A Polycule of Mars part 2

Final Orders Going Out!
5 months ago – Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 01:52:52 PM

Today I put the last of the outstanding pledges in the mail.

The sketch cover variants were the last thing I needed to finish up and now they are off to their backers!

There are still a handful of outstanding pledges that I don’t have surveys for, so double check your emails!

But aside from those, I think it is time to call this Kickstarter complete. Thank you all so much for your support and help making this comic a real physical thing. This is no easy task and y’all were instrumental in making it happen.

I now return to the drawing board and begin the work on Part Three, which I can’t wait to share with you! It’s going to be amazing.

— Garth

Shipping Nearly Complete
5 months ago – Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 10:54:25 AM

It is with immense relief that I can report that almost every single pledge has now been fulfilled!

The only pledges that have not yet been fulfilled are those that pledged for a sketch cover (I'm still drawing those) and the handful of folks that have yet to fill out their survey.

Wait, I didn't get a survey...

If you didn't get a survey, please check your inbox and spam filters, and if you still can't find it, you can recover your survey by going to the survey recovery page.

If you used an AppleID email, you will likely need to contact me to provide a different email, especially if you used any of the privacy settings.

But, I didn't get my downloads...

Please check your email! If you completed your survey, you should have gotten an email with download links for all the .pdfs. You can also access those download links by revisiting your BackerKit survey.

When will there be a Part 3???

I'm hard at work making Part 3 happen. New pages should start dropping at GarthFT.com very soon! Barring acts of God, Congress, and Mastercard, A Polycule of Mars part 3 will return to Kickstarter as soon as I have pages complete. So, make sure you follow me here, or on my website. See you all soon!

Physical Rewards are Shipping!
6 months ago – Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 10:21:12 AM

I come bearing fantastic news! Rewards have started shipping!

It’s been a ton of work signing and bagging and boarding all those comics…

…but they are now being boxed up and being put into the good hands of the post office.

I’m starting with domestic orders, then international orders, and will wrap up with orders containing custom art. 

I will post again once everything has shipped out.

I can’t wait for y’all to have these books in hand. They are so damn nice!

-Garth

It's Time to Lock the Campaign Surveys
7 months ago – Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 11:22:57 AM

It's been a busy, busy summer for me, but we're approaching that point where I'm gearing up to start shipping out all the rewards for the campaign!

Surveys Lock Monday the 25th

For the vast majority of you, who have already filled out your surveys, this will be your last opportunity to make any changes to your pledge. You'll still be able to change your shipping address up until the point we lock shipping addresses, which is a separate step I'll take in the next couple of weeks.

Oops, I Haven't Filled Out My Survey Yet

There's still time! And even if you fill out your BackerKit survey after the 25th, I’ll still receive your information, but your shipment may be delayed.

If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on my BackerKit project page at https://a-polycule-of-mars-part-2.backerkit.com/.

I Never Got My Survey Invite

Please double check your spam filters as those can sometimes accidentally catch important emails from BackerKit, like the email that has your survey link. If you still can't find it, you can get it resent by visiting https://a-polycule-of-mars-part-2.backerkit.com/.

If you still can't find your survey, please reach out to me and let me know! I really want to make sure you get your rewards!

THANK YOU!

Thank you all again for being so responsive to answering your BackerKit surveys—even though it may not seem like much as an individual backer, you have no idea how tremendously helpful this has been for me when trying to keep track of all 795 of you!

-Garth

Surveys Going Out
8 months ago – Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 08:35:42 AM

We've successfully completed our "smoke test" of the campaign surveys, and having no issues reported the BackerKit surveys are now going out to all backers!

Many of you are familiar with BackerKit by now, but in case you aren't it's a very robust survey tool that's helping me get all these pledges organized and ready for shipment. It's also super handy in that it offers another chance for backers to add additional rewards they might have missed during the campaign, and that includes physical rewards for digital backers! 

So, if you pledged for say the Digital Deluxe but wanted to grab some of the stickers or prints we unlocked during the campaign, now's your chance!

I'm aiming to lock orders on August 22nd, after which you won't be able to make any changes to your pledge. At that point, digital rewards will go out to backers, and I'll start shipping physical orders shortly afterward.

So, keep an eye on your inboxes!

-Garth