I hope everyone is having a pleasant holiday season! Mine has been quiet and uneventful, which means I have comics progress to post.

1) All but two Early Bird sketches are finished.

One of you hasn't edited your survey to give me a prompt yet. Another asked for a character who isn't in the book.

Early backers, check the notes on the confirmation page of your survey! If your art is finished, I put the link there. If not, you'll see a note about why.

2) We met the post-campaign stretch goal!

...okay, technically the funding total on the Preorder Store is up to $4,405. So we didn't break the record from the last campaign, we exactly matched it.

I'm counting it anyway. (Still might break it! All we need is even 1 person, buying just $1 more, of anything.)

I already had a 180-page book file. To bring it up to 192, I'm adding back in some comics that got cut for space, writing up some new behind-the-scenes info...and including the art from the "Leif & Thorn is being made with AI now!" April Fool's jokes. (That's right, the robots have come for our "generating bonus material for books" jobs.)

3) Mini-print proofs are in.

As usual, they look better IRL than in my photos, but here's a photo anyway:

So they're approved! Check that off the to-do list, and now it's back to the books.

- Erin Ptah