NARCO (original graphic novel) + PLASTIC: DELUXE EDITION

The Latest Kickstarter from 12-Gauge is Ending Soon - "Jason Pearson's BODY BAGS: Artist's Edition"
3 days ago – Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 06:42:11 AM

Hi everyone! Keven Gardner here. I'm sending this update in case you haven't heard about our new Kickstarter campaign honoring the late Jason Pearson. This is a fully funded campaign entering its final few days (ending Thursday afternoon) for a 12" x 17" Artist's Edition hardcover of Jason's creator owned series, BODY BAGS. Jason was an incredibly talented creator that many of you know from his Marvel and DC work over his long career, but BODY BAGS was his masterpiece. This project is being done in a partnership with Scott Dunbier of Act 4 Publishing (formerly of IDW), the Eisner Award winning creator of the Artist's Edition format that so many of you know and love. We also have two other books as a part of the campaign: the LOCKED & LOADED sketchbook, and a book called the Artist's Edition+, which contains even more of Jason's behind the scenes work from BODY BAGS. 

Here's a link to the campaign: http://kck.st/3UGRYyr

And you can check out the project video below: 

And the covers for the 3 books we are offering in the campaign...

Please check it out, and if you feel inclined, please help us spread the news. 

Thank you!

Final Round of Shipping
8 months ago – Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 08:16:12 AM

By now almost everyone has their books, and hopefully you are all enjoying them. From the messages we've received, it looks like that's the case so far.

The books that are left to ship are going out starting tomorrow. If your book was damaged in transit (luckily only 1 or 2 have had that issue so far) the replacement will be going out over the next few days as well.

For backers of the "DEAD HEAD" Sketch and "KILLER SWAG" tiers, we are still waiting to get your personalized books back from the printer with the tip-in plate of your "Dead Head" illustration inside. There was an issue with the original batch, so the printer is redoing all of those now and we should be able to ship by the end of next week.

Thankfully, that should wrap this up. We learned a lot in this third Kickstarter of ours, and even though it ended up with more hick-ups than the first two combined, we will be much more prepared moving forward (the old saying of, "you don't know what you don't know" kind of bit us in the butt, but we will get better as a result). Thank you for being patient with us; we know you all take a leap of faith when backing any Kickstarter, but even if we see some delays with one of ours, you will always get your books when you back one of our projects. Always.

It can't be said enough, but thank you so much for the continued support over our three campaigns. On a personal level, holding this NARCO book in my hands was truly a dream come true; I had a little idea for this character and the inciting incident for this book many years ago, but it took Doug and Daniel to spark to it to turn into something much bigger than I could have ever imagined. Honestly, without Doug and Daniel creating PLASTIC, and then VINYL, and then PLUSH, I don't think it would have gotten past the idea stage. Their crazy universe of serial killers created a place where Marcus could exist in an organic fashion. Make no mistake, this is Doug and Daniel's story and their book, but seeing that little idea turn into such a beautiful graphic novel really makes all the time, effort, and even the frustration of trying to exist as an Indy publisher, pay off.

Thank you all for being a part of this journey. We literally could not do it without your support.

One more thing-- be on the lookout for an announcement from Image Comics in the coming days. Doug and Daniel have something very cool coming your way (teaser images below). And make sure to follow us on Instagram and X (why can't it still be twitter?) at @12gaugecomics for updates on all our projects.

-Keven

Time to Lock Addresses on Backerkit + Unboxing Video!
10 months ago – Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 08:00:54 PM

We are finally at the finish line, as Whalebacker is ready to start shipping your books! That also means we are locking addresses, so if you need to make a change to your address, please do it in the next 24 hours.

Now for the really fun part-- Doug just got his box of books to check out for the first time. Give it a look and let us know what you think of these sweet graphic novels!

Holiday Shipping Update
11 months ago – Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 10:14:38 PM

Leading with some good news, the books arrived at Whalebacker a few weeks ago (see a few photos below-- they look amazing!), but due to the printer delivering them about a month later than expected, we lost our window and they were not able to ship before Christmas. I was hoping we might make it, but it just wasn't in the cards. We'll have an update the first week of January, but we've been assured that the books will go out next month.

We still have some backers that have not completed their surveys, so if you haven't done that yet, please click the link below so we'll have your delivery address: 

https://narco-original-graphic-novel-plastic-deluxe-edition.backerkit.com/

Also, we will be locking address January 2nd, so if you need your books shipped to a new address, please update that info ASAP.

Check out the photos below, and if you ordered the deluxe edition of PLASTIC, note how big the book was printed (it's a monster!). All the different copies turned out great, and we hope you love them as much as we do. 

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you all! We can't thank you enough for all your support.

The books are in the USA!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:58:51 PM

It was confirmed today that our books arrived into the port in Los Angeles this past Friday (whooo!). Now we wait for them to be cleared by customs and head out to Whalebacker before eventually shipping to you! 

It could be a week or more weeks before they leave for the fulfillment warehouse, but as soon as we get the notification that the books are moving out of the port, we'll let you know.

And to all those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!