Wayward Children Vol. 1 - Illustrated Deluxe Omnibus

First Batch of Surveys Going Out!
1 day ago – Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 05:38:58 AM

Hi Everyone!

We're just about ready to start sending out surveys, but the last piece of that process is what's called a smoke test. To do this, we send out surveys to about 5% of backers to make sure everything in Backerkit is working as it should and that we haven't broken anything. We'll be conducting this test over the next 24-48 hours. If everything goes well, you can expect the rest of the surveys to go out by Monday at the latest!

While we do that, here are a couple of things to keep in mind:

• Spam Folder: Survey emails can occasionally find their way to your spam folder. Once we announce that all surveys have gone out, if you don't see anything come through from Backerkit check your spam folder first.
• Apple ID Email Addresses: If the email address tied to your Kickstarter account is a secure Apple ID address, the survey email may be blocked entirely. The email addresses look something like this:  "[email protected]". Again, once all surveys go out, if you're not seeing the email from Backerkit, check to see if your email looks like one of these. You can try contacting Kickstarter support to change that, though we've seen backers have mixed results.
• If either of the above situations is the case, or you can't find your email invite at all please send an email to [email protected] to let us know and we'll get that straightened out for you.
• If you send us a message on Kickstarter we will request that you send the message to our support email instead. Thank you.

A Note on our Support Availability...

There are a couple of us that monitor support emails. We'll introduce ourselves in a future update, but for the moment we want to fill y'all in on our availability.

 First, we work 8am-4pm EST, Monday-Friday, excluding all US Holidays. If you contact us via email you can expect us to reply in no more than 3-5 business days at the absolute latest— though typically much sooner than that.

That's a wrap!
15 days ago – Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 05:41:18 AM

Hey there, folks!

First of all, happy new year! It's been an amazing month with y'all, and we hope you feel the same! This is going to be an incredible statue and we're pumped to begin working on it - the excitement is real! In the final hours of the campaign, you've helped us cross the threshold and raise more than $87,000! Thank you all so, so much!! <3

NEXT STEPS

Now with the campaign done, here is what you can expect in the coming weeks and months.

• First, Kickstarter will process all of your payments. That will take approximately 15 days.
• Once the payments have been processed, we will send out surveys to the email addresses you have attached to your Kickstarter account.
• Answer your survey questions and grab any extra Add-Ons you want. For those of you asking how to make your tier selections, you'll do that here.
• As we get all of the products made, you can expect to see an update from us 1-2 times a month. So stay tuned here for all the latest!
• Once we have the products and are ready to start fulfillment, we will post an update and send an email giving everyone 48 hours to update their addresses if needed. Once that window closes, you will not be able to update your address yourself and will need to contact us directly to make those changes.
• With addresses locked, we will start packing and shipping. This final step will take some time. We appreciate your patience. ❤️

Please be aware that the times mentioned above are estimates. We try to stick to them as much as possible but sometimes it takes an extra day or two to move on to the next phase of the process.

If you need support at any point, please send an email to [email protected] and we'll do our best to help! :)

First Stretch Goal Crushed!
about 2 months ago – Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 12:52:42 PM

Hey there, everyone! 

Before the end of the day, you all helped crush our first stretch goal! Woo!! Now that we've crossed the $25k mark, each book will be upgraded to have increased interior paper thickness! This feature will not only make the books more durable, but will give them a more premium feel!

Next up, reaching the $100k stretch goal will ensure an additional interior art piece by the incredible Lena Richards! Let's see how quickly we can get there!

And We're Funded!
about 2 months ago – Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 07:11:23 AM

Wow, everyone! In just under an hour, you all helped us reach our funding goal! With this being our first time producing an omnibus, we couldn't be more excited! Thank you so much!

As usual, we've got some stretch goals lined up for this project, the first of which will be at $25,000. Once we get there, we'll be able to get the books printed on thicker, higher-quality paper!

Let's see how fast we can get there! <3