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Leif & Thorn Pop-Up Bookstore

Created by Erin Ptah

Missed the Volume 7 crowdfunding campaign? Use this as your last-minute shop for ebooks, mini-prints, and other merch, for Leif & Thorn and/or But I'm A Cat Person.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

We're funded! What's next?
17 days ago – Sat, Nov 09, 2024 at 08:10:08 PM

In order...

Collecting the funds: Happens over the next 2 weeks (until November 22).

Keep an eye on your email for a notification about your pledge. If it went through, awesome! If the payment bounced, BackerKit will send you instructions on how to fix it.

Backer surveys: Will go out shortly after November 22.

That's where you fill in your shipping address (if you got a book), pick your add-on options (if you got add-ons with options), and have a chance to get your hands on the original Volume 7 cover art.

Early Bird sketch rewards: If you scored one of these, you'll get the "what am I drawing for you?" question as part of your backer survey.

That's how I did it with the Volume 6 campaign, and it worked out beautifully.

Your exclusive mini-print: The poll results are in, and Storm Mage is the exclusive mini-print for Volume 7 backers!



It was the clear leader for most of the poll's run time...but Day On The Town almost overtook it at the last minute. I might order a run of that too, and just add it to the list of "mini-prints available for any Leif & Thorn fan to buy."

The "More Book" stretch goal: For the first time, we did not make it. Got 96% of the way there! It wasn't an impossible goal! But we just slightly missed.

And, look, in some ways it's not surprising. I wasn't in a big shopping mood after Tuesday either.

...That said, the backer surveys will give you one last chance to grab post-campaign add-ons. So I'm thinking of announcing "if we raise the last $152 during the survey period, I'll make the book longer anyway." Stay tuned. 

- Erin

Dawn of the final day: 14 hours remain
19 days ago – Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 06:52:52 AM



...In retrospect, whoo boy do I regret setting the Leif & Thorn Volume 7 campaign deadline on the Friday after a major election.

On the other hand: seems likely that "getting kicked into a different reality with all the same people but completely different worldbuilding and politics" is going to be extra-appealing to a lot of people right now.

If you're just coming to the campaign now: grab a book. Take a chance on the whole backlist, even.

If you're already a backer: thank you so much for joining us. Spread the word by sharing one last campaign post on Tumblr, Mastodon, Bluesky, and/or Facebook.

Or, hey, tell a friend IRL. That's good too.

And I'll do my best to keep creating stories that make the IRL horrors a little easier to slog through.

- Erin Ptah

Your options for ebook and mini-print add-ons
25 days ago – Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 07:37:01 PM



Can't believe we are 99% funded and haven't posted this already. (This is why it's a good thing I haven't tried to run a 3-week campaign! I would definitely just...miss stuff.)

If you want to fill out your pledge with the "Extra mini-print of choice" or "Extra PDF ebook of choice" add-ons...here are your choices!

Extra mini-prints:




Leif & Thorn prints: Gone Floating, Goth Pride, Two Braceleted Hands

But I'm A Cat Person prints: Rainbow Beings, Parade Wear


Extra PDF ebooks:




Leif & Thorn ebooks: Volumes 1-6, the "All Downhill From Here" short story

But I'm A Cat Person ebooks: Master's Edition omnibus (get 3 ebooks if you want this one, it's a 3-volume set!), "Being Q&A" bonus, "Master's Edition: Just the new stuff"

Making a new pledge to Leif & Thorn Volume 7? BackerKit will walk you through the add-ons menu.

Already pledged, but you want to grab some add-ons after the fact? Click the "Manage my Pledge" button at the top of the project page, and you can open the menu that way.

Enjoy! 

- Erin Ptah

The Volume 7 mini-print poll is up
about 1 month ago – Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 12:15:19 PM



Status report: after just over a week, Volume 7 is nearly 75% funded. Go us!

I added a "More Book" achievement to the campaign, so even after we hit the main goal, you can see a progress bar for the first stretch goal.

And with that, it's poll time.

For new backers: Every year, if you preorder the newest Leif & Thorn paperback, it comes with a backer-exclusive mini-print. Instead of just picking out the art myself, I grab a few different pieces and let you folks vote.

Now that I've tried the built-in BackerKit polls...you can attach images to the options, but they come out pretty small and cramped. Not ideal when what you're voting on is "art."

So get a better look at your options in the Volume 7 mini-print post on the Leif & Thorn website, then scroll down there to pick your favorites!

Day One: a hot start, Early Bird status, and new campaign features
about 1 month ago – Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:08:03 PM



Welcome [back] to BackerKit, readers! Here's your Day One report of the Leif & Thorn Volume 7 campaign:

1) We got 45% funded in the first 24 hours! Including, if I'm reading these charts right, over $1,000 in pledges in the first 6 hours alone.

(And Leif & Thorn is the #1 trending project in the Comics category! Nice.)

I set the goal higher than Volume 6, so the percentage is smaller than it did with the last campaign...but the actual dollar amounts are roughly the same. Which means we're well on track to nailing our traditional "beat the record of the previous campaign" stretch goal.

2) Early Bird sketches are all claimed. They're for the first 15 backers who pledge $50 or more...and we already have 15 backers at the $60 tier alone. Wow.

(That's the signed/sketched paperback tier, with a limit of 20 backers, so there's only 5 left. If you're thinking about getting one, don't wait too long.)

3) We have backer polls this year! Well, so far, just one poll: "Who's your favorite new character that got their debut in Volume 7?"

...It feels like that list of new characters is too short. Did I miss anyone? If you spot anybody I skipped in the Volume 7 strips on the website, comment and let me know.

4) When we get to the end...this campaign has Overtime Mode enabled. That's a BackerKit feature where, if people are still pledging right up to the last minute, the deadline can get extended -- it won't officially close until 10 minutes have passed without a new pledge.

Sounds like fun! I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks for backing, congratulations on helping make Leif & Thorn the #1 trending comics project on BackerKit, see you in the next update.

- Erin Ptah