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The Complete Spider-Squirrel Volume One Ultimate Edition

Created by Charlie McElvy

It all begins (and ends) here! Witness the launch of the XION UNIVERSE in an adventure that spans the indiecomics multiverse!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Weekend Update! 2023-05-19
12 months ago – Fri, May 19, 2023 at 03:25:59 PM

Last Batch Going Out This Weekend!

That means 100% of Backers who've completed their survey will have their rewards in-transit by Monday! WOOO!!! The bookplates arrived today with Vito's & D.C.'s signatures in place, and I'm adding mine tonight. These will be tipped into the books and packed up for you fine folks to enjoy!

(The bookplates are adhesive, if you opt to place them into your book(s), but that's your decision to make.)

Yeah, I'm gonna need your autographs, sirs...

Spider-Squirrel & Trash Panda Titan-Sized Special!

This book is coming along SO nicely, and will launch in June here on Kickstarter! I should have the pre-launch page set for you by next weekend's update! Here's a quick sample of one of the stories contained therein - by Daniel Kalban and René Córdova!

Help me, Spider-Squirrel Kenobi. You're my only hope... unfortunately.

GodQuest: Milestone #2!

Also launching in June on Zoop! You can follow the prelaunch page right now. Please consider sharing the link with everyone you know: https://zoop.gg/c/milestone2

Milestone #2 from Vito Delsante, Ariel Medel, and Saul Shavanas! Main cover by Ariel Medel & Saul Shavanas.

This issue features the reveal for another Xion Universe "big bad" that you'll want to not miss out on! You saw Apollyon at the end of Spider-Squirrel vol. 1, but you're going to really love where we go with Indominus.

Variant covers by Benjamin Morse, Cody Conyers, and a Zoop-exclusive by Eli Johnson.

Don't forget to join me on Substack! I'll be posting there this weekend and monthly thereafter, keeping readers up-to-date on Xion Studios happenings, delivering monthly giveaways, and eventually offering some SubStack reader exclusives!

https://charliemcelvy.substack.com

Best to you all!

~Charlie~

Weekend Update 2023-05-14
12 months ago – Sun, May 14, 2023 at 09:08:07 AM

Just a quick note to say Happy Mothers Day to any mums out there, and to let you know I snuck in a small shipment today while my wife was out shopping with our daughters. 🙃

More going out tomorrow and should be fully shipped my next weekend!! Wooo!!

Charlie

It Has BEGUN!
about 1 year ago – Fri, May 05, 2023 at 07:52:20 PM

First Batch Going Out!

Books are being processed and shipped! Wo0t! Backerkit should be notifying each of you when your books are packed & labeled for shipment. Deliveries will go out daily until I've completed every batch.

Triple-Signed Books

If you ordered a triple-signed bookplate, these are heading towards D.C.'s place now for signature and then will head back to me to drop into your books and ship out to you!

Enjoy some process photos of the process:

I used my new Damascus tanto folding knife to bust into the shrink-wrapped stacks of books from Comix Well Spring.
Kickstarter-exclusive hanks stamp "signature" for each Backer. No two stamps will look 100% identical because of the nature of ink stamping.
Example hank stamp (Japanese for "squirrel" -- imagine that...)
Bagging & boarding!
You can safely remove and recycle that extra piece of white paper in your TPB -- it's just there to be sure your stamp ink doesn't bleed onto the book's Foreword by Fred van Lente.
Somehow Pat Shand ended up getting the very first book packed & shipped...
Part one of batch one!
Part two of batch one!

More going out soon!!


Best,

Charlie

Packing & Shipping Prep Is Underway!
about 1 year ago – Mon, May 01, 2023 at 06:12:33 PM

Finally...!

Okay, I'm sure it only seems like forever to me but thanks for your patience. This was my first TPB printing and it took a lot more prep and printing time than expected (for me). I'm all about delivering to you in a reasonable timeframe!

Up Next:

I've set your addresses to lock in 48hrs via Backerkit. If you need to make any address changes, please do so soon! I'd recommend everyone just double-check your individual survey for accuracy. If you lost the link to your survey, you can request access to it here: https://the-complete-spider-squirrel-volume-one-ultimate-editio.backerkit.com.

Follow My Next Milestone

GodQuest: Milestone #2 is up for prelaunch!

I won't be launching this campaign until I'm at least 90% shipped on this one, so that gives me a higher impetus to get these out to you (as if I needed more motivation...)!

This second issue is a real page turner!!! (There's a pun in there that you'll understand when you read the book.)

FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN HERE: https://zoop.gg/c/milestone2

Best to you all!

Charlie

WORK BEGINS TONIGHT!!
about 1 year ago – Mon, May 01, 2023 at 04:04:31 PM

Looky-looky!!