Comics & Cosmos Ent. is going on tour with a special edition of Kid Cretaceous #1, prints of the main cover by Marcus Jimenez for Kid Cretaceous #2, an alternate cover of The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE by Elisa Romboli. As we prepare to tour to Gem State Comic Con and potential Fall comic conventions, we are inviting readers who can't make it to our physical appearances to get their copy of these and our other 2024 Convention Exclusives! These will not be available again.
Stretch goals include additional conventions added to 2024 appearances, cover reveals, additional printed material, and more!
Pitching The Healer's Blade
Recently, Mad Cave Studios opened their submissions again. About a week ago, I submitted a pitch for The Healer's Blade to them. It may not happen, but I hope you'll wish us luck!
Thank you for all your continued support!
Happy New Year! 🎇 We are FULFILLED!!
12 months ago
– Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 01:28:33 PM
Happy New Year!
It's been about a month since I've checked in with you all to give you an update. After a ton of trips to my local post office, I'm glad to announce that this campaign is completely fulfilled.
Shipping for The Healer's Blade was mostly completed before Christmas, but there were a set of stragglers that were the last to get shipped on in January. On the 9th, I dropped off the final packages and the international rewards were finally mailed out. If you have any issues with your items, please reach out to me and I will get it corrected immediately.
This monday, I will be attending Gem State Comic Con on April 6th & 7th! I'll be bringing a few exclusive goodies to join the usual lineup. Recently, I completed the trade dress myself for our GSCC-Exclusive cover of The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE.
The Healer's Blade
This cover features the alternate main cover art by Elisa Romboli with different colors. This version will only be available at conventions and duringthis campaign. As part of the MAKE100 initiative, there will only be 100 copies available.
Kid Cretaceous
Introducing the Foresight Edition of Kid Cretaceous #1. This new printing will feature preview pages for the upcoming second issue and a variant cover reveal!
Diki Ramdani did so well with her Action Comics homage for our first issue, that we had to invite her back for our follow-up issue. This time, she created an homage to a classic Marvel cover that features a certain jade giant. Cover to be revealed soon!
Shipping Screw-up
I want to be fully transparent with all of my supporters. Backers who pledged at the Cosmic Collective tier were originally sent their packages without the holochrome Susca variant (Cover D) due to an error. Kickstarter listed this item as a reward included in these tiers, but BackerKit did not carry this over. This was my first time using BackerKit so, the blame may be entirely mine.
A few backers already reached out to me about this when their package arrived. I have mailed out the few missing copies and most have already been received as well. Thanks to you, I was able to correct this for international shipments before they were sent out. Again, please let me know if you have any problems!
The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE holochrome variant (Cover D) by Mariateresa Susca
The shiny comics are here a shipping update!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:21:41 AM
Holo-chrome variants are here!
Yesterday, we got our last shipment from the prints. We finally have our holo-chrome variant for The Healer's Blade and Kid Cretaceous! Art prints and bookmarks arrived too. If you're one of the few who ordered a t-shirt, those are expected to arrive within 1-2 more weeks. Shirts are the only item we do not have on hand.
I've mailed out a small amount of packages already. I'm sending out a bigger shipment today, but about 10 have been sent out so far and a couple have even arrived already.
Since this is such a busy time for shipping, I'll be visiting my post office to send them in batches. Today's batch is about 20-25 packages to be fulfilled. Please be sure to let us know if you have any issues with your package.
April 6-7th, 2024, Comics & Cosmos will be tabling at Gem State Comic Con. We will be bringing brand new items that have not been available before! We wanted to be sure all of our readers got a chance to pick up these exclusive & new rewards.
Did I mention? We've secured an amazing artist for one of the covers that will be available then. They may have worked on a special comic featuring a very super gal that released on in the past couple of months. Our oversized first issue will contain the prologue and 24 pages of new story!
Talk Soon
I'll talk to you all again soon. The next update will be after the majority of packages (or all) have been shipped. Thank you!
Fulfillment Update
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 12:41:28 PM
Most of the comics have arrived!
A little less than two weeks ago, three boxes filled with a little more than 25 pounds of The Healer's Blade arrived!
Covers A, B, and C of The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE
Unfortunately, I cannot ship out any packages until the other shipment(s) arrive. The bookmarks unlocked with our stretch goal are being shipped to me from the printer with the holo-chrome Susca variants. The label for this order has been printed, but there has been no update from the shipping partner. We are currently waiting on the following to arrive still:
Art prints
Bookmarks
The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE -- Cover D (holo-chrome)
Kid Cretaceous #1 -- Cover D (metallic prismatic)
My oldest daughter reading her copy of The Healer's Blade
On Wednesday, the Metallic Prismatic cover of Kid Cretaceous #1, featuring The Tower artwork by Dee Noonan, should arrive. There were a few ordered during our campaign, but the rest will be available during the...
To celebrate, we will be running a campaign offering these exclusives for those unable to attend and the rest of our Comics & Cosmos Ent. inventory!
The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE will have copies of an alternate version of Elisa Romboli's main cover art available only at conventions and this upcoming campaign! We will also have the page of ORIGINAL ART from M. Sorcier'svariant cover available.
The Healer's Blade #1: PROLOGUE Convention Exclusive Cover art by Elisa Romboli
Last chance to update shipping addresses!
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 07:53:15 AM
This morning, I locked addresses on BackerKit with a final notice. That means there's a little under 48 hours to make any changes you need to before we begin shipping these rewards out. This was already done today, instead of Saturday, to give you all 2 more days. I'll be sending another update this week showing off the physical copies that have arrived.
FREE Bonus booklet fulfilled at random
These arrived earlier than the copies of The Healer's Blade#1: PROLOGUE. I printed off a very small number of "A MARVELous Sampler" so I could see my Spider-Man comic in print and have some to hand out at upcoming comic cons. I will be slipping a couple copies of this booklet randomly into your packages during fulfillment. If you're one of the lucky few, you'll be able to hold my Miles Morales' story "Overloaded" with Marcus Jimenez in your hands!
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