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fuckyeahgoodomens · 29 days

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Good Omens graphic novel update: March 2024

Happy March. We bumped into the one and only Maggie Service at an event earlier this month, and here she is with some enamel friends of ours:

It turns out, her words, not ours, that they’re not only good for the aesthetic, but handy for covering accidental food stains. Here she is showing off the gorgeous Aziraphale and Crowley pins to the crowd.

Anyway, we have a bumper one for you this month, and an important update on timings. Let’s get to it.

PledgeManager

First of all, we were due to launch the PledgeManager with this month’s update, but there’s a few last minute hurdles we need to get through and so we’re pushing it back a few final weeks just to ensure all the is are dotted, and ts are crossed. We’ll now be launching this on Thursday 18th of April, in the late afternoon UK-time, to ensure that all team hands are on deck for the move into this next phase.

We’ve got a bunch of FAQs ready for the launch, and we’ll have a PledgeManager-specific update to coincide with it going live where we’ll lay out everything as clearly as possible. We appreciate your patience on this.

Rather than hold back the PledgeManager-adjacent information to the new launch date, however, we’ll still share with you some of the new things that will be available!

In terms of new additions: you wanted more ̶d̶u̶c̶k̶s̶ items? You’ve got them! We’ve got two new notebooks: one featuring lots of ineffable artwork from the graphic novel, and one featuring the much-loved ducks.

We’ve also got two new mugs: one for Tadfield visitors, and another for… duck lovers.

We’ve got a big sticker set bringing together lots of the art from this campaign. And, we’ve got a new enamel pin pair: these gorgeous Crowley and Aziraphale wings that together make a little love heart. You can either wear them both, or split them with your own best angel.

These will be available to purchase like the Aziraphale and Crowley pin pairs - not tied to the mystery packs.

Tier updates

While some elements of the campaign are facing delays, other elements are hurtling forward at full velocity. Fans of the very cute, brace yourselves: here is Sarah Graley’s print for the loot box:

We’ve got some more map previews from Julien Labit, capturing Tadfield, heaven, hell, and many, many places in between:

And, we’re excited to unveil Alice Oseman’s Crowley illustrations for Loot Box #1, completing the pair alongside her Aziraphale sketches from when she watched Good Omens years ago:

On the add on front, here’s our Good Omens slipcase that can be added to pledges, to keep your graphic novels nice and ̶a̶c̶c̶u̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ cosy:

We are quite into pins, you may have noticed. Here’s some more that will be available in the mystery packs:

Moving up to the Obsidian levels, here are some of the sample art pieces from William the Antichrist, illustrated by fantasy artist Mike Nash featuring Crawleigh, and the Citroen 2CV. We’re excited to see these new editions come to life:

Evolution of Eden

We thought it would be interesting to show the evolution of the graphic novel itself. We’ve found it glorious watching Colleen’s artwork arrive in each new stage, and so here’s a sample of the stages of Colleen’s first image, in the Garden of Eden, from pencil sketch, through ink, to the finished page:

And another, from its initial concept sketch, through to this celestial delight:

Lots happening, the lay of the year changing a little, but still full to the brim with Good Omens.

Until next time.

#graphic novel #good omens #good omens graphic novel #graphic novel kickstarter #oooh!

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emmalovesfitzloved · 5 months

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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-08/fourth-wing-and-iron-flame-author-rebecca-yarros-needs-a-reality-check?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy

I just read this very good read about the influence of Booktok on the publishing world. More times then not, for the worse. That virality does not = quality, being the latest MO.

We use the Fourth Wing series, Colleen Hoover novels, Blood and Ash by JLA, ACOTAR by SJM as a type example- where authors that went viral, sacrifice duty of care to their readers in order to meet the demands of the fickle average consumer and publishers that is trying to stay afloat in a indie author dominating industry. The digital age has changed expectations, where immediacy = automatic serotonin boosts. They churn a book out every 6 months, giving up time to mull on grammatical errors, learn Scottish Gaelic words accurately if borrowed for lore, cohesive character arcs and more.

Meanwhile publishers work overtime trying un-democratise it's readership, pushing them to buy countless book exclusive retailer deals (i.e. Crescent City Book #3- where the fan has to buy 7 different copies of the same novel in order to access exclusive bonus chapters in an effort have the fullest experience of said story). Publishers end up allocating their already limited attention to the exclusive editions with sprayed edges (in order to create an even greater profit margin) than do right by the lowest retailed product, causing mass printing errors and loss of money overall.

All in all, it's mimicked in fashion where companies like Shien, Pretty Little Things and more just follow trends and pump out fashion in order to turn over profit. It ends up over-saturating the market with noise, nonsense and gatekeeps readers financially from enjoying what is suppose to be a non-elitist hobby.

This is by no means a hate mention to any of the writers i mentioned above, as there are some who's work i quite enjoyed, or the publisher books but simply a sentiment that's happening in the industry wide. Where publishers are cutting corners in order to meet the social media 'aesthetic' everybody is chasing after.

#SJM #Fourth Wing #Acotar #Fast Fashion #BookTok #JLA #From Blood and Ash #Iron Flame #Rebecca Yarros

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em-ori · 4 years

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