Patreon / Shop News: November - December 2019

Hi monster lovers! Today I'd like to share some news regarding the recently-reached milestone, the newest upcoming comics, the status of pre-orders, print rewards for the $20 tier, and more!

LEX X XERXES COMIC MILESTONE MET! THANKS SO MUCH!!

As long as the $350 milestone is met, I will be working on an Explicit one-shot about Lex and Xerxes having some fun times when everyone else is away from Sword Kings' guild house ;3

It will be posted to the $10 tier, since it is an Explicit one-shot and will be printed under a TBD title.

Let's try for the next milestone!! I want to get to those lore books (and the Explicit one)
{:^>c /////

SHOP INFO / CHANGES / PRE-ORDERS

If you have ordered from the MEN PLUS MONSTERS Shop or the MM Etsy storefront, please rest assured that your order is being sent out as soon as the respective books are finished. Starting in December 2019, all orders will not be split between what is in stock and what is out of stock - this has been outlined in the FAQ before, but I have made exceptions for many, and with the amount of orders coming into the shop, this is no longer becoming feasible. 

I will also no longer be taking pre-orders for books which aren't finished, past MYTHIKOS TERATOS. These books will be crowdfunded instead.

This information will also be included in the newly updated FAQ on the shop, coming this week. 

$20 TIER PRINTED BOOKS SCHEDULE

Due to financial circumstances, the books will be sent out as soon as possible in December. SWORD KINGS #1 is December's single issue book (32 pages). I am keeping close track of everyone's owed books, pre-orders and all.

BARA CLUB is updating with every new comic page and pin-up.

WHY THE DELAYS? WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?

The shipping on the most recent MEN PLUS MONSTERS Kickstarter amounted to twice as much as it should have been for international orders, meaning that orders in which shipping was supposed to be $35, actually came out to $57. I wanted to make sure people got their books when they complained that the wait was too long, so they'd be happy instead of upset waiting for another month for a pre-order book to be completed, so I shipped multiple times in some cases, even when I made it clear during the campaign that the shipping price only covered one parcel. 

FREE SHIPPING

I will no longer be offering free shipping at any of my storefronts for the above reason starting immediately.

FUTURE PLANS

Next week (first week of December 2019), the last of the Kickstarter books will be shipped out to backers. Shop pre-orders will be going out in batches through the coming weeks. Please be patient, as it's only me working here, and again, I will be holding back orders in which there is a pre-order item as agreed and outlined in the Shop's FAQ since long before this announcement. 

If you cannot wait for your entire order because one of them is out-of-stock (as in it was not in-stock when you ordered it, which might happen on Etsy when requesting an out-of-stock item to be restocked, or in the shop when I'm placing restocking-in-2-weeks items in the shop for sale), I suggest ordering the books separately.

FUTURE OF THE $20 TIER BOOKS

This will now be the only way other than crowdfunding that you can be guaranteed to get the single-issue comics before they're in stock in the shop. I'm offering them at this exclusivity and price as a big thank you for being my patron! 

CROWDFUNDING IN THE FUTURE

I will be crowdfunding future books with the promise that the interior and cover art is done before the campaign starts. 

There will be more news about this closer to 2020.... {;^>c

THANK YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my wonderful patrons and supporters, and from all of the men and monsters at MEN PLUS MONSTERS, we thank you for continuing to keep us alive.

- Aero, Xerxes, and all our friends and monsters