Metal Cards! And more news
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 08:13:08 PM
Olympus Legions!
The metal cards that go into all the stretch goal packs have arrived and they look amazing! Now we have everything for the stretch goal packs, but we just need the actual books from the printers. They said they are behind schedule and still dont have an exact ETA. I asked again today and I will update as soon as I hear back from them. I am also still waiting on the One Woman Army metal card sets from the printer too. Here is the Olympus Legion stretch goal pack card:
The stretch goal packs are ready, the boxes for shipping the 700+ books are here, now we just need the books and we will start mailing them off.
We will have a table at several upcoming shows over the next 3 months and would love to meet you if you are in the area. First up is Long Beach Comic Con Sept 8 and 9th, then there is Keystone Comic Con Sept 14-16, followed by Ace Midwest in Chicago Oct 12-14, Alamo City Oct 26-28 and Tucson Comic Con Nov 2-4th. If you come by let me know if you supported any of our kickstarters and you will get an extra freebie with any purchase.
If you can't make the shows we'll have the variants and prints and Tshirts available online.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MtOlympusComics
We have our 20% off sale going now which has some of our brand new Silver and Gold chrome variants we are trying for the first time, gold foil variants, and T-shirts!
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The sale ends tonight at midnight:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MtOlympusComics
More updates soon!
Update and artwork and Gold Chrome
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:22:06 AM
Olympus Legions!
The printers are working on the books! They don't have a specific date for completion but I am hoping they will meet their estimate which was in the next week or two. The metal card printer is behind schedule but I will keep you guys posted. In the meantime I did have a couple prototypes printed out to make sure everything was lined up properly:
Some of the lettering was too close to the edge so I had the letterer adjust it. I also had them do these prototypes with a couple of the covers:
Once I get more info from them I will update you guys right away.
In the meantime we are having our first ever Etsy Shop sale this coming Friday, August 24th and we will have something new to us, Gold Chrome, Silver Chrome( Both similar to 90's chromium but different) and Spot Gold(Calling these Gold touch) covers, T Shirts and more!
For our first ever gold chrome cover I have this Patriotika #1 variant cover featuring Patriotika in the prototype suit I designed for her before I designed the suit I ended up choosing that you are all familiar with. Art by Ruben Rosas:
and here is the Gold Touch(Spot Gold) variant, designed with the first 3 ever variant covers, Original by Elizabeth Torque, In The City by Danusko Campos and Phoenix Comic Con 2017 by The Silva Brothers, silhouette by Patriotika Valentines Day Cover /Vampirella artist Arturo Louga:
Here is a photo of the prototype cover:
And the Silver Chrome Original Elizabeth Torque variant I previewed before.
And they will all be 20% off for the weekend during the sale along with a Gold Touch and Silver Chrome Valkyrie Saviors!
The T-shirt design will be the one I showed before with David Nakayama art, along with one that has the Mount Olympus Comics logo on the front on a black shirt. We'll also have a Valkyrie Saviors t-shirt featuring Iris the Shadow Valkyrie on the front of a black shirt.
Last but not least several of our covers from this year will be returning while supplies last for the sale! There are some we have a very small number remaining of, such as the Lucio Parillo SDCC variants(regular, Torn is sold out completely), Year One Pin Up Books, Ace Seattle variants, Phoenix Comic Con 2018 and more!
We'll have some new prints in the shop too for the sale!
Here is the Etsy shop, get there early if you want some of the very limited editions:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MtOlympusComics
More updates coming soon!
Meanwhile, as you know I enjoy supporting other kickstarters. My friend Molly Schofield works with some amazing artists and has her new kickstarter: Ultra Shock Boom! I backed it, check it out if you have a chance:
http://kck.st/2KVZmis
Stretch goal pack assembly! And updates
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 09:18:27 PM
Olympus Legions!
The stretch goal packs are being assembled! This is just some of it:
The chibi stickers will be in there, I showed a photo of them before. And the metal cards are one of the hold ups at the moment. They said it would be ready this week but they were not. I will of course add them to the stretch goal packs before I put them in the packages to be sent out.
The books are now being printed up and the printer estimated 2 weeks to complete them. This is because they need to order more stock to cover the huge order of Patriotika 2 books.
Next up is the end of summer sale. I've got a few new things lined up including the all new Silver Chrome and Gold Chrome variants and T-shirts!
Here is one of the T-shirt designs:
We'll also have this fantastic variant featuring the original Patriotika suit I sketched back in college by Ruben Rosas. Ruben saw when I posted it on facebook and then surprised me with the original line art at the San Diego show:
Here is an example of the Silver Chrome, it's similar to the 80's / 90's Chromium covers but different:
It's more reflective than metal, and its on a paper similar to my regular chrome covers, and it has this cool almost etched look to it. I have the printer working on a gold version to see what I can come up with. There is also a new gold foil effect I will be trying out. I'll have a preview of that soon.
Feel free to follow along on social media, I post most often on facebook but also try to keep Twitter and Instagram updated:
https://www.facebook.com/mountolympuscomics/
https://twitter.com/mtolympuscomics
https://www.instagram.com/mountolympuscomics/
More updates soon!
Stretch goal goods coming in and more!
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Aug 04, 2018 at 12:15:23 AM
Olympus Legions!
The kickstarter stretch goal items are coming in!
Check out the postcard size Lenticulars:
And here you can see the premade Omega envelope with the sticker that will seal it, along with some of the cards and bookmarks:
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There's still some items printing and the metal cards are going to take a little longer, but I will post updates as everything comes in. The order for the books was placed this week and I am waiting to get a quote from the printer on how long it will take. I will let you guys know as soon as I hear back.
If you are in Arizona, I will be at the Comics Culture Showcase tomorrow from 10am-3pm at Jesse James Comic shop. I'll have our new Tropical Fun weekend variants and print and will be debuting our first ever Holofoil trading card! The card is included with every Tropical Fun Weekend variant book! The Patriotika #1 variant is by Joe Pekar:
and the Valkyrie Saviors #1 variant is by Lady Death artist Michael Dipascale and Lady Death/Zenescope/Mount Olympus Comics colorist Ceci De La Cruz:
The trading card will have art by Mike Debaflo with colors by new colorist Kevin Castro:
We've also got this exclusive 11x17 Tropical Fun Weekend Patriotika print by Art of Dennis:
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If you can't make it to the show we have everything online now at our Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MtOlympusComics
More updates soon!
Production update and more digital items!
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 01:45:33 AM
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