Cosplay Print Pack Unlocked!
7 months ago
– Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 05:01:05 PM
Well, you guys just blew right past the 30k mark today! Awesome!
That means the cosplay print pack by Alaina Rose Lee and Chris Gomez Photography. Two 5x7 prints!
Now is the time to up your pledge above $50 because when we hit 40k, all backers with $50 or more pledged to this campaign will get a sticker sheet illustrated by Summer Dale, a Bad Bug veteran artist.
9.8 SLABS AVAILABLE AS ADD-ONS TOMORROW
We will be opening up 9.8 graded slabs of Vanya #2 tomorrow. Only four are available, and only one per backer. They were graded by CBCS last year, and we've been waiting to make them available to you all for quite some time. Here's my silly wife posing with one.
We plan to make them open for grabs at 12pm EST tomorrow. We'll post an update once we do.
That's it for - OH...wait.
We just launched HyperGeist 4 today!
Second stretch goal unlocked!
7 months ago
– Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 02:50:54 PM
Hey, friends! It's been another amazing few days for Vanya: The Lost Warrior #7. We're adding 4 SPICY pages to the story, bringing the total to 32 pages!
I had some great questions come up that I thought would be great to address here in the update.
How long will Vanya last as a series? Are there plans to expand beyond that?
We don't have plans to continue Vanya: The Lost Warrior after Issue 10, which is when we reach the finale.
Will you do trades?
We actually believe in the value of telling these stories in chapters. Trades are an afterthought when we develop most of our stories. However, we do plan to have a hardback release, which will include SO MUCH extra content (deleted scenes, covers, and other art that was never used) once the series is complete and Issue 10 has been in circulation long enough (6 months or more). That's 1.5-2 years away from now.
Will you make variant covers from previous issues available on the campaign?
No. Once we print it, that's how many are available. However, our website still has an inventory of variants of past issues that just so happen to be available - as a reminder, once we sell out, they're gone for good. www.badbugmedia.com
Every campaign has a unique tarot card as a stretch goal item. Will you be offering these, at some point, as a collection for anyone who may have missed out on 1 or 2 or 10?
We didn't think people would care this much about the tarot cards, but seeing their several requests makes it a no-brainer to offer these as add-ons once the collection is complete. No sooner than that tho ;)
Does Bad Bug Media plan to do more than distribute comics through Kickstarter? Will you be putting your books in comic shops?
Yes, we distribute through our website, but we will also have a Patreon where supporters will get monthly exclusive variant covers (covers for books not available anywhere else). We plan on going live in the Summer and are lining up amazing cover artists specifically for that.
We don't plan to sell our Bad Bug Midnight books to retailers, but our non-erotic titles (under Bad Bug Media proper) could likely one day make their way into shops across the US. We love comic shops, but we are still determining if that's a beneficial endeavor for us at this point. A gray answer, I know.
Thanks for the questions, everyone!
Also, please be sure to check out Flickering Lights 3by Jason Pell, which is on Kickstarter right now. Among our erotic titles, it may be my personal favorite, as I love sci-fi horror with careful thought put into the story. If you back it physically, this wraparound cover by Alessandro Amoruso (AstroWitch) is the way to go.
Check this out!
7 months ago
– Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 05:34:49 PM
It's been an amazing day, my friends. Truly. You all show up again and again for Vanya and Bad Bug Midnight, and I couldn't be more grateful.
This and HyperGeist 4 will be the last issues released under the Mature Bad Bug banner before all our erotic titles convert to the Bad Bug Midnight branding. The logo will be revealed soon, but you can be sure we didn't stray too far from the path. We just felt it was a good time to give erotic titles their own identity.
Another BIG mention - I wanted to express that TODAY IS THE LAST DAY for CUPID—and, honestly, this one-shot is worth it.
It's written by Scott WIlke, who writes for Bobby Jo, HyperGeist, XenoGeist, Cereal Killer, and Monster World. The guy is brilliant. This is a story set in a world where fantastical characters of myth and legend will be introduced over a series of one-shots, building an interconnected world that will ultimately converge in a big crossover event. In this self-contained story, Cupid owes money to loan sharks and needs the help of the Tooth Fair and Boogeyman to score a big heist and pay off his debts. Go back it. Seriously.
STRETCH GOAL UNLOCK
Moving along, you all blasted through the first stretch goal of the Bad Bug Tarot Card. Here's a close-up shot. Bruna Sousa and Tommy Shelton created this art.
ADD-ON REQUESTS
You all requested 11x17 prints as add-ons. We are considering this, however, they will likely be included in the Backerkit store when we send out surveys AFTER the campaign ends.
We are adding the Cover Sets as add-ons right now. That was an input mistake on our end, so we'll correct it. Check back in just a few hours after we make this post, and they should all be available.
HYPERGEIST 4
Don't forget to sign up for HyperGeist 4, launching in three weeks.
SOCIAL MEDIA GIVEAWAYS
We will be pumping a lot of work into our social media channels in the coming month, so NOW IS THE TIME to start following us on Instagram which is where we will start hooking all you lovely people up with some awesome stuff.
We also give a lot of sneak peeks on there as we get closer to our EPIC Patreon launch.
