BackerKit FAQ
How does BackerKit crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding is a collaborative way to bring ideas and projects to life. Project creators post their idea for a project, and backers pledge money to make the project possible. Backers get behind the scenes access and backer-only rewards, which can include exclusive products, special pricing, creative input, content, and more.
To become a backer, select a pledge level that features the reward(s) you would like to receive when the project is successfully completed and make your contribution.
All-or-nothing crowdfunding model: The creator sets a funding goal and a deadline to raise funds. If the project does not meet the goal by the deadline, backers credit cards are not charged and no money changes hands.
Crowdfunding projects can happen at various stages of the creative process. Make sure to check the estimated timeline of when rewards will be delivered. Project creators will keep you updated on the progress toward completion and delivery of your rewards.
Backing a crowdfunding campaign is not the same as purchasing an item from a store. When you back a campaign you are supporting the creation of something new. Rewards are almost always delivered, but are not guaranteed.
When will I be charged for my pledge?
Your payment method will not be charged right away. You will be charged for the amount of your pledge when the campaign ends and the project reaches its funding goal. You will not be charged if the campaign does not reach its funding goal.
What happens after the campaign is over?
The Creator will send out a survey that will ask you for more information about your pledge, your shipping information, additional items you may want to add to your pledge, and collect shipping fees if applicable.
The survey will be sent to the email address we have on file with your pledge.
Any additional payment will be charged when you complete your survey and confirm your order.
Project FAQ
Is shipping really free? USA and international? How?
Yes! Yes! And because we really appreciate your support! We found a flat rate worldwide shipping service that allows us to know what to expect on all shipping, no surprises (we hope!) We back comics too, and hate it when we are hit with huge, unexpected shipping costs after we have already pledged. That's a true noir tale we don't want you to have. So it's all free shipping here.
Are these tales really true? No fiction?
True Noit Tales are all true. Either lived first hand or told to the writer directly from people that lived them. Some tales are told out of sequence or mixed together for story flow.
Why is the hero's hair so pointy?
I don't know... nobody in the real stories had hair like that. It's just an easy way to separate him from the other characters and make him stand out.
No scrips, really? How was this written?
No scripts. This project is so unique and vibrant that the artist Eric Erdek draws the pages directly from memory, then ads the words when its all drawn, also from memory! It was never written down at all. He's also doing a unique system when he uses the same page layouts in every story segment. In other words the frames and panels repeat over and over from "issue to issue" and he just makes the story fit in them. (Once in a while he throws in a new page layout if the story needs it.)