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Beyond the Western Deep: Volume Two

Created by Alex Kain

The all-ages fantasy webcomic BEYOND THE WESTERN DEEP returns to Kickstarter with its second hardcover volume!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Western Deep: Volume Three Nearing Completion!
8 months ago – Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 10:20:20 AM

tldr: Our Volume Three campaign is fully funded and just four days away from completion! Grab the next volume in the Western Deep series by heading to this Kickstarter link right here! 

Hello backers! 

It's been three years since you helped make Beyond the Western Deep: Volume Two a reality, and we hope that everyone who got a copy has been enjoying it in the intervening years! We had a wonderful time putting it together, and are incredibly proud of the final result.

We've been hard at work on the campaign for Volume 3 this past month as I'm sure a few of you saw! Well, we're a mere FOUR DAYS AWAY from its completion and the hardcover is not only fully funded, but we've got a few stretch goals to boot! 

Every backer will be receiving a digital copy of our Music of the Western Deep orchestral album, composed by long-time Western Deep collaborator and Star Wars: Rebels composer, Nolan Markey. Physical reward backers will also be receiving a brand-new emote sticker sheet with new artwork by Rachel, and a mini-print of our amazing Volume 3 promo art by Kosperry.

 We're getting really close to our next major stretch goal, too! At $30,000, the Janik pin will be paired with a brand-new Beck pin, creating a two pin set similar to how we did Hardin and Kenosh during the Volume 2 campaign.

With four days left, we want to make sure every Western Deep backer has a chance to get the latest volume of our series and add it to their collection! So if you haven't checked it out yet, you can head over to our Western Deep Volume Three Kickstarter page!

Thank you so much for your support! Now, let's end our new book campaign as strong as we can! :)

Bonus PDF Stretch Goal Delivered!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 03:40:52 AM

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Our New Webstore and the 2021 Ringo Awards!
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 06:01:38 PM

Hi everyone! I hope you've all been enjoying your Western Deep books and any other rewards you picked up during our campaign. It was a heck of a time getting everything off the ground right when the pandemic kicked off, but we're proud of the final product and we're beyond elated that all of you were able to help us not only reach our goal, but exceed it to such a degree. We're already hard at work thinking about the next Kickstarter for the Western Deep universe, and look forward to sharing more hopefully sometime later this year.

The New Western Deep Web Store!

You can check it out RIGHT HERE!  https://topatoco.com/collections/westerndeep 

For any backer or watcher who wasn't able to pick up a book, pin set, or print, I've got some good news! Thanks to our friends at TopatoCo, we've been able to set up a nice collection focused entirely on Beyond the Western Deep, and it even includes a few items that were scarce in our own personal collections (like the Volume One Limited Edition)! 

Please Vote for "Beyond the Western Deep" in the 2021 Ringo Awards!

The Ringo Awards are an annual comic awards show held at Baltimore Comic Con with a rather unique nomination process: the fans get to cast their own votes!

We would love to continue to grow Beyond the Western Deep's readership, and award shows like this have proven to be an excellent way to do so. To that end, if you have the time and inclination, please consider nominating Beyond the Western Deep for Best Webcomic and any other category you see fit!

You can fill out a nomination ballot right here: https://ringoawards.survey.fm/ringo-awards-2021-nominations -- though a word of forewarning, they require a valid email address to verify your ballot!

The Bonus PDF!

It's still coming! 

Unfortunately the post-fulfillment stage of the Kickstarter segued right into a particularly tough IRL work quarter for us, so work on anything but core Western Deep pages had to get moved onto the back burner. BUT I can assure you all that the constituent pieces are all in place and it will hopefully just be a matter of assembling them before sending it out as a final exclamation point to all the campaign zaniness that came before :)

As always, we on the Western Deep team are deeply appreciative of your continued patience.

Thank you all again for your incredible support, and we look forward to even more Beyond the Western Deep in the coming years!

Don't forget that you can read the comic online at  https://www.westerndeep.net/ 

And you can follow us on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/thewesterndeep 

Shipping Complete, Missing Stretch Goal Stickers, and Shipping Damage
over 3 years ago – Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 01:10:38 AM

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Shipping Has Begun!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 01:18:31 PM

I am pleased to announce that, just as the subject line implies, SHIPPING HAS BEGUN! Some backers have actually already received their orders, which is always wonderful to hear.

A quick update on the bookplates: Rachel and I have finished signing the replacement set and they've been mailed off to our shipping liaison, who will be packing them up into envelopes and sending them off to our fulfillment partner for inclusion in those backer shipments (I know it sounds a little convoluted, but having the smaller items packed up in envelopes BEFORE arriving at the fulfillment partner actually streamlines the packing process and saves a bit of money on packing fees).

Thank you all for your continued support, and I hope you're all able to enjoy your gorgeous physical copies of Beyond the Western Deep soon!

And remember, you can always keep up with the greater world of the Western Deep at our website, www.westerndeep.net, and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thewesterndeep!