BackerKit Surveys coming this week, folks! Please read since they are absolutely necessary and MANDATORY!
about 4 years ago – Tue, May 05, 2020 at 10:58:56 PM

Howdy!

This was always a project I wanted to move quickly with production and we are pretty much done.

We had most of the art completed already so it was a matter of actually packaging it as beautifully as possible and I'm thrilled to announce designer-letterer extraordinaire DEYVISON MANES already finished putting all the bells and whistles on the book.

I will spend the next couple of weeks actually writing a few texts for the book and making sure all the artists are credited correctly. Then it's off to print already!

And that's why BackerKit Surveys are already being prepped to be sent to you all this week. I will need these filled out and completed before going to print as they will dictate the size of our print run - especially the PRINT ON DEMAND hardcover special edition. 

So let's talk BackerKit for a few minutes while sharing some exciting previews, shall we?

First and most important:

BACKERKIT SURVEYS ARE MANDATORY

Meaning you don't fill them out you don't get your rewards. I know this might sound harsh or even unfair but BackerKit is the only way I'm able to sort through all the different reward packages and get your shipping addresses. Through BackerKit's system I'm able to electronically sort all the different packages, correctly ship them out and automatically keep you up to date with individual tracking info.

Unfortunately every Kickstarter I run there are about 20 to 30 backers that simply choose to ignore the surveys making it impossible for me to mail their rewards. Once again, without the surveys I don't even have a shipping address to send stuff to... 

If you don't complete your BackerKit Survey then your pledge is forfeit and the cash invested will be considered a donation towards the project so please make sure you do get your BackerKit Survey and fill it out.

This week you’ll receive an email with a personal link to your BackerKit Survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since I'll need the information before sending items to production - the surveys will tell me each item count and that's why these are going out already so far ahead of the actual shipping date.

Surveys will be sent to the e-mail account you registered with Kickstarter and they may end up in your Spam or Junk folder. I'll send another update confirming the Surveys have been sent and when that happens please search your e-mail for BackerKit.

Please note: If you used your Facebook  credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey  is sent to the email address you use for  your Facebook account.

How long will BackerKit surveys be online?

I will lock down surveys around May 20th.  After that time, backers will not be able to add anything on to their pledges or fix any payment issues occurred during the Kickstarter campaign. You will, however, be able to update your shipping address until a few days prior to fulfillment.

This also marks the LAST CHANCE to grab the Kickstarter Exclusive HARDCOVER Edition that will be printed on demand with a dust-jacket with brand new art by Fabiano Neves, so be sure to get your survey in before that date!

You'll be able to either upgrade your original pledge or add a second Hardcover book to your package.

Also, credit cards are not charged immediately when you finish up your survey if you added anything to your pledges. I just need an item count confirmation so I can have the printer get all the quantities correctly - especially the PRINT ON DEMAND Kickstarter hardcover edition.

*** Your credit cards will only be charged after the Surveys lock. ***

Do I need to sign-up for BackerKit?

You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out the survey. When you receive the email just click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping   information, and purchase add-on items if you like.

What about add-ons, extras or Pledge Upgrades?

That's why BackerKit is so important. It gives backers a chance to either upgrade their original pledges or add extras like collectible cards, previous books, other titles like Lost Kids and Too Good to Be True. If you over-pledged on Kickstarter you'll have extra credit to spend on add-ons, you will then be able to pick and choose.

Otherwise any leftover balance at the end of the Survey process will be charged separately and only after the Surveys lock on May 20th. 

A full menu of The Few and Cursed items will be offered at the third screen of your BackerKit Survey, just add whatever you like to your package and the system will handle everything automatically from there, all you'll need is to provide a payment option.

Any questions whatsoever about BackerKit, the process, the add-ons offered, anything really, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at [email protected]

I will be back in touch later this week to confirm the Surveys have been sent and I will make sure to keep you all informed as we go through each step of fulfillment.

Stay safe, folks!

Thanks,

Felipe

$27K Stretch Goal UNLOCKED!!! And we have yet another good 5hrs left \o/
about 4 years ago – Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:56:07 AM

My friends...

I will keep this short and sweet. 

Check out what just happened!!!!! You all did it, you have unlocked the $27K Stretch Goal and the dust-jacket for the hardcover edition of the books is now a DOUBLE-SIDED dust-jacket featuring a brand new artwork by Fabiano Neves that will essentially be a large-size poster :D

There is still time on the clock and one Stretch Goal left. At this point I have zero doubts anything is possible. Maybe some of you will upgrade your pledges, maybe tons of new backers will flood in, maybe some life-saving patron of the arts will put up $2K in a single pledge, who knows, it can happen!

With a little less than five hours left... what will it happen!?

Stick around to find out!!!

Thanks so much and until our next update in a few hours when all is said and done :D

All the best!

Felipe

THANK YOU SO MUCH! That's a wrap on Painting the World Red Kickstarter \o/
about 4 years ago – Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:38:33 AM

YOU GUYS... YOU ROCK MY WORLD!

These past forty eight hours have been nothing short of a real roller-coaster. Just this past Monday we were clocking in at $21K and I was seriously worried I would not be able to publish Painting the World Red as I really wanted.

But then something happened... amidst all the craziness of the world right now. You showed up and you pledged and you supported my work.

Thank you all so much for this incredible and overwhelming show of support!!!

WHAT'S NEXT?

First off please note the credit cards attached to your Kickstarter accounts will be charged and if there are any issues with them they will automatically keep trying for approximately 1 to 2  weeks.

Make sure your payment methods are up to date to avoid dropped pledges.

If you happen to have any problems please reach out directly to Kickstarter as I won't be able to help at this moment. 

WHEN WILL THE FEW AND CURSED BE BACK ON KICKSTARTER?

The Few and Cursed will be back on Kickstarter in the Summer for a very special occasion, something I've been asked for multiple times over the years, probably the question I hear the most - will you ever collect all six books in a trade paperback?

And the answer is yes!

Sign up to be notified when the trade paperback The Few and Cursed: Crows of Mana'Olana and other books launch on Kickstarter clicking right here and then hitting the FOLLOW button right under my profile pic on the next page!

To get an e-mail from time to time with news about The Few and Cursed and other comic books just sign-up for our newsletter clicking right here.

You can also find me on the following social networks:

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LOOKING FOR CHRONICLES OF TFAC? OR SHADOW NATION? PREVIOUS ISSUES?

If you are interested in past issues, Chronicles of The Few and Cursed, The Few and Cursed: Shadow Nation, collectible cards or some of my other published graphic novels make sure to click the link below and pay our shop a visit:

https://the-few-and-cursed-6-season-finale.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Every order placed in the store above will be shipped along with the rewards for The Few and Cursed #6 Kickstarter sometime next month in May or June at the latest. Obviously it's a fluid prediction considering the current COVID-19 crisis. 

Your credit cards won't be charged until a couple of weeks prior to the items being shipped.

If you would like to saddle up yourself and explore the world of The Few and Cursed as a Curse Chaser check out the board game by Rock Manor Games clicking the link below:

https://gamefound.com/projects/mike/fewandcursed

Once again here's my most heartfelt and humble THANKS to all of you that pledged on this Kickstarter. I promise I will do my best to deliver an art book up to the standard you all deserve.

Unfortunately I can't guarantee we won't have any delays in our proposed schedule but I'm always around and ready to listen.

I will be regularly updating you all via Kickstarter updates (make sure you are getting them in your e-mail accounts - remember to check your Spam or Junk folders) as we move along production up until shipping out your rewards.

Please be mindful I will send out BackerKit Surveys to fulfill your rewards and they are mandatory so keep an eye out for those.

At any moment if you have any questions, comments, critiques, please shoot me an e-mail at [email protected] or send over a direct message right here through Kickstarter. I have an "open door" policy and I usually get back to everyone in about 48 hours tops.

Once again thanks so much for a thrilling ride!

All the best,

Felipe

Final 40+ hours and one more Stretch Goal unlocked!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 08:15:23 PM

Hello folks,

That's it, we are going into the final hours of this absolutely amazing campaign. Congrats on 500+ backers and counting! This is truly exciting as we're galloping through every Stretch Goal designed to upgrade the exclusive hardcover deluxe edition \o/

We are currently a little over $1K from the next Stretch Goal which will help fund the extra cost of adding a glossy dust-jacket to the hardcover edition. I'm very excited about this as I only envision this book with a gorgeous shiny wrap-around cover.

But enough of what can still be unlocked, let's cover what was unlocked over the past couple of days especially because it finally allowed me to work with an artist I've been meaning to for a while now. Ladies and gents, every book sent in the mail now will be accompanied by a pearl metallic mini-print with art by JULIUS OHTA!!!

THE REDHEAD ART CONTEST COMES TO AN END

I also wanted to share the exciting news that the first official Redhead Art Contest was a tremendous success with over 80 artworks submitted! I've been posting every submission to both The Few and Cursed page on Facebook and on my Instagram account.

The contest ended this past Sunday April 9th and winners will be announced soon. Fabiano and I need to carefully go through every entry before picking the winners and that will not be an easy task considering the quality of the artworks submitted.

Here are just a few of them:

Please head over to the following links to check out all of the submissions:

The Few and Cursed on Facebook

Felipe Cagno on Instagram

Felipe Cagno on Facebook

Thank you all so much for the pledges and awesome support, let's go out there and unlock a couple more Stretch Goals, shall we?

All the best!

Felipe

Hardcover edition books now wrapped in a gorgeous DUST-JACKET! News inside \o/
about 4 years ago – Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 08:15:04 PM

You all did it! 

We unlocked the Dust-Jackets for the Kickstarter exclusive hardcover edition of Painting the World Red!!!

We have almost stretched the Hardcover edition to perfection pending one last Stretch Goal at $27K which will have Fabiano Neves work on a brand new and exclusive artwork for the dust-jackets. As of right now we will be using his original lines for the regular cover art for a one-sided black and white dust-jacket.

But we still have a few hours to go and I'd love to be able to have Fabiano produce a double-splash artwork and upgrade the one-sided dust-jacket into a DUAL-SIDED DOUBLE-ART dust-jacket!!!

TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR PLEDGE

As of right now we have over 100 backers either pledging for the digital download of the book only or the regular softcover book. Now would be the perfect opportunity to consider upping your pledge to go all in and grab yourself a copy of the Kickstarter Hardcover collector's edition.

I've said it before and I will say it again: the hardcover edition of the book WILL NOT be available anywhere else again after the Kickstarter ends. It will be manufactured as a Print-On-Demand book meaning I'll only print as many units as it was ore-ordered during the campaign.

For those at the Digital tier consider the following: for an extra $20 or so you'll be getting the book in its hardcover format, a true collector's item, plus two cards, a pearl metallic mini-print, a bookmark and possibly a dual-sided dust-jacket that could also be displayed as a poster.

I think that's one heck of an upgrade and a lot of oomph for your buck =D

Heck, we might even make it all the way up to $30K and even unlock a Metal collectible card! Really, the sky is the limit when we all get together behind a project.

Thank you all so much for the overwhelming display of support even during pandemic times, you all rock and I sincerely appreciate every single one of your pledges.

Here's to the next update and next Stretch Goal, let's do this!!

All the best,

Felipe