Smoke test surveys have been sent!
3 months ago
– Wed, May 20, 2026 at 01:01:57 PM
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the delay with the survey stage of the process -- it has been a busy couple of weeks, including some business travel! About 5% of you may have received an email from Backerkit earlier today with a Pledge Manager survey link -- congratulations! You've been randomly selected as part of the "smoke test"! Be on the lookout for an email from Backerkit on behalf of Label 619-Magnetic Press.
The smoke test is a randomly selected portion of the surveys sent ahead of the others so that we can test for any hidden bugs in the pledge manager that should be fixed before the rest of the surveys are sent. This randomly-selected group is the test subjects to make sure everything is working as expected. 🙂 If you have any issues or questions, or if anything doesn't look right, message us here on Kickstarter or email [email protected] and let us know so we can fix it quickly.
The smoke test phase usually takes about 24-48 hours, or until ~75% of those surveys are completed. Assuming we set everything up right, we should get the rest of the survey links sent by Friday.
If you have any questions or haven't received your links by early next week, let us know, and we'll help you out!
Thanks, everyone! We're deep in the file design stage with the printers and manufacturers, so we'll be sure to post photos in an update as soon as we have something cool to show! 😎
In the meantime, our publishing partner at Magnetic Press just launched a new campaign for a stylish cyberpunk manga-style series called URBANCE, based on the animated short by creator Joel Dos Reis Viegas. If you like edgy sci-fi like SILENT JENNY, you will like URBANCE, too!
What a finish!
4 months ago
– Fri, May 01, 2026 at 05:06:01 PM
Hi, everyone!
Wow, we don't know what to say. Thanks to all of you, this has been the best graphic novel campaign we've ever been a part of (and that's including over 50 of them so far...) THANK YOU! We're so excited for you to get these amazing books, collectibles, and bonus items -- including that last stretch goal which you unlocked right at the finish line! -- and we're equally excited that Mathieu's work continues to get such an enthusiastic response! While he's taking a much-deserved sabbatical, having wrapped up this latest epic, we know he's got lots of ideas for what comes next. And we've got lots of plans for what to bring you next, too! 😎
We'll start assembling the Pledge Manager on Backerkit next week, and if all goes well, you'll get your surveys in two weeks (aiming for Friday the 15th). Kickstarter will collect your pledge immediately, and if they have any trouble, they will contact you and continue trying for two weeks. After the 15th, if Kickstarter can't collect your pledge, they will mark your pledge as canceled, BUT...! Your pledge information still carries into the pledge manager, so your order isn't lost! You can still complete your payment in Backerkit if necessary. 🙂 If you have any issues or questions, just message us for help!
If anyone is seeing this update and wasn't able to pledge during the campaign, the Pledge Manager store will be open around the 15th as well, with pretty much everything still available for preorder!
The books are ready to upload to the printer, and now that we know how many to order, we'll be getting those files sent off next week as well. We're in good shape, so everything should be ready to fulfill in October!
We'll have more news and information in future updates, including product photos as soon as we have them.
Thanks again, everyone! We're off to celebrate now!
We're in the final week! Get a peek behind the making of the Monad!
4 months ago
– Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 10:48:03 AM
Hi everyone!
We're in the home stretch... one week left to go, and we've covered so much ground! It's exciting!
Together, you've all unlocked SEVEN stretch goals already, with another one right around the corner! At this rate, we're going to run out of ideas...! (Not really -- we have LOTS of ideas...)
As it says on the campaign page now: all hardcovers will now include bound-in satin ribbon bookmarks and metallic foil-stamped logos on the cover, and all 3 hardcovers in the Trilogy Box (and the Box Sleeved edition of SILENT JENNY) will include gold foil gilding on the page edges. Plus, every physical pledge will receive a set of stickers, a set of postcard Art Prints by Mathieu Bablet, a die-cut microid bookmark, and a logo magnet!
The next stretch goal at $175k will be for a cool PVC keychain featuring Jenny in her microid helmet. Aside from reflecting this memorable story, it will just look cool dangling from your keys or backpack. 😎
At this exciting pace, that may be unlocked this weekend! Keep spreading the word and let's see how much COOL FREE STUFF you can unlock for yourselves...!
MAKING THE MONAD
When David Arberas started the daunting task of capturing the monad in full 3D, all he had to go by were a few panels and pages from the book. But what he ended up creating is as faithful as one can get, even including Jenny's sail-skimmer alongside it for scale!
Something of this magnitude had to be taken in passes of detail, and David shared some images showing the detailing steps he took:
Once he had completed the model, the factory need to figure out how to subdivide it so that it could be 3D printed and easily assembled and packaged. So after some experimentation and adjustment, each monad model will come in four easy-to-attach pieces, shipped in a padded color box.
The box hasn't been designed yet, awaiting proper measurements from the factory. And of course, we'll want Mathieu's involvement in the design. We'll share those when they're ready.
If you haven't pledged for one of these beauties or added one to your pledge yet, don't miss this chance! These will only be produced based on this campaign's demand, and will never be reproduced again! Don't wait until they're $300+ on eBay...!
Alright, gang... this is it! One week left! Let's get out there and gather a community of wasteland survivors! We all make it further with more bodies to support us!
Thanks!
New edition hardcovers now available as an addon
4 months ago
– Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:30:03 PM
Hi everyone!
Just a quick update to let everyone know that we have added the new 9x12" hardcover editions of SHANGRI-LA and CARBON & SILICON to the available add-ons to your pledge. Previously, only the remaining copies of the 8.5x11" softcover editions were available individually as add-ons; now, you can add hardcover copies as well (or instead)!
This will be of most interest to those of you who may want all three books, or just one or the other, but not necessarily all three inside the Trilogy Slipcase. (The slipcases will be super-nice, though...)
Hope that comes in handy for some of you on the fence!
WELCOME TO THE END OF THE WORLD!
4 months ago
– Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 03:56:06 PM
Hi, everyone!
Welcome to the SILENT JENNY campaign! We're thrilled so many of you have already joined us... and we've only been open one day, with over two weeks to go!
This really is a special project for us... Mathieu Bablet has been a massive talent at the top of our fan list, and when we first heard about this project a couple of years ago, we were already excited. Imagine our excitement when it was completed! As Geek Vibes Nation so aptly put it, "Every once in a while, a project surfaces that feels less like a new comic and more like an event—something singular, ambitious, and unmistakably crafted by a visionary voice. Silent Jenny is exactly that kind of project."
Amen. This title truly is an event, a comic version of a long-awaited sci-fi blockbuster movie. We're really excited to publish it, and hopefully you're excited to read it!
The excellent interest in our first day has already unlocked the first two stretch goals --
Now, all hardcover books (including the new editions of SHANGRI-LA and CARBON & SILICON that come with the Trilogy Box Set) will include satin ribbon bookmarks bound into the spine! Plus, all physical pledge tiers will now receive a set of stickers for FREE! Next up: the logos of all new hardcovers (including the new Trilogy Box editions) will include metallic foil logos!
We have many more fun stretch goals planned for the days ahead, which we'll reveal as each goal is unlocked. We want to keep things interesting and exciting until close...!
So stay tuned and spread the word! If you have any questions, please message us!
Thanks, everyone!
