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