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Leif & Thorn Preorder Store

Created by Erin Ptah

Kale gets his magic unblocked - on purpose, for once! Leif dodges his Terms of Service harder (hah) than ever! Thorn gets lucky!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

The last couple rewards in my to-do list
about 1 month ago – Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 09:21:03 PM

Almost all the Volume 8 rewards are out in the world by now.

For a few of you, I had follow-up questions!

Since BackerKit doesn't have an internal messaging system, I sent emails. Still waiting on two replies:

Backer F: After locking all the backer addresses, you're the only one who's been un-locked again. There was an error when I tried to print postage for it, and I'm hoping it was something simple like a typo that would be easy to fix.

Backer J: You're the only backer who hasn't been sent a finished art commission. I offered to do something specific for it, and I still don't know if you're into the idea or not.

If you never saw the email, double-check your spam filter.

If it's not there, whitelist my address (sailorptah at yahoo), and let me know (either with an email, or with a comment here) to try again. 

- Erin

Books are arriving, share pics
4 months ago – Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:08:56 PM


Leif & Thorn Volume 8 reward packages are arriving for backers. If you're one of them, sharing photos and tagging me is encouraged! (Replying to this post with a link also works.)

Less than a dozen physical rewards left to get in the mail. The latest Trump-induced price hike doesn't hit until April 26, so I should have no trouble (knock wood) shipping everything before then.

This might be my last update on BackerKit for a while. Follow the Leif & Thorn website and/or Tumblr for more comic-specific news. Check me out on Mastodon and/or Bluesky for more general posts.

Normally this is when I would say "see you next time for Volume 9" -- but I'm almost out of Volume 3, and running low on Volume 4. So the next campaign might have to be a double reprint!

See you again in...whatever it is I end up funding next.

Erin Ptah

It is once again Cover Art Time
4 months ago – Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 09:45:09 PM



Packing station for Volume 8!

If you remember this part of the Volume 7 campaign...yeah, this is almost exactly the same. (The stack of boxes in the back even includes the last unopened box of Volume 7s from last year.)

When you get a process that works, don't mess with it, you know?

Speaking of process: this is the step where I need to figure out who gets the original cover lineart.

As usual, for everyone who got a ticket this year, I put the names in Pickerwheel.com, and the winner is... 


...Tristan S! Congratulations, Tristan!

I'll be getting more of the US rewards in the mail this week. For everyone who's left, I should lock your shipping addresses some time next week. Keep an eye out for that update email.

- Erin Ptah (and Executive Assistants)

Volume 8 is here! First rewards start shipping this week
5 months ago – Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 02:52:29 PM



The boxes of Volume 8 have arrived!

About half of you, including all the US backers, should have gotten the "Last chance to update your address" email. After 48 hours, those addresses will be locked, and I'll start packing.

Most of them should be in the mail in a week or two. After that, I'll lock the rest of the addresses and start shipping the rest.

Cat-sniffed, cat-approved:

The print proof is in
6 months ago – Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 02:56:13 PM



...I actually approved the Volume 8 proof to my printer a week ago, I just didn't get around to posting about it.

And then BackerKit sent me one of those automated "it's been a while, you should make a new post!" emails. So here are some photos.

As usual, the proof isn't a fully bound book. It's just enough to make sure the colors printed nicely and the paper stock feels good.

They did, and it does:




Next post will probably be the "books are here" announcement. Stay tuned.

- Erin Ptah