🌍 Happy Earth Day, all you fine Humans and Crocodilians 🌍 Have yet another monthly update from us! 

  🐊 Croc comic completion: Still going strong! Brett continues to knock out chapters of the main book while also working on his original hit series, D'orc. Our Croc book has also gone through its final (?) growth spurt, with the canon comic reaching 200+ pages in length. The final physical book will have an even higher page count due to containing all the other bonus materials you've unlocked... Good stuff!

The other exciting art update is that we have our dedicated colorist joining the Crocodile team... yay! A final thank-you to Walter, who provided the colors shown in the campaign. We'll be introducing the work of series colorist JP Jordan in the next update.

  🐊 Reward report: We're still chewing away at these! Expect some photos in a future update.

  🐊 Con Season approacheth: Just giving a head's up that convention season is approaching... this can include travel time for artists currently working on Crocodile, and may cause some bumps in the schedule. But as always, we'll continue to keep you updated.

  🐊 Shop lockdown and closed surveys?: Not quite yet! We're still in a holding pattern at the moment. This is the one area where we'll send a special update and notification before we make any changes you need to know about, so don't worry, you won't miss it when it happens.

It's almost time for Free Comic Book Day DCC!! Just show up to your participating shop to grab your own free copy of the special DCC Webtoon preview issue. 

The Dungeon Crawler Carl Graphic Novel, Vol 1 will be releasing in late May at fine book retailers everywhere. 

Last but not least, we're certain you've seen the ultra-popular Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG by now, but go check it out if you haven't already!

And last, we'll leave you with another spoilery page preview! Might this be our last Brett ink preview????
We may shift our focus to preview colors and even lettered pages, now that we're entering that phase of production. But if you'd like us to keep showing off preview inks, we'll make room for it... just let us know! 

























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We usually start these textwalls off with campaign progress notes, but since it's been a month and you're probably hungry, have some toast first 🍞

Okay, now onto the business:

 

Because we will need to lock our final orders quantities soon, we will be closing our Pledge Manager and pre-order stores in the near future. We will give you advance notice, of course, and it's not going to happen this month, but put your mental preparation hat on because it's coming.

If you've been hemming and hawing about whether or not you want to scoop up any add-ons, now is a time to make your final selections so you don't get left out! SPEAKING OF WHICH:

The Dungeon Crawler Carl Webtoon graphic novel preview is coming to print... for FREE!?! It's true; this May 2nd, 2026, simply show up to a participating Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) comic shop to grab your own 24-page Dungeon Crawler Carl Webtoon preview while supplies last... we're printing a lot, but we still expect these to go fast.

If you've never done this sort of thing before, you'll walk in the door of your participating local shop and there will literally just be a table or display of free comics and you can just... take them... I know what you're thinking, "Free stuff? In THIS economy??" and yet: it's true. Thank you, benevolent comics overlords.

To celebrate this auspicious day, Vault Comics is offering a very special limited Web Exclusive cover with a homage to Absolute Batman #1, featuring art by Nathan Gooden, and we're offering it to DCC: Crocodile Backers first. Please note that this limited edition will not be free OR in stores, and due to being exclusives, they do cost real human currency. The content will also be the same as the free version. But for collectors who love a special cover, this is where the action is! 

As of today, you can grab a copy as an add-on, via your Pledge Manager, the DCC: Crocodile pre-order store, or from the Vault Comics website. As usual, all physical edition Pledge Manager add-ons (such as this one) will only be available to folks who backed at physical tiers. And, issues ordered here via BackerKit will ship along with all your other rewards during fulfillment! Let us know if you've got any other questions about this edition.

Note: these items are currently marked as "Limited" simply because we are printing a set amount this month... however, we will do our best to print as many copies as we can to fulfill orders for you all. We're not playing weird artificial scarcity mindgames with you, we promise... but there is a slim chance that we'll be out of stock if you wait to place an order a few weeks from now.

More about Free Comic Book Day from Vault Comics is here, if you want to read about it! 

 

We already told you about this one, but it's way too good not to mention again. The Dungeon Crawler Carl Roleplaying Game launch is swiftly approaching, so sign up today for more info! 

 

Last but assuredly not least, The Primal Hunter Deluxe Collector's Box Set campaign is entering it's final week!

All we can say is that the Primal Hunter campaign has been a success, with over one hundred dollars raised (okay, maybe a bit more than that), a ton of wonderful unlocks achieved, and love from all corners of the internet. There's a few days left to defeat some final challenges and nab your very own set of books if you're a fan of meaty LitRPGs AND beautifully produced editions. 

We'll cut off our text wall here, and leave Backers once again with some spoilery preview inks! This page features a familiar face who isn't a major character in DCC: Crocodile... but who doesn't love to see a top player in action?

Until then, we'll see you next month, and in the comments section!























































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