Back To Earth - A Sapphic, Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel

TLDR: Happy message inside :)

Hi everyone!

We are now officially FULLY FUNDED!!! We can't quite describe the sentiment that inhabits us at seeing all the support we got from you all to get here. It's a mix of thankfulness, excitement, and a deep desire to create more.

There's now 199 of you (WHAT?!) who pledged to bring us here and support our endeavour of bringing this sapphic post-apocalyptic graphic novel to the world. We are filled with gratitude. For now we can only extend a heartfelt THANK YOU, and as we now work on bringing this story to life in a finished form, we hope you'll enjoy what we're going to deliver!

Speaking of, here are all the gorgeous stickers you guys unlocked along the way!:


As we enter the last week of this campaign, here's what we unlocked so far (so everyone makes sure you get the exact items you want with your pledge!):

For Digital Backers:
- Ver's 12 Stickers as digital wallpaper
- Liana Kangas exclusive illustration as high-res digital wallpaper (art to be unveiled)

For ALL Physical Pledges:
- Ver's Sticker Sheet (12 total stickers)
- Liana Kangas exclusive illustration as high-res digital wallpaper (art to be unveiled)

For Budding Tier & Higher:
- Added exclusive illustrations by Natasha Alterici, Fell Hound, and Emily Schnall to the print pack to bring to total number of prints to 5

Speaking of Fell's illustration...here it is in all its glory:


Isn't it pretty?! If you want to snag one, be sure to select a tier that contains a print pack :)

Finally, our first stretch goal (wow, we could only hope we would be within reach of it and now we are!) is a variant cover by Tula Lotay. Can we reach it? Time will tell, but I know I'll keep promoting to make sure that everyone who'd like to be part of our adventure has a chance to do before the clock runs out! The more the merrier, right?

Thank you again everyone.

Until next time!

Cheers,
MH, Kej & Ines all in celebratory mode

TLDR: 11k sticker reveal + new add-on

Hi everyone!

Thanks to all of you, we are now sitting at 167 backers, and we are SO close to funding with only $1,176 USD ($1,623 CAD) to go! We can nearly touch the finish line!

Your support for independent comics means a whole lot to the team so let me extend a big heartfelt THANK YOU to each of you.

We added a new add-on: Kiwi PDF. Since the paperback version is sold out, we thought that offering the digital version might be a good idea if some of you would like to get it!

I put the 16 physical copies I had left up for grabs, and your support in wanting to read my debut graphic novel has blown me away. This comics is nowhere near perfect; I think we can all see things we would change in our past work while still being proud of it—that's how we grow as creators—but it was my very first official foray in sequential storytelling, I was lucky enough to work with a real all-star creative team, and I'm happy about the result. I hope you guys will enjoy that read as well :)

Anyway, if you want to see if it could interest you, here's what Skylar Patridge and Elsa Charretier had to say about it:





Back to the campaign!

We also surpassed 10k last night which means another sticker reveal! Just like the rest of them, the 11k sticker is so on point. Ver collaborated with Kej for them and they are fantastic. Can't wait to show y'all the last one!


Let's get this fully funded!

Until next time.
Cheers,
MH, Kej & Ines

TLDR: New Sticker Design!

Hi everyone!

I'll write a proper update this week, but in the meantime we've surpassed 9k this weekend so y'all know what this means: a new sticker has been unlocked! Here's the sketch for the 10k sticker that I just couldn't wait to share with everyone! (aren't they all super pretty?!? I love them so much)

We're so close! Let's do this!

Hope you had a great weekend.

Cheers,
MH, Kej & Ines

TLDR: 9k sticker, mini art book talk, and even more art!

Hiiii!

Two updates in two days?! Well, I owed you some new sticker graphic so that's why!

I also realize that we didn't go into details to explain what the Mini Art Book available at some tiers is going to be made of. First off, true story; we wanted a whole different cover for it, but since we were ultra focussed on the graphic novel, Kej ran out of time before the campaign to polish the separate cover. All this to say; yes the final cover for this will be different than the main one! Kej & Ines already have sketches and line art for it :)

So, the mini art book is going to comprise a ton of behind the scenes content for process junkies and art aficionados (like us)! We spent a lot of time to build the aesthetics and mood of the world of Back To Earth and we wanted to share the majority of it with you in the form of an art book. We love all the prep that goes into constructing the visuals of stories we build, and thought it would be fun to offer a glimpse into our process. From sketches to notes, from thumbnails to coloured concepts, we aim for this Mini Art Book to be a feast for the eyes!

In other news, here's the 9k sticker achievement! We're so close y'all. Let's get this funded!



And another reminder of the extras everyone will be getting as soon as we are funded:

- Digital Tiers Backers + Physical Tiers Backers : Liana Kangas high-res wallpaper + Ver's stickers as digital wallpaper
- All Physical Tiers Backers: Ver's oversized sticker sheet (12 stickers inspired by the Back To Earth universe!)
- Physical Backers at the Budding Tier and higher: Extra prints by Liana Kangas, Natasha Alterici, Emily Schnall, Fell Hound, and Orlando B.

Until next time lovely backers,
MH, Kej & Ines

TLDR: Crushing through achievements + Bonuses update

Hi everyone!

There's 119 of you here supporting us, and it means the world. Truly. We are very grateful to you for believing in our emotional yet hopeful story. We are more and more convinced that we'll reach our goal with your help!

I was about to send an update to say that we crushed through 7k and to show off the next achievement for 8k which looked like this:

BUT y'all crushed through 8k as well before I even had time to write up this update yesterday! So we're working on a graphic for that to show you which additional sticker was unlocked and which one is coming up at 9k!

Plus, let's not forget about the fun extras everyone will be getting as soon as we are funded:

- Digital Tiers Backers + Physical Tiers Backers : Liana Kangas high-res wallpaper + Ver's stickers as digital wallpaper
- All Physical Tiers Backers: Ver's oversized sticker sheet (12 stickers inspired by the Back To Earth universe!)
- Physical Backers at the Budding Tier and higher: Extra prints by Liana Kangas, Natasha Alterici, Emily Schnall, Fell Hound, and Orlando B.

We might have more in store, stay tuned!

Speaking of, here's Emily's super pretty B&W piece!


That's about it for now.
Thank you again, and let's keep the ball rolling! We can do this!

Talk soon.

Cheers,
MH, Kej & Ines