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:
March Campaign Updates
Printed Stuff: The book continues to be completed! It's just forward momentum all the way from here, and we've got a ton of new art flying in every day. We can't show it all to you yet, but we wish we could.
Other Stuff: We continue to make headway towards our goal of having all Croc rewards completely produced by June. Which leads to our next piece of news:
Lockin' up Shop
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:
Free Comic Book Day approaches--with a DCC Web-exclusive cover
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!
Now available... on The Internet only!
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.
Get the standard FCBD edition featuring cover art by Yoshi Yoshitani FREE at participating shops on May 2nd!
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!
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!
