Reassigned? Was it something she said? What on earth could it have been?

Heck, you know what? Maybe Tosch is just extending Sigrid an opportunity to improve her skill set? Maybe he wants to spread his resources around so they can provide him the best possible outcome over a larger area?

Maybe Tosch has a good reason! We don’t know. I sure don’t. I’m just the guy who writes this stuff.

So, we’ve had a bunch of folks getting their Kickstarter pledge merchandise and posting pictures of it on Twitter! It’s been the culmination of nearly a year’s-worth of work, seeing the physical merchandise actually arrive in people’s homes for their enjoyment. It’s a surreal feeling every time you release something new–I’m used to feeling it with the games I work on, but the tangibility of a real book, print, or pin is something else entirely. To see something I helped construct turn into a real, physical item that then appears in somebody else’s hands is actually kind of magical.

I love everything that we’ve produced for this Kickstarter. Every print, the pins, the bookplate, the bookmark, and of course both variants of the book itself. I’m really proud of what we ended up with, and it just has me more excited for future Kickstarters and books. There will absolutely be a Kickstarter for a Volume 2 hardcover, and we’re already thinking about what that will be.

Thank you EVERYONE for all of your help and support–and even if you weren’t able to back it, we deeply appreciate your presence here on the website. We may create the comic, but it was you all who helped make it a physical reality.

Also, here’s my weekly reminded to VOTE in this year’s Ringo Awards–especially if you want to help Beyond the Western Deep in the Best Webcomic category!

Head over to and vote for your favorite comics of 2018! The Ringo Awards are held every year at Baltimore Comic Con, and readers like you can help shape the nominations!

Thank you all once again for your incredible support, and see you next week!