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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

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)

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:

...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

Merry Christmas Eve, and a happy Phoenix Wright meme day, to all who celebrate!

Premium tier commissions: Two of these are finished, and there are download links to the art on your survey pages (right after the Early Bird art links).

For the other two, I've sent an email to get reference images. Keep an eye on your inboxes.

Volume 8 paperback: I reached out to MyBookPrinter as usual...and it turns out my regular point person there, the staffer who makes sure all the Leif & Thorn orders match, is retiring in a few months. (Well-deserved, I'm sure.)

So I have to loop in somebody new. And at this point I figure I'll just wait until after Christmas, since everyone involved is probably either on holiday, or deserves to be.

Which means:

There's still time to catch any errors in the ebook...although so far, nobody has. No typos, no missed strips, nothing. Did I really get that lucky this year? A personal first...?

If you've noticed a problem after all, please comment -- either on this post, or on the Leif & Thorn site.

If not, enjoy whatever holidays and/or post-holiday sales you're getting, and see you next year.

- Erin Ptah