to be cautiously optimistic about each campaign, we were once again floored by the excellent response -- funded in 30 minutes! You'd think by now we might raise our bar or relax a bit more the day before launch, but these can always go in either direction. We've been equally surprised when projects failed to launch strong, so we've learned to temper our expectations entirely. To quote MJ, “if you expect disappointment, then you can never really be disappointed.” 😉

But thankfully, you fine folks did not disappoint. And we don't want to disappoint you in return! So since we blew past our starting goal, we have revealed this campaign's initial stretch goals as promised:

Yes, we could have adjusted the target amounts and started the ladder fully locked based on where we are as of this morning, but we absolutely want to express our thanks for such a strong first day by unlocking the first two immediately. The others should be within relatively comfortable reach (based on previous performance data), but again, you never know... If we somehow manage to get to that $55k point, we do have more bonuses up our sleeve, but it's much too early to tell and we don't want to assume anything. We're just thrilled that so many of you are already on board. 

Please help us out by spreading the word and bringing your friends and loved ones to the party! This should hopefully be another exciting ride over the next 17 days!