A Sound of Thunder Presents Queen of Hell: Initium

Survey update and issue #4 lettering proof!
4 days ago – Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:47:38 PM

HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER! 

Just a quick update today to let everyone know that the backer surveys have gone out over on the original music category campaign for Queen of Hell. 

We're going to give the folks on the original campaign a few more days to reply, and the we'll lock those surveys and send surveys to everyone on this campaign.  There will be a bunch of awesome add-ons available in the survey, including t-shirts and a boatload of original artwork from Queen of Hell, plus some past projects! 

Some notes on the surveys:

DUPLICATE COMICS

If you are a backer on the original campaign AND this campaign, and you are getting a duplicate comic that is supposed to be switched out for a different comic, you will not see that change in the survey. DON'T WORRY. Those changes will be made manually by Josh when packing each order!  

For example if you got issues #1, 2 & 3 on the original campaign, and another copy of #1 on this campaign, we will switch out the duplicate of #1 for a #4 so you have a complete set.

If you have the full set of 4 issues and also have a duplicate comic in addition to the full series, we will switch that out for something top secret. ;)

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

For international backers who backed both campaigns, you will see postage rates for separate shipping when you check-out of each survey, but we will combine shipping and issue a postage discount. The backer surveys between the two campaigns do not interact or "talk to" each other at all. We have to make this change manually after you submit your surveys. 

You are not charged immediately when you submit your survey. We have to manually lock your order and charge you. Before we do that we will go in and manually apply the combined shipping discount. You will see the higher rate when you check out, but we will change it before we charge you. 

In short, international backers should go ahead and submit their survey response, and expect a lower postage charge than what is shown on screen!

You will only see this discount on this campaign. You'll pay the full rate on the original campaign, and then the discount will be applied to shipping on this campaign. 

ORIGINAL ART

We have a huge treasure trove of original art coming in the survey of this campaign! We made a bulk deal with Queen of Hell artist Mike Ratera to acquire half of all pages for the project. That's 46 total pages! 

Plus we'll offer original art pages from the It Was Metal graphic novel, including pages by Bob Hall, Barry Kitson, and the Els Segadors pages by Mike Ratera!

There will be some other one-of-a-kind items available in the surveys, so be ready to dive in when they hit your in-box! 

ISSUE #04 LETTERING PROOF

Colorist Max Bayo is still finishing up the final three pages of the final issue of Initium, but we had our letterer Crank! work ahead on the black and white pages to save some time. Below you can see his lettering proof (there will be one more round of revisions and approvals) on one color page and one black & white page from issue #4:

Ok gang, watch for your surveys around Wednesday!

We think it will probably take about a week after that to get all the stragglers to answer the surveys, and then we can finally order the comics, t-shirts, pins & patches, etc., and start getting ready for shipping!

We'll update you again later this week when the surveys go out!

Cheers,

Nina, Josh, Jesse & Justin

Survey update, new color page & surprise bonus song!
17 days ago – Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:08:49 PM

HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER! 

Short update today. Here's a video from Josh with the latest, and we'll summarize below as usual!

• BackerKit surveys will be ready tonight or tomorrow but we're going to hold onto them for a few days until the US election is behind us.
• This won't cost us any time because we are still waiting for our Kickstarter funds to clear. 
• Here's a portion of a new color page from Max Bayo:

• We're adding an extra brand new song to the Demons bonus CD! It's called "Lord Shiteater"! (You'll understand when you read issue four of the comic!) That will make the Demons CD 16 songs instead of 15. 
• Rehearsals are going great and we're nearly ready for our first show with Justin on November 22nd at Reclaim Arcade in Fredericksburg, VA!
• We hope you liked "Chainsaw Witch"!!!  Go playlist it...and "Only One Can Rule" too while you're at it! You'll have downloads and physical copies coming your way soon, but it helps us reach new people when you stream our tunes!  
• Streaming links are in the descriptions of both videos:

That's it for now, Legion! We'll be back at you with more updates and those surveys soon!

Cheers,

Nina, Josh, Jesse & Justin

Here's a present for Halloween...
22 days ago – Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 04:50:24 AM

HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!

It's Halloween, that means it's time for...

CHAINSAW WITCH!

It's our first song with Justin on drums! The music video premieres at 1pm EST today and the band will be in the live chat, so be sure to join us!  (Click "Notify Me" to get a reminder when the premier is coming up!)

We'll have the digital downloads for you when the surveys go out, but for now you can stream the song on whatever service you use!

Spotify: 

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/chainsaw-witch/1774252957?i=1774252958

Amazon Music: https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0DK5W4BL6?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_yoUUDQMwUF94YrRycA7D7aOSj&trackAsin=B0DK5WZGR1

And remember Chainsaw Witch is inspired by the story "Death Duel of the Chainsaw Witches" by writer Cullen Bunn! Check out the badass and very metal comic here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cullenbunn/cullen-bunns-triple-threat-of-terror

The backer surveys are under construction in BackerKit. That will be our focus for the next week. BackerKit is very powerful and will make fulfilling this project easier and better for both you and us...but boy is it complicated!  We'll get there...

Hope you like the new song! Let us know what you think!

Cheers,

Nina, Josh, Jesse & Justin

TATTOO LIVE STREAM COMING UP + FINAL STRETCH GOAL!
27 days ago – Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 12:11:20 PM

HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!  

This is it! The campaign ends at 5pm and WE'RE LIVE STREAMING US GETTING TATTOOS to celebrate!  Join us on our Facebook page or on Youtube!

The live stream starts at 3:30pm EST!

Also we've added one final stretch goal! If we can hit $27,000 before 5pm EST we'll add a bonus Udoroth foil trading card for all backers! Spread the word and help us wrangle some more backers! Commenting on the live stream will help visibility too!

See you at the tattoo parlor!

• Nina, Josh, Jesse & Chris

Giveaway - leave your favorite dad joke in the comments!
about 1 month ago – Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 12:27:08 PM

HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER! 

Apologies for the duplicate update if you're on the original music campaign, but we wanted to spread the word that we're doing a GIVEAWAY TODAY!

All you've gotta do is leave a comment on this campaign (main campaign page please, not the update) and we'll enter you to win the one-and-only Initium #1 foil file copy variant comic! That's right, there is only one copy in the whole world, and we're giving it away!  

Tell us: 

• your favorite dad joke
• your favorite song or album of all time
• some stretch goal ideas
• your shoe size
• what is your favorite color

Leave your comment here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/asoundofthunder/queen-of-hell

You may have noticed the new pledges have slowed to a crawl. New comments are a good way to boost the campaign activity and get suggested by Kickstarter's algorithm.  Some new backers coming on board will make all the difference in raising some extra funds to start Queen of Hell ACT TWO right away! 

Here's the comic we're giving away!

Just a few days left, and "Chainsaw Witch" just a few days after that! 

Cheers,

Nina, Josh, Jesse & Justin