Leif & Thorn Volume 1: Sparkly cross-cultural fantasy comedy

A project in Cleveland, OH by Erin Ptah
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First omnibus of the magical ensemble LGBTQ comic! Adventure, PTSD, vampires, and falling in love across a language barrier.
Backers: 72
Average Pledge Per Backer: $45

Funded: $3,211 of $2,900
Dates: Sep 16th -> Oct 17th (32 days)
Project By: Erin Ptah
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I am contractually obligated to remind you...

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
...that if every Leif & Thorn backer raised their pledge by $5, we would blow right past the next milestone like [snaps fingers] that. I know, I know, people have budgets. And if you're getting a book outside the US, you're already going... (Read More)

Milestone bonus wallpaper #6! (The overachiever one!)

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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We're gonna have a book!

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been so tired this week -- not even from Kickstarting, from unrelated Day Job stuff -- that when we funded last night, I posted it in all kinds of places EXCEPT here. (The lil' celebratory sketch comic here? That wasn't just me being fast or... (Read More)

Milestone bonus wallpaper #5!

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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Milestone bonus wallpaper #4! (By popular demand!)

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
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2/3 funded, plus: update to the Vampire Royalty tier!

October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Good news, part 1: we are two-thirds funded! We've crossed that 66.6-repeating percentage point. We're within $100 of the next milestone bonus. We are rocking this. Can we hit the goal over the next week, and make a leap for that bonus goal in the... (Read More)

Meanwhile, elsewhere on Kickstarter...

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The Sparkler Monthly Year 6 campaign ends on Monday! They publish (and pay for!) a bunch of female-gaze-y, LGBTQ-friendly webcomics and other media. Even if you've never followed any of their stuff, you should recognize the central figure on their... (Read More)

First look at some Volume 1 page layouts!

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
"Don't judge a book by its cover." "It's what's on the inside that counts." All right, pithy sayings, I hear you. Let's see some Leif & Thorn interiors. This one's already on the project page, and it's a great example of a typical layout: Strips... (Read More)

The power of ad targeting at work

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
When I load the Leif & Thorn website now, this is what shows up in the sidebar... Google knows too much, that's all I can say. (If anyone's curious, this is one of the printers I price-compared and rejected. Too expensive in small batches, plus... (Read More)

Milestone bonus wallpaper #3!

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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"Whoa~, we're almost halfway there" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but...

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Leif & Thorn Volume 1 is 49% funded! It's exciting enough that I went and put it on a progress bar graphic -- including the original goal, the next-level goal, and the nexter-than-next-level goal: That’s right, if we double the goal I get to... (Read More)

Headcount! (For international backers + anyone who got 2 books.)

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
So I'm looking through the stats on my creator dashboard, trying to get a general idea of "how many books will I actually be shipping for 30 backers," and suddenly it hits me...there's no good way to know. Because all I see right now is pledge... (Read More)

Milestone bonus wallpaper #2! (The one you've all been axeing for)

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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Milestone bonus wallpaper #1!

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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It begins! (I'm fine. *vibrates quietly in the corner*)

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
First day of the Leif & Thorn campaign, and things look great already. The book is 15% funded, the early-bird rewards are 65% gone, and it's a good thing I have Day Job this afternoon, because it'll give me a few hours of enforced "not refreshing... (Read More)

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