Welcome to the Wolf Pack Pups Werewolf Plush Toys, Pins, & Children's Book campaign! My name is Robert A. Multari and I'm the creator/writer of the Wolf Pack Pups, grade school versions of characters from my hit indie comic book series, Night Wolf and Snow Paw.
It has been my dream since I was a kid, struggling with Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia, to be a comic book creator because comic books have helped me to overcome my learning disabilities. I have had the pleasure of self-publishing Night Wolf #1-9 and Snow Paw#1-3, Wolf Pack Pups: A Halloween Trick or Treat Tail Board Book and producing my first two Plush Toys! That was all accomplished with the help from my past backers, who I refer to as my Wolf Pack. Now, I stand ready to produce my third plush toy, the Snow Paw 13" Werewolf Plushie! That’s why I’ve come to BackerKit Crowdfunding to pay for the production and the rewards that you will receive for backing this project.
BackerKit isn't just a platform for crowdfunding, it has also become a community for creators to share each others projects and help each other grow. I'm a firm believer in the saying, "Go far alone, but go farther together." That is where this idea of crossover exclusives has bloomed from because a rising tide lifts all boats!
Wolf Pack Pups & C Is For Cthulhu Crossover Exclusive Pins
Everyone who backs both the Wolf Pack Pups and C Is For Cthulhu Pintopia campaigns at a physical tier will get a 2" Hard Enamel Pin featuring Night Wolf with his Cthulhu plush from me and a second 2" Hard Enamel Pin featuring Cthulhu with his Night Wolf plush from our pals at ComixTribe! Click here to visit the C Is For Cthulhu campaign page!
Wolf Pack Pups & Magic and Mischief Adopt A Phoenix Crossover Exclusive Pins
Everyone who backs both the Wolf Pack Pups and Magic and Mischief Adopt A Phoenix Pintopia campaigns at a physical tier will get a 2" Hard Enamel Pin featuring Snow Paw Riding the Moon Phoenix from me and a second 2" Hard Enamel Pin featuring Snow Paw Hugging the Moon Phoenix from our friends at Attic Door Media! Click here to visit the Magic and Mischief Adopt A Phoenix campaign page!
💖 WELCOME TO PINTOPIA — A creative celebration featuring over 175 creators launching pin and plushie projects on BackerKit from January 23 to February 13!
✨ Here’s how to earn exclusive rewards:
Cross-Collab Freebies: Look for projects marked as Cross-Collab partners! Back both projects in a pair at a physical reward level and earn a FREE pin from each creator. The more pairs you support, the more pins you collect!
Gold Pintopia 2025 Pin: Back 10 projects to unlock this exclusive reward, surveyed and shipped by BackerKit.
⚔️ Rewards at a glance:
2 FREE pins for every Cross-Collab pair you back (one from each creator!)
1 FREE limited edition Gold Pintopia 2025 Pin when you back 10+ projects
⭐ PRO TIP: Maximize your freebies by supporting Cross-Collab pairs! For example, support 5 Cross-Collab pairs (10 projects) to earn up to 20 exclusive pins!
*Check individual project pages for specific requirements. **Gold Pin unlocks require backing physical items from each project.
Both the Snow Paw and Night Wolf 13" Werewolf Plush Toys were inspired by the Wolf Pack Pups: A Halloween Trick or Treat Tail Board Book versions of the characters. These cuddly fuzzy werewolf pups are a great snuggle buddies for you or your little ones all through the night!
The Snow 13" Werewolf Plush Toy, Night Wolf 13" Werewolf Plush Toy and the Night Wolf Voodoo Doll 12" Plush Toy were designed by Wolf Pack Pups artist, Megan Affolter, and brought to life and produced in partnership with Skelton Crew Studio.
Snow Paw Werewolf Details:
Custom embroidered eyes, tail, and other intricate details.
Custom school girl outfit with kilt
Plastic nose
The plush stands at a height of 13 inches (33.02cm).
Night Wolf Werewolf Details:
Custom embroidered eyes, tail, and other intricate details.
Custom removable hoodie
Plastic nose
The plush stands at a height of 13 inches (33.02cm).
Night Wolf Voodoo Doll Details:
Custom embroidered nose, tongue, X-Eyes, patches, tail, and other intricate details.
The plush stands at a height of 12 inches (30.5cm).
Additional Product Details:
Super-Soft premium fabric manufactured using the highest quality materials.
Child safety tested in the USA.
Soft, huggable, and completely adorable.
The perfect gift for Werewolf fans of all ages.
Megan Affolter came up with the original concept for the Night Wolf Voodoo Doll in a pinup that she originally illustrated for the Night Wolf Volume 1 Trade Paperback, so of course I had her illustrate the designs for the all of the Wolf Pack Pups Plush Toys as well!
To ensure a premium quality product, I have once again teamed-up with the Skelton Crew Studio to produce the Snow Paw Werewolf Plush Toy! This talented crew has also produced my Night Wolf Werewolf Plush Toy and Night Wolf Voodoo Doll Plush Toy and the awesome C is for Cthulhu plush toys for my friends over at ComixTribe. The Skelton Crew also produced officially licensed replicas for Hellboy, BPRD, Locke & Key, Mouse Guard and more!
Wolf Pack Pups: A Halloween Trick or Treat Tail is a high-quality board book written by me, Robert A. Multari, and featuring gorgeously illustrated pages by Megan Affolter! The story is about two young werewolf pups, Night Wolf and Snow Paw, who are excited to go trick-or-treating among the humans without scaring anyone. While the pups are going door to door collecting candy, their Monster Grade School classmates, Janelle and Circe are up to no good! Jealous of the pups’ strong friendship the twin witches cast a spell, turning Night Wolf into a Voodoo Doll Plush Toy!
This story teaches young children not to be jealous if their best-friend has other friends, that it is okay to have many friends to share and play with at school or anywhere. The moral of the story was inspired by a real-life situation that I experienced with my daughter and her best-friend at preschool last year.
A 20-page hardcover board book gorgeously illustrated featuring cute werewolf pups and adorable witches!
A durable, laminated, high-quality board book that is the perfect addition to your bedtime reading library and to your annual Halloween holiday traditions!
This is the essential book for werewolf and supernatural monster fans of all ages, everyone who keep the Halloween spirit all year round, and especially for all the little werewolf pups ready to hold out their Trick-or-Treat Bags!
Fans of cute versions of werewolf and other supernatural monsters
Fans of books like C Is For Cthulhu, Werewolf? There Wolf!, and Vampire Baby!
People who keep the Howl-O-Ween spirit all year round
Parents who love to read bedtime stories with valuable life lessons
All the little monsters ready to hold out their Trick-or-Treat Bags
Here's What Wolf Pack Members are Saying...
"My niece discovered Wolf Pack Pups today and looked through it multiple times. She has a short attention span so she doesn't let us read a whole book but she really enjoyed flipping through it and pointing out certain things." - Brant Fowler (Publisher, Last Ember Press)
"Super excited for Wolf Pack Pups; my kid has loved looking at the art (and he also loves his voodoo doll plushie!" - Christopher Brimmage (Writer, Mandrill PI)
Once the Milestones are met these physical and digital bonus items unlock! All backers will receive the digital bonus rewards for FREE and all physical tier backers will receive the physical bonus rewards for FREE!
All backers will receive a FREE digital copy ofMoon Hunters Issue #1 by Matthew Childers
Physical tier backers will receive a FREE Wolf Pack Pups 2x6” Bookmark by Megan Affolter
All backers will receive a FREE digital copy of Pup Van Winkle Issue #1 by Orange Cone Productions
Physical tier backers will receive a FREE Circe & Janelle 2x6” Bookmark by Megan Affolter
Also available are both the Night Wolf Volume 1 & 2 trade paperbacks, Night Wolf Issue #9, and Snow Paw Issues #1-3 comic books for the teens and parents to enjoy once the little monsters asleep, snuggled up with their werewolf plushies.
Born into the outcast breed of werewolves known as the Monoki, eighteen-year-old Rodney Marcelli is reluctantly pulled into an ancient war between good and evil, during a modern time where the line has blurred. With the help of Snow Paw, the Pureblood Monoki, and the supernatural evil slayer, Night Hunter, Rod must learn to master his newly found lycanthropy and mysterious kinetic energy power that only he possesses. Rod must fight the Dark Covenant in order to avenge his friends and family, and to save the girl he loves from the master vampire, Lord Malice.
Rodney Marcelli is Night Wolf!
Cirilla (Cirray) MacKinlay is a strong-willed farm girl, born and raised in the Scottish Highlands during the 19th century, who dreams about a life of adventure. Upon discovering her Pureblood Monoki werewolf lineage, Cirray’s eyes are opened for the first time to the existence of Supernatural beings and creatures of Fantasy. With the aid of Silver Mane, a fellow Pureblood Monoki, Cirray must find her place in the world while training to master her lycanthropy in order to battle the Dark Covenant of the European region, led by the malevolent Mongrel Monoki, Grim Fang.
Hi, I'm Robert A. Multari, but you can call me Rob. It’s been my dream since I was a kid, struggling with Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia, to be in the comic book business. Comic books helped me learn how to deal with my learning disability. When I was 14-years-old, I wrote fan fiction for the X-Men and submitted it to Marvel in hopes that Stan Lee would read it. Someone from Marvel was nice enough to write back to me saying that Stan loves to hear from his fans and encouraged me to keep up my writing. As naïve as I was at the time, it spread my passion for the business like a wildfire and inspired me to go to art school at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Applied Media Arts.
Since July 2017, I have self-published issues 1 though 9 of my ongoing comic book series, Night Wolf, and the first three issues of the spinoff series, Snow Paw. However, those stories are little out of my 7-year-old daughter's age range. My wife and I love to read stories with her as part of our nightly routine. The idea of writing Wolf Pack Pups was inspired by the books we read at bedtime, I wanted to write a story for my daughter to enjoy, and that other kids could relate too and learn from as well.
Megan Affolter is a Pittsburgh, PA born artist/illustrator. She has been selling prints of her art at comic conventions since 2015 and has been working in the illustrating business since 2020. Her artwork is known for its vivid color and overall cheerful nature. She loves giving herself art challenges to keep her on her toes! Recently, Megan has contributed an amazing variant cover for Snow Paw Issue 2 as well as designed the Night Wolf Werewolf Plush Toy, the Night Wolf Voodoo Doll Plush Toy, and the Wolf Pack Pups character designs. Megan's art style is perfect for bringing the Wolf Pack Pups to life!
I have already invested my own time and money to ensure that Snow Paw Werewolf 13" Plushie prototype is 100% complete and ready to go to production. That's why I have come to BackerKit Crowdfunding to the raise funds for printing and to help get this new plush toy into as many hands as possible to help continue to self-publish this incredible new series.
I’ve personally backed several independent crowdfunding projects because I believe that Indie Creators have great stories that need to be told. I believe that crowdfunding is a powerful tool to help creators, like myself, to bring our characters to life for everyone to enjoy.
By joining the wolf pack and backing this project, you will not only be helping to make sure that this book is printed. You will also receive amazing exclusive rewards and bonuses.
SHIPPING WILL BE CHARGED AFTER THE CAMPAIGN, DURING THE FULFILLMENT SURVEY!
The BackerKit Crowdfunding Campaign: January 23rd - February 13, 2025
Night Wolf Werewolf Plush off to Production: Mid March 2025
Book Manufacturing and Freight: Early July 2025
Expected Deliver to US Backers: Mid July 2025
Expected Deliver for INT Backers: End July 2025
I will be handling fulfillment 100% in-house. I want to make sure that everything arrives to you as quickly as possible and limit the possibility of unforeseen delays, which is why I will be rolling up my sleeves to personally overseeing fulfillment for every backer.
Risks and Challenges
In April of 2016, I launched a failed Kickstarter campaign for Night Wolf Issues 1-3. I played the game on hard, setting a $20,000 goal. However, I did manage to raise $5,064 from my 74 backers, unfortunately Kickstarter is all or nothing. At the time I only had the character designs, a cover and 5 sequential pages during that launch. Even though the Kickstarter didn’t fund I was bound and determined to publish my story. Because I didn’t have the funds to finish the first issue, I decided to raise the money on my own doing freelance web design work to pay for the artwork.
After self-publishing Night Wolf Issues 1 and 2, I launched another Kickstarter in October 2019 to print Night Wolf Issues 3 with a more reasonable funding goal of $5,000. The campaign was successfully overfunded, thanks to the amazing 217 backers that I refer to as my Wolf Pack. Since then, I have launched nine successfully over-funded Kickstarter campaigns, thanks to returning/new Wolf Pack members, for Night Wolf Issues 1-9, Night Wolf Volumes 1 & 2 trade paperbacks, Snow Paw Issues 1-3, two Plush Toys inspired by Night Wolf, and the Wolf Pack Pups children's board book! Now, I'm back and ready to release my third plush toy!
In addition, I have been educating myself through the Comixlaunch course, which is a Kickstarter training program created by Tyler James. Tyler is the Publisher of ComixTribe and has successfully funded many Kickstarter campaigns. Through the ComixLaunch community I have also been a part of a ComixLaunch Mastermind group of independent creators that have all ran successful campaigns in the past, and I've spent time learning and being mentored by the very talented members of the group.
I know 2020 - 2024 have been very challenging years, and there is still a lot going on all over the world right now in 2025. This turmoil is very stressful for us all. Collecting, reading, and creating comics books have always been an escape from the stressful things in my life. My hope is that by creating my comics books and putting them out into the world for you to enjoy also helps to relieve some of your stress as well. And that is what I am laser focused on doing!
Again, I've teamed up with with the Skelton Crew, a veteran plush and licensed toy design studio to ensure a prototype of upmost quality. Skelton has worked closely with a with well-regarded factory for the prototype development and are waiting for the funds to come to run the production of the plush toys.
However, there might be some unforeseen circumstances that may cause delays from the manufacturer and shipping causing the delivery date to pushed back. For example the current global shipping delays could possibly delay physical rewards past my estimated delivery date. If this happens I will keep you updated on the situation every step of the way!
I would like to personally thank you in advance for backing this project and joining the Wolf Pack! I’m extremely grateful for where I am now as a self-publisher and continuing to produce great series and products for you to enjoy. You play a vital role in helping me self-publish quality books. I couldn't do it without you and the Wolf Pack!
What's Next? Join the Wolf Pack Today!
You've made it this far into the wolf's den, so what are waiting for? Join the Wolf Pack today! Scroll back up this page, choose a howling reward, and pledge to be a part of this campaign today. Again, thank you, for taking this creative journey with me. I appreciate so it so much!