Hi, everyone!

It has been a while since we’ve posted an update, since everything was fulfilled a while ago, but we wanted to mention our current Kickstarter for WORLDS BETWEEN WORLDS: THE GRAPHIC NOVELS OF JONATHAN NKONDO, running now for one more week. 

It features an excellent set of books by an amazing animation director and artist who has worked on projects such as SCAVENGERS REIGN, LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS, LEAGUES OF LEGENDS, and, most recently, the new animated short film/music video “The Mountain, the Moon Cave, and the Sad God” by Gorillaz. We really think you may find these books interesting! We certainly love them!

We have already unlocked six stretch goals -- stickers, bookmark, magnet, and collectors coin -- with two more bonuses to go before the campaign closes next Thursday, the 19th at midnight EST.

Whether or not you’re a fan of Scavengers Reign or Gorillaz, you can’t deny the charm of hand-made 2D animation, and Jonathan’s creation of the “Moon Cave” sequence in the middle of the Gorillaz animated short film is a standout. As a sci-fi fan, I think you’ll really appreciate these books. Don't take it from us -- listen to @matttttttt explain how special this is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7KiMbfxZGY

Hi everyone!

We've made it home from our trip to the annual Festival de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, and I must say... it was awesome. Not only was it rejuvenating to get off the grid (relatively speaking) for a couple of weeks, but it was great to see so many friends and authors again. Unlike most conventions in the US, this festival truly is focused entirely on comics and the historic fandom that keeps the art form alive. No movies, no video games, no tabletop games, very few cosplayers (although there is a healthy manga fandom), just COMICS. The 9th Art. And it is heavenly...

We were hoping to see Merwan again this year, but he is already hard at work on the 3rd book in the ASTER series. These things take time, considering that he paints everything with traditional watercolors on board, so I can't say when it'll be done, but it's coming...! And you know we'll be here to bring it to you once it's ready. 😉

We have heard from a few backers abroad who have received their packages this week. I believe all UK/EU packages have shipped as of today; if you haven't received yours yet, please give them 5-10 business days to make the journey. Hopefully, you won't be waiting that long.

Backers in Australia and New Zealand - your packages should be on their way to you within the next week or so. Aetherworks (the fulfillment warehouse) is finishing one other campaign in the queue ahead of us, but they'll get to ASTER immediately following. I believe the Address Verification email should go out soon, so keep an eye on your email inboxes for that.

For those of you in Asia, your packages should be going out very soon now that everyone is back at work from Chinese New Year. I suspect they'll be finished this week, but we will get confirmation shortly.